# Windows Driver Frameworks > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Windows_Driver_Frameworks > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Windows_Driver_Frameworks.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Driver_Frameworks > Source revision: 1335869954 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Windows Driver Frameworks** (**WDF**, formerly **Windows Driver Foundation**), is a set of Microsoft tools and libraries that aid in the creation of device drivers for [Windows 2000](/source/Windows_2000) and later versions of [Windows NT](/source/Windows_NT). It complements [Windows Driver Model](/source/Windows_Driver_Model), abstracting away much of the boilerplate complexity in writing Windows drivers. [Windows Vista](/source/Windows_Vista) and later are included WDF natively; for [Windows 2000](/source/Windows_2000) and [Windows XP](/source/Windows_XP), the WDF update is available. WDF consists of **[Kernel-Mode Driver Framework](/source/Kernel-Mode_Driver_Framework)** (KMDF) and **[User-Mode Driver Framework](/source/User-Mode_Driver_Framework)** (UMDF).[2] These individual frameworks provide a new object-oriented programming model for Windows driver development. The primary goals of WDF is conceptual scalability and reduced duplication, enabling developers to apply the same concepts across different driver types and reducing the code overhead required for drivers. This differs markedly from the Windows Driver Model (WDM) which requires driver developers to be fully familiar with many complex technical details to write a basic driver. Part of the key to achieving conceptual scalability is that KMDF and UMDF use an "opt-in" model. This model allows the developer to extend and override the default behavior of a canonical "good driver". In contrast, Windows Driver Model depends on the driver writer to implement all aspects of the driver's behavior. ## Varieties There are three types of WDF drivers: - [Kernel-Mode Driver Framework](/source/Kernel-Mode_Driver_Framework), for writing standard kernel-mode device drivers - [User-Mode Driver Framework](/source/User-Mode_Driver_Framework) v1, for writing user-mode drivers using a C++ [COM](/source/Component_Object_Model)-based API - [User-Mode Driver Framework](/source/User-Mode_Driver_Framework) v2, for writing user-mode drivers with syntactic parity to KMDF WDF also includes a set of static verification tools for use by driver writers. These tools examine driver code for common errors and/or simulate the code of a driver in order to identify problems that are both difficult to detect and difficult to test for. ## Versions KMDF version history[3] Operating system KMDF 1.0 KMDF 1.1 KMDF 1.5 KMDF 1.7 KMDF 1.9 KMDF 1.11 KMDF 1.13 KMDF 1.15 KMDF 1.17 KMDF 1.19 KMDF 1.21 KMDF 1.23 KMDF 1.25 KMDF 1.27 KMDF 1.29 KMDF 1.31 KMDF 1.33 Windows 11, 21H2 Windows 10, 2004 Windows 10, 1903 Windows 10, 1809 Windows 10, 1803 Windows 10, 1709 Windows 10, 1703 Windows 10, 1607 Windows 10, 1511 Windows 10, 1507 Windows 8.1 Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Windows 2000 UMDF version history[4] Operating system UMDF 1.5 UMDF 1.7 UMDF 1.9 UMDF 1.11 UMDF 2.0 UMDF 2.15 UMDF 2.17 UMDF 2.19 UMDF 2.21 UMDF 2.23 UMDF 2.25 UMDF 2.27 UMDF 2.29 UMDF 2.31 UMDF 2.33 Windows 11, 21H2 Windows 10, 2004 Windows 10, 1903 Windows 10, 1809 Windows 10, 1803 Windows 10, 1709 Windows 10, 1703 Windows 10, 1607 Windows 10, 1511 Windows 10, 1507 Windows 8.1 Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista SP1 Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Windows XP ## See also - [Windows Driver Kit](/source/Windows_Driver_Kit) ## References 1. ["Windows Driver Frameworks"](https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-Driver-Frameworks). *[GitHub](/source/GitHub)*. [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft). Retrieved 2017-02-15. 1. [Kernel Mode Driver Framework for Windows 7 Drivers](https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1766166) 1. ["KMDF Version History"](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/wdf/kmdf-version-history). *[Microsoft Docs](/source/Microsoft_Docs)*. [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft). 2018-10-01. 1. ["UMDF Version History"](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/wdf/umdf-version-history). *[Microsoft Docs](/source/Microsoft_Docs)*. [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft). 2018-10-01. ## External links - *[Developing Drivers with the Windows Driver Foundation](https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/store/developing-drivers-with-the-windows-driver-foundation-9780735690097)* by Orwick and Smith - [Windows Driver Kit](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/index) - [OSR Online](https://www.osronline.com/), including many articles about WDF, KMDF, and Windows driver development - [Introducing Windows Driver Framework](https://web.archive.org/web/20160125155441/http://www.wd-3.com/archive/FrameworkIntro.htm) 25 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, written by well-known Windows driver developer, Walter Oney - [Building and deploying a basic WDF Kernel Mode Driver](https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13090/Building-and-deploying-a-basic-WDF-Kernel-Mode-Dri), CodeProject - [Developing a WDF USB Kernel Mode Driver for the OSR USB FX2](https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13620/Developing-a-WDF-USB-Kernel-Mode-Driver-for-the-OS), CodeProject - [MiniFilter Framework](https://www.easefilter.com/kb/minifilter-framework.htm), A Windows File System Filter Driver Framework --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Windows Driver Frameworks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Driver_Frameworks) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Driver_Frameworks?action=history)). 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