Windows Desktop previous versions documentation
This section contains documentation for older versions of the Windows Desktop guides. Some articles cover deprecated or superseded technologies, and some cover niche subject areas that you may still find interesting.
Welcome to the MMC 3.0 Guidelines
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Real-time Communications (RTC) Client
Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) 5.3
Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) 5.4
Assistance Platform 1.0 Client SDK
Windows Data Access Components SDK Overview
Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG)
Windows Media Services 9 Series
Windows Server Update Services
Microsoft Management Console 2.0
Host Guardian Service WMI Provider
Debugging and authoring support
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Windows Storage Management API
Settings Management Infrastructure (SMI)
Dynamic Access Control developer extensibility
Failover Cluster Aware Patching MI Provider
Application Proxy WMI Provider
Unmanaged C++ Version of the AXE API
Windows Movie Maker 6.0 and Windows DVD Maker 1.0 SDK
Windows Media Library Sharing Services
Active Directory Rights Management Services SDK
Active Directory Rights Management Services Scripting API
Windows Data Access Components WMI Provider
Boot Configuration Data WMI Provider
MS-CHAP Password Management API
Failover Clustering Hyper-V WMI Provider
Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) Server WMI Provider
Failover Clustering Storage QoS Provider
Microsoft Rights Management SDK 4.2
Directory Services Data Exchange
Failover Cluster WMI Provider Extensions
Windows 8 and 8.1 Technologies
ManagementTools Registry WMI Provider
User State Management Provider
ServerManager.DeploymentProvider Provider
Extensible Authentication Protocol Host
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Gateway Health Monitor WMI Provider
Event Tracing Management WMI Provider
Distributed File System Replication
Windows Server Storage Management (MsftStrgMan.md) Provider
Distributed Transaction Coordinator WMI Provider
Group Policy Management Console
Extensible Authentication Protocol
Windows Product Activation Provider
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Windows Mail (formerly Outlook Express.md)
Network Access Protection WMI Provider
Windows Server Manager WMI provider
Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (MADCAP)
Physical Computer System View Provider
Mobile Device Management Settings Provider
Pointer Input Messages and Notifications
Windows Network Virtualization
OOBE APIs for setup state and notification
Network Load Balancing Provider
Mobile Device Management Application Provider
Management Tools Task Manager WMI Provider
Shielded VM Provisioning WMI Provider
Network Controller Server WMI Provider
Shielded VM Provisioning Service WMI Provider
Windows Troubleshooting Platform
ReliabilityMetricsProvider Provider
Net Event Capture WMI Provider
Msft_ProviderSubSystem Provider
Software Licensing Classes for Windows Vista
Remote Differential Compression
Direct3D Diagnostics Capture Interface Portal
Windows Management Infrastructure (MI)
Tiles, badges, and notifications for Classic desktop applications
Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA)
Distributed Transaction Coordinator WMI Provider
Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (MADCAP)
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Directory Services Data Exchange
Windows Movie Maker 6.0 and Windows DVD Maker 1.0 SDK
Active Directory Rights Management Services SDK
Failover Cluster Aware Patching MI Provider
Windows Server Manager WMI provider
Group Policy Management Console
Event Tracing Management WMI Provider
Windows 8 and 8.1 Technologies
Boot Configuration Data WMI Provider
Unmanaged C++ Version of the AXE API
Debugging and authoring support
ReliabilityMetricsProvider Provider
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Distributed File System Replication
Dynamic Access Control developer extensibility
Application Proxy WMI Provider
Physical Computer System View Provider
Active Directory Rights Management Services Scripting API
Failover Clustering Hyper-V WMI Provider
Failover Clustering Storage QoS Provider
Failover Cluster WMI Provider Extensions
Extensible Authentication Protocol
Extensible Authentication Protocol Host
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Host Guardian Service WMI Provider
Gateway Health Monitor WMI Provider
Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) Server WMI Provider
Tiles, badges, and notifications for Classic desktop applications
Pointer Input Messages and Notifications
Windows Product Activation Provider
Microsoft Management Console 2.0
Mobile Device Management Application Provider
Mobile Device Management Settings Provider
MS-CHAP Password Management API
Windows Server Storage Management (MsftStrgMan.md) Provider
Microsoft Rights Management SDK 4.2
Shielded VM Provisioning WMI Provider
Remote Differential Compression
Shielded VM Provisioning Service WMI Provider
Windows Network Virtualization
OOBE APIs for setup state and notification
ManagementTools Registry WMI Provider
Software Licensing Classes for Windows Vista
Management Tools Task Manager WMI Provider
Network Access Protection WMI Provider
Network Controller Server WMI Provider
Net Event Capture WMI Provider
Windows Media Library Sharing Services
Windows Management Infrastructure (MI)
ServerManager.DeploymentProvider Provider
Windows Mail (formerly Outlook Express.md)
Settings Management Infrastructure (SMI)
Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA)
Msft_ProviderSubSystem Provider
Windows Storage Management API
Windows Troubleshooting Platform
User State Management Provider
Direct3D Diagnostics Capture Interface Portal
Network Load Balancing Provider