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data realism
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The tag 'data realism' on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft's shift toward more authentic, AI-era demo brands like Zava, which replaces older fictional companies such as Contoso and Fabrikam. Discussions focus on how Zava is used at Ignite to demonstrate agentic AI, multichannel retail, and Fabric-based data scenarios. The tag explores the move from generic examples to realistic, data-driven storytelling in Microsoft demos and workshops.
Microsoft’s demo universe has quietly shifted its cast: the two most familiar fictional customers in Microsoft documentation and demos — Contoso and Fabrikam — remain in the archives, but a new, AI‑era storytelling brand called Zava is now the centerpiece of Ignite-stage demos, workshop...