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Revision as of 17:40, 19 July 2021
This article lists and links to information on the various versions of Microsoft Windows, 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.
Name | Codename | Release date | Version | Editions | Build number | End of support |
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Windows 1.01 | Interface Manager | 1985-11-20 | 1.01 | — | — | 2001-12-31 |
Windows 1.02 | — | 1986-05-14 | 1.02 | — | — | 2001-12-31 |
Windows 1.03 | — | 1986-08-21 | 1.03 | — | — | 2001-12-31 |
Windows 1.04 | — | 1987-04-10 | 1.04 | — | — | 2001-12-31 |
Windows 2.01 | — | 2.01 | — | — | 2001-12-31 | |
Windows 2.03 | — | 1987-12-09 | 2.03 | — | — | 2001-12-31 |
Windows 2.1 | — | 1988-05-27 | 2.10 | — | — | 2001-12-31 |
Windows 2.11 | — | 1989-03-13 | 2.11 | — | — | 2001-12-31 |
Windows 3.0 | — | 1990-05-22 | 3.00 |
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— | 2001-12-31 |
Windows 3.1 | — | 1992-04-06 | 3.10 |
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103 | 2001-12-31 |
Sparta[a] | 1992-10 |
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102 | 2001-12-31 | ||
Windows NT 3.1 | Razzle[1] | 1993-07-27 | NT 3.1 |
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528 | 2000-12-31 |
Windows 3.11 | — | 1993-11-08 | 3.11 |
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Snowball | 300 | 2001-12-31 | ||||
Windows 3.2 | — | 1993-11-22 | 3.2 |
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153 | 2001-12-31 |
Windows NT 3.5 | Daytona | 1994-09-21 | NT 3.5 |
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807 | 2001-12-31 |
Windows NT 3.51 | 1995-05-30 | NT 3.51 |
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1057 | 2001-12-31 | |
Windows 95 | Chicago | 1995-08-24 | 4.00 |
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950 | 2001-12-31 |
Windows NT 4.0 | Shell Update Release | 1996-08-24 | NT 4.0 |
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1381 | 2004-06-30 |
Windows 98 | Memphis[b] | 1998-06-25 | 4.10 |
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1998 | 2006-07-11 |
Windows 98 Second Edition | 1999-05-05 |
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2222 | 2006-07-11 | ||
Windows 2000 | Windows NT 5.0 | 2000-02-17 | NT 5.0 |
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2195 | 2010-07-13 |
Windows Me | Millennium | 2000-09-14 | 4.90 |
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3000 | 2006-07-11 |
Windows XP | Whistler | 2001-10-25 | NT 5.1 | 2600 | 2014-04-08 | |
Freestyle | 2002-10-29 | |||||
Harmony | 2003-09-30 | |||||
Symphony | 2004-10-12 | |||||
Anvil | 2005-04-25 | NT 5.2 | 3790 | |||
Emerald | 2005-10-14 | 2715 | ||||
Windows Vista | Longhorn[3] | 2007-01-30 | NT 6.0 | 6002[c] | 2017-04-11 | |
Windows 7 | Windows 7[4] | 2009-10-22 | NT 6.1 | 7601[d] | 2020-01-14 | |
Windows 8 | Windows 8 | 2012-10-26 | NT 6.2 |
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9200 | 2016-01-12 |
Windows 8.1 | Blue | 2013-10-17 | NT 6.3 |
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9600 | 2023-01-10 |
2014-05-23[e] | ||||||
Windows 10 version 1507 | Threshold 1 | 2015-07-29 | NT 10.0[f][g] | 10240 | 2017-05-09 | |
2025-10-14 | ||||||
Windows 10 version 1511 | Threshold 2 | 2015-11-10 | 1511 |
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10586 | 2017-10-10 |
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2018-04-10 | |||||
Windows 10 version 1607 | Redstone 1 | 2016-08-02 | 1607 |
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14393 | 2018-04-10[i] |
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2019-04-09[i] | |||||
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2026-10-13 | |||||
Windows 10 version 1703 | Redstone 2[5] | 2017-04-05 | 1703 |
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15063 | 2018-10-09 |
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2019-10-08 | |||||
Windows 10 version 1709 | Redstone 3[6] | 2017-10-17 | 1709 |
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16299 | 2019-04-09 |
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2020-10-13 | |||||
Windows 10 version 1803 | Redstone 4 | 2018-04-30 | 1803 |
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17134 | 2019-11-12 |
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2021-05-11 | |||||
