Development of Windows Vista

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The development of Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn) began in May 2001,^[1] prior to the release of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, and continued until November 2006, where it was eventually released to manufacturing. Windows Vista was then released generally to retail on January 30, 2007.