Microsoft MVP creates site to remind you of all the brands Redmond replaced

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If you’re still talking about ‘DirSync’ or ‘Active Directory’ instead of ‘Entra’, and need to explain why, this is the site for you

If you’re struggling to stay up to date with Redmond’s regular product re-branding exercises, here’s the site for you: The Microsoft Rebrand Registry.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Loryan Strant created the site because he thinks it’s a valuable resource, and also in the hope it makes visitors “chuckle.”

Readers may remember that Strant has also created the site Let Me Correct That For You, which lists the exact names of Microsoft products – an effort he told The Register he thinks is useful because Microsoft in its wisdom uses Camel Case for names like PowerPoint but went with conventional capitalization for Copilot.

Another of his sites immortalizes Microsoft cloud product logos. He’s also created HumbledandHonored.com, a site that generates social media posts...

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