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 | Codenames | Release date | Release version | Editions | Latest build | Support status |
Windows 10 | Threshold, Redstone, 19H1, 19H2, 20H1, 20H2, 21H1 YYHx, Iron | July 15, 2015 July 29, 2015 | NT 10.0 |
| 19041 18363 |
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Windows 8.1 | Blue | August 27, 2013October 17, 2013 | NT 6.3 |
| 9600 |
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Windows 8 | '8' | August 1, 2012October 26, 2012 | NT 6.2 |
| 9200 |
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Windows 7 | Vienna | July 22, 2009October 22, 2009 | NT 6.1 |
| 7601 |
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Windows Vista | Longhorn | November 8, 2006January 30, 2007 | NT 6.0 |
| 6002 |
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Windows XP Professional x64 Edition | Whistler | April 25, 2005 | NT 5.2 | 3790 |
| |
Windows XP | Whistler | August 24, 2001October 25, 2001 | NT 5.1 |
| 2600 |
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Windows Me | Millennium | June 19, 2000September 14, 2000 | 4.90 | 3000 |
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Windows 2000 | Windows NT 5.0 | December 15, 1999February 17, 2000 | NT 5.0 | Professional | 2195 |
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Windows 98 | Memphis, ChiCairo | May 15, 1998June 25, 1998 | 4.10 |
| 2222 A | |
Windows NT 4.0 | Shell Update Release | July 31, 1996August 24, 1996 | NT 4.0 |
| 1381 |
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Windows 95 | Chicago | August 15, 1995August 24, 1995 | 4.00 |
| 950 | |
Windows NT 3.51 | May 30, 1995 | NT 3.51 | Windows NT 3.51 Workstation | 1057 | ||
Windows NT 3.5 | Daytona | September 21, 1994 | NT 3.5 | Windows NT 3.5 Workstation | 807 | |
Windows 3.2 | November 22, 1993 | 3.2 | 153 | |||
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 | Snowball | November 8, 1993 | 3.11 | 300 | ||
Windows NT 3.1 | Razzle | July 27, 1993 | NT 3.1 | Windows NT 3.1 | 528 | |
Windows 3.1 | April 6, 1992 | 3.10 | 103 | |||
Windows 3.0 | May 22, 1990 | 3.00 | ||||
Windows 2.11 | March 13, 1989 | 2.11 | ||||
Windows 2.10 | May 27, 1988 | 2.10 | ||||
Windows 2.03 | December 9, 1987 | 2.03 | ||||
Windows 1.04 | April 10, 1987 | 1.04 | ||||
Windows 1.03 | August 21, 1986 | 1.03 | ||||
Windows 1.02 | May 14, 1986 | 1.02 | ||||
Windows 1.0 | Interface Manager | November 20, 1985 | 1.01 |
Server versions
Device versions
Appliances
Mobile devices
s 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 Phone 8.1
- Windows Phone 8
- Windows Phone 7.8
- Windows Phone 7.5
- Windows Phone 7
- Windows Mobile
- Windows Mobile 6.5
- Windows Mobile 6.1
- Windows Mobile 6.0
- Windows Mobile 5.0
- Windows Mobile 2003 SE
- Windows Mobile 2003
- Pocket PC 2002
- Pocket PC 2000
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
- Windows CE 5.0, with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 5.0
- Windows CE 4.2, with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 2003 SE
- Windows CE 4.1, with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2003
- Windows CE 4.0, with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2002
- Windows CE 3.0, with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2000
- Windows CE 2.12
- Windows CE 2.11
- Windows CE 2.1
- Windows CE 2.0
- Windows CE 1.0
Dual screen devices
- Windows 10X
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.
- Windows Neptune – 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.
- Windows Nashville – also known as Windows 96
- Cairo - the code name for a Microsoft project from 1991, which never shipped.
- Windows Longhorn – Planned to be after XP but was eventually scrapped and became Windows Vista.