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Official Microsoft Forum Sites

Official Microsoft Forum Sites

These are the official Microsoft forums listed by site, or by forum platform. The size does not include archived forums. Add any additional forum sites that are owned by Microsoft.

Site Description Size
ASP.net
 Web development
  62 forums
Bing
 Topics: Developer, Maps, Search, and Webmaster  17 forums
Channel 9 Topics: Coffehouse (chat), Site Feedback, Tech Off, The 9 Guy Around the World, and The Sandbox  5 forums
Community/Answers  Includes Windows, Office, IE, Live, Zune, and Hotmail  9 forums with filters
Dynamics
 Topics: GP, AX, CRM, RMS, SL, NAV, Introductions, Jobs, Feedback, and more  15 forums
Expression
 Categories: Moderators, Blend, Design, Web, Encoder, Studio, Media, WPF, Feedback, and Sandbox  19 forums
IIS.net
 Topics: Versions, General, Troubleshooting, Security, Setup, Publishing, Web Platform, and more  29 forums
Microsoft
 Categories: Using Forums, Moderators, Learning, Dynamics, Live Mesch, Microsoft Resarch, Genuine Advantage, Academic, HPC, Windows Home Server, Windows Live, OneCare, Windows Phone, Archived, and more  112 forums
MSDN
 Developer/release forums
  432 forums
Office 365 Categories: Directory Integration Services, Downloads, Email, IM, Service Admin, Office Pro Plus, Web Apps, Blackberry, Upgrade, and Websites  36 forums
Silverlight.net
 Topics: General, Programming, Data and Service Dev, Gaming, Mobile, Design, Other
  21 forums
TechNet
 Resources for IT Professionals
  432 forums
 Xbox
 Questions about Xbox Live, games, support, Live Arcade, and more.
  2,000+
 
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  • 21 Aug 2012 9:11 AM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 3. Comment: Added count of TechNet forums and link

  • 21 Aug 2012 1:31 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 5. Comment: Updated number of TechNet forums, to not include archived forums

  • 26 Aug 2012 1:26 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 7. Comment: Updated MSDN forum count to 442, skipping archived and moderator only forums

  • 13 Sep 2012 11:53 AM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 8. Comment: Added Xbox.

  • 13 Sep 2012 12:00 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 10. Comment: Added Silverlight link and info.

  • 13 Sep 2012 12:03 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 11. Comment: Added IIS.net link and info.

  • 13 Sep 2012 12:27 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 12. Comment: Added Answers, Bing, and Dynamics links and info

  • 13 Sep 2012 12:36 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 13. Comment: Added Expression link and info

  • 13 Sep 2012 12:45 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 14. Comment: Added the Microsoft branded forums... link and info

  • 18 Sep 2012 5:00 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 16. Comment: Added O365

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  • Posted by
    on 21 Aug 2012 9:11 AM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 3. Comment: Added count of TechNet forums and link

  • Posted by
    on 21 Aug 2012 9:29 AM

    I count 576 MSDN forums, of which 4 are Moderator only and probably should not be included in the total. I count 450 TechNet forums, of which 3 are Moderator only. Are there other MSDN forums that should not be included? If so, my number for TechNet might be too large.

  • Posted by
    on 21 Aug 2012 10:22 AM

    Thanks Richard. I think there's at least one more site out there that's like ASP.net and IIS.net, but I just cannot remember it right now.

  • Posted by
    on 21 Aug 2012 10:26 AM

    Richard, did you include archived forums? I wouldn't include those. Thanks!

  • Posted by
    on 21 Aug 2012 1:31 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 5. Comment: Updated number of TechNet forums, to not include archived forums

  • Posted by
    on 21 Aug 2012 1:36 PM

    When I skip archived forums (and also moderator only forums) I get 442 MSDN forums and 433 TechNet forums. I don't trust myself to count that high, so I copied the info to a text file and used a script to count the forums (and skip the groups). But when I manually counted archived forums in MSDN I got over 130.

  • Posted by
    on 21 Aug 2012 6:59 PM

    That's awesome. Thanks Richard!

  • Posted by
    on 22 Aug 2012 10:07 AM

    Thankz richard, keep updating this article.

  • Posted by
    on 26 Aug 2012 1:26 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 7. Comment: Updated MSDN forum count to 442, skipping archived and moderator only forums

  • Posted by
    on 13 Sep 2012 11:53 AM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 8. Comment: Added Xbox.

  • Posted by
    on 13 Sep 2012 11:55 AM

    I added the Xbox forums.

  • Posted by
    on 13 Sep 2012 12:00 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 10. Comment: Added Silverlight link and info.

  • Posted by
    on 13 Sep 2012 12:03 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 11. Comment: Added IIS.net link and info.

  • Posted by
    on 13 Sep 2012 12:27 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 12. Comment: Added Answers, Bing, and Dynamics links and info

  • Posted by
    on 13 Sep 2012 12:36 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 13. Comment: Added Expression link and info

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