List of Microsoft Windows versions

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	Release date	Release version	Editions	Latest build	Support status
Windows 10	29 July 2015	NT 10.0^[1]	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Windows 10 Pro for Workstations Windows 10 Pro Education Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB Windows 10 Education Windows 10 IoT Core Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Windows 10 S See Windows 10 editions	17134.320 1803 (May 2018 Update) 17763.1 1809 (Oct 2018 Update)	All editions except LTSB: Mainstream support until October 13, 2020; Extended support until October 14, 2025 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
Windows 8.1	17 October 2013	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	26 October 2012	NT 6.2	Windows 8 Windows 8 Pro Windows 8 Enterprise Windows 8 OEM See Windows 8 editions	9200 May 2018 Update Coming soon	Unsupported as of January 12, 2016
Windows 7	22 July 2009	NT 6.1	Windows 7 Starter Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Pro Windows 7 Enterprise Business Edition Windows 7 Ultimate Windows Thin PC See Windows 7 editions	7601 (Service Pack 1)	Mainstream support ended on January 13, 2015 Extended support for Home users ends on January 14, 2020 Extended Support for Professional and Enterprise users ends on January 10, 2023
Windows Vista	30 January 2007	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	25 April 2005	NT 5.2	N/A	3790 (Service Pack 2)	Mainstream support ended on April 14, 2009 Extended support ended on April 8, 2014
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	2600 (Service Pack 3)	Mainstream support ended on April 14, 2009 Extended support ended on April 8, 2014
Windows ME	14 September 2000	4.90	N/A	3000	Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2003 Extended support ended on July 11, 2006
Windows 2000	17 February 2000	NT 5.0	Professional	2195	Mainstream support ended on June 30 2005 Extended support ended on July 13, 2010
Windows 98	25 June 1998	4.10	Windows 98 Windows 98 Second Edition (23 April 1999)	2222 A	Mainstream support ended on June 30 2002 Extended support ended on July 11, 2006
Windows NT 4.0	24 August 1996	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	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)	950	Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2000 Extended support ended on December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.51	30 May 1995	NT 3.51	Windows NT 3.51 Workstation	1057	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.5	21 September 1994	NT 3.50	Windows NT 3.5 Workstation	807	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 3.2	22 November 1993	3.2	N/A	N/A	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows for Workgroups 3.11	November 1993	3.11	N/A	N/A	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.1	27 July 1993	NT 3.10	Windows NT 3.1	528	Unsupported as of December 31, 2000
Windows 3.1	April 1992	3.10	Windows 3.1 Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (October 1992)	N/A	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 3.0	22 May 1990	3.00	N/A	N/A	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 2.11	13 March 1989	2.11	Windows/286 Windows/386	N/A	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 2.10	27 May 1988	2.10	Windows/286 Windows/386	N/A	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 2.03	9 December 1987	2.03	N/A	N/A	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 1.04	April 1987	1.04	N/A	N/A	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 1.03	August 1986	1.03	N/A	N/A	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 1.02	May 1986	1.02	N/A	N/A	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows 1.0	20 November 1985	1.0	N/A	N/A	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001

Server versions

Name	Release Date	Release Version Number	Editions	Latest Build	Status support
Windows Server 2019	Unknown Date (Tentatively Q4 2018)	NT 10.0	Windows Server 2019 Essentials Windows Server 2019 Standard Windows Server 2019 Datacenter		N/A
Windows Server 2016	12 October 2016	NT 10.0 ^[2]	Windows Server 2016 Essentials Windows Server 2016 Standard Windows Server 2016 Datacenter		Mainstream support ends until January 11, 2022 Extended support ends until January 12, 2027
Windows Server 2012 R2	17 October 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 ends until October 9, 2018 Extended support ends until October 10, 2023
Windows Server 2012	4 September 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 ends until October 9, 2018 Extended support ends until October 10, 2023
Windows Server 2008 R2	22 October 2009	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	7601	Mainstream support ended on 13 January 2015 Extended support ends on 14 January 2020
Windows Server 2008	27 February 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	6002	Mainstream support ended on 13 January 2015 Extended support ends on 14 January 2020
Windows Server 2003 R2	6 December 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		Mainstream support ended on July 13, 2010 Extended support ended on July 14, 2015
Windows Server 2003	24 April 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		Mainstream support ended on July 13, 2010 Extended support ended on July 14, 2015
Windows 2000	17 February 2000	NT 5.0	Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	5.0.2195	Mainstream support ended on June 30, 2005 Extended support ended on July 13, 2010
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	1381	Mainstream support ended on 31 December 2002 Extended support ended on 31 December 2004
Windows NT 3.51	June 1995	NT 3.51	Windows NT 3.51 Server	1057	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001
Windows NT 3.5	September 1994	NT 3.50	Windows NT 3.5 Server	3.5.807	Unsupported as of December 31, 2001

Device versions

Appliances

Name	Release date	Release version	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 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

Windows 10
- Windows 10 Mobile
- Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise
- Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise
Windows Phone
Windows Mobile

Embedded devices

Windows Embedded
- Windows Embedded 8
- Windows Embedded Automotive
- Windows Embedded Industry
- 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 Embedded Compact
- Windows Embedded Compact 2013
- Windows Embedded Compact 7
- Windows Embedded 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 (June 2000), 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 (September 1997)
- Windows CE 1.0 (November 1996)

Canceled 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.^[3]^[4]
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.^[5]
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.

Timeline

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.

References

↑ Thurrott, Paul (22 November 2014). "Microsoft Confirms that Windows 10 will also be Version 10 Internally". SuperSite for Windows. Penton Media.
↑ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/sysinfo/operating-system-version
↑ "Windows Mobile 7 vs Windows Phone 7". Popular Pages at brighthub.com. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
↑ "Revealed: Original Windows Mobile 7 UI". news at neowin.net. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
↑ "Microsoft combines Neptune, Odyssey into Whistler". CNN. 27 January 2000. Archived from the original on 1 September 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

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[1] Thurrott, Paul (22 November 2014). "Microsoft Confirms that Windows 10 will also be Version 10 Internally". SuperSite for Windows. Penton Media.

[2] ttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/sysinfo/operating-system-version

[3] "Windows Mobile 7 vs Windows Phone 7". Popular Pages at brighthub.com. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

[4] "Revealed: Original Windows Mobile 7 UI". news at neowin.net. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

[5] "Microsoft combines Neptune, Odyssey into Whistler". CNN. 27 January 2000. Archived from the original on 1 September 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2010.