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    List of Microsoft Windows versions

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    Original Windows logo from 1985
    Current Windows logo (introduced in 2021)
    Timeline showing releases of Windows for personal computers and servers

    Microsoft Windows is a computer operating system developed by Microsoft. It was first launched in 1985 as a graphical operating system built on MS-DOS. The initial version was followed by several subsequent releases, and by the early 1990s, the Windows line had split into two separate lines of releases: Windows 9x for consumers and Windows NT for businesses and enterprises. In the following years, several further variants of Windows would be released: Windows CE in 1996 for embedded systems; Pocket PC in 2000 (renamed to Windows Mobile in 2003 and Windows Phone in 2010) for personal digital assistants and, later, smartphones; Windows Holographic in 2016 for AR/VR headsets; and several other editions.

    Personal computer versions

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    A "personal computer" version of Windows is considered to be a version that end-users or OEMs can install on personal computers, including desktop computers, laptops, and workstations.

    The first five versions of Windows–Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 2.1, Windows 3.0, and Windows 3.1–were all based on MS-DOS, and were aimed at both consumers and businesses. However, Windows 3.1 had two separate successors, splitting the Windows line in two: the consumer-focused "Windows 9x" line, consisting of Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me; and the professional Windows NT line, comprising Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT 3.5, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000. These two lines were reunited into a single line with the NT-based Windows XP; this Windows release succeeded both Windows Me and Windows 2000 and had separate editions for consumer and professional use. Since Windows XP, multiple further versions of Windows have been released, the most recent of which is Windows 11. Since Windows 10, Microsoft has effectively turned to the "Windows as a service" servicing model, most likely to ensure it competes with mobile operating systems.

    List of Microsoft Windows versions for personal computers
    Name Codename Release date Version Editions Build number Architecture End of support
    Windows 1.01 Interface Manager November 20, 1985 1.01 — — x86-16 December 31, 2001
    Windows 1.02 — May 14, 1986 1.02 — —
    Windows 1.03 — August 21, 1986 1.03 — —
    Windows 1.04 — April 10, 1987 1.04 — —
    Windows 2.01 — December 9, 1987 2.01 — — x86-16, IA-32
    Windows 2.03 — December 9, 1987 2.03 — —
    Windows 2.1 — May 27, 1988 2.10 — —
    Windows 2.11 — March 13, 1989 2.11 — —
    Windows 3.0 — May 22, 1990 3.00
    • Windows 3.00a
    • Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions
    		 —
    Windows 3.1 Janus April 6, 1992 3.10
    • Windows 3.1
    		 103
    Sparta[a] October 31, 1992
    • Windows for Workgroups 3.1
    		 102 IA-32
    Windows NT 3.1 Razzle[1] July 27, 1993 NT 3.1
    • Windows NT 3.1
    		 528 IA-32, Alpha, MIPS December 31, 2000
    Windows 3.11 — November 8, 1993 3.11
    • Windows 3.11
    		 ? x86-16, IA-32 December 31, 2001
    Snowball
    • Windows for Workgroups 3.11
    		 300 IA-32
    Windows 3.2 — November 22, 1993 3.2
    • Windows 3.2
    		 153 x86-16, IA-32
    Windows NT 3.5 Daytona September 21, 1994 NT 3.5
    • Windows NT 3.5 Workstation
    		 807 IA-32, Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC
    Windows NT 3.51 May 30, 1995 NT 3.51
    • Windows NT 3.51 Workstation
    		 1057
    Windows 95 Chicago August 24, 1995 4.00
    • Windows 95
    		 950 IA-32
    Windows NT 4.0 Shell Update Release

    (Tukwila)

