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Target platform on driver reference pages

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In the Requirements block at the bottom of Microsoft driver reference pages, you'll see an entry called Target Platform. This line lists editions of Windows to which the page applies.

Here's an example of such an entry:

target platform set to universal in requirements block.

The values specified in Target Platform map to the values you can use in Visual Studio, in the Target Platform property under Configuration Properties->Driver Settings->General. Windows Drivers can use any DDI that specifies Universal as the Target Platform.

Here are the values you might see for Target Platform, and what they mean:

Term Description
Universal A driver binary in a Windows Driver can call this device driver interface (DDI). For more info, see Getting Started with Windows drivers.
Desktop A driver binary for Windows 10 for desktop editions or Windows Server 2016 can call this DDI.

A Windows Driver runs on the following Universal Windows Platform (UWP)-based editions of Windows:

  • Windows 11
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows 10 for desktop editions (Home, Pro, and Enterprise)
  • Windows 10 in S-Mode
  • Windows 10 IoT Core
  • Windows Server 2016