Even if it is a large company, a service or product will come to an end at some point. The Microsoft Graveyard is a place that tells you what services or products Microsoft was working on in the past and when they were finished.
There are 70 cases in total, including 31 apps, 29 services, and 7 hardware. For example, Microsoft Bob, a user-friendly interface for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, and Windows NT, was born in 1995 and ended in 1996 in just 10 months. Windows 10 and Windows 11 come with Microsoft Defender antivirus as Microsoft security software. This software can be said to be an evolution of Windows Defender, a countermeasure against spyware installed in Windows XP. Prior to this, from 1993 to 1996, Microsoft Anti-Virus for Windows also existed. It was a program introduced for MS-DOS, but it is said to have disappeared after being acquired by Symantec.
iLoo is an abbreviation of Internet Loo, a portable toilet equipped with a function to connect to a wireless network. It was announced by the British subsidiary on April 30, 2003, aimed at the summer festival season, but it was ridiculed and withdrawn 13 days later on May 12.
Microsoft NetMeeting, a voice and video conferencing client, started in 1996 and ended in 2007. Windows Messenger, an instant messenger that appeared with Windows XP, was born in 2001 and ended in 2008. At this time, there was Windows Live Messenger, an instant messenger that developed into MSN Messenger in parallel with Windows, which succeeded to its role later, but Windows Live Messenger also ended in 2013 worldwide except for China, and in China in 2014 Skype ( It was integrated into Skype) and completely shut down.
Windows Mobile, an operating system for smartphones or PDAs, was terminated in 2010, and Windows Phone 0, an operating system for smartphones that succeeded it, also ended support in 2019. Windows 10 Mobile, which was characterized by being able to move common apps by doing it, also ended support in 2019.
In terms of hardware, Microsoft Kinect, which was a motion sensing device that could be used on Xbox and Windows, also ended production for Xbox One in 2117. Technologies such as the depth sensor were later used in the MR device Hololens, and Azure Kinect was released as a follow-up technology integrated with the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. In addition, the most recent one is that Skype for Business will end in October 2025. this placecan be found in