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MSN

This article is about the website and apps. For the Internet service provider, see MSN Dial-Up Internet Access. For other uses, see MSN (disambiguation).

MSN
Current home page in November 2024
Type of site
Web portal
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerMicrosoft
URLmsn.com
CommercialMixed
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedAugust 24, 1995 (1995-08-24)
Current statusActive
Written inASP.NET[1]

MSN is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps provided by Microsoft. The main home page provides news, weather, sports, finance and other content curated from hundreds of different sources that Microsoft has partnered with.[2] MSN is based in the United States and offers international versions of its portal for dozens of countries around the world.[3] Its dedicated app is currently available for iOS and Android systems.

The first version of MSN originally launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95,[4] as a subscription-based dial-up online service called The Microsoft Network; it later became an Internet service provider named MSN Dial-Up Internet Access. Also around this time, the company launched a new web portal named Microsoft Internet Start and set it as the default home page of Internet Explorer, its web browser. In 1998, Microsoft renamed and moved this web portal to the domain name msn.com, where it has remained since.[5]

Microsoft subsequently used the "MSN" brand name for a wide variety of products and services over the years, notably MSN Hotmail (later Outlook.com), MSN Messenger (which was once synonymous with "MSN" in Internet slang), its web search engine (which became Bing), and several other rebranded and discontinued services. In 2014, Microsoft reworked and relaunched the MSN website and suite of apps offered.[6] Following a partial rebranding of the website to Microsoft Start beginning in 2021, the company reversed course in 2024 and kept "MSN" as the name of the website.[7]

  1. ^ Roger Chapman. "Top 40 Website Programming Languages". roadchap.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  2. ^ Josh Kolm (September 9, 2014). "The new MSN gets away from the desktop". Media of Canada. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  3. ^ "MSN Worldwide". MSN. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  4. ^ "Microsoft timeline and profile". About.com Web Trends. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  5. ^ "MSN works to find its focus". Archived from the original on June 6, 2007. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  6. ^ Bishop, Todd (September 30, 2014). "MSN's rebirth brings Microsoft's new approach into focus". GeekWire. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  7. ^ Batt, Simon (November 11, 2024). "Microsoft Start comes to an end as it reverts back to its MSN roots". XDA. Retrieved November 11, 2024.

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