Identify Windows version for enrollment

Find out which enrollment steps you need to take to set up your device for work or school. This article will help you identify which version of Windows you’re running and point you to the appropriate enrollment steps. It also provides information about how to access Company Portal.

Get Company Portal

You can enroll Windows 10 devices through the Company Portal website or app. If you’re enrolling a device with an earlier version of Windows, you must enroll the device through the Company Portal website.

If you have any trouble signing in to the app or website, see Sign in to the Company Portal.

Supported versions

Company Portal currently supports devices running the following versions of Windows:

• Windows 10 (Home, Pro, Education, S mode, and Enterprise versions)
• Windows 8.1 RT
• Windows 8.1

Other versions of Windows, such as Windows 10 Holographic, are supported in the Company Portal. However, these versions are not covered in this article because they are for very specific uses.

Find Windows 10 version number

Enrollment steps differ for different versions of Windows 10 devices. The following steps describe how to find the version number on Windows 10 desktop and mobile devices. After you know your version, continue to the recommended enrollment steps.

Windows 10 desktop devices

Go to Start.

In the search bar, type the phrase «about your PC.» Select About your PC from the results.

Scroll down to Windows specifications to find the Version of Windows 10 that’s installed on your PC.

If your version is

Windows 10 mobile devices

Go to All apps and select the Settings app.

Select System > About.

Under Device information, find the Version.

If your version is

Enroll other Windows devices

You can enroll Windows 8.1. or Windows RT 8.1 devices via the Company Portal website.

IT administrator support

If you’re an IT administrator and run in to problems while enrolling devices, see Troubleshooting Windows device enrollment problems in Microsoft Intune. This article lists common errors, their causes, and steps to resolve them.

Next steps

Now that you know the supported devices, and your Windows 10 version number, proceed to the recommended enrollment article.

For more information about device management, Company Portal, and how both are used in schools and at work, see the following articles:

Need help? Contact your company support. Go to the Company Portal website to find your organization’s IT contact information.

Finding out windows version

“Windows 10” is apparently here to stay, and Microsoft won’t be bumping things up to Windows 11 any time soon. Here’s how to find out what “build” of Windows 10 you have — you can think of it like a service pack level — as well as which edition and version of the operating system you have.

Microsoft has hidden the build number in an attempt to make Windows 10 look always-up-to-date, and there are still different editions of Windows 10 with different features. Microsoft is also still offering both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Windows 10, too.

Use the Settings App

The new Settings application also offers this information in a user-friendly form. To launch it, click or tap the Start button and select Settings.

Navigate to System > About and scroll down. You’ll see the “Version” and “Build” numbers here.

• Edition: The “Edition” line tells you which edition of Windows 10 you’re using — Windows 10 Home, Professional, Enterprise, or Education. If you’d like to upgrade to Windows 10 Professional, you can upgrade to the Professional edition from within Windows 10. Switching to Windows 10 Enterprise or Education editions will require a complete reinstall and a special key that isn’t made available to normal home Windows users.
• Build Number: Look at the “Version” and “OS Build” lines. If you have the original version of Windows 10, you’ll just see “OS Build 10240”. This was the initial release of Windows 10. If you have the “November Update” version of Windows 10 — Windows 10’s first big update— you’ll see a new version number scheme here. It’ll say “Version 1511 (OS Build 10576.29)”.
  The “1511” is the key. This number identifies that you’re using the build of Windows 10 released in November (the 11th month) of 2015. If Microsoft were to release a build of Windows 10 in April (the 4th month) of 2016, its version number would be “Version 1604”.
• 64-bit or 32-bit: The “System type” line tells you whether you’re using the 32-bit version of Windows 10 or the 64-bit version. It also tells you whether your PC is compatible with the 64-bit version or not.
  For example, “64-bit operating system, x64-based processor” indicates you’re using a 64-bit version of Windows 10 on a 64-bit processor. “32-bit operating system, x64-based processor” indicates you’re using a 32-bit version of Windows 10, but you could install the 64-bit version on your hardware if you preferred.

Use the Winver Dialog and Control Panel

You can use the old standby “winver” tool to find the build number of your Windows 10 system. To launch it, you can tap the Windows key, type “winver” into the Start menu, and press Enter. You could also press Windows Key + R, type “winver” into the Run dialog, and press Enter.

The second line here will tell you which build of Windows 10 you have. Again, the version number is in the form YYMM, where 1511 means the 11th month of 2015.

You’ll also see the edition of Windows 10 you’re using displayed in the winver dialog. It states “Windows 10 Home” in the screen above.

The winver dialog doesn’t display whether you’re using a 64-bit or 32-bit version of Windows 10, but the Control Panel does. To open this screen, right-click “This PC” in a File Explorer window and select “Properties”. You can also open the Control Panel window, click “System and Security,” and then click “System”.

The “Windows edition” section at the top of the window displays which edition of Windows 10 you’re using, while the “System type” line here displays whether you’re using a 64-bit or 32-bit edition of Windows 10, and whether your computer’s hardware is 64-bit compatible or not.

