This page lists and links to information on the various versions of Microsoft Windows, a major computer operating system developed by Microsoft.

Client versions

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.

Server versions

• 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

Device versions

Appliances

Smartphones

• 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

• 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

• Windows Odyssey (13 January 2008) – 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

• List of Microsoft software codenames
• Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions

References