List of Microsoft operating systems

The following is a list of Microsoft written and published operating systems. For the codenames that Microsoft gave their operating systems, see Microsoft codenames. For another list of versions of Microsoft Windows, see, List of Microsoft Windows versions

MS-DOS

• See MS-DOS Versions for a full list.

Windows

• Windows 1.0 (1985)
• Windows 2.0 (1987)
• Windows 3.x (1990, 1992)
• Windows 95 (1995)
• Windows 98 (1998)
• Windows ME (2000)
• Windows XP (2001)
• Windows Vista (2006)
• Windows 7 (2009)
• Windows 8 (2012)
• Windows 8.1 (2013)
• Windows 10 (2015)

Windows NT

• Windows NT 3.1 (1993)
• Windows NT 3.5 (1994)
• Windows NT 3.51 (1995)
• Windows NT 4.0 (1996)
• Windows 2000 (NT 5.0) (2000)

All releases of Windows after Windows 2000 are a part of the Windows NT family.

Windows CE

• Windows CE
• AutoPC
• Pocket PC 2000
• Pocket PC 2002
• Windows Mobile 2003
• Windows Mobile 2003 SE
• Windows Mobile 5
• Windows Mobile 6
• Smartphone 2002
• Smartphone 2003
• Portable Media Center
• Zune
• Windows Mobile

Windows Phone

• Windows Phone 7 (2010)
• Windows Phone 8 (2012)
• Windows Phone 8.1 (2014)
• Windows Mobile 10 (2015)

Xbox gaming

• Xbox system software
• Xbox 360 system software
• Xbox One system software

OS/2

• OS/2 1.0 (1987)
• OS/2 1.1 (1988)
• OS/2 1.2 (1989)
• OS/2 1.3 (1990)

Other operating systems

• Microsoft Linux distributions
  • Azure Sphere
• MIDAS
• Singularity
• Xenix
• Zune

Time line

A family tree of operating systems created by Microsoft. This time line is neither complete nor comprehensive. For example, Windows Server and Windows Embedded families are left out.

See also

• List of Microsoft topics
• List of operating systems

External links

• Concise Microsoft O.S. Timeline, by Bravo Technology Center