This page lists and links to information on the various versions of Microsoft Windows, a major computer operating system developed by Microsoft.
Contents
[hide]
1Client versions
2Server versions
3Device versions
3.1Appliances
3.2Smartphones
3.3Embedded devices
4Cancelled versions
5See also
6References
Client versions[edit]
In this section, a client version of Windows is a version that can be purchased and installed on personal computers (desktop computers, laptops and workstations) or purchased with these computers.
Name
Release date
Release version
Editions
Build
Windows 10
29 July 2015
NT 10.0[1]
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 Pro
Windows 10 Enterprise
Windows 10 Education
Windows 10 Mobile & Windows 11
Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise
Windows 10 IoT Core
See Windows 10 editions
NT 10.0.10240
Windows 8.1
17 October 2013
NT 6.3
Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 Pro
Windows 8.1 Enterprise
NT 6.3.9600
Windows 8
26 October 2012
NT 6.2
Windows 8
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8 Enterprise
See Windows 8 editions
NT 6.2.9200
Windows 7
22 October 2009
NT 6.1
Windows 7 Home Basic
Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Enterprise
Windows 7 Ultimate
Windows Thin PC
See Windows 7 editions
NT 6.1.7600
Windows Vista
30 January 2007
NT 6.0
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Ultimate
See Windows Vista editions
NT 6.0.6001
Windows XP Professional x64
25 April 2005
NT 5.2
N/A
NT 5.2.3790
Windows XP
25 October 2001
NT 5.1
Windows XP Starter
Windows XP Home
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP 64-bit Edition
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (8 July 2006)
See Windows XP editions
NT 5.1.2600
Windows ME
14 September 2000
4.90
N/A
4.90.3000
Windows 2000
17 February 2000
NT 5.0
Professional
NT 5.0.2195
Windows 98
25 June 1998
4.10
Windows 98
Windows 98 Second Edition (23 April 1999)
4.1.2222 A
Windows NT 4.0
24 August 1996
NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
NT 4.0.1381
Windows 95
24 August 1995
4.00
Windows 95
Windows 95 SP1 (31 December 1995)
Windows 95 OSR1 (14 February 1996)
Windows 95 OSR2 (24 August 1996)
Windows 95 USB Supplement to OSR2 (27 August 1997)
Windows 95 OSR2.1 (27 August 1997)
Windows 95 OSR2.5 (26 November 1997)
4.00.950
Windows NT 3.51
30 May 1995
NT 3.51
Windows NT 3.51 Workstation
NT 3.51.1057
Windows NT 3.5
21 September 1994
NT 3.50
Windows NT 3.5 Workstation
NT 3.5.807
Windows 3.2
22 November 1993
3.2
Simplified Chinese only
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
November 1993
3.11
N/A
Windows NT 3.1
27 July 1993
NT 3.10
Windows NT 3.1
NT 3.10.528
Windows 3.1
April 1992
3.10
Windows 3.1
Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (October 1992)
Windows 3.0
22 May 1990
3.00
N/A
Windows 2.11
13 March 1989
2.11
Windows/286
Windows/386
Windows 2.10
27 May 1988
2.10
Windows/286
Windows/386
Windows 2.03
9 December 1987
2.03
N/A
Windows 1.04
April 1987
1.04
N/A
Windows 1.03
August 1986
1.03
N/A
Windows 1.02
May 1986
1.02
N/A
Windows 1.01
20 November 1985
1.01
N/A
MS-DOS
Server versions[edit]
Name
Release date
Release version number
Editions
Windows Server 2016
2016
NT 10.0
Windows Server 2012 R2
2013
NT 6.3
Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012
2012
NT 6.2
Windows Server 2012 Foundation
Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Windows Server 2012 Standard
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
Windows MultiPoint Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
2010
NT 6.1
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Web Server 2008 R2
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2
Windows Small Business Server 2011
Windows MultiPoint Server 2011
Windows Home Server 2011
Windows MultiPoint Server 2010
Windows Server 2008
2008
NT 6.0
Windows Server 2008 Standard
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server Foundation 2008
Windows Essential Business Server 2008
Windows HPC Server 2008
Windows Small Business Server 2008
Windows Storage Server 2008
Windows Web Server 2008
Windows Server 2003 R2
2006
NT 5.2
Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2003 R2 Web Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (CCS)
Windows Storage Server
Windows Home Server
Windows Server 2003
2003
NT 5.2
Windows Small Business Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Windows Storage Server
Windows 2000
17 February 2000
NT 5.0
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Windows NT 4.0
29 July 1996
NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 Server
Windows NT 4.0 Server Enterprise
Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
Windows NT 3.51
June 1995
NT 3.51
Windows NT 3.51 Server
Windows NT 3.5
September 1994
NT 3.50
Windows NT 3.5 Server
Windows NT 3.1
August 1993
NT 3.10
Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server
Device versions[edit]
Appliances[edit]
Name
Release date
Release version number
An edition of
Sold with
Windows RT 8.1
18 October 2013
NT 6.3
Windows 8.1
ARM-based tablet computers
Windows RT
26 October 2012
NT 6.2
Windows 8
ARM-based tablet computers
Windows 7 Starter
22 October 2009
NT 6.1
Windows 7
Low cost netbooks in emerging markets
Windows Vista Starter
30 January 2007
NT 6.0
Windows Vista
Low cost netbooks in emerging markets
Windows XP T
November 2002
NT 5.1
Windows XP
Microsoft Tablet PC
Windows XP Media Center Edition and Windows XP Embedded
2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005
NT 5.1
Windows XP
Home theater PCs, Network Attached Storage (NAS) andset-top boxes
Smartphones[edit]
Windows 10
Windows Phone
Windows Phone 8.1
Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 7.8
Windows Phone 7.5
Windows Phone 7
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile 6.5 for smartphones
Windows Mobile 6.1 for smartphones and PDAs
Windows Mobile 6 for smartphones and PDA
Windows Mobile 6 Standard for smartphones
Windows Mobile 6 Classic for PDA without GSM
Windows Mobile 6 for PDA with GSM
Embedded devices[edit]
Windows Embedded
Windows Embedded Compact 2013
Windows Embedded 8
Windows Embedded Automotive
Windows Embedded Industry
Windows Embedded Compact 7
Windows XP Embedded
Windows NT 4.0 Embedded – Abbreviated NTe, it is an edition of Windows NT 4.0 that was aimed at computer-powered major appliances, vending machines, ATMs and other devices that cannot be considered computers per se. It is the same system as the standard Windows NT 4.0, but it comes packaged in a database of components and dependencies, from which a developer can choose individual components to build customized setup CDs and hard disk boot images. Windows NT 4.0 Embedded includes Service Pack 5.
Windows CE
Windows CE 6.0 (2006)
Windows CE 5.0 (2005), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 5.0
Windows CE 4.2 (2004), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 2003 SE
Windows CE 4.1 (2003), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2003
Windows CE 4.0 (2002), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2002
Windows CE 3.0 (2000 July), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2000
Windows CE 2.12 (1999 August)
Windows CE 2.11 (1998 October)
Windows CE 2.1 (1998 July)
Windows CE 2.0 (1998 November)
Windows CE 1.0 (1995 November)
Cancelled versions[edit]
Windows Odyssey (13 January 2000) – a version intended to be an update to the Microsoft Windows NT 5.x codebase. The teams working on Neptune and Odyssey combined to work on Windows XP.
Windows Mobile 7 or Photon - originally a successor of Windows Mobile, it had been scrapped for Windows Phone 7 with Metro UI.[2][3]
Windows Neptune (27 December 1999) – the first planned version of Microsoft Windows NT to have a consumer edition variant, based on the Windows 2000 codebase. A version was sent out to testers but was never released.[4]
Windows Nashville (2 May 1996) – also known as Windows 96
Cairo (29 February 1996) – a "true object-oriented OS", planned after Windows NT 4.0 and had the same primary and secondary version
See also[edit]
List of Microsoft software codenames
Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions
References[edit]
Jump up^Thurrott, Paul (22 November 2014). "Microsoft Confirms that Windows 10 will also be Version 10 Internally". SuperSite for Windows. Penton Media.