    		August 24, 1996 NT 4.0
    • Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
    		 1381 IA-32, Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC June 30, 2004
    Windows 98 Memphis[b] June 25, 1998 4.10
    • Windows 98
    		 1998 IA-32 July 11, 2006
    Windows 98 Second Edition — June 10, 1999
    • Windows 98 Second Edition
    		 2222A
    Windows 2000 Windows NT 5.0 February 17, 2000 NT 5.0
    • Windows 2000 Professional
    		 2195 IA-32 July 13, 2010
    Windows Me Millennium September 14, 2000 4.90
    • Windows Me
    		 3000 IA-32 July 11, 2006
    Windows XP Whistler October 25, 2001 NT 5.1
    • Windows XP Starter
    • Windows XP Home
    • Windows XP Professional
    		 2600 IA-32 April 8, 2014
    • Windows XP 64-bit Edition
    		 Itanium
    Freestyle October 29, 2002
    • Windows XP Media Center Edition
    		 IA-32
    Harmony September 30, 2003
    • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
    Symphony October 12, 2004
    • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
    		 2700
    Emerald October 14, 2005
    • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2
    		 2710
    Anvil April 25, 2005 NT 5.2
    • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
    		 3790 x86-64
    Windows Vista Longhorn[3] January 30, 2007 NT 6.0
    • Windows Vista Starter
    • Windows Vista Home Basic
    • Windows Vista Home Premium
    • Windows Vista Business
    • Windows Vista Enterprise
    • Windows Vista Ultimate
    		 6002[c] IA-32, x86-64 April 11, 2017
    Windows 7 Windows 7[4] October 22, 2009 NT 6.1
    • Windows 7 Starter
    • Windows 7 Home Basic
    • Windows 7 Home Premium
    • Windows 7 Professional
    • Windows 7 Enterprise
    • Windows 7 Ultimate
    		 7601[d] IA-32, x86-64 January 14, 2020
    Windows 8 Windows 8 October 26, 2012 NT 6.2
    • Windows 8
    • Windows 8 Pro
    • Windows 8 Enterprise
    		 9200 IA-32, x86-64 January 12, 2016
    Windows 8.1 Blue[5] October 17, 2013 NT 6.3
    • Windows 8.1
    • Windows 8.1 Pro
    • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
    		 9600 IA-32, x86-64 January 10, 2023
    May 23, 2014[e]
    • Windows 8.1 with Bing
    Windows 10 Threshold[6][f] July 29, 2015 NT 10.0
    1507 (retroactively)
    • Windows 10 Home
    • Windows 10 Pro
    • Windows 10 Education
    • Windows 10 Enterprise
    • Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
    • Windows 10 Pro Education
    • Windows 10 S
    • Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC
    		 10240 IA-32, x86-64, ARM64 May 9, 2017
    Windows 10 version 1511 Threshold 2 November 10, 2015 1511 10586 October 10, 2017
    Windows 10 version 1607 Redstone 1 August 2, 2016 1607 14393 April 10, 2018
    Windows 10 version 1703 Redstone 2 April 5, 2017 1703 15063 October 9, 2018
    Windows 10 version 1709 Redstone 3 October 17, 2017 1709 16299 April 9, 2019
    Windows 10 version 1803 Redstone 4 April 30, 2018 1803 17134 November 12, 2019
    Windows 10 version 1809 Redstone 5 November 13, 2018 1809 17763 November 10, 2020
    Windows 10 version 1903 19H1 May 21, 2019 1903 18362 December 8, 2020
    Windows 10 version 1909 Vanadium November 12, 2019 1909 18363 May 11, 2021
    Windows 10 version 2004 Vibranium May 27, 2020 2004 19041 December 14, 2021
    Windows 10 version 20H2 October 20, 2020 20H2 19042 August 9, 2022
    Windows 10 version 21H1 May 18, 2021 21H1 19043 December 13, 2022
    Windows 10 version 21H2 November 16, 2021 21H2 19044 June 13, 2023
    Windows 10 version 22H2 October 18, 2022 22H2 19045 October 14, 2025
    Windows 11 Cobalt[g] October 4, 2021 21H2
    • Windows 11 Home
    • Windows 11 Pro
    • Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    • Windows 11 Pro Education
    • Windows 11 Education
    • Windows 11 Enterprise
    • Windows 11 SE
    		 22000 x86-64, ARM64 October 10, 2023[h]
    Windows 11 version 22H2 Nickel[i] September 20, 2022 22H2 22621 October 8, 2024[h]
    Windows 11 version 23H2 October 31, 2023 23H2 22631 November 11, 2025[h]
    Windows 11 version 24H2 Germanium October 1, 2024 24H2 26100 October 13, 2026[h]

    Mobile versions

    [edit]
    See also: Windows Mobile, Windows Phone version history, and Windows 10 Mobile version history

    Mobile versions refer to versions of Windows that can run on smartphones or personal digital assistants.

