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=== Windows 3.1x/9x ===
===Windows 3.1x/9x===
 
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!width=15%|Final name
!width=15%|Final name
!Notes
!Notes
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|Janus/Bombay
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|Windows 3.1-11
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|Kato (Winball), Sparta (Jastro)
|Kato (Winball), Sparta (Jastro)
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|Windows for Workgroups 3.1
|Windows for Workgroups
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|Chicago
|Chicago (95 Pre-Release)
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|Windows 4.0
|Windows 95
|Windows 95
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|Frosting
|Frosting
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|Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95
|Microsoft Plus!|Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95
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|Detroit
|Detroit
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|Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2
|Windows 95 OSR 2
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|Nashville
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|Internet Explorer 4
|''Cancelled Windows version''
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|Memphis
|Windows 96 (Cleveland/Nashville), Windows 97 ([[Memphis (disambiguation)|Memphis]])
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|Windows 4.1
|Windows 98
|Windows 98
|The codename was the key to activating an easter egg in Windows 98:
|Cancelled upgrade for Windows 95; sometimes referred to in the press as ''Windows 96''.  Codename was reused for Internet Explorer 4.0 which incorporated many of the technologies planned for Nashville. The codename was the key to activating an easter egg (virtual)|easter egg in Windows 98:
* open the "Date and Time" control panel;
* open the "Date and Time" control panel;
* go to the "Timezone" page;
* go to the "Timezone" page;
* hold the Control key and drag a line with the mouse cursor from ''Memphis'', Egypt (or maybe Cairo - the map is too small to tell) to ''Memphis'', Tennessee. Still holding the Control key, drag another line from Memphis to Redmond, Washington;
* hold the Control key and drag a line with the mouse cursor from Memphis, Egypt|''Memphis'', Egypt (or maybe Cairo, codename of Windows NT 4 - the map is too small to tell) to Memphis, Tennessee|''Memphis'', Tennessee. Still holding the Control key, drag another line from Memphis to Redmond, Washington;
* a window opens with the credits for Windows 98.
* a window (computing)|window opens with the credits for Windows 98.
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|Dolly
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|Windows 98 OEM/Corporate image cloning utility
|''Dolly'' refers to Dolly the Sheep, the first sheep to be cloned.
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|Millennium
|Millennium
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|Windows Millennium
|Windows Me
|Windows Me
|''Me'' stands for Millennium Edition
|''Me'' stands for Millennium Edition
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=== Windows NT family ===
===Windows NT family===
 
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!Notes
!Notes
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|NT OS/2, OS/2 3.0, Portable OS/2, NTOS, Razzle
|NT OS/2/NT 3.2/AXP/June 93
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|OS/2 3.0
|Windows NT 3.1
|Windows NT 3.1
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|Daytona
|Daytona
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|Windows NT 3.5
|Windows NT 3.5x
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|Cairo
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|N/A
|Never released.
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|SUR (Shell Update Release)
|SUR (Shell Update Release)/Cairo, Cairo[http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1996/jun96/dirserpr.mspx]
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|Windows NT 4.0
|Windows NT 4.0
|Microsoft originally planned for NT 4.0 to be just a simple "Shell Update Release" to integrate the Windows 95 GUI with Windows 3.51's kernel.
|Microsoft originally planned for NT 4.0 to be just a simple "Shell Update Release" to integrate the Windows 95 GUI with Windows NT 3.51's kernel.
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|Wolfpack
|Wolfpack
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|Hydra
|Hydra
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|Terminal Services, Terminal Server
|Terminal Services, Terminal Server
|Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server
|Terminal Server adds "multiheading" support to Windows (the ability to run multiple instances of the graphics subsystem), and the Lernaean Hydra|hydra is a mythological monster with multiple head (anatomy)|heads.
|Terminal Server adds "multithreading" support to Windows (the ability to run multiple instances of the graphics subsystem), and the Lernaean Hydra is a mythological monster with multiple heads.
