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Reverted 2 edits by Opkiller82: Neither edits are true: (1) NT 3.1 support ended in 2000, see the citations in its article, (2) Midori is its own operating system, see: Midori (operating system), https://www.zdnet.com/article/whatever-happened-to-microsofts-midori-operating-system-project/ (TW)
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Revision as of 20:01, 6 February 2020

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

Personal computer versions

In this section, a client version of Windows is a version that end-users or OEMs can install on personal computers, including desktop computers, laptops and workstations.

Windows version Codenames Release date Release version Editions Latest build Support status
Windows 10 Threshold, Redstone,
YYHx[1]
July 15, 2015

July 29, 2015 (Availability)

NT 10.0[2]
  • Windows 10 Home
  • Windows 10 Pro
  • Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
  • Windows 10 Pro Education
  • Windows 10 Enterprise
  • Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC (formerly LTSB)
  • Windows 10 Education
  • Windows 10 IoT Core
  • Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
  • Windows 10 S (now an operational mode within Enterprise and Education)[3]

See Windows 10 editions and Windows 10 version history

18363

1909 (November 2019 Update)

  • All editions except LTSB/LTSC: Major versions serviced for 18 months from release date (30 months for Enterprise customers).[4]
  • 2015 LTSB: Mainstream support until October 13, 2020; Extended support until October 14, 2025
  • 2016 LTSB: Mainstream support until October 12, 2021; Extended support until October 13, 2026
  • 2019 LTSC: Mainstream support until January 9, 2024; Extended support until January 9, 2029
Windows 8.1 Blue August 27, 2013

October 17, 2013 (Availability)

NT 6.3
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Windows 8.1 OEM
  • Windows 8.1 with Bing

See Windows 8 editions

9600

(April 8 update)

  • Mainstream support ended on January 9, 2018
  • Extended support until January 10, 2023
Windows 8 August 1, 2012

October 26, 2012 (Availability)

NT 6.2
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 8 Pro
  • Windows 8 Enterprise
  • Windows 8 OEM

See Windows 8 editions

9200
  • Unsupported as of January 12, 2016
Windows 7 Blackcomb, Vienna July 22, 2009

October 22, 2009 (Availability)

NT 6.1
  • Windows 7 Starter
  • Windows 7 Home Basic
  • Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Windows Thin PC

See Windows 7 editions

7601

(Service Pack 1)

  • Mainstream support ended on January 13, 2015
  • Extended support ended on January 14, 2020
Windows Vista Longhorn November 8, 2006

January 30, 2007 (Availability)

NT 6.0
  • Windows Vista Starter
  • Windows Vista Home Basic
  • Windows Vista Home Premium
  • Windows Vista Business
  • Windows Vista Enterprise
  • Windows Vista Ultimate

See Windows Vista editions

6002

(Service Pack 2)

  • Mainstream support ended on April 10, 2012
  • Extended support ended on April 11, 2017
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition April 25, 2005 NT 5.2 3790

(Service Pack 2)

  • Mainstream support ended on April 14, 2009
  • Extended support ended on April 8, 2014
Windows XP Whistler August 24, 2001

October 25, 2001 (Availability)

NT 5.1

See Windows XP editions

2600

(Service Pack 3)

  • Mainstream support ended on April 14, 2009
  • Extended support ended on April 8, 2014
Windows Me Millennium June 19, 2000

September 14, 2000 (Availability)

4.90 3000
  • Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2003
  • Extended support ended on July 11, 2006
Windows 2000 December 15, 1999 (Release to Manufacturing)

February 17, 2000

NT 5.0 Professional 2195
  • Mainstream support ended on June 30, 2005
  • Extended support ended on July 13, 2010
Windows 98 Memphis May 15, 1998

June 25, 1998 (Availability)

4.10 2222 A
  • Mainstream support ended on June 30, 2002
  • Extended support ended on July 11, 2006
Windows NT 4.0 Shell Update Release, Cairo July 31, 1996

August 24, 1996 (Availability)

NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Workstation 1381

(Service Pack 6a)

  • Mainstream support ended on June 30, 2002
  • Extended support ended on June 30, 2004
Windows 95 Chicago August 15, 1995

August 24, 1995 (Availability)

4.00
  • Windows 95
  • Windows 95 SP1 (December 31, 1995)
  • Windows 95 OSR1 (February 14, 1996)
  • Windows 95 OSR2 (August 24, 1996)
  • Windows 95 USB Supplement to OSR2 (August 27, 1997)
  • Windows 95 OSR2.1 (August 27, 1997)
  • Windows 95 OSR2.5 (November 26, 1997)
950
  • Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2000
  • Extended support ended on December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.51 Un­known May 30, 1995 NT 3.51 Windows NT 3.51 Workstation 1057
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.5 Daytona September 21, 1994 NT 3.5 Windows NT 3.5 Workstation 807
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 3.2 Un­known November 22, 1993 3.2 153
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Snowball November 8, 1993 3.11 300
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.1 NT/OS2 July 27, 1993 NT 3.1 Windows NT 3.1 528
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2000
Windows 3.1 April 6, 1992 3.10
  • Windows 3.1
  • Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (October 1992)
103
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 3.0 May 22, 1990 3.00
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 2.11 March 13, 1989 2.11
  • Windows/286
  • Windows/386
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 2.10 May 27, 1988 2.10
  • Windows/286
  • Windows/386
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 2.03 December 9, 1987 2.03
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 1.04 April 10, 1987 1.04
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 1.03 August 21, 1986 1.03
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 1.02 May 14, 1986 1.02
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 1.0 Interface Manager November 20, 1985 1.01
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001