    Pocket PC 2000 logo
    Logo used for Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows Phone 7.8
    Logo used for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1
    Logo used for Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile
    Name Codename Architecture Release
    date     		Version Number
    Pocket PC 2000 Rapier ARMv4, MIPS, SH-3 April 19, 2000 CE 3.0
    Pocket PC 2002 Merlin ARMv4 October 4, 2001
    Windows Mobile 2003 Ozone ARMv5 June 23, 2003 CE 4.x
    Windows Mobile 2003 SE March 24, 2004
    Windows Mobile 5.0 Magneto May 9, 2005 CE 5.0
    Windows Mobile 6.0 Crossbow February 12, 2007
    Windows Mobile 6.1 April 1, 2008 CE 5.2
    Windows Mobile 6.1.4 6 on 6 November 11, 2008[8]
    Windows Mobile 6.5 Titanium May 11, 2009 CE 6.0
    Windows Phone 7[j] Metro ARMv7 October 29, 2010
    Windows Phone 7.5 Mango September 27, 2011
    Windows Phone 7.8 Tango February 1, 2013
    Windows Phone 8 Apollo October 29, 2012 NT 6.2
    Windows Phone 8.1 Blue April 14, 2014 NT 6.3
    Windows 10 Mobile, version 1511 Threshold 2 November 12, 2015 1511
    Windows 10 Mobile, version 1607 Redstone 1 August 16, 2016 1607
    Windows 10 Mobile, version 1703 Redstone 2 April 24, 2017 1703
    Windows 10 Mobile, version 1709 feature2[9] October 24, 2017 1709

    Server versions

    [edit]
    Main article: Windows Server
    Name Codename Release date Version number Editions Build number Architecture End of support
    Windows NT 3.1 Razzle July 27, 1993 NT 3.1
    • Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server
    		 528 IA-32, Alpha, MIPS December 31, 2000
    Windows NT 3.5 Daytona September 21, 1994 NT 3.5
    • Windows NT 3.5 Server
    		 807 IA-32, Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC December 31, 2001
    Windows NT 3.51 May 29, 1995 NT 3.51
    • Windows NT 3.51 Server
    		 1057 December 31, 2001
    Windows NT 4.0 Shell Update Release 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 December 31, 2004
    Windows 2000 NT 5.0 February 17, 2000 NT 5.0
    • Windows 2000 Server
    • Windows 2000 Advanced Server
    • Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
    		 2195 IA-32 July 13, 2010
    Windows Server 2003 Whistler Server April 24, 2003 NT 5.2
    • Windows Server Web
    • Windows Server Standard
    • Windows Server Enterprise
    • Windows Server Datacenter
    • Windows Storage Server
    • Windows Unified Data Storage Server
    		 3790 IA-32, x86-64, Itanium July 14, 2015
    Windows Server 2003 R2 December 6, 2005 July 14, 2015
    Windows Server 2008 Longhorn Server February 27, 2008 NT 6.0
    • Windows Server Foundation
    • Windows Server Standard
    • Windows Server Enterprise
    • Windows Server Datacenter
    • Windows Server for Itanium-based Systems
    • Windows Storage Server
    • Windows Web Server
    		 6003[c] IA-32, x86-64, Itanium January 14, 2020
    Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 7 October 22, 2009 NT 6.1 7601[d] x86-64, Itanium January 14, 2020
    Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 8 September 4, 2012 NT 6.2
    • Windows Server Foundation
    • Windows Server Essentials
    • Windows Server Standard
    • Windows Server Datacenter
    		 9200 x86-64 October 10, 2023
    Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server Blue October 17, 2013 NT 6.3 9600 October 10, 2023
    Windows Server 2016 Redstone October 12, 2016 1607[10]
    • Windows Server Essentials[k]
    • Windows Server Standard
    • Windows Server Datacenter
    		 14393 January 12, 2027
    Windows Server, version 1709[11] Redstone 3 October 17, 2017 1709 16299 April 9, 2019
    Windows Server, version 1803[12] Redstone 4 April 30, 2018 1803 17134 November 12, 2019
    Windows Server, version 1809 Redstone 5 November 13, 2018[13] 1809 17763 November 10, 2020
    Windows Server 2019[10] Redstone 5 January 9, 2029[10]
    Windows Server, version 1903[10] Redstone 5 May 21, 2019 1903 18362 December 8, 2020[10]
    Windows Server, version 1909[10] Vanadium November 12, 2019 1909 18363 May 11, 2021[10]
    Windows Server, version 2004[14] Vibranium June 26, 2020 2004 19041 December 14, 2021[10]
    Windows Server, version

