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Driver samples for Windows 11
These are the official Microsoft Windows Driver Kit (WDK) driver code samples for Windows 11. They provide a foundation for Universal Windows driver support of all hardware form factors, from phones to desktop PCs. Use these samples with Visual Studio 2022 and Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 11.
Windows Driver Kit documentation
Windows 11 driver development
Use Visual Studio 2022 and Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 11 to build, test, and deploy your drivers. With Windows 11, the driver development environment is integrated into Visual Studio. To get started, download the driver development kits and tools for Windows 11.
Download the WDK, WinDbg, and associated tools
Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Take a look at the compilation of the new and changed driver-related content for Windows 11. Areas of improvement include camera, print, display, Near Field Communication (NFC), WLAN, Bluetooth, and more.
Find out what's new in the WDK
Universal Windows drivers
Write one driver that runs on Windows 11 for desktop editions, as well as other Windows editions that share a common set of interfaces.
Getting Started with Universal Windows drivers
Windows Driver Frameworks
The Windows Driver Frameworks (WDF) are a set of libraries that make it simple to write high-quality device drivers.
Samples
Use the samples in this repo to guide your Windows driver development. Whether you're just getting started or porting an older driver to the newest version of Windows, code samples are valuable guides on how to write drivers.
For information about important changes that need to be made to the WDK sample drivers before releasing device drivers based on the sample code, see the following topic:
From Sample Code to Production Driver - What to Change in the Samples
Build your first driver
If you're writing your first driver, use these exercises to get started. Each exercise is independent of the others, so you can do them in any order.
Write a UMDF driver based on a template
Write a KMDF Hello World driver
Write a KMDF driver based on a template
Use GitHub Actions to build a simple driver project
Microsoft Code of Conduct
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.