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A monthly look at Microsoft’s codenames and what they
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All About Microsoft CodeTracker
Keeping track of Microsoft's myriad codenames is an (almost) full-time occupation. I know, as I
spend a lot of my work hours tracking down the latest names in the hopes of being able to better
keep tabs on what's coming next from the Redmondians.
Each month, I'll be releasing an updated, downloadable version of the CodeTracker. I'll add new
codenames -- arranged in alphabetical order by codename -- of forthcoming Microsoft products
and technologies. I also will note timing changes (date slips, the release of a new test build, the
disappearance of a planned deliverable) for entries that are already part of the Tracker. Once
Microsoft releases the final version of a product or technology I've been tracking, I will remove it
from the Tracker. In that way, the CodeTracker will remain focused on futures.
(An aside about the Tracker: A question mark in place of an entry means I have insufficient
information to hazard even an educated guess about a particular category.)
If you have suggested new entries or corrections to existing ones, please drop me an e-mail at
mjf at microsofttracker dot com.
Thanks!
It’s the height of the summer here in the U.S., and summer holidays are in full swing for the
Softies. Now that the Worldwide Partner Conference, MGX global sales conference, TechReady
training event and the Financial Analyst Meeting are all history for this year, many
Redmondians are taking time off.
That means lots of OOF (Out of the Office) messages and not a whole lot of coding -- for many,
though not for all teams – is going on. In spite of this, a few new Microsoft codenames have
managed to drop into the laps of us codename sleuths. Brand-new to this month’s chart are
Hawaii (not the Visual Studio 2010 one); Hyper-V V3, MAUI and SBS 7. I’ve also taken
advantage of the slower summer to prune the Tracker, weeding out defunct entries and updating
the links and due dates in many of the existing entries throughout.
I’m expecting more codenames to come my way this fall, especially as Microsoft inches closer to
its Windows Phone 7 launch and its cloud-centric Professional Developers Conference in late
October. Those kinds of so-called “forcing functions” are always good for generating more
rumors and news….
Until then, without further ado, it's on to this month's Microsoft CodeTracker.
Codename Expected Description of the product Projected Due Date for Latest Additional info
Product Name final release Milestone
achieved
Aurora ? A small business appliance 2011 (?) Test build due More Aurora
built around Windows Server in August information
2008 R2, includes Active
Directory functionality. Half
on-premises; half in cloud
Chakra ? New JavaScript engine in IE9 2011 (?) Latest IE 9 More Chakra
preview information
released in
early May
2010. Beta
expected in
Sept. 2010
Chelan Windows The next major release of Q4 2010 Public test More Chelan
Embedded one of Microsoft's embedded build released information
Compact 7 platforms (the one inside in early June
phones and the Zune HD, 201
plus third party products)
Configuration ? Adds multiple device Second half of 2011 Beta 1 made More
Manager v.Next management to Config available in Configuration
Manager product May 2010 Manager
v.Next
information
Dorado Zune software Microsoft’s rough equivalent New version likely around Current More Dorado
for the PC to iTunes. Being updated to holiday 2010 version information
support both Zune HD supports
players and Windows Phones Zune HD (and
other media
players)
Dynamics CRM Dynamics CRM Next version of Microsoft’s Second half of 2010 for CTP 3 More
5 2011 on-premises and online CRM online version; early 2011 delivered in Dynamics CRM
products for on-premises software March 2010; 5 information
release public beta
due in Sept.
2010
Florida Windows Intune Windows management Early 2011 Public beta More Florida
software and service that expanded in information
evolved from System Center July 2010
Online Desktop Manager
(SCODM – codenamed
Jupiter)
Geneva Active Directory An identity metasystem. WIF Various pieces shipping ADFS 2.0 More Geneva
Federation piece shipped in November. over the next several RTW’d in information
Services; Active Directory Federation months through Q3 2010 early May
Windows Services (ADFS) version 2.0
Identity delivered in early May. Still
Framework; nothing new on CardSpace.
