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demo datasets
About this tag
The tag 'demo datasets' covers discussions about sample data and fictional businesses used in Microsoft demonstrations and training materials. A recent thread highlights Microsoft's shift from long-standing demo firms like Contoso and Fabrikam to a new fictional company called Zava, which appears in workshops, GitHub repositories, and product demos for agentic AI and retail scenarios. This change reflects evolving demo strategies at events like Ignite, though older datasets remain in use for some Learn examples. The tag is relevant for users tracking Microsoft's demo content and sample data trends.
Microsoft’s keynote narrative at Ignite and the company’s demo artifacts show a clear tonal shift: the familiar sample firms Contoso and Fabrikam — fixtures of Microsoft demos, training modules and example data for decades — are no longer the only poster children for Microsoft scenarios. In...