Windows 10 version 1809 | Redstone 5[7] | 2018-11-13 | 1809 |
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17763 | 2020-11-10 |
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2021-05-11 | |||||
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2029-01-09 | |||||
Windows 10 version 1903 | 19H1[8] | 2019-05-21 | 1903 |
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18362 | 2020-12-08 |
Windows 10 version 1909 | Vanadium[9][10] | 2019-11-12 | 1909 | 18363 | 2021-05-11[j] | |
Windows 10 version 2004 | Vibranium[11][12][k] | 2020-05-27 | 2004 | 19041 | 2021-12-14 | |
Windows 10 version 20H2 | 2020-10-20 | 20H2 | 19042 | 2022-05-10[l] | ||
Windows 10 version 21H1 | 2021-05-18 | 21H1 | 19043 | 2022-12-13 | ||
Windows 10 version 21H2 | Late 2021 (expected) | 21H2 | 19044 | TBA | ||
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TBA | |||||
Windows 11 | Sun Valley | TBA | 22000 | TBA |
Mobile versions
Mobile versions refer to versions of Windows that can run on smartphones or personal digital assistants.
Name | Codename | Release date |
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Pocket PC 2000 | Rapier | 2000-04-19 |
Pocket PC 2002 | Merlin | 2001-10-04 |
Windows Mobile 2003 | Ozone | 2003-06-23 |
Windows Mobile 2003 SE | 2004-03-24 | |
Windows Mobile 5.0 | Magneto | |
Windows Mobile 6.0 | Crossbow | |
Windows Mobile 6.1 | ||
Windows Mobile 6.5 | ||
Windows Phone 7 | 2010-10-29 | |
Windows Phone 7.5 | Mango | 2011-09-27 |
Windows Phone 7.8 | 2013-02-01 | |
Windows Phone 8 | Apollo | 2012-10-29 |
Windows Phone 8.1 | Blue | 2014-04-14 |
Windows 10 Mobile, version 1511 | Threshold 2 | 2015-11-12 |
Windows 10 Mobile, version 1607 | Redstone 1 | 2016-08-16 |
Windows 10 Mobile, version 1703 | Redstone 2 | 2017-04-24 |
Windows 10 Mobile, version 1709 | feature2 | 2017-10-24 |
Server versions
Name | Release date | Version number | Editions | Latest build | End of support |
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Windows NT 3.1 | 1993-07-27 | NT 3.1 |
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528 | 2000-12-31 |
Windows NT 3.5 | 1994-09-20 | NT 3.5 |
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807 | 2001-12-31 |
Windows NT 3.51 | 1995-05-29 | NT 3.51 |
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1057 | 2001-12-31 |
Windows NT 4.0 | 1996-07-29 | NT 4.0 |
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1381 | 2004-12-31 |
Windows 2000 | 2000-02-17 | NT 5.0 |
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2195 | 2010-07-13 |
Windows Server 2003 | 2003-04-24 | NT 5.2 |
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3790 | 2015-07-14 |
Windows Server 2003 R2 | 2005-12-06 | NT 5.2 |
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3790 | 2015-07-14 |
Windows Server 2008 | 2008-02-27 | NT 6.0 |
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6003 | 2020-01-14 |
Windows Server 2008 R2 | 2009-10-22 | NT 6.1 |
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7601 | 2020-01-14 |
Windows Server 2012 | 2012-09-04 | NT 6.2 |
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9200 | 2023-10-10 |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | October 17, 2013 | NT 6.3 |
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9600 | 2023-10-10 |
Windows Server 2016 | October 12, 2016 | 1607[13] |
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14393 | 2027-01-12 |
Windows Server, version 1809[13] | November 13, 2018 | 1809 | 17763 | 2020-11-10 | |
Windows Server 2019 | 2018-11-13 | 1809 |
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17763 | 2029-01-09 |
Windows Server, version 1903[13] | 2019-05-21 | 1903 |
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18362 | 2020-12-08[13] |
Windows Server, version 1909[13] | 2019-11-12 | 1909 |
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18363 | 2021-05-11[13] |
Windows Server, version 2004[14] | 2020-06-26 | 2004 |
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19041 | 2021-12-14[13] |
Windows Server, version 20H2[15] | 2020-10-20 | 20H2 |
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19042 | 2022-05-10[13] |
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. (The standard versions of Windows 8 and 8.1 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.