This page lists and links to information on the various versions of Microsoft Windows, a major computer operating system developed by Microsoft.
Contents
[hide]
1Client versions
2Server versions
3Device versions
3.1Appliances
3.2Smartphones
3.3Embedded devices
4Cancelled versions
5See also
6References
Client versions[edit]
In this section, a client version of Windows is a version that can be purchased and installed on personal computers (desktop computers, laptops and workstations) or purchased with these computers.
Name
Release date
Release version
Editions
Build
Windows 10
29 July 2015
NT 10.0[1]
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 Pro
Windows 10 Enterprise
Windows 10 Education
Windows 10 Mobile & Windows 11
Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise
Windows 10 IoT Core
See Windows 10 editions
NT 10.0.10240
Windows 8.1
17 October 2013
NT 6.3
Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 Pro
Windows 8.1 Enterprise
NT 6.3.9600
Windows 8
26 October 2012
NT 6.2
Windows 8
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8 Enterprise
See Windows 8 editions
NT 6.2.9200
Windows 7
22 October 2009
NT 6.1
Windows 7 Home Basic
Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Enterprise
Windows 7 Ultimate
Windows Thin PC
See Windows 7 editions
NT 6.1.7600
Windows Vista
30 January 2007
NT 6.0
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Ultimate
See Windows Vista editions
NT 6.0.6001
Windows XP Professional x64
25 April 2005
NT 5.2
N/A
NT 5.2.3790
Windows XP
25 October 2001
NT 5.1
Windows XP Starter
Windows XP Home
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP 64-bit Edition
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (8 July 2006)
See Windows XP editions
NT 5.1.2600
Windows ME
14 September 2000
4.90
N/A
4.90.3000
Windows 2000
17 February 2000
NT 5.0
Professional
NT 5.0.2195
Windows 98
25 June 1998
4.10
Windows 98
Windows 98 Second Edition (23 April 1999)
4.1.2222 A
Windows NT 4.0
24 August 1996
NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
NT 4.0.1381
Windows 95
24 August 1995
4.00
Windows 95
Windows 95 SP1 (31 December 1995)
Windows 95 OSR1 (14 February 1996)
Windows 95 OSR2 (24 August 1996)
Windows 95 USB Supplement to OSR2 (27 August 1997)
Windows 95 OSR2.1 (27 August 1997)
Windows 95 OSR2.5 (26 November 1997)
4.00.950
Windows NT 3.51
30 May 1995
NT 3.51
Windows NT 3.51 Workstation
NT 3.51.1057
Windows NT 3.5
21 September 1994
NT 3.50
Windows NT 3.5 Workstation
NT 3.5.807
Windows 3.2
22 November 1993
3.2
Simplified Chinese only
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
November 1993
3.11
N/A
Windows NT 3.1
27 July 1993
NT 3.10
Windows NT 3.1
NT 3.10.528
Windows 3.1
April 1992
3.10
Windows 3.1
Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (October 1992)
Windows 3.0
22 May 1990
3.00
N/A
Windows 2.11
13 March 1989
2.11
Windows/286
Windows/386
Windows 2.10
27 May 1988
2.10
Windows/286
Windows/386
Windows 2.03
9 December 1987
2.03
N/A
Windows 1.04
April 1987
1.04
N/A
Windows 1.03
August 1986
1.03
N/A
Windows 1.02
May 1986
1.02
N/A
Windows 1.01
20 November 1985
1.01
N/A
MS-DOS
Server versions[edit]
Name
Release date
Release version number
Editions
Windows Server 2016
2016
NT 10.0
Windows Server 2012 R2
2013
NT 6.3
Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012
2012
NT 6.2
Windows Server 2012 Foundation
Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Windows Server 2012 Standard
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
Windows MultiPoint Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
2010
NT 6.1
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Web Server 2008 R2
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2
Windows Small Business Server 2011
Windows MultiPoint Server 2011
Windows Home Server 2011
Windows MultiPoint Server 2010
Windows Server 2008
2008
NT 6.0
Windows Server 2008 Standard
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server Foundation 2008
Windows Essential Business Server 2008
Windows HPC Server 2008
Windows Small Business Server 2008
Windows Storage Server 2008
Windows Web Server 2008
Windows Server 2003 R2
2006
NT 5.2
Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2003 R2 Web Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (CCS)
Windows Storage Server
Windows Home Server
Windows Server 2003
2003
NT 5.2
Windows Small Business Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Windows Storage Server
Windows 2000
17 February 2000
NT 5.0
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Windows NT 4.0
29 July 1996
NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 Server
Windows NT 4.0 Server Enterprise
Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
Windows NT 3.51
June 1995
NT 3.51
Windows NT 3.51 Server
Windows NT 3.5
September 1994
NT 3.50
Windows NT 3.5 Server
Windows NT 3.1
August 1993
NT 3.10
Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server
Device versions[edit]
Appliances[edit]
Name
Release date
Release version number
An edition of
Sold with
Windows RT 8.1
18 October 2013
NT 6.3
Windows 8.1
ARM-based tablet computers
Windows RT
26 October 2012
NT 6.2
Windows 8
ARM-based tablet computers
Windows 7 Starter
22 October 2009
NT 6.1
Windows 7
Low cost netbooks in emerging markets
Windows Vista Starter
30 January 2007
NT 6.0
Windows Vista
Low cost netbooks in emerging markets
Windows XP T
November 2002
NT 5.1
Windows XP
Microsoft Tablet PC
Windows XP Media Center Edition and Windows XP Embedded
2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005
NT 5.1
Windows XP
Home theater PCs, Network Attached Storage (NAS) andset-top boxes
Smartphones[edit]
Windows 10
Windows Phone
Windows Phone 8.1
Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 7.8
Windows Phone 7.5
Windows Phone 7
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile 6.5 for smartphones
Windows Mobile 6.1 for smartphones and PDAs
Windows Mobile 6 for smartphones and PDA
Windows Mobile 6 Standard for smartphones
Windows Mobile 6 Classic for PDA without GSM
Windows Mobile 6 for PDA with GSM
Embedded devices[edit]
Windows Embedded
Windows Embedded Compact 2013
Windows Embedded 8
Windows Embedded Automotive
Windows Embedded Industry
Windows Embedded Compact 7
Windows XP Embedded
Windows NT 4.0 Embedded – Abbreviated NTe, it is an edition of Windows NT 4.0 that was aimed at computer-powered major appliances, vending machines, ATMs and other devices that cannot be considered computers per se. It is the same system as the standard Windows NT 4.0, but it comes packaged in a database of components and dependencies, from which a developer can choose individual components to build customized setup CDs and hard disk boot images. Windows NT 4.0 Embedded includes Service Pack 5.
Windows CE
Windows CE 6.0 (2006)
Windows CE 5.0 (2005), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 5.0
Windows CE 4.2 (2004), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 2003 SE
Windows CE 4.1 (2003), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2003
Windows CE 4.0 (2002), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2002
Windows CE 3.0 (2000 July), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2000
Windows CE 2.12 (1999 August)
Windows CE 2.11 (1998 October)
Windows CE 2.1 (1998 July)
Windows CE 2.0 (1998 November)
Windows CE 1.0 (1995 November)
Cancelled versions[edit]
Windows Odyssey (13 January 2000) – a version intended to be an update to the Microsoft Windows NT 5.x codebase. The teams working on Neptune and Odyssey combined to work on Windows XP.
Windows Mobile 7 or Photon - originally a successor of Windows Mobile, it had been scrapped for Windows Phone 7 with Metro UI.[2][3]
Windows Neptune (27 December 1999) – the first planned version of Microsoft Windows NT to have a consumer edition variant, based on the Windows 2000 codebase. A version was sent out to testers but was never released.[4]
Windows Nashville (2 May 1996) – also known as Windows 96
Cairo (29 February 1996) – a "true object-oriented OS", planned after Windows NT 4.0 and had the same primary and secondary version
See also[edit]
List of Microsoft software codenames
Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions
References[edit]
Jump up^Thurrott, Paul (22 November 2014). "Microsoft Confirms that Windows 10 will also be Version 10 Internally". SuperSite for Windows. Penton Media.