Timeline of Microsoft Windows

This article (also a picture) presents a timeline of events in the history of Microsoft Windows operating systems from 1985.

The Windows family tree

## Contents

* 1 PC use
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## PC use

Release date  | Title  | Architectures  | Unsupported on  | Based Upon

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November 20, 1985  | Windows 1.0 | x86 – 16-bit | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS
December 9, 1987  | Windows 2.0 | x86 – 16-bit | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS
May 27, 1988  | Windows 2.10 | x86 – 16-bit | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS
March 13, 1989  | Windows 2.11 | x86 – 16-bit | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS
May 22, 1990  | Windows 3.0 | x86 – 16-bit | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS
October 20, 1991  | Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions | x86 – 16-bit | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS
April 6, 1992  | Windows 3.1 | x86 – 16-bit | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS
July 27, 1993  | Windows NT 3.1 | IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS | December 31, 2000 | Windows NT
November 8, 1993  | Windows for Workgroups 3.11 | x86 – 16-bit | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS
September 21, 1994  | Windows NT 3.5 | IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS | December 31, 2001 | Windows NT
May 30, 1995  | Windows NT 3.51 | IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC | December 31, 2001 | Windows NT
August 24, 1995  | Windows 95 | IA-32 | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS, Windows 9x
December 29, 1995  | Windows 95 OSR1 | IA-32 | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS, Windows 9x
August 22, 1996  | Windows 95 OSR2 | IA-32 | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS, Windows 9x
August 24, 1996  | Windows NT 4.0 | IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC | June 30, 2004 | Windows NT
August 27, 1997  | Windows 95 OSR2.1 | IA-32 | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS, Windows 9x
November 26, 1997  | Windows 95 OSR2.5 | IA-32 | December 31, 2001 | MS-DOS, Windows 9x
June 25, 1998  | Windows 98 | IA-32 | July 11, 2006 | MS-DOS
May 5, 1999  | Windows 98 SE | IA-32 | July 11, 2006 | MS-DOS
February 17, 2000  | Windows 2000 | IA-32 | July 13, 2010 | Windows NT
September 14, 2000  | Windows Me | IA-32 | July 11, 2006 | MS-DOS
October 25, 2001  | Windows XP | IA-32 | April 8, 2014 | Windows NT
October 25, 2001[1] | Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (v2002) | Itanium |  | Windows NT
October 31, 2002  | Windows XP Media Center Edition | IA-32 | April 8, 2014 | Windows NT
March 28, 2003[2] | Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (v2003) | Itanium |  | Windows NT
April 24, 2003  | Windows Server 2003 | IA-32, x64, Itanium | July 14, 2015 | Windows NT
September 30, 2003  | Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 | IA-32 | April 8, 2014 | Windows NT
October 12, 2004  | Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 | IA-32 | April 8, 2014 | Windows NT
April 25, 2005  | Windows XP Professional x64 Edition | x64  | April 8, 2014 | Windows NT
December 6, 2005  | Windows Server 2003 R2 | IA-32, x64, Itanium | July 14, 2015 | Windows NT
July 8, 2006  | Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs | IA-32 | April 8, 2014 | Windows NT
November 30, 2006  | Windows Vista for Business use | IA-32, x64  | April 11, 2017[3] | Windows NT
January 30, 2007  | Windows Vista for Home use; released in fifty countries | IA-32, x64  | April 11, 2017 | Windows NT
November 7, 2007  | Windows Home Server | IA-32, x64  | January 8, 2013 | Windows NT
February 27, 2008  | Windows Server 2008 | IA-32, x64  | January 14, 2020 | Windows NT
October 22, 2009  | Windows 7 | IA-32, x64  | January 14, 2020[4] | Windows NT
October 22, 2009  | Windows Server 2008 R2 | x64  | January 14, 2020 | Windows NT
April 6, 2011  | Windows Home Server 2011 | x64  | April 12, 2016 | Windows NT
July 1, 2011  | Windows Thin PC | IA-32[5] |  | Windows NT
September 4, 2012  | Windows Server 2012 | x64  |  | Windows NT
October 26, 2012  | Windows 8 | IA-32, x64  | January 12, 2016 | Windows NT
October 26, 2012  | Windows RT | ARM | January 12, 2016 | Windows NT
October 18, 2013  | Windows 8.1 | IA-32, x64  |  | Windows NT
October 18, 2013  | Windows RT 8.1 | ARM |  | Windows NT
October 18, 2013  | Windows Server 2012 R2 | x64  |  | Windows NT
July 29, 2015  | Windows 10 | IA-32, x64, ARM |  | Windows NT
September 27, 2016  | Windows Server 2016 | x64  |  | Windows NT
October 2, 2018  | Windows Server 2019 | x64  |  | Windows NT
X X, 2021  | Windows 10 X  | x64  |  | Windows NT