    20H2[14]

    		Iron October 20, 2020 20H2 19042 August 9, 2022[10]
    Windows Server 2022 Vibranium August 18, 2021 21H2[15] 20348 October 14, 2031[10]
    Windows Server, version 23H2 Zinc October 14, 2023 23H2 25398 AMD64 October 24, 2025
    Windows Server 2025 Germanium November 1, 2024 24H2 26100 AMD64, ARM64 October 10, 2034

    High-performance computing (HPC) servers

    [edit]
    Name Codename Release date Based on
    Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 — June 9, 2006 Windows Server 2003 R2
    Windows HPC Server 2008 Socrates September 22, 2008 Windows Server 2008
    Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 — September 20, 2010 Windows Server 2008 R2

    Windows Essential Business Server

    [edit]
    Name Codename Release date End-of-support date Build number Based on
    Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Centro September 15, 2008 January 14, 2020 5700 Windows Server 2008

    Windows Home Server

    [edit]
    Name Codename Release date End-of-support date Based on
    Windows Home Server Quattro November 4, 2007 January 8, 2013 Windows Server 2003 R2
    Windows Home Server 2011 Vail April 6, 2011 April 12, 2016 Windows Server 2008 R2

    Windows MultiPoint Server

    [edit]
    Main article: Windows MultiPoint Server

    Windows MultiPoint Server was an operating system based on Windows Server. It was succeeded by the MultiPoint Services role in Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server version 1709. It was no longer being developed in Windows Server version 1803 and later versions.

    Name Codename Release date End-of-support date Version number Build number Based on
    Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 Solution Server February 24, 2010 July 14, 2020 NT 6.1 537 Windows Server 2008 R2
    Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 WMS 2 May 12, 2011 July 13, 2021 1600 Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
    Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 WMS 3 October 30, 2012 October 10, 2023 NT 6.2 2506 Windows Server 2012

    Windows Small Business Server

    [edit]
    Main article: Windows Server Essentials
    Name Codename Release date End-of-support date Build number Based on
    Small Business Server 2000 — February 21, 2001 July 13, 2010 1343 Windows 2000 Server
    Windows Small Business Server 2003 Bobcat October 9, 2003 July 14, 2015 2893 Windows Server 2003
    Windows Small Business Server 2008 Cougar August 21, 2008 January 14, 2020 5601 Windows Server 2008
    Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Windows Small Business Server 7 December 13, 2010 January 14, 2020 7900 Windows Server 2008 R2
    Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Colorado June 28, 2011 January 5, 2013 8800

    Device versions

    [edit]

    ARM-based tablets

    [edit]
    Main article: Windows RT
    Windows RT logo
    The Surface RT (shown with keyboard cover attached) was the flagship Windows RT device upon its release.

    In 2012 and 2013, Microsoft released versions of Windows specially designed to run on ARM-based tablets; these versions of Windows, named "Windows RT" and "Windows RT 8.1," were based on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, respectively. Upon the release of Windows 10 in 2015, the ARM-specific version for large tablets was discontinued; large tablets (such as the Surface Pro 4) were only released with x86 processors and could run the full version of Windows 10. Windows 10 Mobile had the ability to be installed on smaller tablets (up to nine inches);[16] however, very few such tablets were released, and Windows 10 Mobile primarily ended up only running on smartphones until its discontinuation. In 2017, the full version of Windows 10 gained the ability to run on ARM, thus rendering a specific version of Windows for ARM-based tablets unnecessary.

