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August 1-15, 1996
Microsoft Products
Microsoft Sales Information Newsgroups
Microsoft Newsgroups
Welcome to the Microsoft Sales Information Newsgroups! Microsoft Sales representatives are available on these newsgroups to answer your pre-sales questions about Microsoft products, programs and services in the USA. If you are outside the USA, please contact your local Microsoft subsidiary for more information. Technical Support is not available from the Microsoft Sales Information Newsgroups. For support on your Microsoft products, please visit Microsoft Support Online.

How to access Microsoft Newsgroups:
  1. Obtain an NNTP news client. You can obtain a beta copy of the Microsoft Internet Mail and Newsreader for Windows 95. Or, you can use a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer to participate in the Microsoft Newsgroups. You can also use a third-party NNTP newsreader to participate in the Microsoft Newsgroups.
  2. Configure your news client. The Microsoft news server name is msnews.microsoft.com. For help configuring Internet Explorer to read newsgroups, see our configuration tips. Information on configuring the Microsoft Internet Mail and Newsreader for Windows 95 to read the Microsoft newsgroups is also available.

To join, choose a newsgroup from the list below.

Microsoft Sales provides pre-sales information on the following products:
  • Office and Project(microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.OfficeProject)
    Microsoft desktop productivity applications, including Office applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access, FrontPage and Microsoft Project.
  • Windows and MS DOS (microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.Windows&DOS)
    Microsoft Personal Operating Systems including Microsoft Windows 95 , Windows NT® Workstations, Windows for Workgroups, and MS-DOS.
  • Homeline Products (microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.Homeline)
    Microsoft Homeline applications such as 500 Nations, Ancient Lands, Microsoft Works, Art Gallery, Microsoft Publisher, and Money.
  • General Information (microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.General)
    If you have a question for a Microsoft Sales Representative and cannot determine the correct section to post it in, please post it here.
  • International(microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.International)
    International Customers requesting information on Microsoft US products and US Customers requesting information on international Microsoft products, please post your requests here.
  • Windows NT Server®(microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.NTServer)
  • Microsoft SQL Server (microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.SQLServer)
  • Exchange Server(microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.Exchange)
  • SNA Server(microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.SNAServer)
  • Systems Management Server (microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.SMSServer)
  • Internet Information Server (microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.InternetServer)
  • Access (microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.Developer.Access)
  • Visual FoxPro (microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.Developer.FoxPro)
  • Visual C++(news:microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.Developer.VisualC++)
  • Visual Basic(news:microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.Developer.VisualBasic)
  • Internet Development(news:microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.Developer.Internet)
    Microsoft Internet Development tools such as ISAPI, and Active X
  • Software Development Kits (SDKs) and Device Driver Kits (DDKs) (news:microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.Developer.SDK&DDK)
  • Multimedia Development(news:microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.Developer.Multimedia)
  • Microsoft Visual Tools(news:microsoft.public.USASalesInfo.Developer.VisualTools)
    Microsoft visual development tools, such as Visual Test, Visual SourceSafe, MacroAssembler, and Fortran Powerstation.