List of Microsoft codenames#Longhorn
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Microsoft codenames are given by Microsoft to products it has in development before these products are given the names by which they appear on store shelves. Many of these products (new versions of Windows in particular) are of major significance to the IT community, and so the terms are often widely used in discussions before the official release. Microsoft usually does not announce a final name until shortly before the product is publicly available. It is not uncommon for Microsoft to reuse codenames a few years after a previous usage has been abandoned.
There has been some suggestion that Microsoft may move towards defining the real name of their upcoming products earlier in the product development lifecycle to avoid needing product codenames.{{cite web | url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2006/05/02/fun_with_microsoft_code_names_1/ | title=Fun with Microsoft code names | date=May 2, 2006 | access-date=2006-07-23 | first=Brier | last=Dudley | work=Brier Dudley's blog | publisher=The Seattle Times Company | archive-date=2014-02-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224025602/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2006/05/02/fun_with_microsoft_code_names_1/ | url-status=dead }}
Operating systems
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=Windows NT family=
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The following are code names used for internal development cycle iterations of the Windows core, although they are not necessarily the code names of any of the resulting releases. With some exceptions, the semester designations usually matches the Windows version number.
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Rapier
|{{N/A}} |{{cite web |title=Windows CE / Windows Mobile Versions |url=http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/wce/versions.htm |website=pocketpcfaq.com |publisher=Self-published |first=Chris |last=De Herrera |access-date=2018-01-18 |archive-date=2019-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904061634/http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/wce/versions.htm |url-status=live }} |
Merlin
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Ozone
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Magneto
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Crossbow
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6 on 6
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Titanium
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Maldives
|Windows Mobile 7 |
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OS components
[[Microsoft Servers]]
=SQL Server family=
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SQLNT
|SQL Server 4.21 | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
SQL95
|SQL Server 6.0 | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Hydra
|SQL Server 6.5 | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Sphinx
|SQL Server 7.0 | |url = http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/sql7_workshop.asp |title = SQL Server 7 "Sphinx" Technical Workshop Reviewed |last = Thurrott |first = Paul |author-link = Paul Thurrott |date = February 27, 1998 |access-date = 2009-05-23 |work = SuperSite for Windows |publisher = Penton |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090829074619/http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/sql7_workshop.asp |archive-date = August 29, 2009 }} |
Plato
|OLAP Services 7.0 |"OLAP Services" was later renamed Microsoft Analysis Services |
Shiloh
|SQL Server 2000 |Version 8 |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Rosetta
|Reporting Services in SQL Server 2000 | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Yukon
|SQL Server 2005 |Version 9 |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/previous-versions/sql/sql-server-2005 |title=Books Online for SQL Server 2005 |access-date=2010-11-11 |work=MSDN |date=3 December 2008 |publisher=Microsoft |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141234/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/sql/sql-server-2005/ms130214(v=sql.90) |url-status=live }} |title=Why Browser is installed under 90\shared directory rathar than 100\Shared? |url=https://blogs.msdn.com/b/sql_protocols/archive/2008/04/07/why-browser-is-installed-under-90-shared-directory-rathar-than-100-shared.aspx |work=Microsoft SQL Server Protocols Team Blog |publisher=Microsoft |date=April 7, 2008 |access-date=2011-02-01 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924164631/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sql_protocols/archive/2008/04/07/why-browser-is-installed-under-90-shared-directory-rathar-than-100-shared.aspx |url-status=live }} |
Picasso
|Analysis Services in SQL Server 2005 | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Katmai
|SQL Server 2008 |Version 10 |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/previous-versions/sql/sql-server-2008 |title=Books Online for SQL Server 2008 |access-date=2010-11-11 |work=MSDN |date=October 2010 |publisher=Microsoft |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141234/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/sql/sql-server-2008/ms130214(v=sql.100) |url-status=live }} |title=ChannelWeb: Next SQL Server stop: Katmai |url=http://www.crn.com/storage/170702999 |access-date=2005-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322212538/http://www.crn.com/storage/170702999 |archive-date=2007-03-22 }} |
