The Windows SDK is available for customers to install as either an

This SDK release supports the following platforms:

...and is compatible with:

 

Here is a small sampling of what’s in this SDK, with a more complete list available in the Getting Started section in the Windows SDK documentation.

  • Support for Windows Server 2008 (x86, x64, and Itanuim), .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista (including SP1), and Windows XP
  • Visual Studio 2008 C++ command line compiler toolset (with /analyze support) and matching CRT
  • The SDK headers, libs, and tools integrate with VS2008 when both the SDK and VS2008 are installed
  • New tools such as XPerf, SqlMetal, xsltc, gc, topoedit, aspnet_merge, and wsdcodegen.
  • Documentation and samples (2200+ sample projects) to explain usage of new Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 features as well as previous platform features.

Check out the Windows SDK blog and the Windows SDK MSDN Developer Center over the coming days and weeks for more information about the Windows SDK. As always, please look over the Release Notes for a description of known issues before you install the SDK.