    Name Release date Version number Build number Based on
    Windows RT October 26, 2012 NT 6.2 9200 Windows 8
    Windows RT 8.1 October 18, 2013 NT 6.3 9600 Windows 8.1

    Mixed reality and virtual reality headsets

    [edit]
    Main article: Windows Mixed Reality
    Name Build number
    Windows 10 Holographic, version 1607[17] 14393
    Windows 10 Holographic, version 1803[17] 17134
    Windows 10 Holographic, version 1809[17] 17763
    Windows Holographic, version 1903[18] 18362
    Windows Holographic, version 2004[18] 19041
    Windows Holographic, version 20H2[18] 19041
    Windows Holographic, version 21H1[18] 20346
    Windows Holographic, version 21H2[18] 20348
    Windows Holographic, version 22H1[18] 20348

    Surface Hub

    [edit]
    Surface Hub
    Main article: Surface Hub

    Microsoft originally announced the Surface Hub, an interactive whiteboard, in January 2015. The Surface Hub family of devices runs a custom variant of Windows 10 known as Windows 10 Team.

    Name Build number
    Windows 10 Team, version 1511[19] 10586
    Windows 10 Team, version 1607[19] 14393
    Windows 10 Team, version 1703[19] 15063
    Windows 10 Team, version 20H2[19] 19042

    Windows XP-based tablets

    [edit]
    Tablet computer running a "Tablet PC Edition" of Windows XP

    Two versions of Windows XP were released that were optimized for tablets. Beginning with Windows Vista, all tablet-specific components were included in the main version of the operating system.

    Name Codename Release date Version number Build number Based on
    Windows XP Tablet PC Edition — November 7, 2002 NT 5.1 2600 Windows XP
    Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 Lonestar August 2004 NT 5.1 2600 Windows XP

    Embedded versions

    [edit]

    Windows Embedded Compact

    [edit]
    Main article: Windows Embedded Compact
    Name Codename(s) Release date
    Windows CE 1.0 Pegasus; Alder November 16, 1996
    Windows CE 2.0 Jupiter; Birch September 29, 1997
    Windows CE 2.1 — July 1998
    Windows CE 2.11 — October 1998
    Windows CE 2.12 — 1999
    Windows CE 3.0 Cedar; Galileo 2000
    Windows CE 4.0 Talisker January 7, 2002
    Windows CE 4.1 Jameson July 30, 2002
    Windows CE 4.2 McKendric April 23, 2003
    Windows CE 5.0 Macallan July 9, 2004
    Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Yamazaki November 1, 2006
    Windows Embedded Compact 7 Chelan March 1, 2011
    Windows Embedded Compact 2013 — June 13, 2013

    Windows Embedded Standard

    [edit]
    Name Codename Release date Based on
    Windows NT Embedded 4.0 Impala August 30, 1999 Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
    Windows XP Embedded Mantis November 28, 2001 Windows XP Professional
    Windows Embedded Standard 2009 — December 14, 2008 Windows XP Service Pack 3
    Windows Embedded Standard 7 Quebec 2010 Windows 7
    Windows Embedded 8 — 2013 Windows 8
    Windows Embedded 8.1 — 2013 Windows 8.1

    Other embedded versions

    [edit]
    • Windows Embedded Industry
    • Windows Embedded Automotive

    Cancelled versions

    [edit]

