Official Microsoft Team Blogs / Microsoft Blogs

The directory below contains a listing of the official Microsoft Team Blogs and essential web feeds organised by category.  There are approximately 240 blogs listed in the directory below - this was last reviewed on the 14th July You can find a list of archived team blogs here.

On BlogMS a summary will be published weekly (each Monday) and monthly providing you a single article with a listing of all the latest announcements.   You can then browse through this article saving you valuable time and effort.  When you identify articles of interest you will be able to click on the article link, and it will take you directly to the blog.

If you do specalize in certain products or technologies don't forget you can subscribe directly using RSS or bookmark your favorite sites.  There are many more blogs published by Microsoft employees and communities which cannot all be listed here. A full directory of all Microsoft blogs can be found on the Microsoft Communities Website.

For further information about this site have a read of this page About BlogMS

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