The following editions of Visual Studio 2022 support driver development for this release: For more information about system requirements for Visual Studio, see Visual Studio 2022 System Requirements. For installation instructions for the Windows Insider Preview builds, see Installing preview versions of the Windows Driver Kit (WDK). Join the Windows Insider Program to get WDK Insider Preview builds. For links to older kits, see Other WDK downloads.
To target Windows 8.1, Windows 8, and Windows 7, install an older WDK and an older version of Visual Studio either on the same machine or on a separate machine.
The WDK is used to develop, test, and deploy drivers for Windows.
