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==Other codenames== {{More citations needed section|date = January 2016}} {| class="sortable wikitable" |- !Codename !Preliminary name !Final name !Notes !Ref |- |Acropolis | |{{N/A}} |Application framework for Smart Clients |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Aero Diamond | |{{N/A}} |Used during the [[development of Windows Vista]] to describe a set of advanced user interface effects for the [[Desktop Window Manager]] to be introduced after Vista's release |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070130/interview-tjeerd-ces2007/#aerodiamond |title=Interview with Tjeerd Hoek, director of user experience design for Windows - istartedsomething<!-- Bot generated title --> |date=29 January 2007 |access-date=2007-02-17 |archive-date=2021-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602173259/https://www.istartedsomething.com/20070130/interview-tjeerd-ces2007/#aerodiamond |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |Alexandria | |[[Zune Marketplace]] |An online music store |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Argo | |[[Zune]] |A digital media player |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Atlanta | |{{N/A}} |A [[cloud service]] that monitors [[Microsoft SQL Server]] deployments |<ref name="softpedia">{{cite web |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Codename-Atlanta-Cloud-Monitoring-of-SQL-Server-Deployments-169846.shtml |title=Introducing Codename Atlanta - Cloud Monitoring of SQL Server Deployments |first=Marius |last=Oiaga |date=December 1, 2010 |access-date=2010-12-04 |work=[[Softpedia]] |publisher=SoftNews |archive-date=2016-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410074045/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Codename-Atlanta-Cloud-Monitoring-of-SQL-Server-Deployments-169846.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |Baraboo | |[[Microsoft HoloLens]] | |<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Hempel|first1=Jessi|title=Project HoloLens: Our Exclusive Hands-On With Microsoft's Holographic Goggles|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/01/microsoft-hands-on/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=21 January 2015|access-date=19 June 2017|archive-date=17 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517233311/https://www.wired.com/2015/01/microsoft-hands-on/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |[[Blackbird (online platform)|Blackbird]] | |{{N/A}} |An online content-authoring platform centered around the concept of distributed [[Object Linking and Embedding]] (OLE) and meant to be an alternative to HTML. The developer tools were originally released in beta and some titles were made available on [[MSDN]] before it was scrapped in favor of web development around [[Active Server Pages|ASP]] and [[ActiveX]] and the designer was refashioned into [[Visual InterDev]]. |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Concur | |{{N/A}} |Aims to: define higher-level abstractions (above "threads and locks"); for today's imperative languages; that evenly support the range of concurrency granularities; to let developers write correct and efficient concurrent applications; with much latent parallelism; that can be efficiently mapped to the user's. |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Dallas | |{{N/A}} |Aims to help discover, purchase and manage, premium data subscriptions in the Windows Azure platform |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsAzure/dallas/ |title=Microsoft Codename "Dallas" |website=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=2010-04-13 |archive-date=2010-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006133347/http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsAzure/dallas/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |Dorado | |[[Zune Software#Zune software|Zune PC Client]] | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Eldorado | |[[Microsoft Most Valuable Professional|MVP Reconnect]] |Program to recognize alumni of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional award program when they left the program in good standing or were not re-awarded. |<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/MVPReconnectSearch |title=MVP Reconnect members |website=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=2023-05-19 |archive-date=2023-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518155108/https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/MVPReconnectSearch |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |HailStorm | |[[.NET My Services]] |Collection of [[web services]] centered around the storage and retrieval of information. Cancelled before it could fully materialize. |<ref name="HailStormIntroduction">{{cite web |url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb263932%28v=vs.85%29.aspx |title=A Quick Introduction to HailStorm |last=Hess |first=Robert |date=May 14, 2001 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[MSDN]] |access-date=May 5, 2015 |archive-date=February 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214014604/https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb263932(v=vs.85).aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYTimes2">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/11/technology/ebusiness/11NET.html |title=Microsoft Has Shelved Its Internet 'Persona' Service |last=Markoff |first=John |date=April 11, 2002 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 5, 2015 |archive-date=August 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802205934/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/11/technology/ebusiness/11NET.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |Honolulu | |[[Windows Admin Center]] | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Ibiza | |Azure Portal |Website for managing cloud resources |<ref>{{cite web | url = https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-azure-portal-general-availability/ | title = Announcing Azure Portal general availability | last = Welicki | first = Leon | date = 2015-12-02 | website = Microsoft Azure Blog | publisher = Microsoft | access-date = 2023-08-17 | quote = We are excited to announce that as of today, portal.azure.com (codename Ibiza), has achieved general availability (GA) status | archive-date = 2023-02-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230213054933/https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-azure-portal-general-availability/ | url-status = live }}</ref> |- |Kratos | |PowerApps |Software for building and sharing native, mobile, and Web apps |<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-takes-wraps-off-powerapps-mobile-app-creation-service/ | title = Microsoft takes wraps off PowerApps mobile-app creation service | last = Foley | first = Mary Jo | author-link = Mary Jo Foley | date = 2015-11-30 | website = ZDNet | publisher = CBS