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The Surface SDK makes it easy to write applications designed for touch – but that’s just the beginning. Use the resources below to help design amazing applications that people will demand.

Design and Interaction Guide

Certification

Development Whitepaper

Surface.com

Windows 7 touch

WPF dev center

Surface Developer Forums

Hands on labs

SDK documentation

Surface Migration PowerToy

Surface 2.0 Administration Guide

Tagged Object Whitepaper

Microsoft Partner Network

Code samples

XNA dev center

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