List of fictional Microsoft companies

CRANK

Microsoft uses a variety of fictional companies in the documentation and training material for its products. Microsoft documentation and learning materials often contain fictional scenarios and descriptions of how their products can be deployed and used in these scenarios. Many of these companies are used in such examples. Some of the fictional companies have associated websites, almost all of which redirect to microsoft.com.Companies[edit]All websites redirect to microsoft.com, unless marked by an asterisk (*)NameWebsiteUsageA. Datum Corporationadatum.comAdventureWorks Cyclesadventure-works.comAlpine Ski Housealpineskihouse.comAwesome ComputersBaldwin Museum of ScienceBlue Yonder Airlinesblueyonderairlines.com*(has been both a demo website[8] and a redirect page to microsoft.com[9]in the past, but is no longer a functional website)Used as an example site for various features of Windows Installers, including embedding links in installers and creating URL based installers[10]Used on ai…