Kilimanjaro
|SQL Server 2008 R2 |Version 10.5 |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/previous-versions/sql/sql-server-2008-r2 |title=Books Online for SQL Server 2008 R2 |access-date=2010-11-11 |work=MSDN |publisher=Microsoft |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141244/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/sql/sql-server-2008-r2/ms130214(v=sql.105) |url-status=live }} |
Blue
|SQL Server 2008 Report Designer 2.0 |This is the standalone release of the tool for Reporting Services. It must not be confused with Report Builder 2.0. |title=Silvaware: What's up with the new SSRS 2008 Report Designer |url=http://silvaware.blogspot.com/2008/04/whats-up-with-new-ssrs-2008-report.html |access-date=2008-09-13 |archive-date=2010-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525024426/http://silvaware.blogspot.com/2008/04/whats-up-with-new-ssrs-2008-report.html |url-status=live }} |title=Designing and Implementing Reports Using Report Designer (Reporting Services) |url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159253(v=sql.100).aspx |website=SQL Server 2008 Books Online | date=October 2010 |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=23 August 2015 |archive-date=14 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414035445/https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159253(v=sql.100).aspx |url-status=live }} |title=Designing and Implementing Reports Using Report Builder 2.0 |url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd220530(v=sql.100).aspx |website=SQL Server 2008 Books Online | date=October 2010 |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=23 August 2015 |archive-date=14 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414091949/https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd220530(v=sql.100).aspx |url-status=live }} |
Denali
|SQL Server 2012 |Version 11 |url=http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/product-info/future-editions.aspx |title=Microsoft SQL Server Future Editions |access-date=2010-11-11 |publisher=Microsoft |archive-date=2011-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711201427/http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/product-info/future-editions.aspx |url-status=live }} |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms130214(v=sql.110).aspx |title=Books Online for SQL Server 2012 |access-date=2010-11-11 |work=MSDN |publisher=Microsoft |archive-date=2017-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921214549/https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms130214(v=sql.110).aspx |url-status=live }} |title=SQL Server 2012 Launches 2012 H1 |date=13 October 2011 |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/SQL-Server-2012-Launches-in-H1-2012-Now-in-the-Final-Production-Stages-227430.shtml |access-date=2011-10-14 |archive-date=2016-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207154518/http://news.softpedia.com/news/SQL-Server-2012-Launches-in-H1-2012-Now-in-the-Final-Production-Stages-227430.shtml |url-status=live }} |
Juneau
|SQL Server Data Tools |Was included in SQL Server 2012, later released as a standalone downloadable application |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/gg427686 |title=SQL Server Developer Tools, Codename "Juneau" |access-date=2011-02-25 |work=MSDN |publisher=Microsoft |archive-date=2015-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110035747/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/gg427686 |url-status=live }} |
Crescent
|Power View |A data visualisation tool that originally shipped as part of SQL Server 2012, later an add-in for Microsoft Excel |url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlrsteamblog/archive/2010/11/09/a-glimpse-at-project-crescent.aspx |title=A Glimpse at Project Crescent |date=2011-02-25 |work=SQL Server Reporting Services Team Blog |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2011-02-25 |archive-date=2010-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217081037/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlrsteamblog/archive/2010/11/09/a-glimpse-at-project-crescent.aspx |url-status=live }} |
SQL14
|SQL Server 2014 |Version 12 |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/2014-toc/books-online-for-sql-server-2014?view=sql-server-2014 |title=Books Online for SQL Server 2014 |date=2010-11-11 |work=MSDN |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2019-08-28 |archive-date=2019-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825193450/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/2014-toc/books-online-for-sql-server-2014?view=sql-server-2014 |url-status=dead }} |
Hekaton
