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To start using the Managed Newsgroup service, choose an available newsgroup from the list of newsgroups below. You can select with your Web browser or with a Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)-based newsreader such as Microsoft Outlook Express.

For more information on configuring and reading newsgroups using a newsreader, see Configuring MSDN Managed Newsgroups. Once you have configured your NNTP newsreader, you can access the support newsgroups listed below on this page via your NNTP newsreader client.

Component Development


Data Access


Enterprise Development

Graphics and Multimedia


.NET Development


Networking and Directory


Office Solutions Development

Visual Tools & Languages


Web Development


Windows Development


XML Web Services

.NET Framework
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.adonet[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.buildingcontrols[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.caching[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.security[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webcontrols[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservices[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.clr[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.interop[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.odbcnet[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.sdk[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.windowsforms[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.windowsforms.controls[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.windowsforms.databinding[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.windowsforms.designtime[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.performance[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.webservices[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.webservices.enhancements[NewsReader or Browser]
  
.NET General
microsoft.public.dotnet.distributed_apps[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.general[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Application Center
microsoft.public.applicationcenter.admin[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.applicationcenter.clb[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.applicationcenter.healthmonitor[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.applicationcenter.nlb[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.applicationcenter.setup[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.applicationcenter.usage[NewsReader or Browser]
  
BizTalk
microsoft.public.biztalk.accelerator.forsuppliers[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.biztalk.accelerator.rosettanet[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.biztalk.appintegration[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.biztalk.general[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.biztalk.orchestration[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.biztalk.sdk[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.biztalk.server[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.biztalk.setup[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Business Solutions
microsoft.public.crm[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.crm.developer[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.greatplains[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.smallbusinessmanager[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.solomon[NewsReader or Browser]
  
C#
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp[NewsReader or Browser]
  
C/C++ and Visual C++
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vc[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.activex.templatelib[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.atl[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.database[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.debugger[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.ide_general[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.language[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.mfc[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.mfc.docview[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.mfcole[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.online_help[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.stl[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vc.utilities[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Commerce Server
microsoft.public.commerceserver.analysis[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.commerceserver.announcements[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.commerceserver.businessdesk[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.commerceserver.campaigns_csf[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.commerceserver.catalog[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.commerceserver.datawarehousing[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.commerceserver.general[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.commerceserver.sdk[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.commerceserver.setup.deploymentoperations[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.commerceserver.solutionsites[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.commerceserver.userprofilemgt[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
microsoft.public.platformsdk.complus_mts[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.mts.programming[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Messaging Queuing and Queued Components (MSMQ)
microsoft.public.msmq.programming[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.msmq.setup[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.databaswe.ado[NewsReader or Browser]
  
ADO
microsoft.public.data.ado[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.data.ado.rds[NewsReader or Browser]
  
ODBC
microsoft.public.data.odbc[NewsReader or Browser]
  
OLE DB
microsoft.public.data.oledb[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.data.oledb.olap[NewsReader or Browser]
  
DirectX
microsoft.public.vb.directx[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.audio[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.graphics[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.graphics.shaders[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.input[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.managed[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.networking[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.sdk[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.video[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Internet Server Programming
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.components[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.db[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.inetserver.iis[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.inetserver.iis.ftp[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.inetserver.iis.security[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Internet Security and Acceleration
microsoft.public.isa.sdk-dev[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI)
microsoft.public.adsi.general[NewsReader or Browser]
Excel
microsoft.public.excel.programming[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Office Development (General)
microsoft.public.office.access.forms[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.office.access.formscoding[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.office.developer.automation[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.office.developer.binary.file_format[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.office.developer.com.add_ins[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.office.developer.office.sdks[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.office.developer.smarttags[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.office.developer.vba[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.office.developer.web.components[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.office.developer.active.documents[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Access
microsoft.public.access.adp.sqlserver[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.access.dataaccess.pages[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.access.forms[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.access.formscoding[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.access.macros[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.access.modulesdaovba[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.access.modulesdaovba.ado[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.access.queries[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.access.reports[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.access.security[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign[NewsReader or Browser]
  
SharePoint Portal Server
microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver.development[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices.development[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Scripting
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.jscript[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.dotnet.scripting[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.scripting.debugger[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.scripting.hosting[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.scripting.jscript[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.scripting.remote[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.scripting.scriptlets[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.scripting.wsh[NewsReader or Browser]
  
SQL Server
microsoft.public.sqlserver.clients[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.connect[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.datawarehouse[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.dts[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.mseq[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.odbc[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.olap[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.replication[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.security[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.server[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.setup[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.tools[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Visual Basic
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.6.webdevelopment[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.addins[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.bugs[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.com[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.controls[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.controls.creation[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.controls.databound[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.controls.internet[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.database[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.database.dao[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.database.odbc[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.dataenvreport[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.deployment[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.enterprise[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.installation[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.ole.automation[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.syntax[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.visual_modeler[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.winapi[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.winapi.graphics[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vb.winapi.networks[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Visual SourceSafe
microsoft.public.sourcesafe[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vstudio.sourcesafe[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Visual Studio
microsoft.public.vstudio.extensibility[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vstudio.setup[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Visual Studio.NET
microsoft.public.vsnet.debugging[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vsnet.documentation[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vsnet.enterprise.tools[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vsnet.general[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vsnet.ide[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.vsnet.setup[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Windows DDK
microsoft.public.development.device.drivers[NewsReader or Browser]
  
Windows SDK
microsoft.public.platformsdk.msi[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.platformsdk.sdk_install[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.platformsdk.gdi[NewsReader or Browser]
 
microsoft.public.platformsdk.security[NewsReader or Browser]
 
microsoft.public.platformsdk.shell[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.gdi[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.international[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.messaging[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.networks[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.tools[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.wmi[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.windbg[NewsReader or Browser]
  
XML
microsoft.public.dotnet.xml[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.sqlserver.xml[NewsReader or Browser]
microsoft.public.xml[NewsReader or Browser]
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