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List of Microsoft codenames

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Codename Preliminary name Final name Notes
Windows family
Janus Windows 3.1
Kato Windows for Workgroups 3.1
Snowball Windows for Workgroups 3.11
Chicago Windows 95
Detroit Windows 95B OSR 2
Memphis Windows 98 The codename was the key to activating an easter egg in Windows 98:
  • open the "Date and Time" control panel;
  • go to the "Timezone" page;
  • hold the Control key and drag a line with the mouse cursor from Memphis, Egypt (or maybe Cairo, codename of Windows NT 4 - the map is too small to tell) to Memphis, Tennessee (codename and home to The King). Still holding the Control key, drag another line from Memphis to Redmond, Washington;
  • a window opens with the credits for Windows 98.
Neptune N/A Never released
Millenium Windows Me
Windows NT family
OS/2 3.0 Windows NT Windows NT 3.1
Daytona Windows NT 3.5
Cairo Windows NT 4
Wolfpack Cluster Server
Hydra Terminal Services Terminal Server
Impala Windows NT 4 Embedded
Windows NT 5 Windows 2000 First major Windows release since Windows 2.0 without a codename
Odyssey N/A Never released
Whistler Windows XP Merge of Neptune and Odyssey
Whistler Server Windows .NET Server Windows Server 2003 One of many unrelated Microsoft projects to carry a ".NET" designation. See: Microsoft .NET
Longhorn N/A Not released yet (as of November 2004)
Blackcomb N/A Server counterpart of Longhorn. Not released yet (as of November 2004)
Others
Quartz ActiveMovie DirectShow
Darwin Microsoft Installer Windows Installer

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