Name | Release date | Version number | Build number | Based on |
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Windows RT | 2012-10-26 | NT 6.2 | 9200 | Windows 8 |
Windows RT 8.1 | 2013-10-18 | NT 6.3 | 9600 | Windows 8.1 |
Mixed reality and virtual reality headsets
Name | Build number |
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Windows 10 Holographic, version 1607[16] | |
Windows 10 Holographic, version 1803[17] | |
Windows 10 Holographic, version 1809[18] | |
Windows Holographic, version 1903[19] | 18362 |
Windows Holographic, version 2004[20] | 19041 |
Windows Holographic, version 20H2[21] | 19041 |
Windows Holographic, version 21H1[22] | 20348 |
Surface Hub
Name | Build number |
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Windows 10 Team, version 1511[23] | 10586 |
Windows 10 Team, version 1607[24] | 14393 |
Windows 10 Team, version 1703[25] | 15063 |
Windows 10 Team, version 20H2[26] | 19042 |
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.
Name | Codename | Release date | Version number | Build number | Based on |
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Windows XP Tablet PC Edition | 2002-11-07 | NT 5.1 | 2600 | Windows XP | |
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 | Lonestar | 2004-08 | NT 5.1 | 2600 | Windows XP |
Embedded devices
- 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 smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2000
- Windows CE 4.0 (2002), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2002
- Windows CE 4.1 (2003), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Pocket PC 2003
- Windows CE 4.2 (2004), with version for smart phones and PDAs sold as Windows Mobile 2003 SE
- Windows CE 5.0 (2005), with version for smart phones 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
Codename | Intended name | Discontinuation | Version | Latest known build number | Notes |
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Cairo | 1996 | NT 4.0 | 1175 | Originally announced in 1991 | |
Nashville[m] | Windows 96 | 4.1 | 999 | Planned to be released between Windows 95 and Windows 98 | |
Neptune | Early 2000 | NT 5.50 | 5111 | The first planned version of Microsoft Windows NT to have a consumer edition variant, based on the Windows 2000 codebase. A version was sent out to testers but was never released.[27] The teams working on Neptune and Odyssey combined to work on Windows XP. | |
Odyssey | Early 2000 | NT 6.0[28] | Planned to be the successor of Windows 2000. The teams working on Neptune and Odyssey combined to work on Windows XP. | ||
Triton | Planned to be the successor of Windows Neptune and had been scheduled to be released in March 2001 | ||||
Blackcomb | Early 2006 | Blackcomb was originally planned to be the successor of 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, but Blackcomb was still intended to be Longhorn's successor until the Blackcomb project was renamed Vienna in early 2006. Longhorn would go on to be released to consumers as "Windows Vista" in January 2007. | |||
Vienna | July 2007[n] | 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[o] | Windows 10X | May 18, 2021 (cancellation announcement)[30] | 21H1 | 20279 | Microsoft had been reported as working on a new "lite" version of Windows as early as December 2018.[31] 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.[32] However, on May 18, 2021, Microsoft announced that Windows 10X would not be launching (at least not in 2021); many of its features were rolled into Windows 11 instead. |
Cancelled mobile versions
Codename | Intended name | Discontinuation | Notes |
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Photon | Windows Mobile 7 | September 2008[33] | Originally a successor of Windows Mobile, it had been scrapped for Windows Phone 7[34][35] |
Phoenix[36] | Cancelled when Microsoft "winded down" its phone efforts | ||
Andromeda[37] | 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. |
See also
- History of Microsoft Windows
- Timeline of Microsoft Windows
- List of Microsoft software codenames
- Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions
- List of Microsoft operating systems
- Windows 10 version history
Notes
- ^ Originally codenamed Winball.
- ^ Has also been called ChiCairo and London.[2]
- ^ Windows Vista originally had the build number 6000 when it was originally released; the build number was increased by one with each of the two subsequent Service Packs.
