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MS ADO

Microsoft's ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) comprises a set of Component Object Model (COM) objects for accessing data sources. A part of MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components), it provides a middleware layer between programming languages and OLE DB (a means of accessing data stores, whether databases or not, in a uniform manner).

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MS Access

Microsoft Access is Microsoft's desktop relational database and application platform for forms, reports, tables, queries, and small business data-management applications.

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MS Digital Image

Microsoft Digital Image is a discontinued raster graphics editor and image organization program suite created by Microsoft. It is a successor to Microsoft Picture It!.

It is commonly used to create, edit, capture, publish, or manage visual and audio media for documentation, training, and communication.

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Microsoft Expression Web

Microsoft Expression Web is a discontinued Microsoft web design and editing application formerly used for standards-based website editing. It is preserved as historical web-development experience rather than a current recruiter-facing web platform.

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MS FrontPage

Microsoft FrontPage Microsoft Office FrontPage is a discontinued WYSIWYG HTML editor and website administration tool from Microsoft for the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. It was branded as part of the Microsoft Office suite from 1997 to 2003.

Knowledge of it is useful for maintaining historical systems, understanding older file formats, or migrating legacy content and workflows.

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MS Groove

Microsoft SharePoint Workspace is a discontinued desktop application designed for document collaboration in teams with members who are regularly off-line or who do not share the same network security clearance. It is no longer included with Microsoft Office 2013.

It is commonly used to coordinate communication, meetings, projects, knowledge sharing, or team workflows.

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MS InfoPath

Microsoft InfoPath is a discontinued software application for designing, distributing, filling and submitting electronic forms containing structured data. Microsoft initially released InfoPath as part of the Microsoft Office 2003 family.

Knowledge of it is useful for maintaining historical systems, understanding older file formats, or migrating legacy content and workflows.

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MS MapPoint

Microsoft MapPoint is a discontinued software program and service created by Microsoft that allows users to view, edit and integrate maps. The software and technology are designed to facilitate the geographical visualization and analysis of either included data or custom data.

Knowledge of it is useful for maintaining historical systems, understanding older file formats, or migrating legacy content and workflows.

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MS OneNote

Microsoft OneNote is Microsoft's digital note-taking application for organizing notes, meeting content, research, screenshots, task information, and shared knowledge capture.

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MS Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is Microsoft's email, calendar, contacts, and task-management application for professional communication, scheduling, coordination, and Microsoft 365 collaboration.

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MS PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is Microsoft's presentation application for slide decks, visual communication, training materials, stakeholder briefings, and structured business presentations.

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MS Project

Microsoft Project is Microsoft's project planning and scheduling application for tasks, dependencies, timelines, resources, milestones, and project status communication.

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MS Publisher

Microsoft Publisher is Microsoft's desktop publishing application for page layouts, flyers, brochures, newsletters, and simple publication design. It is retained as a lower-priority Microsoft Office-era publishing skill.

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MS SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint is Microsoft's collaboration and content-management platform for team sites, document libraries, permissions, lists, pages, intranet content, and workflow-enabled information sharing.

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MS SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server is Microsoft's enterprise relational database platform for transactional systems, reporting databases, stored procedures, security, integration, and business application data management.

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MS Visio

Microsoft Visio is Microsoft's diagramming application for process maps, flowcharts, network diagrams, organization charts, system diagrams, and visual documentation.

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Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is Microsoft Office's automation and macro programming language for automating Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, and other Office workflows.

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MS Visual FoxPro

Visual FoxProis a data-centricobject-orientedprocedural programming languageproduced by Microsoft. It is derived from FoxPro (originally known asFoxBASE) which was developed by Fox Software beginning in 1984.

MS Visual Interdev

Microsoft Visual InterDev, part of MicrosoftVisualStudio 97 and 6.0, is an IDE used to create web applications using Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) technologies. It has code completion,databaseserver management tools, and an integrated debugger.

Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's professional IDE for application and web development, debugging, project management, source control integration, testing, and deployment workflows.

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MS Visual Web Developer

Microsoft Visual Web Developer was a Microsoft Express-era web development IDE for ASP.NET and related web projects. It is preserved as historical Microsoft web-development tooling rather than a current Web Development detail.

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MS Word

Microsoft Word is Microsoft's word-processing application for business documents, templates, styles, review workflows, forms, reports, and professional content production within Microsoft 365.

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MS Works

Microsoft Works is a legacy software product or computing technology that remains relevant for historical systems, file conversion, or migration work.

Knowledge of it is useful for maintaining historical systems, understanding older file formats, or migrating legacy content and workflows.

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat is Adobe's professional PDF application for creating, editing, combining, reviewing, signing, protecting, and publishing reliable documents. In this portfolio it supports technical documentation, document review, forms, and business-ready file delivery across Adobe, technical writing, and productivity workflows.

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Adobe Authorware

Macromedia Authorware (now part of Adobe Systems) was an interpreted, flowchart-based, graphical programming language. Authorware is used for creating interactive programs that can integrate a range of multimedia content, particularly e-learning applications. The flowchart model differentiates Authorware from other authoring tools, such as Adobe Flash and Adobe Director, which rely on a visual stage, time-line and script structure.

Adobe Captivate

Adobe Captivate is Adobe's eLearning authoring tool for responsive courses, software simulations, interactions, and training content. It remains a current Adobe learning product and belongs in Adobe, instructional design, and technical training contexts.

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Adobe Connect

Adobe Connect is Adobe's virtual classroom, webinar, and web-conferencing platform for live learning, meetings, and collaborative online sessions. It remains under Adobe while also fitting collaboration and technical training because it supports synchronous facilitation workflows.

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Adobe Contribute

Adobe Contribute (formerly Macromedia Contribute) is a web publishing and website management tool that integrates authoring, reviewing, and publishing in a WYSIWYG HTML editor. The purpose is to increase web publishing productivity collaboratively while simplifying oversight and approval tasks.

Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Dreamweaver is Adobe's web design and front-end development application for building and managing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript sites. Adobe continues to publish product and support materials, so it is retained under Adobe and Web Development with a practical emphasis on site authoring and maintenance.

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Adobe Fireworks

Adobe Fireworks (formerly Macromedia Fireworks) is a bitmap and vector graphics editor. Fireworks is made for web designers for rapidly creating website prototypes and application interfaces. Its features include slices and the ability to add hotspots. It is designed to integrate with other Adobe products such as Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Flash.

Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash (formerly called "Macromedia Flash") is a multimedia and software platform used for creating vector graphics, animation, games and rich Internet applications (RIAs) that can be viewed, played and executed in Adobe Flash Player. Flash is frequently used to add streamed video or audio players, advertisement and interactive multimedia content to web pages.

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is Adobe's vector graphics application for icons, diagrams, illustrations, logos, and scalable production artwork. It belongs under Adobe, graphic design, and content development because vector assets often support documentation, training, presentations, and brand systems.

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Adobe FrameMaker

Adobe FrameMaker is a structured authoring and long-form publishing tool used for complex technical documentation, reuse-oriented content, and print/PDF publishing. It belongs prominently in Adobe and technical writing because it represents enterprise-scale authoring rather than general word processing.

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Adobe InCopy

Adobe InCopy is Adobe's editorial workflow application for writers and editors collaborating with InDesign layouts. It supports copyfitting, review, publishing governance, and editorial production workflows where written content and design production must stay coordinated.

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Adobe InDesign

Adobe InDesign is Adobe's desktop publishing and page-layout application for producing polished print and digital documents. It is useful for structured publication workflows, templates, collateral, manuals, and long-form visual communication.

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