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List of Fictional Companies Used in Microsoft Material/Documentation

List of Fictional Companies Used in Microsoft Material/Documentation

This Wiki page lists the names of the fictitious companies registered by Microsoft and used in Microsoft learning material as well as documentation.

Most Microsoft consultants, administrators, and technicians recognize the perhaps two most used fictional companies - Contoso and Fabrikam, but there are many other not so well known company names on the list:

  • A. Datum Corporation (adatum.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • AdventureWorks Cycles
  • Allure Bays Corp.
  • Alpine Ski House (alpineskihouse.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Awesome Computers
  • Baldwin Museum of Science
  • Blue Yonder Airlines
  • City Power & Light
  • Coho Vineyard
  • Coho Winery (cohowinery.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Coho Vineyard & Winery
  • Consolidated Messenger
  • Contoso Bikes & Frozen Yogurt (source)
    • Contoso Bikes & Formal Wear
    • Contoso Bikes & Haircuts
    • Contoso Bikes & Dogs (implied)
  • Contoso Ltd. (contoso.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Contoso Pharmaceuticals
  • Fabrikam, Inc. (fabrikam.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Fourth Coffee (fourthcoffee.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Graphic Design Institute
  • Humongous Insurance
  • Itexamworld.com
  • LitWare Inc. (litware.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Lucerne Publishing (lucernepublishing.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Margie's Travel
  • Northridge Video
  • Northwind Traders (northwindtraders.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Parnell Aerospace
  • Phone Company
  • ProseWare, Inc. (proseware.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Reskit (reskit.com)
  • School of Fine Art (fineartschool.net redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Southbridge Video
  • TailSpin Toys (tailspintoys.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Tasmanian Traders
  • The Phone Company
  • Terra Firm (example company name used on the box for Publisher v3)
  • Terra Flora, Incorporated (source)
  • Trey Research Inc.
  • WingTip Toys (wingtiptoys.com redirects to microsoft.com)
  • Wide World Importers
  • Woodgrove Bank

Please feel free to add any missing ones!

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  • 22 Jul 2013 11:20 PM

    Zoltán Horváth edited Revision 31. Comment: Adding "Terra Flora, Incorporated"

  • 30 Dec 2012 2:55 AM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 29. Comment: Added a few

  • 23 Oct 2012 7:27 PM

    gungan37 edited Revision 27. Comment: Added URL for School of Fine Art

  • 17 Sep 2012 3:42 AM

    Zoltán Horváth edited Revision 25. Comment: adding Hungarian version to Other Languages

  • 25 Aug 2012 9:01 AM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 23. Comment: Added reskit.com

  • 14 Aug 2012 1:24 PM

    Brian Mitchell (NetAppGeek) edited Revision 22. Comment: Added Allure Bays Corp.

  • 6 Aug 2012 4:06 PM

    Ana Paula de Almeida edited Revision 18. Comment: Included: Other Languages

  • 6 Aug 2012 3:32 PM

    Ana Paula de Almeida edited Revision 17. Comment: Included: Phone Company

  • 4 Aug 2012 11:03 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 15. Comment: Changed "fictional" to "fictitious". Added tags.

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  • Posted by
    on 28 Jun 2010 3:08 AM

    Parnell Aerospace

    Tasmanian Traders

  • Posted by
    on 15 Aug 2011 5:14 PM

    What a great idea for an article! Great job!

  • Posted by
    on 20 Aug 2011 9:32 PM

    I think I know just as much about Woodgrove Bank from the exams I've taken as I do about my own datacenter.

  • Posted by
    on 24 Nov 2011 6:00 PM

    fineartschool.net

    cpandl.com

  • Posted by
    on 24 Nov 2011 7:00 PM

    electronic, inc

  • Posted by
    on 25 Jul 2012 8:29 AM

    Every time I think I got a new one it's already in the list! ... Blue Yonder Airlines was brand new to me :) Good job!

  • Posted by
    on 25 Jul 2012 2:39 PM

    Don't you mean "fictitious"?

  • Posted by
    on 27 Jul 2012 7:25 AM

    Liked! =D

  • Posted by
    on 27 Jul 2012 5:07 PM

    I guessed there were 43 companies in this list before I came. I was 7 off! =^)

  • Posted by
    on 28 Jul 2012 2:32 AM

    I thought there are around 15 companies :)

  • Posted by
    on 4 Aug 2012 11:03 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 15. Comment: Changed "fictional" to "fictitious". Added tags.

  • Posted by
    on 6 Aug 2012 3:32 PM

    Ana Paula de Almeida edited Revision 17. Comment: Included: Phone Company

  • Posted by
    on 6 Aug 2012 4:06 PM

    Ana Paula de Almeida edited Revision 18. Comment: Included: Other Languages

  • Posted by
    on 13 Aug 2012 1:35 PM

    Roger, I updated one of the lines to "fictitious" instead of "fictional".

  • Posted by
    on 14 Aug 2012 1:24 PM

    Brian Mitchell (NetAppGeek) edited Revision 22. Comment: Added Allure Bays Corp.

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