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On May 14, 2006, Microsoft released the first [[Community Technology Preview | Community Technology Preview (CTP)]] version of Expression Web, code-named ''Quartz''. On September 5, 2006, Microsoft released Beta 1. Beta 1 removed most of the [[Microsoft FrontPage | FrontPage]]-proprietary (non-standard) features such as bots (use of [[FrontPage Server Extensions |FPSE]] features for server-side scripting), parts, functions, themes, automatic generation of navigation buttons, FrontPage forms, navigation pane to build a web site's hierarchy, and other non-standard features available in CTP 1. The [[Release to Manufacturing | Release To Manufacturing]] version was made available on December 4, 2006. The first and only [[service pack]] was published in December 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7228|title=Microsoft Expression Web Service Pack 1 (SP1) |publisher=Microsoft.com |date=2007-12-08 |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> Expression Web does not have the form validation controls for HTML fields like FrontPage, but supports validator controls for ASP.NET.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc265139.aspx |title=Use ASP.NET Validation Controls in Expression Web |publisher=Expression.microsoft.com |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref>

Microsoft Expression Web 2 was released in 2008.<ref>{{cite web

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==Availability==

As of December, 2012, Microsoft has announced that Expression Studio will no longer be a stand-alone product.<ref>[http://designisphilosophy.com/microsoft-expression-web/microsoft-abandons-expression-web-and-front-end-web-development/ Rand-Hendriksen, Morten, "Microsoft Abandons Expression Web and Front End Web Development," 20 Dec 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224235356/http://designisphilosophy.com/microsoft-expression-web/microsoft-abandons-expression-web-and-front-end-web-development/ |date=December 24, 2012 }}</ref> [[Expression Blend]] is being integrated into [[Visual Studio]], while Expression Web and [[Expression Design]] will now be free products. Technical support is available for customers who purchased Expression Web or Expression Design following their published support lifetime guides, while no support will be offered to free downloaders. No new versions of Expression Web or Design are planned.<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/expression]</ref>

==Reception==