History of Microsoft Office

History of
Microsoft Office applications
1983
After the release of Multi-Tool
Word the first version of
Microsoft Word 1.0 for MS-
DOS was released.
1985
Microsoft Word 1.0 and
Microsoft Excel for the Mac and
also Word 2.0 for MS-DOS are
released.
1986
Microsoft Word 3.0 for the Mac
and Word 3.0 for MS-DOS are
released.
1987
Microsoft buys Forethought,
the original company behind
PowerPoint.
1988
Microsoft launches PowerPoint
2.0 for the Mac.
1989
Office 1.0 for the Mac is
launched It includes Word 4.0,
Excel 2.2 and PowerPoint 2.01.
1990
PowerPoint 2.0 for Windows is
announced. Office 1.0 for
Windows is available and
includes Excel 2.0, Word 2.1
and PowerPoint 2.0.
1991
Microsoft announced the
availability of Microsoft Excel
for Windows 3.0.
1992
Office 3.0 for Windows is
available and includes Microsoft
PowerPoint 3.0 in combination
with Microsoft Word for
Windows 2.0 and Microsoft
Excel 4.0.
1993
Office 4.0 for Windows ships
with updated versions of Excel
and Word.
1994
Office 4.3 Professional for
Windows is available, featuring
Access 2.0.
1995
Office 95 is the first complete
package of 32-bit applications
available for Windows 95.
1996
Exchange Server 4.0 is released.
This is the original version of
Exchange Server and was
introduced as an upgrade from
Microsoft Mail.
1997
Microsoft Outlook 97 and
Exchange Server 5.0 are
available.
1998
Office 98 the Mac Edition
includes Word 98, Excel 98,
PowerPoint 98 and Outlook
Express.
1999
Access 2000 and Microsoft
Office 2000 are launched.
2000
Exchange 2000 Server is
released.
2001
Microsoft Office SharePoint
Portal Server 2001 and
Microsoft Office XP are
released.
2003
Microsoft launches Office 2003,
with Microsoft Office SharePoint
Portal Server 2003. Microsoft
Office OneNote and InfoPath
have been added the Office
line-up. Exchange Server 2003 is
released.
2005
Microsoft buys Groove.
2006
Exchange Server 2007 is
released.
2007
Microsoft Office 2007 is
released, including Office
SharePoint Server 2007.
2008
Microsoft announced the
worldwide availability of Office
Live Workspace beta.
2009
Live@edu services become
known as Outlook Live while
Exchange 2010 and Office 2010
are launched respectively as
Beta and Technical Preview.