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|Impala
|Impala
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|Memphis NT
|NT 5.0 beta
|Windows NT 5.0
|Windows NT 5.0
|Windows 2000  
|Windows 2000
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|A watershed in Windows naming:
*first major Windows NT release whose client variant was named "Professional" instead of "Workstation";
*first major Windows NT release without the "NT" designation in the trade name, which caused confusion when Windows ME was released. The original Windows line (Windows 9x) has since been dropped altogether, and Windows NT operating systems since then are simply referred to as "Windows".
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|Asteroid
|Asteroid
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|Janus
|Janus
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|N/A
|Windows 2000 64-bit
|Planned 64-bit variant of Windows 2000.
|Same codename as Windows 3.1
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|Neptune
|Windows Odyssey|Odyssey
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|N/A
|N/A
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
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|Whistler
|Windows Neptune|Neptune
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|Windows XP
|Merge of Neptune and Odyssey. Named after Whistler, British Columbia, where design retreats were held.
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|Odyssey
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|N/A
|N/A
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
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|Anvil
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|Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
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|Mira
|Whistler
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|Windows 2001,Windows .NET 2001
|Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
|Windows XP
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|Merge of Whistler build 2202, Neptune and Project Odyssey. Named after Whistler, British Columbia, where design retreats were held.
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|Lonestar
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|Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
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|Triton
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|N/A
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|Mantis
|Mantis
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|Creekside
|eHome
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|Windows XP Starter
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|Trident
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|Windows XP Media Center Edition
|Windows XP Media Center Edition
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|eHome
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|Windows Media Center
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|Freestyle
|Freestyle
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|Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002
|Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003
|Name of a terrain rating system in the Whistler-Blackcomb resort.
|Name of a terrain rating system in the Whistler-Blackcomb resort.
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|Emerald
|Emerald
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|Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup
|Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2
|Name of a ski lift in Whistler, British Columbia.
|Name of a ski lift in Whistler, British Columbia.
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|Trainyard
|Trainyard
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|Windows XP Service Pack 1
|Windows XP#Service Pack 1|Windows XP Service Pack 1
|Trainyard was an engineering package of driver updates to ship simultaneously with Windows XP Service Pack 1, the most major of which was support for USB 2.0 which was also ported backwards to Windows 2000.
|Trainyard was an engineering package of driver updates to ship simultaneously with Windows XP Service Pack 1, the most major of which was support for USB 2.0 which was also ported backwards to Windows 2000.
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|Springboard
|Springboard
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|Windows XP Service Pack 2
|Windows XP#Service Pack 2|Windows XP Service Pack 2
|Name of a ski run on Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia.
|Name of a ski run on Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia.
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|Whistler Server, Windows 2002 Server, Windows .NET Server, Windows .NET Server 2003
|Lone Star
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|Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
|A branch of the Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 codebase, featuring enhancements specifically for Tablet PC hardware.
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|Whistler Server
|Windows XP Server, Windows .NET Server
|Windows Server 2003
|Windows Server 2003
|One of many unrelated Microsoft projects of the time to carry a ".NET" designation. See: Microsoft .NET.
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|Bobcat
|Bobcat
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|Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
|Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
|A low-end version of Windows XP that is intended to be a thin-client that works with older hardware. Available through the Microsoft Software Assurance program. The Eiger is a mountain in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. The Eiger is part of a trio of mountains, The Eiger, The Mönch and The Jungfrau.
|A low-end version of Windows XP that is intended to be a thin-client that works with older hardware. Available through Microsoft Software Assurance|Software Assurance program. The Eiger is a mountain in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. The Eiger is part of a trio of mountains, The Eiger, The Mönch and The Jungfrau.
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|Crossbow
|Mönch
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|Windows Mobile 6.0
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|Windows Mobile 6
|Similar to Eiger, but supports Windows Mobile devices, Windows Image Acquisition, 802.11|wireless networking, Virtual private networks|VPN-s and advanced IP (Internet Protocol) security. The Mönch is a mountain in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. The Mönch is part of a trio of mountains, The Eiger, The Mönch and The Jungfrau.
