Silverlight Plugin

Despite its initial success, Microsoft officially ended support for Silverlight. The decline was driven by several massive shifts in the technology landscape:

| Industry | Example Applications | |----------|----------------------| | Streaming Video | Netflix, Amazon Prime Video (early versions), MLB.tv, Sky Go | | Enterprise | SharePoint 2010/2013 (media web parts), Dynamics CRM, internal dashboards | | Media & Publishing | NBC Olympics (2008), BBC iPlayer (initial version), Deep Zoom photo galleries | | Education | Interactive e-learning modules, Microsoft Classroom | | Advertising & Games | Rich banner ads, puzzle games, XBAP (XAML Browser Applications) | silverlight plugin