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This is a listing of the versions of the operating systems offered by Microsoft as Windows.

Contents 1 Current versions 2 Future versions 3 Cancelled versions 4 Past versions 5 See also

• Windows Vista, for home and business desktops and portable computers
  • Windows Vista Starter Much like Windows XP Starter Edition, this edition will be limited to emerging markets such as Colombia, India, Thailand, and Indonesia, mainly to offer a legal alternative to using unauthorized copies. It will not be available in the United States, Canada, Europe, or Australia.
  • Windows Vista Home Basic Similar to Windows XP Home Edition, Home Basic is intended for budget users not requiring advanced media support for home use. The Windows Aero theme with translucent effects will not be included with this edition.
  • Windows Vista Home Premium Like Windows XP Media Center Edition, this edition will support more advanced multimedia and entertainment features aimed for the home market segment, in addition to all the features from Home Basic. Additional features include HDTV support, DVD authoring, premium games, mobile and tablet PC support, Network Projector, Touch Screen, and auxiliary display (via Windows Side Show) support.
  • Windows Vista Business Comparable to Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Windows Vista Business Edition is aimed at the business market. Includes all the features of Home Premium with the exception of Windows Media Center and related technologies, Parental Controls, and Windows DVD and Movie Maker HD.
  • Windows Vista Enterprise This edition is aimed at the enterprise segment of the market, and is a superset of the Business edition. Additional features include multilingual user interface support, BitLocker Drive Encryption, and UNIX application support. This edition will not be available through retail or OEM channels
  • Windows Vista Ultimate This edition combines all the features of the Home Premium and Enterprise editions, a game performance tweaker (WinSAT), and "Ultimate Extras". On January 7, 2007, at CES, Microsoft began to announce what some of these Ultimate Extras will be.
• Windows Server 2003 R2 for servers
  • Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition
• Windows XP Embedded, for embedded systems requiring parts of the Windows XP infrastructure
• Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, a low-end version of Windows XP that is intended to be a thin-client that works with older hardware.
• Windows Embedded CE 6.0, for embedded systems (not based on the Windows NT kernel)

• 2007 - Windows Server "Longhorn", codename for the next server operating system from Microsoft.
• 2007 - Windows Home Server Announced at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Windows Home Server is intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected PCs to offer file sharing, automated backups, and remote access.
• 2009-2012 - Windows "Vienna" (formerly known as Blackcomb), slated to be Vista's successor.

• 1991-1998 - Cairo (a "true object-oriented OS") planned after Windows NT
• 1996 May 3 - Windows Nashville (Windows 96) (cancelled) (Became Windows 95B.)
• 1999 December - Windows Neptune was sent out to beta testers but was never released. Should have been a consumer version (i.e. home edition) of Windows 2000.

• Windows XP for desktops and laptops (notebooks)
  • Windows XP Starter Edition, for new computer users in developing countries
  • Windows XP Home Edition, for home desktops and laptops
  • Windows XP Home Edition N, as above, but without a default installation of Windows Media Player, as mandated by an EU ruling
  • Windows XP Professional Edition, for business and power users (Version number: NT 5.1.2600)
  • Windows XP Professional Edition N, as above, but without a default installation of Windows Media Player, as mandated by an EU ruling
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, for PCs with 64-bit processors (based on Windows Server 2003)
  • Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, for notebooks with a touch screen or a pen-sensitive screen
  • Windows XP Media Center Edition for desktops and notebooks with an emphasis on audio, video, and PVR capability, in at least three flavors:
    • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 with SP2
    • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 with SP2
    • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

• Windows Server 2003 for servers
  • Small Business Server for first server installations (up to 2 processors)
  • Web Edition for basic Web serving (up to 2 processors)
  • Standard Edition for smaller server applications that don't require clustering (up to 4 processors)
  • Enterprise Edition for larger server applications, and clustering (up to 8 processors)
  • Datacenter Edition for mainframe like servers (up to 128 processors)
  • Storage Server for Network Attached Storage Devices

• NT Kernel-Based
  • 1993 August - Windows NT 3.1
  • 1994 September - Windows NT 3.5
  • 1995 June - Windows NT 3.51 (Version number: NT 3.5.1057)
  • 1996 July 29 - Windows NT 4.0 - the last version which ran on RISC architectures like DEC Alpha, MIPS and PowerPC. Later versions concentrated on x86-based hardware and - mainly as server OSs - the IA-64 line of CPUs. (Version number: NT 4.0.1381)
  • 2000 February 17 - Windows 2000 (Version number: NT 5.0.2195)
  • 2001 October 25 - Windows XP 64-bit Edition - A version of Windows XP roughly analogous to Windows XP Professional for Intel's IA-64 (Itanium) line of CPUs. It was discontinued in early 2005 after manufacturers stopped shipping Itanium systems marketed as 'workstations'.

• CE-based
• Windows CE for embedded systems including Consumer Electronics products (note: CE is a different operating system from DOS and Windows NT/2000/XP, and Microsoft makes the source code available)
  • Windows Mobile for smart phones and PDAs (a version of Windows CE)
  • 1996 November - Windows CE 1.0

• • 1997 November - Windows CE 2.0
  • 1998 July - Windows CE 2.1
  • 1998 October - Windows CE 2.11 for the Hand-held PC
  • 1999 August - Windows CE 2.12
  • 2000 July - Windows CE 3.0

• DOS-Based
  • 1985 November 20 - Windows 1.0
  • 1987 December 9 - Windows 2.0
  • 1990 May 22 - Windows 3.0
  • 1992 August - Windows 3.1
  • 1992 October - Windows for Workgroups 3.1
  • 1993 November - Windows for Workgroups 3.11
  • 1993 October - Windows 3.2 This Version of Windows was only released in simplified Chinese.
  • 1995 August 24 - Windows 95 (Version number: 4.00.950)
  • 1995 December 31 - Windows 95 SP1 (Version number: 4.00.950A)
  • 1996 August 24 - Windows 95 OSR2 (Version number: 4.00.1111 (also listed as 4.0.950B))
  • 1997 August 27 - Windows 95 OSR2.1 (Version number: 4.00.1212 (also listed as 4.0.950B))
  • 1997 August 27 - Windows 95 OSR2.5 (Version number: 4.00.1214 (also listed as 4.0.950C))
  • 1998 June 25 - Windows 98 (Version number: 4.10.1998 (Security Version 4.10.1998A))
  • 1999 May 5 - Windows 98 Second Edition (Version number: 4.10.2222 or 4.10.2222A (Security Version 4.10.2222C))
  • 2000 June 19 - Windows Me (Version number: 4.90.3000 (Security Version 4.90.3000A))

• List of Microsoft Dos versions

• List of IBM PC Dos versions

• List of Microsoft software codenames