List of fictional Microsoft companies

• Example company in Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 demos^[1]
• Example URL in Microsoft Office

• Used as an example in Microsoft CRM^[2] and Biztalk^[3] training material
• Used in example databases for Microsoft SQL Server^[4]
• Used in tutorials for Microsoft Office XP on disk.

• Used as an example company in Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 sample application^[5]

• Used as an example company in Windows Server 2003 documentation^[6]

• Used as an example location for MapPoint .Net documentation^[7]

(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 as a demo company in early Office 365 introduction videos

• Used as an example in documentation for XML Serialization ^[11]

• Used in some Microsoft Certification Exams questions

(contoso.net is used in Microsoft documentation, but is not owned by Microsoft)

• Contoso.com is used as a demo domain in Microsoft Exchange training material
• "contoso.com/Service.asmx?WSDL" is used in Microsoft InfoPath Designer 2013 when designing a "Web Service".
• "Contoso Toolbar", a fictional toolbar, is used to demonstrate the Add-on Performance Advisor in Internet Explorer 9
• Contoso.com is used as an example domain in virtually all Microsoft Certification Exams
• Contoso.net is used as an example domain in the account configuration wizard from Microsoft Outlook 2007, while Contoso.com is used as an example in the help file
• Contoso.net is used as an example domain in Microsoft Lync Server 2010 documentation^[12]
• Used as an example company in Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 sample application^[13]
• Used an example website in Internet Information Services

• Demo site for SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer

• Contoso Hotel has been used in several Microsoft Office Tutorials, for example how to embed a PowerPoint Presentation into a website PowerPoint Tutorial Example

• Used as an example in documentation for XML Serialization^[11]

• Used as an example domain in Remote Desktop Connection
• Used as an example eCommerce Storefront in the fashion industry in Dynamics AX 2012 Retail R2
• Used as a fictional computer manufacture in FlexGo documentation
• Used as an example company in documentation for Outlook Electronic Business cards^[14]
• Used as an example company in a Publisher brochure template
• Used as an example company in Skype for Business screenshots

• fourthcoffee1.com was used as a demo site for Microsoft Office Live
• Fourth Coffee is used as site template in Microsoft WebMatrix

• Demo company used in MOS certification training

• Used in Office 365 Training.

• Demo site for SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer

• Demo company for database capabilities in Microsoft Access

• Used as an example domain in the help file for Microsoft Outlook 2007
• Used as an example location for MapPoint .Net documentation^[7]

(Site is no longer owned by Microsoft)

• Demo site for SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer

• Used by Microsoft Australia in various Team Foundation Server demo environments and training materials.
• Used by Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System as a Demo environment.

• Example company in Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 demos
• Some of the company's properties are seen in some missions in Microsoft Flight Simulator X e.g. "Oil Rig Transport"

• Used in the Microsoft Office Frontpage 2003 demo
• Used in the Small Business Server test drive

• Used by Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System as a Demo environment supplier.

• Demo site used to show security features in Internet Explorer