ARCHITECTURE OF WINDOWS CLIENTS AND SERVERS

Architecture of Windows Clients and Servers

The Windows NT kernel powers all recent Windows operating systems. It runs on IA-32, x64 and Itanium processors.

Name

Architecture

Store

Integrated firewall

SMP support

USB support

UDMA support

Long filename support

Package management

Update management

APIs

Safe Mode

Data Execution Prevention

Windows NT 3.1

IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS

N/A

No

Yes

No

?

Yes (NTFS and HPFS volumes only)

N/A

Win32, OS/2, POSIX

No

No

Windows NT 3.5

IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS

N/A

No

Yes

No

?

Yes (except on CDFS volumes)

N/A

Win32, OS/2, POSIX

No

No

Windows NT 3.51

IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC

N/A

No

Yes

No

?

Yes (except on CDFS volumes)

N/A

Win32, OS/2, POSIX

No

No

Windows NT 4.0

IA-32, DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC

N/A

No

Yes

Yes (if the Ion USB update is installed)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Windows Update (if Internet Explorer 5 or later is installed)

Win32, OS/2, POSIX

No

No

Windows 2000

IA-32

N/A

No

Yes

Yes (USB 2.0 with update or SP4)[3]

Yes

Yes

N/A

Windows Update, WSUS

Win32, OS/2, POSIX

Yes

No

Windows XP

IA-32, Itanium, x64

N/A

Yes

Yes (Professional Edition only)

Yes (USB 2.0 with update or SP1+)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Windows Update, WSUS

Win32, .NET

Yes

Yes (in SP2)

Windows Server 2003

IA-32, Itanium, x64

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes (USB 2.0)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Windows Update, WSUS

Win32

Yes

Yes (in SP1)

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs

IA-32

N/A

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

Windows Update, WSUS

Win32

Yes

Yes

Windows Vista

IA-32, x64

Windows Marketplace

Yes

Yes

Yes (USB 2.0)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Windows Update, WSUS

Win32, .NET, POSIX (only Enterprise and Ultimate)

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2008

IA-32, Itanium, x64

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes (USB 2.0)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Windows Update, WSUS

Win32

Yes

Yes

Windows Home Server

IA-32

N/A

?

Yes

Yes (USB 2.0)

?

Yes

N/A

Windows Update

Win32

?

?

Windows 7

IA-32, x64

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes (USB 2.0)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Windows Update, WSUS

Win32, .NET

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2008 R2

Itanium, x64

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes (USB 2.0)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Windows Update, WSUS

Win32, .NET

Yes

Yes

Windows Home Server 2011

x64

N/A

?

Yes

Yes (USB 2.0)

?

Yes

N/A

Windows Update

Win32

?

?

Windows Server 2012

x64

Windows Store

Yes

Yes

Yes (USB 3.0)

Yes

Yes

Windows Store

Windows Update, WSUS

Win32, .NET, WinRT

Yes

Yes

Windows 8

IA-32, x64

Windows Store

Yes

Yes

Yes (USB 3.0)

Yes

Yes

Windows Store

Windows Update, WSUS

Win32, .NET, WinRT

Yes

Yes

Windows 8.1

IA-32, x64

Windows Store

Yes

Yes

Yes (USB 3.0)

Yes

Yes

Windows Store, PowerShell

Windows Update, WSUS, Windows Store

Win32, .NET, WinRT

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2012 R2

x64

Windows Store

Yes

Yes

Yes (USB 3.0)

Yes

Yes

Windows Store

Windows Update, WSUS, Windows Store

Win32, .NET, WinRT

Yes

Yes

Windows 10

IA-32, x64

Windows Store

Yes

Yes

Yes (USB 3.0)

Yes

Yes

Windows Store, PowerShell

Windows Update, WSUS, Windows Store

Win32, .NET, WinRT

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2016

x64

Windows Store

Yes

Yes

Yes (USB 3.0)

Yes

Yes

Windows Store

Windows Update, WSUS, Windows Store

Win32, .NET, WinRT

Yes

Yes

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