CardSpace
Grava Semblio Educational add-in for Office ? Shift from More Grava
that is now morphing into a software to information
service service
occurred in
April 2010
Horizon Windows Live Microsoft's Part of Windows Live Most of Live More Live
Sync collaboration/synchronization Essentials (Wave 4) this Mesh Mesh
service, formerly known as fall combined information
Live Mesh with Windows
Live Sync;
released in
beta form in
late June
Ibiza Sync Synchronization service for Version 1 RTM'd in 2009; MS working More Ibiza
Framework online/offline scenarios; Version 2 SDK and on taking information
(formerly designed especially for redistributables are out Sync
codenamed taking Web services and Framework
Harmonica) databases offline capabilities to
mobile and
other
platforms
Internet Internet Next version of Microsoft’s Second half of 2011 (?) 3 developer More IE 9
Explorer 9 Explorer 9 browser; will include more previews out information
HTML, CSS support, plus so far; first
hardware accelerated beta due in
graphics performance early
September
2010
Live Framework Live Framework Windows Live development ? New Live SDK More Live
(?) platform delivered in Framework
June 2010 tools
information
M M (was Microsoft's Oslo modeling Could be folded into New CTP out More M
formerly language future version of Visual in November information
codenamed D) Studio or other Microsoft 2009
product
Madison SQL Server SQL Server data appliance Expected later in 2010 Did not RTM More Madison
2008 R2 Parallel based on Data Allegro with the rest information
Data Warehouse technology of SQL Server
Edition 2008 R2
Miami HealthVault New SharePoint-based Rolling out now (2010) Introduced at More Miami
Community component of Microsoft’s the HIMSS information
Connect HealthVault software/service conference in
platform March 2010
MinSafe New codename Related to RedHawk; the In development inside First results More MinSafe
may now be Windows' side of an Microsoft could be information
XYZ (?) incubated project to replace integrated
Win32 with managed .Net into Windows
technologies 8
(2011/2012?)
MinWin MinWin Project to slim down the The MinWin concept is MinWin is in More MinWin
Windows core. Also refers to influencing Windows the Windows information
the slimmed-down core itself development thinking 7 main
already branch; users
unlikely to
see MinWin
"surfaced"
before
Windows 8
(2011/2012)
Mojave R2 Commerce Next update to Commerce Early 2010 Latest CTP More Mojave
Server 2009 R2 Server. Expected to be 64- available in R2 information
bit only and will possibly no May 2010
longer support Windows
Server 2003 and SQL Server
2005
Morro Microsoft Free anti-malware service; V1 delivered end of V2 test build More Morro
Security successor to Live OneCare; September 2009. V2 made information
Essentials Downloadable for XP, Vista expected before end of available in
and Windows 7 users calendar 2010 July 2010
Mouse Mischief Mouse Mischief App for building PowerPoint- Final due first half of 2010 Beta out in More Mouse
(?) based apps that builds on January 2010 Mischief
the MultiPoint SDK. Aimed information
primarily at students in
developing nations
Natal Kinect New gesture-focused game November 4, 2010 Soft launched More Natal
controlling camera for Xbox at E3 in June information
360 (and someday, MS says,
PCs)
Niagara Hohm Microsoft-hosted energy- ? (was supposed to be out Invitation- More Niagara
management service. First in in final form in late 2009) only beta out information
a line of energy-related in late June
software/services 2009
Office Office New version of Microsoft’s Q4 2010 (for on-premises TAP testers More OCS14
Communications Communications unified comm. Platform and version); early 2011 for received code information
Server 14 Server 2010 (?) the successor to OCS 2007 OCS Online with OCS 14 in March
R2 features 2010; no
word on
when/if a
public beta
will happen
Orchard (the successor Open-source CMS platform, ? Specs and More Orchard
to Oxite) now “owned” by the source information
CodePlex Foundation and available as
staffed/backed by Microsoft of November
2009
Oslo Bing This isn’t the MS modeling Rollout in U.S. began in No word on More Oslo
Spring/Summer platform (codenamed Oslo); late March 2010; new if/when the information
2010 refresh it’s the UX/UI for the Bing entertainment and UI Oslo UI will
Spring 2010 refresh updates added in June be adopted
2010 by Bing
teams in
other
countries
Paris ? New Windows Presentation Q4 2010 OCS 2010 (or More Paris
Foundation and Silverlight whatever the information
controls for OCS 14; this final name is)
could be the Silverlight Web still in private
client for OCS 14 testing only
Communicator
Pimento Zune Mobile Zune services for Windows Available for Windows Windows More Pimento
Mobile devices. Expected to Phone 7 for Holiday 2010 Phone 7 test information
include music/video devices go to
purchase, playback, sharing, select devs in
social-networking and more July
Ping Ping (?) Tool for sharing Bing search ? Invitation- More Ping
results only test information
phase kicked
off in
September
2009
Purple ? The UX, or user Holiday 2010 (?) Microsoft More Purple
experience)/interface, for pulled plug on information
Pink. Could this refer to Loop Kin in late
(?). If so, may appear in June 2010
some form with WP7 phones
Quadrant ? Visual modeling tool; part of Final could be integrated New Oslo CTP More Quadrant
the Oslo trio of products into a future Visual Studio went out in information
release Or is Quadrant November
now tied to SQL Server? 2009
Red Dog Windows Azure The lowest level OS piece of Microsoft began charging In beta since More Red Dog
Microsoft's cloud for Red Dog on Feb. 1 fall 2008; information
environment. Similar to 2010 new updates
Amazon's EC2. released
regularly
SBS 7 Small Business Next version of SBS, 2011 (?) Public test More SBS 7
Server 2011 (?) featuring Windows Server build due in information
2008 R2, Exchange 2010, August 2010
SharePoint Foundation 2010.