Timeline of Windows CE Development

Date  | Release  | Notes

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November 16, 1996  | Windows CE 1.0  |
June 25, 1997  | Windows CE 1.01  |
September 29, 1997  | Windows CE 2.0  |
November 1, 1997  | Windows CE 2.0  | Handheld PC (H/PC)
January 8, 1998  | Windows CE 2.01  | Palm-sized PC, Pocket PC (P/PC) and smartphone
January 8, 1998  | Windows CE 2.01  | Auto PC
March 1, 1998  | Windows CE 2.10  |
July 1, 1999  | Windows CE 2.11  |
September 28, 1999  | Windows CE 2.12  |
April 19, 2000  | Windows CE 3.0  |
April 19, 2000  | Pocket PC 2000  | Palm-sized PC, Pocket PC (P/PC) and smartphone
September 25, 2000  | Windows CE 3.0 Core Add-on Pack  |
October 4, 2001  | Pocket PC 2002  | Palm-sized PC, Pocket PC (P/PC) and smartphone
January 7, 2002  | Windows CE 4.0  |
June 1, 2002  | Windows CE 4.1 .NET Core  |
April 23, 2003  | Windows CE 4.2 .NET Core  |
June 23, 2003  | Windows Mobile 2003  |
March 24, 2004  | Windows Mobile 2003 SE  |
July 9, 2004  | Windows CE 5.0 |
May 9, 2005  | Windows Mobile 5.0  |
September 15, 2006  | Windows CE 6.0  |
February 12, 2007  | Windows Mobile 6.0  |
April 1, 2008  | Windows Mobile 6.1  |
May 11, 2009  | Windows Mobile 6.5  |
November 8, 2010  | Windows Phone 7 |
March 1, 2011  | Windows Embedded Compact 7 |
October 29, 2012  | Windows Phone 8 |
June 13, 2013  | Windows Embedded Compact 2013  |
April 14, 2014  | Windows Phone 8.1 |
November 20, 2015  | Windows 10 Mobile

## See also

* History of Microsoft Windows
* Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions
* Microsoft version numbering
* List of Microsoft codenames
* Timeline of DOS operating systems
* History of operating systems
* Timeline of OpenBSD
* Comparison of operating systems
* List of operating systems

## References

1. ↑ "Microsoft Unveils Plans for 64-Bit Windows Platform". News Center. Microsoft. May 23, 2001. http://news.microsoft.com/2001/05/23/microsoft-unveils-plans-for-64-bit-windows-platform/.
2. ↑ "Microsoft Releases Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 to Manufacturing". News Center. Microsoft. March 28, 2003. http://news.microsoft.com/2003/03/28/microsoft-releases-windows-xp-64-bit-edition-version-2003-to-manufacturing/.
3. ↑ "Microsoft Support Lifecycle". Microsoft. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search/?sort=PN&alpha=Windows Vista&Filter=FilterNO.
4. ↑ "Microsoft Support Lifecycle". Microsoft. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search/?c2=14019.
5. ↑ "Microsoft Windows Thin PC Specs". CBS Interactive. https://www.cnet.com/products/microsoft-windows-thin-pc-media/specs/.

## External links

* Official Microsoft Windows Website

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* t
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Microsoft Windows family

* Components
* History
* Timeline
* Criticism

DOS-based|

* Windows 1.0
* Windows 2.0
* Windows 2.1x
* Windows 3.0
* Windows 3.1x

Windows 9x|

* Windows 95 (Development)
* Windows 98
* Windows Me

Windows NT|

* Windows NT 3.1
* Windows NT 3.5
* Windows NT 3.51
* Windows NT 4.0
* Windows 2000

Client versions|

* Windows XP
* editions
* x64
* Media Center
* Fundamentals
* Development of XP
* Windows Vista
* editions
* Development of Vista
* Windows 7
* editions
* Windows 8
* editions
* RT
* 8.1
* Windows 10
* editions
* version history

Windows Server|

* Server 2003
* Home Server
* Server 2008
* EBS 2008
* HPC Server 2008
* Server 2008 R2
* Home Server 2011
* Server 2012
* Server 2012 R2
* Server 2016
* Server 2019
* MultiPoint Server
* Server Essentials

Specialized|

* Windows Preinstallation Environment

Windows Embedded|

* Embedded Compact
* CE 5.0
* Embedded CE 6.0
* Embedded Compact 7
* Embedded Automotive
* Embedded Industry

Windows Mobile|

* Pocket PC 2000
* Pocket PC 2002
* Mobile 2003
* Mobile 5.0
* Mobile 6.0
* Mobile 6.1
* Mobile 6.5

Windows Phone|

* Phone 7
* Phone 8
* Phone 8.1
* Windows 10 Mobile

Cancelled|

* Cairo
* Nashville
* Neptune
* Odyssey

Related|

* New features
* XP
* Vista
* 7
* 8
* 10
* Removed features
* XP
* Vista
* 7
* 8
* 10
* Criticism of Windows
* XP
* Vista
* 8
* 10

* List of versions
* Comparison
*   * Category

* v
* t
* e

Timelines of computing

Computing|

* before 1950
* 1950–1979
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s

Software|

| Open-source software|

* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2020s

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Programming languages|

Hypertext technology|

Operating systems|

* DOS family
* Windows
* Linux

Virtualization development|

Malware|

Computer science|

* Artificial intelligence
* Quantum computing

Internet|

* Web browsers
* Internet conflicts

Men in computing|

* John Vincent Atanasoff
* Charles Babbage
* John Backus
* George Boole
* Vint Cerf
* John Cocke
* Stephen Cook
* J. Presper Eckert
* David A. Huffman
* Bob Kahn
* Brian Kernighan
* Andrew Koenig
* Donald Knuth
* Joseph Kruskal
* Douglas McIlroy
* John von Neumann
* Dennis Ritchie
* Guido van Rossum
* Bjarne Stroustrup
* Ken Thompson
* Linus Torvalds
* Alan Turing
* Paul Vixie
* Larry Wall
* Stephen Wolfram
* Steve Wozniak

Women in computing|

* Kathleen Antonelli
* Jean Bartik
* Adele Goldstine
* Lois Haibt
* Betty Holberton
* Ada Lovelace
* Margaret Hamilton
* Grace Hopper
* Nancy Leveson
* Marlyn Meltzer
* Klara Dan von Neumann
* Frances Spence
* Ruth Teitelbaum

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