Downloads for Windows Hardware Development

We have integrated Windows Driver Kit 8 and Debugging Tools for Windows with Visual Studio Professional 2012. This integration provides a complete development environment with templates, samples, and supporting documentation that is designed to streamline driver development.

These kits and tools support development for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 R2. To download the kits and tools for Windows 8.1 go here.

Develop Drivers

Assess Quality and Performance

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit

Assessments measure a computer’s overall performance, energy efficiency, and battery consumption to improve battery life, startup performance, and shutdown time.

Use the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) to assess products that run on Windows 8 and most other versions of Windows. For more information, see Supported Platforms.

Get details about the Windows ADK download

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Test for Certification

Windows Hardware Certification Kit

The Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK) provides the tools, processes, and tests for you to test hardware for certification for Windows.

Use the HCK to test and create submission packages for Windows 8 and all versions of Windows, except Windows XP.  

Get details about all Windows HCK and WLK downloads

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Find Related Tools

Standalone Debugging Package, Symbols, and SDK

In some cases, you might need standalone versions of Debugging Tools for Windows (including windbg and Windows Remote Debugging), Windows Symbol packages, or the Windows SDK.

Get details about Debugging Tools for Windows, Windows Symbol Packages, and the Windows SDK