Interactive | access-date = 2016-11-13 | quote = PowerApps -- codenamed Project Kratos -- is designed to allow business users and developers to create custom native, mobile, and Web apps that can be shared simply across their organizations. | archive-date = 2021-02-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210228160847/https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-takes-wraps-off-powerapps-mobile-app-creation-service/ | url-status = live }}</ref> |- |Kumo | |[[Bing (search engine)|Bing]] |Microsoft's set of features improving [[Live Search]] search engine |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Marvel | |[[MSN|The Microsoft Network]] |The classic version of MSN, originally as a proprietary, "walled garden" online service |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Media2Go | |Windows Mobile software for [[Portable Media Center]]s |Platform built on [[Windows Mobile]] found on [[portable media player]]s |<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/jan03/01-09m2glaunchpr.mspx Microsoft Unveils "Media2Go" Portable Media Player Platform: Intel to Deliver Initial Hardware Reference] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229055011/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/jan03/01-09M2GLaunchPR.mspx |date=2007-12-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/oct03/10-27abocomtatungpr.mspx |title=Microsoft Announces Official Name and New ODM Partners For Portable Media Center Devices |website=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=2007-04-10 |archive-date=2010-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828164627/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/oct03/10-27AboComTatungPR.mspx |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |Metro | |[[XML Paper Specification]] (XPS) |Named after [[Metro by T-Mobile]], a wireless prepaid service in the United States.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Milan |Surface |[[Microsoft PixelSense]] |Table-top style computer with multi-touch touchscreen interface |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Mira | |{{N/A}} |Windows CE .NET-based technology for [[smart display]]s |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/jan02/01-07freestylemirapr.mspx |title=Microsoft Unveils New Home PC Experiences With "Freestyle" and "Mira": New Technologies |website=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=2006-07-22 |archive-date=2011-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205183537/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/Press/2002/Jan02/01-07FreestyleMiraPR.mspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/windows/smartdisplay/howitworks.mspx |title=How a Smart Display Works |website=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=2006-07-22 |archive-date=2009-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907191637/http://www.microsoft.com/windows/smartdisplay/howitworks.mspx |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |Monaco | |{{N/A}} |Music-making program similar to [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[GarageBand]] application |<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-microsoft-code-name-a-day-monaco/|title = A (Microsoft) code name a day: Monaco|date = 13 December 2006|website = [[CNET]]|publisher = [[CBS Interactive]]|last = Foley|first = Mary Jo|author-link = Mary Jo Foley|access-date = 26 April 2015|archive-date = 8 May 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210508113627/https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-microsoft-code-name-a-day-monaco/|url-status = live}}</ref> |- |Origami | |[[Ultra-Mobile PC]] | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Palladium |Trusted Windows |{{N/A}} |Effort to develop a small, very secure operating environment within Windows, including curtained memory, trusted input, and graphics. Project renamed to [[Next-Generation Secure Computing Base]], and was never fully implemented. |<ref name="TheBigSecret">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/big-secret-145809 |title=The Big Secret |last=Levy |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Levy |date=June 24, 2002 |work=[[Newsweek]] |access-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-date=June 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624182651/https://www.newsweek.com/big-secret-145809 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="TrustedWindows">{{cite web |url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/f/c/afcf8195-0eda-4190-a46d-aa60b45e0740/Security.ppt |title=Privacy, Security, and Content in Windows Platforms |last3=England |first3=Paul |last2=Peinado |first2=Marcus |last1=Biddle |first1=Peter |date=2000 |format=PPT |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134130/http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/f/c/afcf8195-0eda-4190-a46d-aa60b45e0740/Security.ppt |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |Softsled | |{{N/A}} |Software based [[Windows Media Center Extender]]{{Clarify|post-text=Is it "software-based" or "software based on"?|date=December 2012}} |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |- |Springfield |[[Microsoft Popfly]] |{{N/A}} |Website in Alpha testing stage providing mashup and webpages creation tools, with publishing as [[Rich Internet Application]] option |<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-popfly-yahoo-pipes-for-the-rest-of-us/452 |title = Microsoft Popfly: Yahoo Pipes for the rest of us |work = [[ZDNet News]] |publisher = CBS Interactive |date = 18 May 2007 |access-date = 22 December 2010 |first = Mary Jo |last = Foley |archive-date = 14 July 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130714072356/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-popfly-yahoo-pipes-for-the-rest-of-us/452 |url-status = dead }}</ref> |- |Sydney |Bing Chat |[[Microsoft Copilot|Copilot]] | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chatbots keep going rogue, as Microsoft probes AI-powered Copilot that's giving users bizarre, disturbing, even harmful messages |url=https://fortune.com/2024/02/28/microsoft-investigating-harmful-ai-powered-chatbot/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref> |- |Wolverine | |[[TCP/IP]] stack for [[Windows for Workgroups 3.11]] |Named after the [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]], a character from [[Marvel Comics]]. |<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Noss|first1=John|magazine=[[InfoWorld]]|date=2 January 1995|volume=16|number=52|page=51|issn=0199-6649|title=Big bang for the buck|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDgEAAAAMBAJ&q=Microsoft+wolverine&pg=PA51|access-date=21 October 2020|archive-date=9 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141235/https://books.google.com/books?id=gDgEAAAAMBAJ&q=Microsoft+wolverine&pg=PA51|url-status=live}}</ref> |}
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