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|Longhorn
|Longhorn
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|Windows Vista
|Windows Vista
|Named after the Longhorn Bar in the Whistler-Blackcomb resort; initially planned as an "interim release" between "Whistler" and "Blackcomb" (which is now "Vienna"). Reset in 2004 due to development issues.
|Went gold (RTM) on 8 of November 2006. Named after the Longhorn Bar in the Whistler-Blackcomb resort; initially planned as an "interim release" between "Whistler" and "Blackcomb" (which was "Vienna" and is now Windows 7).
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|Cougar
|Cougar
|Windows Small Business Server "Longhorn"
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|Windows Small Business Server 2008
|In development. Cougar is a ski-run on Whistler Mountain.
|Cougar is a ski-run on Whistler Mountain.
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|Q, Quattro
|Mojave
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|Windows Home Server
|Windows Server 2008
|Announced at CES 2007. Original project codename was "Quattro" because it was the leader of the project's 4th attempt at building a home server at Microsoft. Renamed to Q once the project moved out of incubation stage.
|In development. Planned server equivalent of Windows Vista to be released in 2008.
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|Windows 7
|Centro
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|Windows 7
|"Windows 7" was the original project codename. It was decided that this must be kept.
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|Windows Server 7
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|Windows Server 2008 R2
|Windows Server 2008 R2
|In development. Planned "mid-size" (25-500 PC) edition of Longhorn Server.[http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/sep05/09-06Infrastructure.mspx].
|In development. Planned "mid-size" (25-500 PC) edition of Longhorn Server.[http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/sep05/09-06Infrastructure.mspx].
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|Vail
|Blackcomb, Vienna
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|Windows 7
|Windows Home Server 2011
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|Originally codenamed "Blackcomb" after the Whistler-Blackcomb resort. Renamed to "Vienna" in January 2006.
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|Windows 8
|Q, Quattro
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|Windows 8
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|Windows Home Server
|Announced at CES 2007. Original project codename was "Quattro" because it was the leader of the project's 4th attempt at building a home server at Microsoft. Renamed to Q once the project moved out of incubation stage.
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|Server 8
|Jupiter
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|Windows Server 2012
|Windows 8
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|Windows 8 Style UI
|Windows 8 Style UI
|Renamed from Metro because of legal issues involving the German Metro company.
|Renamed from Metro because of a lawsuit with the German Metro company
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|Jupiter
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|Windows RT
|Windows 8 application framework.
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|Blue
|Blue
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|Windows 8.1
|Windows 8.1
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|Server Blue
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|Windows Server 2012 R2
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|Windows 10
|Windows 10
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|Threshold 2
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|Windows 10 November Update
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|Threshold Server
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|Windows Server 2016
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|Redstone
|Redstone
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|Windows 10 Anniversary Update
|Windows 10 (2016)
|Redstone is a mineral and item in Minecraft, a game product by Mojang and Microsoft bought it in 2015
|Redstone is a mineral and item in Minecraft, a game product by Mojang and Microsoft bought it in 2015
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|Redstone 2
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|Windows 10 Creators Update
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|Redstone 3
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|Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
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|Redstone 3 Server
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|Windows Server version 1709
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|Redstone 4
|Windows 10 Spring Creators Update
|Windows 10 April 2018 Update
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|Redstone 4 Server
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|Windows Server version 1803
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|Redstone 5
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|Windows 10 October 2018 Update
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|Redstone 5 Server
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|Windows Server 2019, Windows Server version 1809
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|19H1
|Windows 10 19H1
|Windows 10 May 2019 Update
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|Server 19H1
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|Windows Server version 1903
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|19H2, Vanadium
|Windows 10 19H2
|Windows 10 version 1909
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|Server 19H2, Server Vanadium
|Windows Server 19H2
|Windows Server version 1909
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|20H1, Vibranium
|Windows 10 20H1
|Windows 10 version 2004
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|Server 20H1, Server Vibranium
|Windows Server 20H1
|Windows Server version 2004
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|20H2, Magnanese (insider preview only)
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|Windows 10 20H2
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|Server 20H2 (insider preview only)
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|Windows Server 20H2
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|Iron
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|Windows 10 Iron
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|Server Iron
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|Windows Server Iron
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