Name: Microsoft Developer Network
Rating: 4.6 (95 reviews)

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Updated 13th October 2025

What is Microsoft Developer Network?

Microsoft Developer Network is a software designed to provide resources, tools, and documentation for software developers working with Microsoft technologies. The software offers access to technical references, code samples, APIs, and development tools that support the creation, testing, and deployment of applications on Microsoft platforms. It addresses the needs of developers by offering up-to-date information on programming languages, application frameworks, and software development kits, facilitating the development of solutions across desktop, web, cloud, and mobile environments. The software also includes forums and support channels aimed at resolving technical issues and sharing knowledge among developers.

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SENIOR CONSULTANT

3B - 10B USD, Banking

FAVORABLE

“An All-in-One Solution for Corporate Users”

5.0

Dec 10, 2024

It's an all-in-one solution, integration with other Microsoft applications is seamless and helps us achieve all the required things, very reliable as well and much needed for corporate users.

Product Developement Engineer

30B + USD, Manufacturing

CRITICAL

“Free library but takes alot of time to find target source”

3.0

Apr 25, 2019

I use this network to reach the libraries and review the codes for specific examples. Sometimes it takes a lot of time to reach the correct library that I search for. But it is helpful for developers.

About Company

Company Description

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

Company Details

Company type

Public

Year Founded

1975

Head office location

Redmond, Washington, United States

Number of employees

10000+

Annual Revenue

30B+ USD

Website

https://microsoft.com

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I personally believe it is easy to use while comparing other tools and flexible to integrate with other systems.

You can see lots of different type of codes for different programs. You can have an idea of the code in less time and get rid of you to spend lots of time for writing this code.

Great tools, many are cross platform. Very much cutting edge and web centric. Excellent support across forums and user groups for ease of research when issues come up.

N/A

The target source can not be easily found all the time. Some codes with error also wasting your time.

Microsoft specific in some areas. Heavy focus on leveraging with Microsoft technologies. Strange overlap between applications like Visual Studio Code vs Visual Studio Standard / Enterprise.

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Magic Quadrant for Application Development Life Cycle Management (Transitioning to DevOps Platforms)

1B-10B USD

Banking

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An All-in-One Solution for Corporate Users

Chief Technology Officer

<50M USD

IT Services

Many free tools which make web development much easier

Mar 10, 2022

Many cross platform tools and libraries for everyday use.

Chief IT Officer

Insurance (except health)

A true partner to achieve efficient product development...

4.0

Mar 9, 2022

We have been part of the developer network from the early beginnings over 20 years ago, it has been a tremendous support to our product development initiatives

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

50M-1B USD

Finance (non-banking)

MSDN helped us complete application development on time and on budget

Mar 17, 2022

Overall experience was great as it helped us complete our project successfully and on time

Medical business associate

10B+ USD

Healthcare and Biotech

Reducing time and cost by discovering and fixing open source security vulnerabilities.

Jul 23, 2019

microsoft developer network is the portion of microsoft responsible for managing the firms relationship with the developers and the testers such as hardware developers interested in the operating systems and software developers developing on the various os platforms or using scripting language of microsoft application . although in most casese the software itself function exactly like the full product the MSDN end user license agrrement prohibits use of software in a business production environment

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Overall experience with Microsoft Developer Network

“An All-in-One Solution for Corporate Users”

“Free library but takes alot of time to find target source”

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1. Jira

2. Team Foundation Server

3. Rally

An All-in-One Solution for Corporate Users

Many free tools which make web development much easier

A true partner to achieve efficient product development...

MSDN helped us complete application development on time and on budget

Reducing time and cost by discovering and fixing open source security vulnerabilities.

4.6

(95 Ratings)

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