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{{Infobox software|title=Microsoft Agent|software_name=Microsoft Agent|logo=AgentSvrIconEnlarged64px.png|developer=Microsoft|latest release date=October 12th, 1998 ({{time_ago|October 12th, 1998}})|latest version=2.0|released=1997 ({{time_ago|1997}})|programming language=C++|operating system=Microsoft Windows|discontinued=Yes|screenshot=Microsoft_Agent_mash_screenshot_gif.png|caption=Microsoft Agent software being used in the [[Microsoft Agent Scripting Helper]].}}
{{Featured article}}{{Infobox software|title=Microsoft Agent|software_name=Microsoft Agent|logo=AgentSvrIconEnlarged64px.png|developer=Microsoft|latest release date=October 12th, 1998 ({{time_ago|October 12th, 1998}})|latest version=2.0|released=1997 ({{time_ago|1997}})|programming language=C++|operating system=Microsoft Windows|discontinued=Yes|screenshot=Microsoft_Agent_mash_screenshot_gif.png|caption=Microsoft Agent software being used in the [[Microsoft Agent Scripting Helper]].}}


Microsoft Agent was a technology developed by [[wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]] that allows for users to interact with animated characters inside applications and web pages. It used text to speech engines to allow the animated characters to speak to the end user. These animated characters were called "Microsoft Agents". It came preinstalled with [[wikipedia:Microsoft_Windows|Windows]] beginning with [[wikipedia:Windows_98|Windows 98]]. Microsoft Agent continued to release alongside all Windows versions until [[wikipedia:Windows_7|Windows 7]] in 2009, following Microsoft's discontinuation of Microsoft Agent. The latest release of Microsoft Agent was version 2.0 on October 12th, 1998.
Microsoft Agent was a technology developed by [[wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]] that allows for users to interact with animated characters inside applications and web pages. It used text to speech engines to allow the animated characters to speak to the end user. These animated characters were called "Microsoft Agents". It came preinstalled with [[wikipedia:Microsoft_Windows|Windows]] beginning with [[wikipedia:Windows_98|Windows 98]]. Microsoft Agent continued to release alongside all Windows versions until [[wikipedia:Windows_7|Windows 7]] in 2009, following Microsoft's discontinuation of Microsoft Agent. The latest release of Microsoft Agent was version 2.0 on October 12th, 1998.