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Microsoft Windows

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Microsoft Windows
DeveloperMicrosoft
Source model
Initial releaseNovember 20, 1985 (1985-11-20)
Latest release22H2 (10.0.22621.2283) (September 12, 2023 (2023-09-12)[1]) [±]
Latest preview
Release Preview Channel

22H2 (10.0.22621.2361) (September 22, 2023 (2023-09-22)[2][3]) [±]

Beta Channel

23H2 (10.0.22631.2338) (September 12, 2023 (2023-09-12)[4]) [±]

Dev Channel

10.0.23550.1000 (September 22, 2023 (2023-09-22)[5]) [±]

Canary Channel
10.0.25951.1010 (September 15, 2023 (2023-09-15)[6]) [±]
Marketing targetPersonal computing
Available in110 languages
Update method
Package managerWindows Installer (.msi, .msp),[7] App Installer (.msix,[8] .msixbundle[9][10]), Microsoft Store (.appx, .appxbundle),[11] Windows Package Manager
PlatformsIA-32, x86-64, ARM, ARM64
Previously: 16-bit x86, DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC, Itanium
Kernel type
Default
user interface		Windows shell
LicenseProprietary commercial software
Official websitewww.microsoft.com/en-us/windows Edit this at Wikidata

Microsoft Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for servers, and Windows IoT for embedded systems. Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phone.

The first version of Windows was released on November 20, 1985, as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).[12]

Windows is the most popular desktop operating system in the world, with a 70% market share as of March 2023, according to StatCounter.[13] However, Windows is not the most used operating system when including both mobile and desktop OSes, due to Android's massive growth.[14]

As of September 2022, the most recent version of Windows is Windows 11 for consumer PCs and tablets, Windows 11 Enterprise for corporations, and Windows Server 2022 for servers.

  1. ^ "September 12, 2023—KB5030219 (OS Build 22621.2283)". Microsoft Support. Microsoft.
  2. ^ "Rolling out new features for Windows 11 (22H2) to the Release Preview Channel". Windows Insider Blog. September 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "September 12, 2023—KB5030219 (OS Build 22621.2283)". Microsoft Support. Microsoft.
  4. ^ "Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.2338 and 22631.2338 (Beta Channel)". Windows Insider Blog. September 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23550 (Dev Channel)". Windows Insider Blog. September 22, 2023.
  6. ^ "Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25951 (Canary Channel)". Windows Insider Blog. September 13, 2023.
  7. ^ Su, Christy; Xu, Simonx (November 25, 2021). "FAQ about the Windows Installer .msp files - Dynamics GP". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  8. ^ dianmsft; Jenks, Alma; Coulter, David; Schofield, McLean; Vintzel, John; Satran, Michael; Donthini, Chaitanya; Kinsman, Mike (December 30, 2021). "What is MSIX?". Microsoft Learn. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  9. ^ Jahiu, Dhurata; Jenks, Alma; v-chmccl; Power, Cory; Coulter, David; Schofield, McLean; Donthini, Chaitanya; Satran, Michael (April 13, 2022). "How to bundle MSIX packages". Microsoft Learn. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  10. ^ Vera (June 26, 2023) [April 14, 2023]. "How to Install MSIXBundle on Windows 10/11? 2 Ways to Try!". MiniTool. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  11. ^ "App packages and deployment (Windows Store apps) (Windows)". Microsoft Learn. October 19, 2021 [October 6, 2015]. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  12. ^ Bellis, Mary (October 4, 2019). "The Unusual History of Microsoft Windows". Archived from the original on March 14, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  13. ^ "Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide". StatCounter Global Stats. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  14. ^ Keizer, Gregg (July 14, 2014). "Microsoft gets real, admits its device share is just 14%". Computerworld. IDG. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. [Microsoft's chief operating officer] Turner's 14% came from a new forecast released last week by Gartner, which estimated Windows' share of the shipped device market last year was 14%, and would decrease slightly to 13.7% in 2014. Android will dominate, Gartner said, with a 48% share this year
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