Windows Hardware and Driver Developer Community

The hardware and driver developer community page provides resources to help system and device manufacturers, driver developers, and other hardware engineering professionals collaborate and learn from each other. This page also gathers design and development resources relevant to the Windows hardware community.

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Windows Hardware Development Forums

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Designing for PCs that boot faster than ever before
While we're hard at work making sure you never have to turn off your PC and can run in a connected standby state, we know that there will still be reboots for updating key system components. We've previously talked about reengineering the Windows boot experience and how we modernized and touch-enabl... more

Hardware Community Resources

Videos for Hardware and Driver Developers

Check out videos specifically for hardware and driver developers on Channel 9.

Community Resources for Windows Hardware Developers

Discover the value of community support through the Microsoft Most Values Professionals (MVP) program, newsgroups, forums, webcasts, industry events, and online resources.

Technical Resources for Hardware Developers

Use the links on this page to find technical resources for developing hardware devices and drivers for Windows operating systems. Resources include technical books, magazines, and industry training.

Windows Hardware Development Newsletters

Subscribe to and review archived issues of the Microsoft Hardware Newsletter (MHN), Windows Logo Program Newsletter, and WinHEC News.

Windows Hardware and Driver Developer Blogs

Survey and subscribe to the blogs and forums supported by Microsoft developers, testers, engineers, and technical managers.

Windows Hardware Ecosystem Events

Find conference papers and presentations from events such as BUILD, the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) and the Windows Driver Developer Conference (DDC). Also discover videos and recorded presentations on-demand from other in-person and online events for Windows.

Other Hardware Development Resources

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