Server versions

Windows version Release date Release version Editions Latest build Support status
Windows Server 2019 November 13, 2018 NT 10.0
  • Windows Server 2019 Essentials
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard
  • Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
17763
  • Mainstream support until January 9, 2024
  • Extended support until January 9, 2029
Windows Server 2016 October 12, 2016 NT 10.0
  • Windows Server 2016 Essentials
  • Windows Server 2016 Standard
  • Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
14393
  • Mainstream support ends on January 11, 2022
  • Extended support ends on January 12, 2027
Windows Server 2012 R2 October 17, 2013 NT 6.3
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
9600
  • Mainstream support ended on October 9, 2018
  • Extended support ends on October 10, 2023
Windows Server 2012 September 4, 2012 NT 6.2
  • Windows Server 2012 Foundation
  • Windows Server 2012 Essentials
  • Windows Server 2012 Standard
  • Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
  • Windows MultiPoint Server 2012
9200
  • Mainstream support ended on October 9, 2018
  • Extended support ends on October 10, 2023
Windows Server 2008 R2 October 22, 2009 NT 6.1 7601
  • Mainstream support ended on January 13, 2015
  • Extended support ended on January 14, 2020
Windows Server 2008 February 27, 2008 NT 6.0 6003
  • Mainstream support ended on January 13, 2015
  • Extended support ended on January 14, 2020
Windows Server 2003 R2 December 6, 2005 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
3790
  • Mainstream support ended on July 13, 2010
  • Extended support ended on July 14, 2015
Windows Server 2003 April 24, 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
3790
  • Mainstream support ended on July 13, 2010
  • Extended support ended on July 14, 2015
Windows 2000 February 17, 2000 NT 5.0
  • Windows 2000 Server
  • Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
2195
  • Mainstream support ended on June 30, 2005
  • Extended support ended on July 13, 2010
Windows NT 4.0 July 29, 1996 NT 4.0
  • Windows NT 4.0 Server
  • Windows NT 4.0 Server Enterprise
  • Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
1381
  • Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2002
  • Extended support ended on December 31, 2004
Windows NT 3.51 May 29, 1995 NT 3.51 Windows NT 3.51 Server 1057
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.5 September 20,

1994

NT 3.5 Windows NT 3.5 Server 807
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.1 July 27,

1993

NT 3.1, OS/2 Windows NT 3.1 528
  • Unsupported as of December 31, 2000

Device versions

Appliances

Name Release
date
Release
version
An edition of Sold with
Windows RT 8.1 October 18, 2013 NT 6.3 Windows 8.1 ARM-based tablet computers
Windows RT October 26, 2012 NT 6.2 Windows 8 ARM-based tablet computers
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition November 2002 NT 5.1 Windows XP Microsoft Tablet PC
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 NT 5.1/NT 5.2 Windows XP Home theater PCs, network attached storage (NAS) and set-top boxes

Mobile devices

Mobile devices include smartphones, handheld tablet computers and personal digital assistants

Embedded devices

Cancelled versions

  • Windows Odyssey – 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.[5][6]
  • Windows Neptune (December 27, 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.[7]
  • Windows Nashville (May 2, 1996) – also known as Windows 96
  • Cairo (February 29, 1996) – a "true object-oriented OS", planned after Windows NT 4.0.
  • Windows Longhorn – Planned to be after XP but was eventually scrapped and became Windows Vista.

See also

References

  1. ^ Bowden, Zac (March 28, 2018). "Microsoft to move away from 'Redstone' codename for Windows 10 updates in 2019". Windows Central. Retrieved May 3, 2019. Microsoft will be moving to a new codename format starting in 2019 [...] now known internally as 19H1. [...] The "19" stands for the year in which the update is released, and the "H1" stands for the first update of that year. [...] following that format, the update coming after 19H1 would be codenamed 19H2, being the second update for 2019, followed by 20H1, 20H2, and so on.
  2. ^ Thurrott, Paul (November 22, 2014). "Microsoft Confirms that Windows 10 will also be Version 10 Internally". SuperSite for Windows. Penton Media.
  3. ^ "Windows 10 in S mode FAQ". Microsoft.com. April 27, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet". Microsoft. June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "Windows Mobile 7 vs Windows Phone 7". Popular Pages at brighthub.com. May 20, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  6. ^ "Revealed: Original Windows Mobile 7 UI". news at neowin.net. February 20, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  7. ^ "Microsoft combines Neptune, Odyssey into Whistler". CNN. January 27, 2000. Archived from the original on September 1, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2010.

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