Type of site | Knowledge base |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multiple languages |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Owner | Microsoft |
| URL | docs.microsoft.com at the Wayback Machine (archive index) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | June 2016 |
| Current status | Moved to Microsoft Learn |
Microsoft Docs was a library of technical documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals who work with Microsoft products. Microsoft Docs was introduced in June 2016 as a replacement of the MSDN and TechNet libraries which previously hosted some of these materials.[1][2] Microsoft Docs initially contained only .NET documentation.[3] The process of migrating the bulk of the MSDN and TechNet libraries' content took approximately two years.
In 2022, Microsoft Docs was made part of the Microsoft Learn site.[4][5][6]
Structure and features
The content on Microsoft Docs was organised into groups based on product or technology and steps of working with it: evaluating, getting started, planning, deploying, managing, and troubleshooting, and the navigation panel and product/service pages showed material breakdowns. The service allowed users to download specific docs sections as PDF files for offline use and included an estimated reading time for each article.
Each article was represented as a Markdown file in various GitHub repositories, and most of the documentation content was open-sourced and accepted pull requests. Microsoft released a set of Visual Studio Code extensions, Docs Authoring Pack, to assist in editing Microsoft Docs content. It included the support of Docs-specific markdown features.[7][3]
See also
References
- ↑ Price, Mark J. (24 March 2017). C# 7 and .NET Core: Modern Cross-Platform Development. Packt Publishing Ltd. p. 126. ISBN 9781787120266.
- ↑ Allen, Jonathan (4 May 2016). "MSDN/TechNet Being Replaced by Open Source Project docs.microsoft.com". InfoQ. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- 1 2 Sandquist, Jeff (9 January 2022). "Introducing docs.microsoft.com". Microsoft Docs. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ↑ "Microsoft Docs moves to new home at Microsoft Learn - OnMSFT.com". 21 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ↑ jeffsand (27 September 2018). "Introducing Microsoft.com/Learn". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ↑ Gola, Nishant (26 September 2022). "Microsoft moves its documentation from Docs to Learn". TheWindowsClub News. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ↑ Govoni, Sergio (14 September 2018). "Microsoft Docs and Localization Community Platform". SQLblog.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018.