- ^ Windows 7 originally had the build number 7600 when it was released in 2009; the build number was increased to 7601 with the release of Service Pack 1 in 2011.
- ^ Announcement date
- ^ Early preview builds of Windows 10 had the version number NT 6.4.
- ^ Retroactively referred to as version 1507
- ^ a b Retroactively renamed to Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC
- ^ a b January 10, 2023 for Intel Clover Trail based systems
- ^ May 10, 2022 for enterprise and education editions
- ^ Vibranium was the codename for Windows 10 version 2004 (build 19041). During the 20H2, 21H1, and 21H2 development cycles, builds were compiled under the codenames Manganese, Iron, and Cobalt, respectively. However, the versions of 20H2 and 21H1 that were released were built on top of version 2004 instead of these new builds. Windows 10 version 21H2 was similarly built on top of the Vibranium/2004 codebase instead of the Cobalt codebase; Cobalt builds were instead used as the base for Windows 11 (which had a core based on Cobalt in addition to a UI codenamed Sun Valley, and which also carries the version 21H2).
- ^ May 9, 2023 for enterprise and education editions
- ^ Nashville was originally codenamed Cleveland.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).[29]
References
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- ^ "Systems Release Strategy - Draft: 10/10/93" (PDF). Slated Antitrust. November 10, 1993.
- ^ Martens, China. "Update: Microsoft's Longhorn becomes Windows Vista". IDG Communications, Inc. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
Microsoft Corp. has announced the official name for its upcoming operating system, previously known under the code name Longhorn. The operating system, now due out in 2006, will be called Windows Vista
- ^ "What was the code name for Windows 7?". The Old New Thing. July 22, 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ Bowden, Zac. "Microsoft confirms two major updates planned for Windows 10 in 2017". Windows Central. Future US, Inc. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
Windows Central understands that the first major update for 2017 (codenamed Redstone 2) will release in the early part of 2017.
- ^ Bowden, Zac. "Microsoft confirms two major updates planned for Windows 10 in 2017". Windows Central. Future US, Inc. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
The second major update scheduled for 2017 is codenamed "Redstone 3"
- ^ Woods, Rich. "Windows 10 Redstone 5 is officially version 1809". Neowin. Neowin LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
Redstone 5 is now officially Windows 10 version 1809.
- ^ Hassan, Mehedi. "Windows 10's Next Major Updates Will Be Codenamed Vanadium, Vibranium". Thurrott. BWW Media Group. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
Windows 10's next major update is codenamed 19H1.
- ^ Brown, Matt. "Next Windows 10 updates reportedly codenamed 'Vanadium' and 'Vibranium'". Windows Central. Future US, Inc. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
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This means the next Windows 10 update, previously codenamed 19H2, will be called Vanadium (comes after Titanium/19H1).
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- ^ "HoloLens 1st (gen) release notes". Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "HoloLens 1st (gen) release notes". Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "HoloLens 1st (gen) release notes". Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "HoloLens 2 release notes". Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "HoloLens 2 release notes". Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "HoloLens 2 release notes". Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "HoloLens 2 release notes". Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "Surface Hub update history". Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "Surface Hub update history". Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "Surface Hub update history". Retrieved July 18, 2021.
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- ^ "Microsoft combines Neptune, Odyssey into Whistler". CNN. January 27, 2000. Archived from the original on September 1, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "Windows Odyssey". Retrieved July 16, 2021.
Knowing that Neptune is 5.50, it's only logical to conclude Odyssey was to be 6.0
- ^ Bowden, Zac. "Windows Core OS: The complete guide". Windows Central. Future US, Inc. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
- ^ Warren, Tom. "Microsoft confirms Windows 10X is dead". The Verge. Vox Media, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
- ^ Sams, Brad. "What is Windows Lite? It's Microsoft's Chrome OS Killer". Petri. BWW Media Group. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ Bowden, Zac. "Windows 10X will now launch first on single-screen PCs". Windows Central. Future US, Inc. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ Litvinenko, Yuri. https://tedium.co/2019/05/16/microsoft-windows-mobile-photon-history/. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
Checking reports against each other provides the grounds to assume Microsoft kept working on Photon till September 2008.
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Microsoft had originally planned to ship CShell on Windows 10 Mobile under the codename Pheonix, but that plan very quickly went away once the company decided to wind down its existing phone efforts in early 2017.
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