|SQL Server In-Memory OLTP |In-memory database engine built into SQL Server 2014 |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/in-memory-oltp/overview-and-usage-scenarios |title=Overview of In-Memory |date=2017-09-04 |work=SQL Server Blog |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2019-08-28 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141237/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/in-memory-oltp/overview-and-usage-scenarios?view=sql-server-ver15 |url-status=live }} |
SQL16
|SQL Server 2016 |Version 13 |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/sql-server-technical-documentation?view=sql-server-2016 |title=Books Online for SQL Server 2016 |date=2017-07-21 |work=MSDN |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2019-08-28 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141301/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/?view=sql-server-2016 |url-status=live }} |
Helsinki
|SQL Server 2017 |Version 14 |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/sql-server-technical-documentation?view=sql-server-2017 |title=Books Online for SQL Server 2017 |date=2017-10-31 |work=MSDN |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2019-08-28 |archive-date=2019-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911025100/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/sql-server-technical-documentation?view=sql-server-2017 |url-status=live }} |title=SQL Server on Linux, aka project Helsinki: Story behind the idea |url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/slavao/2016/12/20/sql-server-on-linux-aka-project-helsinki-story-behind-the-idea/ |access-date=2019-04-20 |archive-date=2019-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420145740/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/slavao/2016/12/20/sql-server-on-linux-aka-project-helsinki-story-behind-the-idea/ |url-status=live }} |
Seattle
|SQL Server 2019 |Version 15 |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2019 |title=SQL Server 2019 |access-date=2018-09-25 |archive-date=2011-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717063252/http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/editions-compare.aspx |url-status=live }} |
Aris
|SQL Server Big Data Clusters |Announced at Microsoft Ignite 2018 event on September 24–28. Retirement announced for Feb-28 2025 |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/big-data-cluster/big-data-cluster-overview?view=sqlallproducts-allversions |title=SQL Server Big Data Clusters |access-date=2019-09-27 |archive-date=2020-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807005131/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/big-data-cluster/big-data-cluster-overview?view=sqlallproducts-allversions |url-status=live }} |
Dallas
|SQL Server 2022 |Version 16. Public preview available for download. Announced at Microsoft Build 2022 event on May 24 |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2022 |title=SQL Server 2022 }} |
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Developers tools
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Clarity
|Language Integrated Query (LINQ) |LINQ Language extensions to expose query syntax natively to languages such as Visual Basic .NET and C# |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
D
|M |Modelling language |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Jakarta
|Named after the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta | |
Metro
|Microsoft Design language |A typography-based design language |
=Others=
Gaming hardware
[[Office software]]
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Albany
| |Microsoft's all-in-one, subscription-based service for office, communication, and security software |{{Cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-02equiptpr.mspx |title=Microsoft Launches Consumer Subscription Offering That Combines Microsoft Office and Windows Live OneCare |website=Microsoft |access-date=2011-05-06 |archive-date=2012-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223005310/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-02EquiptPR.mspx |url-status=live }} |
Bandit
| |Schedule+ 1.0 |Microsoft's first Personal Information Manager |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Barney
| |Money 1.0 |Microsoft's personal finance software (Flintstones theme) |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Betty
| |Money 2.0 |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} | |
Budapest
| |Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access 2005 |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} | |
Bullet
| |Microsoft Mail 3.0 |Microsoft's first LAN-based email product written in-house |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Cirrus
| |Microsoft Access 1.0 | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
CRM V1.0, Tsunami
| |Microsoft CRM 1.0 |The platform was initially codenamed Tsunami, but once the decision was made to make it an actual product it was just changed to the initials as the initials were enough of a codename. |
Danube Phase I
| |Microsoft CRM 1.2 | |
Danube Phase II
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Dino
| |Microsoft Money 3.0 | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Kilimanjaro
|Titan |Was originally Kilimanjaro but changed to Titan, as Kilimanjaro was too difficult to spell |
Deco
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Greenwich
