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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
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|Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, and Windows 3.2
|Same codename as Windows NT 5.0/2000 64-bit.
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|Kato (Winball), Sparta (Jastro)
|Kato (Winball), Sparta (Jastro)
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|Windows for Workgroups 3.1
|Windows for Workgroups 3.1
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|Snowball (LB)  
|Snowball (LB)  
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|Windows for Workgroups 3.11
|Windows for Workgroups 3.11
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|Cougar
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|Windows for Workgroups 3.2
|Same codename as Windows Small Business Server 2008
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|Chicago
|Chicago
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|Windows 4.0
|Windows 95
|Windows 95
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|Detroit
|Detroit
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|Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2
|Windows 95 Service Pack 2
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|Cleveland, Nashville
|Windows 4.1
|Windows 96
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|Nashville
|ChiCairo
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|Windows 97
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|Internet Explorer 4
|''Cancelled Windows version''
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|Memphis
|Memphis
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|Windows 4.2
|Windows 98
|Windows 98
|The codename was the key to activating an easter egg in Windows 98:
|Same codename as Windows 2000. The codename was the key to activating an 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 (or maybe Cairo, the codename of Windows NT 4 - the map is too small to tell) to ''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 opens with the credits for Windows 98.
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|Dolly
|Windows 98 Second Edition
|Windows 99
|''Dolly'' refers to Dolly the Sheep, the first sheep to be cloned.
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|Millennium
|Millennium
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|Windows 4.9
|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
|AXP
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|Windows NT 3.1
|Windows NT 3.1
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|Razzle
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|Windows NT for Workgroups 3.1, Windows NT for Workgroups 3.11
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|NT OS/2
|OS/2 3.0
|Windows NT 3.11
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|NT 3.2
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|Windows NT 3.2
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|Daytona
|Daytona
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|Windows NT 3.5x
|Windows NT 3.5
|Windows 3.5x
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|Impala
|Impala
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|Windows NT 4.1
|Windows NT 4.0 Embedded
|Windows NT 4.0 Embedded
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|Memphis NT
|NT 5.0
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|Windows NT 5.0
|Windows NT 5.0
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|Memphis
|Windows 5
|Windows 2000  
|Windows 2000  
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|Same codename as Windows 98. Its server counterpart is called Windows Server 2000.
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|Asteroid
|Asteroid
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|Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
|Windows NT 5.0 Service Pack 1, Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
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|Janus
|Janus
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|Windows NT 5.0 64-bit, Windows 2000 64-bit
|Same codename as Windows 3.1
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|Odyssey
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|N/A
|N/A
|Planned 64-bit variant of Windows 2000.
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
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|Neptune
|Neptune
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|Windows 2001, Windows. NET 2001
|N/A
|N/A
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
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|Whistler
|Whistler
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|Windows 5.1, Windows 101, Windows NT 5.1, Windows NT XP
|Windows XP
|Windows XP
|Merge of Neptune and Odyssey. Named after Whistler, British Columbia, where design retreats were held.
|Merge of Whistler build 2202, Neptune and Project Odyssey. Named after Whistler, British Columbia, where design retreats were held.
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|Odyssey
|Sundown
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|N/A
|Ideas project, merged to Whistler.
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|Anvil
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|Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
|Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
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|Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
|Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
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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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|eHome
|eHome
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|Windows Media Center
|Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002
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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 2006
|Name of a ski lift in Whistler, British Columbia.
|Name of a ski lift in Whistler, British Columbia.
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|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
|Whistler Server
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|Windows 2001 Server, Windows Server 2001, Windows XP Server, Windows .NET Server, Windows Server 2002
|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 Small Business Server 2003
|Windows Small Business Server 2003
|Bobcat is a ski-run on Whistler Mountain.
|Bobcat is a ski-run on Whistler Mountain.
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|Longhorn Server
|Windows Server 2005
|Windows Server 2003 R2
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|Eiger
|Eiger
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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, 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 Longhorn
|Named after the Longhorn Bar in the Whistler-Blackcomb resort; initially planned as an "interim release" between "Whistler" and "Blackcomb" (which is now "Vienna").
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|Six
|Windows 6
|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.
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|Longhorn Home Server, Q, Quattro
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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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|Cougar
|Cougar
|Windows Longhorn Small Business Server
|Windows Small Business Server 2008
|Same codename as Windows for Workgroups 3.2. Cougar is a ski-run on Whistler Mountain.
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|Server 6, Vista Server
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|Windows Small Business Server 2008
|Windows Server 2007
|Cougar is a ski-run on Whistler Mountain.
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|Vienna Server
|Windows Server 2007 R2
|Windows Server 2008
|In development. Planned server equivalent of Windows Vienna to be released in 2008.
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|Q, Quattro
|Blackcomb, Vienna
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|Windows Home Server
|Windows Vienna
|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.
|Originally codenamed "Blackcomb" after the Whistler-Blackcomb resort. Renamed to "Vienna" in January 2006.
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|Seven
|Windows Vienna Service Pack 1
|Windows 7
|Windows 7
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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
|Server 7
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|Windows Server 2009
|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
|7.1
|Windows 7 Service Pack 1
|Windows 7.1
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|Server 7.1
|Windows Server 2011
|Windows Server 2008 R3
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|Vail, Home Server 7
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|Windows Home Server 2010
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|Home Server 7.1
|Windows Home Server 2010 R2
|Windows Home Server 2011
|Windows Home Server 2011
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|Windows 8
|Jupiter, Eight
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|Windows 8
|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
|Blue
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|Windows 8.1
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|Windows RT
|Windows 8 application framework.
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|Blue
|Server Blue, Server 8.1
|Windows Server 2013
|Windows Server 2012 R2
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|8.1 Update 1
|Windows 8.1 Update 1
|Windows 8.11
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|Server 8.11
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|Windows 8.1
|Windows Server 2012 R3
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|Server Blue
|Technical Preview
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|Windows 9
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|Windows Server 2012 R2
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|Server 9
|Windows Server 2012 R4
|Windows Server 2014
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|Threshold
|Threshold
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|Windows 8.2
|Windows 10
|Windows 10
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|Threshold Server
|Threshold Server
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|Windows Server 2015
|Windows Server 2016
|Windows Server 2016
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|Redstone 5 Server
|Redstone 5 Server
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|Windows Server 2019, Windows Server version 1809
|Windows Server version 1809
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|19H1
|19H1
|Windows 10 19H1
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|Windows 10 May 2019 Update
|Windows 10 May 2019 Update
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|Server 19H1
|Server 19H1
|Windows Server 2016 R2
|Windows Server 2019, Windows Server version 1903
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|Windows Server version 1903
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|19H2
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|19H2, Vanadium
|Windows 10 19H2
|Windows 10 19H2
|Windows 10 version 1909
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|Server 19H2, Server Vanadium
|Server 19H2
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|Windows Server 19H2
|Windows Server 19H2
|Windows Server version 1909
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|20H1, Vibranium
|20H1
|Windows 10 20H1
|Windows 10 20H1
|Windows 10 version 2004
|Windows 2020
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|Server 20H1, Server Vibranium
|Server 20H1
|Windows Server 20H1
|Windows Server 20H1, Windows 2020 Server
|Windows Server version 2004
|Windows Server 2020
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|20H2, Magnanese (insider preview only)
|20H2
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|Windows 10 20H2
|Windows 2020 20H2
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|Server 20H2 (insider preview only)
|Server 20H2
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|Windows Server 20H2
|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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