This information is important if you want to know whether your Windows 10 machine has received an update yet, figure out if you have a feature available only in certain editions of Windows, or find out whether you should download the 64-bit version of a program or not.

Finding out windows version

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I am using Windows AIK to capture and deploy multiple Windows OS’ images, such as Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 r2, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, . etc.

I need to determine the version and edition of the Windows OS before I call imagex to capture the custom OS image in a script. Say I install the base OS w/ the latest service pack, install device drivers, then boot Windows PE to capture the image. Is there a way to find out the Windows version and edition in Windows PE from a script?

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Why you need to find the Windows version information of the computer that you would like to capture the image from in WinPE? The information should be collected before you start capturing the image.

You can easily check the Windows version and edition using winver command line in a running Windows. To do so, please click start, then run, type winver and hit enter. There will be a window prompt to tell you the version of Windows that is running. This command can work in Windows XP and later versions.

As an alternative, the Systeminfo command will also provide you with the OS name and OS version information in addition to other system information.

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What version of Windows do I have? 1 step to find out!

Last Updated: 2 years ago

If you’re constantly wondering what version of Windows you have on your computer, don’t worry. You’re only 1 step away to finding it out!

Step 1:

On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and the Pause/Break key at the same time.

And you’ll find out the

• Windows edition (Windows 10 Pro in my case);
• System type (64-bit Operating System in my case)

your computer is running.

That’s it – the magic step for you to find out what Windows version you have on your computer.

Bonus Tip 1: How to find out the exact version of Windows and OS Build

Usually you don’t have to find out the exact version of Windows operating system on your PC. But if you must know, you can press the Windows logo key and R at the same time, type winver and a window with the exact version of Windows and OS Build will pop open.

Bonus Tip 2: How to get more detailed hardware information of your PC

In the great majority of cases, you’ll need more detailed hardware information of your PC. It can be that you need to find out whether your computer meets the system requirements of the games you’re playing, check on the compatibility for upgrades, or simply compare your computer to another.

You can get the information the manual way, which is by using different key combinations. Or, you can try the EASIER way – using Driver Easy for a comprehensive view of the hardware information. All it takes is ONE SINGLE mouse click and BOOM – the whole hardware information you need lies ahead of you:

(Spoiler Alert: the hardware information viewing feature is for FREE!).

1) Download and install Driver Easy.

2) Run Driver Easy and click Hardware Info.

You can then take an overview of the hardware information on your computer:

This is an overview of the hardware info on your PC. For more detailed information of the specific hardware, click the CPU, the Motherboard, the Memory or the Graphics modules to find out. 🙂

Find out which version of Windows 10 is installed

Microsoft changed how feature updates are released on Windows. While updates are still delivered via Windows Updates and other update options, updates on Windows 10 are not reflected in the operating system’s name.

There is no Windows 10 Service Pack 1, or Windows 10.1, for instance, and Microsoft has no plans to change that.

This makes it a tad difficult to find out which version of Windows 10 is installed on a device.

Microsoft does have internal names for updates, the Anniversary Update for instance was released on August 2, 2016 and the April 2018 Update in, uh, April 2018. Those names are not added to the version of Windows 10 on the other hand.

Checking the Windows 10 version

Probably the best option to verify which version of Windows 10 is installed on a device is to use the winver command.

1. Tap on the Windows-key, type winver.exe and hit enter.

This launches a small About Windows program that lists information about the installed version of Windows. The program is also available in previous versions of the Windows operating system.

The program lists a version and build number, and both help you understand which version is installed.

Finding out can be useful in making sure that you got the most recent version for example.

Version

The version uses a four digit code that refers to the year and month of release.

• 1507 — The initial release of Windows 10 (July 2015).
• 1511 — The first major update for Windows 10. (November 2015).
• 1607 — The second major update, also called the Anniversary Update for Windows 10 as it is released a year after the initial release of the operating system (July 2016).
• 1703 — The Creators Update released in April 2017.
• 1709 — The Fall Creators Update released in October 2017.
• 1803 — The April 2018 Update released on April 30, 2018.
• 1809 —

OS Build

The OS Build number offers the same information as the version. It is a bit harder to decipher though as you cannot draw a direct link between the build and version.

The major builds of Windows 10 Stable are the following ones:

• 10240 — The initial release build that Microsoft released back in July 2015.
• 10586 — The build of the first major update released by Microsoft in November 2015.
• 14393 — The build of the Anniversary Update, the second major update, released on August 2, 2016.
• 15063 — The build of the Creators Update released in April 2017.
• 16299 — The build of the Fall Creators Update released in October 2017.
• 17134 — The build of the April 2018 Update released in April 2018.

Note: The Anniversary Update is released in August 2016, but the version states 1607 meaning July 2016.

Note 2: The About Windows screen highlights the edition of Windows 10 as well. You find it listed in the first sentence after the copyright notice.

You may check winver to find out if you have installed the most recent Windows 10 feature updates on a computer. Knowing the version may also be useful to find out if a guide, tutorial or news article applies to the version of Windows that is installed on your computer.