We’re excited to announce the release and availability of the Windows 7 Developer Guide. The guide features information on new developer technologies found in Windows 7, including information on the forthcoming release of the Windows Driver Kit for Windows 7. As you may have seen in the press, the fundamentals of the driver platform for Windows 7 are unchanged from Windows Vista – as a result, drivers created for Vista should have no problems with Windows 7. The Developer Guide also includes information on the new “Device Experience Platform”, which enables exciting new possibilities for mobile phones, portable media players, digital cameras and other devices. The guide also features screen shots of several new Windows 7 user experiences.

The Windows 7 Developer Guide is available at the MSDN Code Gallery at this URL:

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Win7DeveloperGuide

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     — Keith Boyd, [MSFT] WDK Senior Content Publishing Manager