    Cancelled personal computer versions

    [edit]
    Codename Intended name Discontinuation Version Latest known build number Notes
    Cairo — 1996 NT 4.0 1175 Originally announced at the 1991 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference, Cairo was the codename of a project whose charter was to build technologies for a next-generation operating system that would fulfill Bill Gates's vision of "information at your fingertips".[20] Cairo never shipped, although portions of its technologies have since appeared in other products.
    Nashville[l] Windows 96 1996 4.1 999 Nashville was an operating system planned to have been released between Windows 95 and Windows 98, presumably under the "Windows 96" moniker.
    Neptune — Early 2000 NT 5.50 5111 Neptune, based on the Windows 2000 codebase, was planned to be the first version of Microsoft Windows NT to have a consumer edition variant. A version was sent out to testers but was never released.[21][22] The teams working on Neptune and Odyssey eventually combined to work on Windows XP.
    Odyssey — Early 2000 NT 6.0[23] — Odyssey was planned to be the successor of Windows 2000. The teams working on Neptune and Odyssey eventually combined to work on Windows XP.
    Triton — Early 2000 — — Triton was planned to be the successor of Windows Neptune and had been scheduled to be released in March 2001.
    Blackcomb — January 2006 — — Blackcomb was originally planned to be a release of Windows following Windows XP. However, due to the large feature scope planned for Blackcomb, a smaller release codenamed "Longhorn" was planned first, and Blackcomb was delayed to 2003/2004. Both projects faced delays; Longhorn would go on to be released to consumers as "Windows Vista" in January 2007, while development on Blackcomb continued until the Blackcomb project was renamed "Vienna" in early 2006.
    Vienna — July 2007[m] — — Vienna replaced Blackcomb and was intended as Windows Vista's successor. Vienna was eventually cancelled in favor of a new project codenamed "Windows 7" (which went on to be released in 2009 with the same name).
    Polaris — 2018 — 16299 Cancelled in favor of Santorini
    Santorini[n] Windows 10X May 18, 2021[o][25] 21H1 20279 Microsoft had been reported as working on a new "lite" version of Windows as early as December 2018.[26] Such a version was officially announced under the name "Windows 10X" at an event in October 2019; the operating system was intended to first launch on dual-screen devices. In May 2020, Microsoft announced that Windows 10X would instead be launching on single-screen PCs, such as laptops and 2-in-1 devices, first.[27] However, on May 18, 2021, Microsoft announced that Windows 10X would not be launching (at least not in 2021); many of its features were instead rolled into Windows 11.

    Cancelled mobile versions

    [edit]
    Codename Intended name Discontinuation Notes
    Photon Windows Mobile 7 September 2008[28] Originally a successor of Windows Mobile, it had been scrapped for Windows Phone 7[29][30]
    Phoenix — Early 2017 Cancelled when Microsoft "wound down" its phone efforts.[31]
    Andromeda — Mid-2018 Much of the work that was put into Andromeda was migrated into Santorini. The Surface Duo, a dual-screen Android-powered smartphone launched by Microsoft in 2020, was loosely based on the prototype hardware that had been used to test Andromeda.[32]

    Cancelled server versions

    [edit]
    Codename Intended name Discontinuation Latest known build number
    Cascades Windows Essential Business Server 2008 R2 April 7, 2010[o] 7224

    See also

    [edit]
    • List of Microsoft operating systems
    • Microsoft Windows version history
    • Windows 10 version history
    • Windows 11 version history
    • Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions
    • List of Microsoft codenames

    Notes

    [edit]
    1. ^ Originally codenamed Winball
    2. ^ Has also been called ChiCairo and London.[2]
    3. ^ a b Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 originally had the build number 6000 when they were first released; the build number was increased by one with each of the two subsequent Service Packs.
    4. ^ a b Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 originally had the build number 7600 when they were first released; the build number was increased to 7601 with the release of Service Pack 1.
    5. ^ Announcement date
    6. ^ Retroactively referred to as Threshold 1
    7. ^ The core of Windows 11 version 21H2 is codenamed Cobalt;[7] the "Sun Valley" codename refers to the UI layer of Windows 11 version 21H2 and is commonly used to address Windows 11 version 21H2 as a whole.
    8. ^ a b c d The end-of-support date listed in the table refers to Home and Pro editions. Specific versions and editions of Windows 11 have different end of support dates; see template:Windows 11 versions for a breakdown of dates by version and edition.
    9. ^ The core of Windows 11 version 22h2 is codenamed Nickel; the "Sun Valley 2" codename refers to the UI layer of Windows 11 version 22H2.
    10. ^ Originally named "Windows Phone 7 Series"
    11. ^ Between versions 1709 and 20H2 of Windows Server, the "Windows Server Essentials" edition of Windows Server was only included in Windows Server 2019.
    12. ^ Nashville was originally codenamed Cleveland.
    13. ^ July 2007 is when it was reported that the Vista's successor was codenamed "7", rather than "Vienna", indicating that Vienna's discontinuation had occurred by then. However, Vienna may have been cancelled prior to then.
    14. ^ While Santorini was the general codename for Windows 10X, Centaurus was the specific codename for Windows 10X on foldable PCs and Pegasus was the codename for Windows 10X on "traditional" PCs (such as laptops or 2-in-1 computers).[24]
    15. ^ a b Date refers to when the cancellation of the operating system was announced. The decision for the operating system to be cancelled may have occurred prior to then.

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