Microsoft Pinpoint

{{Infobox website

| name = Pinpoint

| screenshot =

| caption = The Pinpoint Web site is updated daily to feature new and top-rated software applications and related services.

| url = [http://www.pinpoint.microsoft.com http://pinpoint.microsoft.com]

| commercial = Yes

| type = Search Engine

| language = Multiple

| registration = Optional

| owner = Microsoft

| author = Microsoft

| launch_date = 2008

| current_status = Inactive

}}

Microsoft Pinpoint was a searchable online directory of software applications and professional services based on Microsoft technologies. All software applications and services listed on the Pinpoint website were provided by independent information technology (IT) companies, including Microsoft Certified Partners, affiliated with the Microsoft Partner Network.

Pinpoint was launched in the United States in 2008.{{Cite web |last=Bekker |first=Scott |last2=Chief |first2=Editor in |title=Microsoft Pinpoint Heading for a Million Leads? - |url=https://rcpmag.com/blogs/scott-bekker/2011/03/microsoft-pinpoint-million-leads.aspx |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Redmond Channel Partner |language=en-US}} As of May 2010, the U.S. site contained more than 7,000 software application listings from more than 30,000 Microsoft-technology independent software vendors (ISVs).{{Cite web|url=http://pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/about.aspx | title=About Microsoft Pinpoint | publisher=MicrosoftPinpoint.com |date= |accessdate=2010-05-24}}

Microsoft had announced plans to expand Pinpoint to most major markets worldwide by the end of 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/Help.aspx?topicId=351#T07| title=When will Pinpoint be available in other countries?| publisher=MicrosoftPinpoint.com |date= |accessdate=2010-05-24}} A global roll-out of the directory began in 2009, with subsidiary websites launching in the United Kingdom, India, Germany, and the Netherlands, and as of July 2010, subsidiary websites had launched in Canada (French and English), Austria, Switzerland, France, Russia, Australia, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Pinpoint was the successor to Microsoft Solution Finder.{{Cite web|url=http://www.isvconcierge.com/Lists/Articles/DispForm.aspx?ID=274 | title=Microsoft Pinpoint Connects Partners, Small and Medium-Sized Customers| publisher=ISVconcierge.com |date= |accessdate=2010-05-24}}

At the end of 2017 Pinpoint was shut down by Microsoft and Microsoft Partner Center proposed as a successor.

PinPoint is replaced by [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/solution-providers/home Microsoft Solution Providers]