List of Microsoft operating systems

The following is a list of Microsoft written and published operating systems. For the codenames that Microsoft gave their operating systems, see Microsoft codenames.

MS-DOS

• See MS-DOS Versions for a full list.

Windows

Main article: List of Microsoft Windows versions

See also: Microsoft Windows

• Windows 1.0 (1985)
• Windows 2.0 (1987)
• Windows 3.x (1990, 1992)
• Windows 95 (1995)
• Windows 98 (1998)
• Windows 2000 (2000)
• Windows ME (2000)
• Windows XP (2001)
• Windows Vista (2006)
• Windows 7 (2009)
• Windows 8 (2012)
• Windows 8.1 (2013)
• Windows 10 (2015)
• Windows 10 (Anniversary Update) (2016)

Windows NT

• Windows NT 3.1 (1993)
• Windows NT 3.5 (1994)
• Windows NT 3.51 (1995)
• Windows NT 4.0 (1996)
• Windows NT 5.0 (1997)

All releases of Windows after Windows 2000 are a part of the Windows NT family.

Windows CE

• Windows CE
• AutoPC
• Pocket PC 2000
• Pocket PC 2002
• Windows Mobile 2003
• Windows Mobile 2003 SE
• Windows Mobile 5
• Windows Mobile 6
• Smartphone 2002
• Smartphone 2003
• Portable Media Center
• Zune
• Windows Mobile

Windows Phone

Main article: Windows Phone

• Windows Phone 7 (2010)
• Windows Phone 8 (2012)
• Windows Phone 8.1 (2014)
• Windows Mobile 10 (2015)

Xbox gaming

• Xbox system software
• Xbox 360 system software
• Xbox One system software

OS/2

Main article: OS/2

• OS/2 1.0 (1987)
• OS/2 1.1 (1988)
• OS/2 1.2 (1989)
• OS/2 1.3 (1990)

Other operating systems

• Microsoft Linux distributions
• MIDAS
• Singularity
• Xenix
• Zune

Time line

A family tree of operating systems created by Microsoft. This time line is neither complete nor comprehensive. For example, Windows Server and Windows Embedded families are left out.

See also

• List of Microsoft topics
• List of operating systems

External links

• Concise Microsoft O.S. Timeline, by Bravo Technology Center