Start building on Windows 8

Download the Windows Developer Preview

Go download the Windows Developer Preview and developer tools and start building apps now!

MSDN subscribers can go to the MSDN subscriptions page for additional downloads and Build attendees can go to the Build attendee Connect site for additional downloads.

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Read Microsoft’s press release about Windows 8 and what we shared with developers, access official Windows 8 screenshots and more.

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Windows Dev Center

Go to the new Windows Dev Center to get the Windows 8 Developer Preview, dev tools, samples, forums, docs and other resources to start building on Windows 8 now.

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