How to: Install Microsoft Encarta Kids & Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium From 1993 through 2009, Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia produced by Microsoft Corporation. Encarta Premium, the full English edition, has over 62,000 articles, countless photographs and drawings, music clips, videos, interactive elements, timelines, maps and atlases, and assignment aids in 2008. It was accessible on the Internet as a yearly subscription or as a DVD or multiple CD purchase. #En