Capitalizing Product Names in Technical Documentation
Capitalizing Product Names in Technical Documentation records the relevant Microsoft Style Guide convention while keeping it explicitly house-style scoped rather than presenting it as a universal grammar rule.
Use the established capitalization of product, service, app, and trademark names; Microsoft style generally treats them as proper names rather than applying ordinary sentence-case lowercasing.
Key details
Important caveats
Scope Boundary
This is Microsoft house style; always preserve an official product’s documented spelling and capitalization when exact product naming matters.
Further guidance
Content
Use the established capitalization of product, service, app, and trademark names; Microsoft style generally treats them as proper names rather than applying ordinary sentence-case lowercasing.
Purpose
Help readers recognize official products and avoid silently altering trademarked or branded names.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
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