|Real-Time Communications Server 2003 |Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003 | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Istanbul
| |Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Maestro
| |Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005 | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Opus
| |Word for Windows v1.0 for Windows 2.x | |{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
Oslo
|Microsoft BizTalk Server SOA, SQL Server Modeling CTP |{{N/A}} |Set of Service-oriented architecture (SOA) technologies |{{cite web |last=De la Torre Llorente |first=César |title=Model-Driven SOA with "Oslo" |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/aa699436.aspx |work=MSDN Architecture Center |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=7 December 2012 |date=September 2009 |archive-date=27 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027064111/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/aa699436.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/modelcitizen/archive/2010/09/22/update-on-sql-server-modeling-ctp-repository-modeling-services-quot-quadrant-quot-and-quot-m-quot.aspx |title=Update on SQL Server Modeling CTP (Repository/Modeling Services, "Quadrant" and "M") |work=Model Citizen blog |publisher=Microsoft |first=Kraig |last=Brockschmidt |date=22 September 2010 |access-date=7 December 2012 |archive-date=4 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204165437/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/modelcitizen/archive/2010/09/22/update-on-sql-server-modeling-ctp-repository-modeling-services-quot-quadrant-quot-and-quot-m-quot.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=SQL Server Modeling CTP - Nov 2009 Release 3 (formerly "Oslo")|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24113|work=Download Center|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=7 December 2012|date=20 April 2010|archive-date=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323234018/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24113|url-status=live}} |
Ren, Stimpy
|Wren |"Stimpy" was merged into "Ren", which later became "Wren". "Ren" and "Stimpy" are references to Ren and Stimpy, characters of an American animated television series. "Wren", a homophone of "Ren", is a reference to Christopher Wren, the architect of St Paul's Cathedral. |{{cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20140506-00/?p=1063|title=Letting the boss think your project is classier than it really is|last=Chen|first=Raymond|date=6 May 2014|website=The Old New Thing|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=23 January 2016|archive-date=18 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218143015/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20140506-00/?p=1063|url-status=live}} |
Rigel
| |Skype Room Systems |A meeting room system designed to interface with Skype |
Tahiti
|Microsoft SharedView |{{N/A}} |A screen sharing tool which allows users to take over sessions and interact with remote desktops. No audio or conference facilities. |url = https://connect.microsoft.com/site94/Surveys |title = Microsoft SharedView |work = Microsoft Connect |publisher = Microsoft Corporation |access-date = 22 December 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110101191514/http://connect.microsoft.com/site94/Surveys |archive-date = 1 January 2011 |url = http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/a-microsoft-code-name-a-day-tahiti/643 |title = A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Tahiti |work = ZDNet News |publisher = CBS Interactive |date = 14 August 2007 |access-date = 22 December 2010 |first = Mary Jo |last = Foley |archive-date = 7 May 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140507003340/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/a-microsoft-code-name-a-day-tahiti/643 |url-status = dead }} |
Tahoe
| |SharePoint Portal Server 2001 | | |
Utopia
| |Intended to be a user-friendly GUI |url = https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.07.windowsconfidential.aspx |title = Raymond Chen discusses Microsoft Bob |work = Microsoft Technet |first = Raymond |last = Chen |publisher = Microsoft Corporation |access-date = 30 December 2012 |archive-date = 21 August 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160821224220/https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.07.windowsconfidential.aspx |url-status = live }} |
Other codenames
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References
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{{cite web|last=Foley |first=Mary Jo |title=All About Microsoft: CodeTracker A monthly look at Microsoft's codenames and what they reveal about the direction of the company. |url=http://i.techrepublic.com.com/downloads/Kaelin/CodeTracker-July2011.pdf |work=ZDNet |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031111707/http://i.techrepublic.com.com/downloads/Kaelin/CodeTracker-July2011.pdf |archive-date=31 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}
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External links
- [http://www.windowswiki.info/2010/12/16/microsoft-codenames-list/ Microsoft Codenames List]