Windows NT (New Technology)versions

 

Major features of the Windows NT family include Windows Shell, Windows API, Native API, Active Directory, Group Policy, Hardware Abstraction Layer, NTFS, BitLocker, Windows Store, Windows Update, and Hyper-V.

 

Windows NT releases

Version	Marketing name	Editions	Release date	Build number
3.1	Windows NT 3.1	Workstation (named just Windows NT), Advanced Server	July 27, 1993	528
3.5	Windows NT 3.5	Workstation, Server	September 21, 1994	807
3.51	Windows NT 3.51	Workstation, Server	May 30, 1995	1057
4.0	Windows NT 4.0	Workstation, Server, Server Enterprise Edition, Terminal Server, Embedded	July 29, 1996	1381
5.0	Windows 2000	Professional, Server, Advanced Server	February 17, 2000	2195
		Datacenter Server	September 26, 2000
5.1	Windows XP	Home, Professional, Media Center (original, 2004 & 2005), Tablet PC (original and 2005), Starter, Embedded, Home N, Professional N	October 25, 2001	2600
	Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs	N/A	July 8, 2006
5.2	Windows XP	64-bit Edition Version 2003[21]	March 28, 2003	3790
	Windows Server 2003	Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, Storage, Small Business Server, Compute Cluster	April 24, 2003
	Windows XP	Professional x64 Edition	April 25, 2005
	Windows Server 2003 R2	Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, Storage, Small Business Server, Compute Cluster	December 6, 2005
	Windows Home Server	N/A	July 16, 2007
6.0	Windows Vista	Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate, Home Basic N, Business N	Business: November 30, 2006 Consumer: January 30, 2007	6000 (RTM) 6001 (SP1) 6002 (SP2)
	Windows Server 2008	Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Server, HPC Server, Itanium-Based Systems[22]	February 27, 2008	6001 (RTM) 6002 (SP2)
6.1[23]	Windows 7	Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate[24]	October 22, 2009[25]	7600 (RTM) 7601 (SP1)
	Windows Server 2008 R2	Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Server, HPC Server, Itanium-Based Systems	October 22, 2009[26]	7600 (RTM) 7601 (SP1)
	Windows Home Server 2011	N/A	April 6, 2011	7600 (RTM)
6.2	Windows 8[27]	Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows RT[28]	October 26, 2012[29]	9200
	Windows Server 2012[30]	Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter[31]	September 4, 2012	9200
6.3[32]	Windows 8.1	Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Windows RT 8.1	October 18, 2013	9600[33]
	Windows Server 2012 R2	Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter	October 18, 2013	9600
10.0[34]	Windows 10	Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 IoT Core, Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise[35]	July 29, 2015	10240 (TH1) 10586 (TH2)
	Windows Server 2016	N/A		TBA