Welcome  |  Sign in
Skip Navigation Links
Windows Vista Developer Center

Windows Vista

Windows Vista is designed to host both managed and native applications. This portal contains the tools, training, and other resources that will enable you to develop applications that take advantage of features new to Windows Vista and that run seamlessly on Windows Vista.

Getting Started with Windows Vista

1. About

2. Training

3. Test and Certify Your Apps

Featured Content

What NEW Windows SDK Features do you want?
The Windows SDK Team is looking for customer input into what should change/improve in the Windows SDK and how it interfaces with Visual Studio. Please participate in the short survey.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 6:15:00 PM
Solve Windows Vista Compatibility Issues
Find information to help you test, evaluate, and mitigate application compatibility issues with Windows Vista.
Friday, July 25, 2008 2:30:00 PM

Windows Vista SP1 Now Available in 36 Windows Vista Languages

Get Windows Vista SP1 in all languages via the stand-alone installer and Windows Update. MSDN Subscribers, the DVD image of Windows Vista with SP1 is currently available in 14 languages with the rest coming soon.

More...

"How Do I?" Videos

More...

Featured Downloads

More...

More: .NET Framework Class Library | Win32 and COM Development | Visual Studio Developer Center | Windows SDK

Windows Vista Blogs

shell:revealed Blog

Windows Vista Team Blog

Windows SDK Team Blog

Chris Jackson's Blog

Featured Windows Vista MVP

Zia Khan
See Zia's profile.
Find out how you can submit an article. See more MVPs.

MVP Blogs About Windows Vista

Windows Vista Applications in Code Gallery

CSharp Samples
The Visual Studio team has posted the C# code samples that ship with Visual Studio 2008 to the MSDN Code Gallery. This includes a complete set of lang... more....
Friday, February 01, 2008 4:16:58 PM
Generic Class Factory
This sample is a simple class factory using C# and the .NET Framework 3.0 that enables the insertion of mock objects during unit testing.
Friday, February 01, 2008 4:15:46 PM
The Temple of VB
As a regular blogger on the Visual Basic team blog page, Matt Gertz frequently posts Visual Basic applications and code snippets there. This resource... more....
Friday, February 01, 2008 4:16:32 PM
Huo Chess
Huo Chess is a micro chess program in C++ that attempts to be smaller in size than the Commodore-era Microchess. The goal is to create the smallest ch... more....
Friday, February 01, 2008 4:14:24 PM

More...

Windows Vista Projects in CodePlex

Kurt's NetSend for Vista
This is a small task tray utility to restore the Net Send functionality to... more
CodePlex
Monday, July 28, 2008 7:47:03 AM
Wireless Migrator
Handy small program, that knows to backup and restore all wireless networks... more
CodePlex
Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:54:11 PM
CoatlGDK
CoatlGDK is a simple and light weight XNA 2.0 game development kit
CodePlex
Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:18:15 PM

More...

Windows Vista Forums

Search, Organize and Visualize in Windows Vista
How to enable Windows Vista to access the content and metadata of applicati... more
DirectShow Development
Discuss how to develop DirectShow applications using the API provided in th... more

More...

Windows Vista Related Forums

More...

Content from Your Community

Calling All Students to Channel 8
Channel 8 is the place to be for students who want to code, connect and cre... more
Windows via C/C++
Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows is a classic book (formerly... more
Dial Keys Gen 2 - FREE beta
DialKeys Gen2 provides Windows XP and Windows Vista touch, thumb, and pen d... more
5 Programs for Tweaking Vista
Was TweakUI your favorite Power Toy? Have you been searching for something... more
Scott Guthrie: What's Coming for Mix, Part 2: Windows, Web, and RIA
In the second part of this two-part interview with channel 9, Scott discuss... more

More...
Page view tracker