LIST OF WINDOWS CLIENTS AND SERVERS VERSIONS

windows as an operating system

Windows is the computer programs manager. It manages, controls, plans, coordinates the activities of the computer system as a whole. Windows is a graphical operating system developed by Microsoft. It consists of several families of operating systems, each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry with the OS typically associated with IBM PC compatible architecture.

Windows Client and Servers Versions

Client versions

A client version of Windows is a version that can be purchased and installed on personal computers such as desktop computers, laptops and workstations or that is purchased with these computers. They were developed and intended to work with the Server versions of Windows. The client versions also include the ability to access server capabilities.

Name	Release date	Release version	Editions	Latest build
Windows 10	29 July 2015	NT 10.0	·         Windows 10 Home ·         Windows 10 Pro ·         Windows 10 Pro Education ·         Windows 10 Enterprise ·         Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB ·         Windows 10 Education ·         Windows 10 Mobile ·         Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise ·         Windows 10 IoT Core ·         Windows 10 IoT Enterprise ·         Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise	15063 (version 1703, April 2017 Update)
Windows 8.1	17 October 2013	NT 6.3	·         Windows 8.1 ·         Windows 8.1 Pro ·         Windows 8.1 Enterprise	9600 (April 8 update)
Windows 8	26 October 2012	NT 6.2	·         Windows 8 ·         Windows 8 Pro ·         Windows 8 Enterprise ·         Windows 8 OEM	9200
Windows 7	22 October 2009	NT 6.1	·         Windows 7 Starter ·         Windows 7 Home Basic ·         Windows 7 Home Premium ·         Windows 7 Professional ·         Windows 7 Enterprise ·         Windows 7 Ultimate ·         Windows Thin PC	7601 (Service Pack 1)
Windows Vista	30 January 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 (Service Pack 2)
Windows XP Professional x64	25 April 2005	NT 5.2	N/A	3790 (Service Pack 2)
Windows XP	25 October 2001	NT 5.1	·         Windows XP Starter ·         Windows XP Home ·         Windows XP Professional ·         Windows XP 64-bit Edition ·         Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (8 July 2006)	2600 (Service Pack 3)
Windows ME	14 September 2000	4.90	N/A	3000
Windows 2000	17 February 2000	NT 5.0	Professional	2195
Windows 98	25 June 1998	4.10	·         Windows 98 ·         Windows 98 Second Edition (23 April 1999)	2222 A
Windows NT 4.0	24 August 1996	NT 4.0	Windows NT 4.0 Workstation	1381 (Service Pack 6a)
Windows 95	24 August 1995	4.00	·         Windows 95 ·         Windows 95 SP1 (31 December 1995) ·         Windows 95 OSR1 (14 February 1996) ·         Windows 95 OSR2 (24 August 1996) ·         Windows 95 USB Supplement to OSR2 (27 August 1997) ·         Windows 95 OSR2.1 (27 August 1997) ·         Windows 95 OSR2.5 (26 November 1997)	950
Windows NT 3.51	30 May 1995	NT 3.51	Windows NT 3.51 Workstation	1057
Windows NT 3.5	21 September 1994	NT 3.50	Windows NT 3.5 Workstation	807
Windows 3.2	22 November 1993	3.2	Simplified Chinese only
Windows for Workgroups 3.11	November 1993	3.11	N/A
Windows NT 3.1	27 July 1993	NT 3.10	Windows NT 3.1	528
Windows 3.1	April 1992	3.10	·         Windows 3.1 ·         Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (October 1992)
Windows 3.0	22 May 1990	3.00	N/A
Windows 2.11	13 March 1989	2.11	·         Windows/286 ·         Windows/386
Windows 2.10	27 May 1988	2.10	·         Windows/286 ·         Windows/386
Windows 2.03	9 December 1987	2.03	N/A
Windows 1.04	April 1987	1.04	N/A
Windows 1.03	August 1986	1.03	N/A
Windows 1.02	May 1986	1.02	N/A
Windows 1.01	20 November 1985	1.01	N/A

Server versions

Windows Server is a group of operating systems designed by Microsoft that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications. Previous versions of Windows Server have focused on stability, security, networking, and various improvements to the file system. Other improvements also have included improvements to deployment technologies, as well as increased hardware support. Microsoft has also created specialized SKUs of Windows Server that focus on the home and small business markets. Windows Server 2012 R2 is the latest release of Windows Server, and focuses on cloud computing.

Name	Release date	Release version number	Editions
Windows Server 2016	2016	NT 10.0	·         Windows Server 2016 Essentials ·         Windows Server 2016 Standard ·         Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 R2	2013	NT 6.3	·         Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation ·         Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials ·         Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard ·         Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012	2012	NT 6.2	·         Windows Server 2012 Foundation ·         Windows Server 2012 Essentials ·         Windows Server 2012 Standard ·         Windows Server 2012 Datacenter ·         Windows MultiPoint Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2	2009	NT 6.1	·         Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation ·         Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard ·         Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise ·         Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter ·         Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems ·         Windows Web Server 2008 R2 ·         Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 ·         Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 ·         Windows Small Business Server 2011 ·         Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 ·         Windows Home Server 2011 ·         Windows MultiPoint Server 2010
Windows Server 2008	2008	NT 6.0	·         Windows Server 2008 Standard ·         Windows Server 2008 Enterprise ·         Windows Server 2008 Datacenter ·         Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems ·         Windows Server Foundation 2008 ·         Windows Essential Business Server 2008 ·         Windows HPC Server 2008 ·         Windows Small Business Server 2008 ·         Windows Storage Server 2008 ·         Windows Web Server 2008
Windows Server 2003 R2	2006	NT 5.2	·         Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 ·         Windows Server 2003 R2 Web Edition ·         Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition ·         Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition ·         Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition ·         Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (CCS) ·         Windows Storage Server ·         Windows Home Server
Windows Server 2003	2003	NT 5.2	·         Windows Small Business Server 2003 ·         Windows Server 2003 Web Edition ·         Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition ·         Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition ·         Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition ·         Windows Storage Server
Windows 2000	17 February 2000	NT 5.0	·         Windows 2000 Server ·         Windows 2000 Advanced Server ·         Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Windows NT 4.0	29 July 1996	NT 4.0	·         Windows NT 4.0 Server ·         Windows NT 4.0 Server Enterprise ·         Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
Windows NT 3.51	June 1995	NT 3.51	Windows NT 3.51 Server
Windows NT 3.5	September 1994	NT 3.50	Windows NT 3.5 Server
Windows NT 3.1	August 1993	NT 3.10	Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server

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