<s>
Channel	B-Application
9	I-Application
was	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
website	O
for	O
hosting	O
videos	O
and	O
podcasts	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
employees	O
create	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
in	O
2004	O
when	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
corporate	O
reputation	O
was	O
at	O
a	O
low	O
,	O
Channel	B-Application
9	I-Application
was	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Channel	B-Application
9	I-Application
team	O
produced	O
interviews	O
with	O
Bill	O
Gates	O
,	O
Erik	O
Meijer	O
,	O
and	O
Mark	O
Russinovich	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
5	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
would	O
merge	O
Channel	B-Application
9	I-Application
into	O
Microsoft	O
Learn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Channel	B-Application
9	I-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
community	O
website	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
host	O
any	O
content	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
once	O
hosted	O
discussion	O
forums	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
wiki	B-Protocol
based	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
own	O
FlexWiki	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
wiki	B-Protocol
had	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
provide	O
ad	O
hoc	O
feedback	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
teams	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
team	O
.	O
</s>
