


In 1998, Microsoft renamed and moved this web portal to the domain name where it has remained.

At the same time, the company launched a new web portal named Microsoft Internet Start and set it as the first default home page of Internet Explorer, its web browser. The Microsoft Network was initially a subscription-based dial-up online service that later became an Internet service provider named MSN Dial-up. MSN (meaning Microsoft Network) is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps for Windows and mobile devices, provided by Microsoft and launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95.