On-premise product (Aurora
is its hybrid cloud-on-prem
cousin)
Sift Sift (?) Could be the name for an ? Microsoft's More Sift
“operating system software trademark information
for mobile phones; computer attempt
search engine software; "initially
computer programs for refused" by
searching email, text the PTO; not
messages, address and clear if and
contact information.” when
Redmond will
reapply
Sitka SQL Azure Once viewed as Microsoft's Microsoft began harging Ongoing More Sitka
(formerly known equivalent to Amazon's customers for it on Feb. updates being information
as SQL Data SimpleDB. Now looking more 1, 2010 made
Services) like Microsoft-hosted SQL
Server
SkyBox My Phone Service for syncing phone ? Version 1.0 More Skybox
information across the Web; for WM 6.x information
similar to Apple's MobileMe. released in
“Find My Phone” service for October 2009
WP7 is one piece of this Version 2.0
(paid
subscription)
was slated for
first half of
2010
Stirling Microsoft Integrated business security Delayed by a year; now Integrated More Stirling
Forefront suite, comprised of Client will be delivered in pieces management information
Protection Security, Server Security from late 2009 to early console
family and Edge Security and 2010 (Forefront
Access solutions, plus a Protection
unified management Manager)
console. Forefront EndPoint killed in April;
Protection client beta client piece
delivered in July 2010 moved to
System
Center team
in May
Tahiti ? Microsoft's family of multi- 2010+ (different times for Some More Tahiti
core deliverables -- different technologies) elements, like information
everything from libraries to PLINQ,
operating systems Concurrent
Runtime,
CCR/DSS in
testing now
Vail ? Next major release of Late 2010 (?) Beta released More Vail
Windows Home Server in late April. information
Release
Candidate
due
August/Sept.
2010
Volta Originally Cloud programming toolset Status unknown. Developer More Volta
codenamed somewhat akin to Google's Removed from Microsoft's preview information
Tesla. Current GWT Web site in fall 2007 with released late
incarnation may no further update 2007
be Reactive
Extensions for
.Net
Windows 8 Windows Server Successor to Windows Late 2011 (if they ? More Windows
Server 2011/2012 (?) Server 2008 R2 underpromise/overdliver); 8 Server
otherwise by mid 2012 information
(according to the latest
leaks)
Windows Live Windows Live Next versions of add-on Late June beta for WL Testers have More Windows
Wave 4 services like Hotmail, Essentials; Hotmail being had access to Live Wave 4
Messenger, LiveWriter, etc. rolled out starting June early versions information
15. Final versions of all of some
expected by fall 2010 services, like
Messenger
and Office
Web Apps,
since latter
half of 2009
Windows Mobile Windows Phone Major release of Microsoft's Announcement expected RTM of OS More Windows
7 (formerly OS 7.0 mobile phone OS for in October; first WP7 could be late Mobile 7
known as Windows Phone 7 Series phones coming to Europe summer 2010 information
Photon) devices. Touch/gesture in October 2010 and U.S.
recognition and more in November 2010
consumer-focused features
expected
Windows Server Will be part of One key to moving existing Second half of 2011 Demonstrated More Win
App-V Virtual Machine applications to the cloud at Tech Ed Server App-V
Manager v.Next 2010 in June information
Xdrive Windows Azure Tool for creating automatic ? Beta released More Xdrive
Drive backups of apps to be in early information
moved to Windows Azure February
cloud OS 2010
XYZ ? The new codename for the Could debut as part of In incubation More
"MinSafe" Windows managed Windows 8 around 2011 now information on
code work being done by XYZ
Mark Russinovich/Jon
DeVaan & Co.
Zune HD2 ? Successor to Zune HD that is Holiday 2010 (?) ? Source reports
more like an iPod Touch only so far
Zurich ? .Net Services plus identity On-premises version of Cloud version More Zurich
services layer of Azure. Not AppFabric to go final in of AppFabric information
clear if/how identity services 2010; remaining Geneva to go to
fits into AppFabric or not identity components to go testers in
final in 2010, too 2010