List of Microsoft Windows versions
This is a list of Microsoft Windows versions. Microsoft Windows is 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.

Mobile versions

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

Server versions

Windows MultiPoint Server

Windows MultiPoint Server was an operating system based on Windows Server. The final release of the operating system was Windows MultiPoint Server 2012; it was succeeded by the MultiPoint Services role in Windows Server 2016. Beginning with Windows Server version 1803, Microsoft announced that the MultiPoint Services role was no longer being developed.

Device versions

ARM-based tablets

In 2012 and 2013, Microsoft released versions of Windows specially designed to run on ARM-based tablets; these versions of Windows were based on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, respectively, although the standard versions could run on x86-based tablets without modification. 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 eight inches); however, very few such tablets were released, and Windows 10 Mobile mainly ended up only running on smartphones until its discontinuation. In 2017, the full version of Windows 10 gained the ability to run on ARM, rendering a specific version of Windows for ARM-based tablets unnecessary.

Mixed reality and virtual reality headsets

Surface Hub

Windows XP-based tablets

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.

Embedded versions
Windows CE 1.0 (November 1996)
Windows CE 2.0 (September 1997)
Windows CE 2.1 (1998 July)
Windows CE 2.11 (1998 October)
Windows CE 2.12 (1999 August)
Windows CE 3.0 (June 2000), with version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2000
Windows CE 4.0 (2002), with version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2002
Windows CE 4.1 (2003), with version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2003
Windows CE 4.2 (2004), with version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 2003 SE
Windows CE 5.0 (2005), with version for smartphones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 5.0
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 (2006)
Windows Embedded Compact
Windows Embedded Compact 7
Windows Embedded Compact 2013
Windows 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 XP Embedded
Windows Embedded Industry
Windows Embedded Automotive
Windows Embedded 8

Cancelled versions

Cancelled personal computer versions

Cancelled mobile versions

See also
Microsoft Windows version history
List of Microsoft codenames
Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions
List of Microsoft operating systems
Windows 10 version history

Notes

References

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