Windows Driver Kit documentation

Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 10 is integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and Debugging Tools for Windows This integrated environment gives you the tools you need to develop, build, package, deploy, test, and debug drivers. You can run many basic certification tests in the integrated environment. The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) includes templates for several technologies and driver models, including Windows Driver Frameworks, Universal Serial Bus (USB), print, networking, and file system filters.

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  Get started with Universal Windows Drivers

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  WDK DDI Reference

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  What's new

  New APIs and features

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  Download and install

  Visual Studio 2017

  Windows Driver Kit (WDK)

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  Code samples

  Universal Windows driver samples

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  Programming guides

  Choosing a driver model

  Write your first driver

  Windows Debugging Tools

  Concepts for all driver developers

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  Testing, and Deploying Drivers

  Building a Driver with the WDK

  Provision a computer for driver deployment and testing (WDK 10)

  Testing a Driver

  Device and Driver Installation



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  Submission

  Windows Hardware Dev Center dashboard

  Distributing a driver package

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  Driver models and technologies

  Kernel-Mode Driver Architecture Design Guide

  Windows Driver Frameworks

  Device and Driver Technologies

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  Related links

  Bring up guide

  Windows Store Device Apps

  UWP apps

  Desktop applications

Run-time requirements for WDK 10

WDK requires Visual Studio. For more information, see Visual Studio 2017 System Requirements.

EWDK additionally requires .NET 4.6.1. For information about .NET requirements, see .NET Framework system requirements.

You can use WDK Insider Preview and the EWDK Insider Preview to develop drivers that run on these operating systems: