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New Cohort Failure Report

WendyRB on 10-15-2020 01:58 PM
New Cohort Failure Report coming the end of October.
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New Graphics Ecosystem Measure

WendyRB on 08-31-2020 01:20 PM
New graphics WinML ecosystem measure available in the Measure Dictionary.
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PLANNED DOWNTIME: June 18, 2020 8:00AM - 4:00PM

kevintremblay on 06-15-2020 09:11 AM
HDC Web will be down on June 18th, 2020. 8:00AM - 4:00 PM US Pacific Time
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Three new measures for Graphics driver evaluations

WendyRB on 05-27-2020 01:01 PM
New measures to help ensure the quality of graphics drivers
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New driver evaluation policy

WendyRB on 05-14-2020 09:15 AM
To ensure there is not a low performing targeting cohort with a driver submission, we will soon analyze the cohorts to f...
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New measure for graphics driver evaluations

WendyRB on 05-07-2020 12:51 PM
New graphics WinML measure available in the Measure Dictionary.
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New Bluetooth Driver Policy

WendyRB on 04-29-2020 04:13 PM
OEMs and IHVs of Windows drivers which enable preprocessed Microsoft-defined Bluetooth Host Controller Interface (HCI) E...
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RESOLVED: HDC is unavailable

kevintremblay on 03-25-2020 12:59 PM
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20H1 HLK Studio Now Available!

kevintremblay on 03-10-2020 10:11 AM
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New measures to understand Windows Update success

WendyRB on 03-09-2020 02:39 PM
New install health measures information available in the Measure Dictionary.
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Updates to Gradual Rollout

WendyRB on 03-09-2020 02:29 PM
Enhancements to driver gradual rollout beginning in March of 2020.
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HDC REST API v2.0!

kevintremblay on 02-18-2020 12:30 PM
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Driver Shiproom Timeout Detection and Recovery Measures

WendyRB on 02-10-2020 11:46 AM
Graphics Timeout Detection and Recovery (TDR) measures split to evaluate machines with discrete GPU and integrated GPU s...
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UPDATED: UEFI Signing Requirements

kevintremblay on 12-12-2019 09:03 AM
While Microsoft reserves the right to sign or not sign submissions at its discretion, you should adhere to these require...
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iPXE Security Assurance Review

kevintremblay on 12-12-2019 09:03 AM
The iPXE Anywhere software suite, manufactured by 2Pint, uses the open source network boot loader iPXE. In order for 2Pi...
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REMINDER: Driver Shiproom Schedule for 2019

kevintremblay on 12-03-2019 12:19 PM
Reposting the Driver Shiproom Schedule here. Keep in mind that December is quite constrained due to the Holidays!
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New Driver Shiproom measures for Firmware

WendyRB on 11-15-2019 10:36 AM
New firmware measures available in the Measures Dictionary
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Driver Shiproom Measure for crashes and hangs in games

WendyRB on 11-15-2019 10:18 AM
Two new Graphics measures available in the Measures Dictionary
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Windows 19H2 Release will not bring updates to the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program

kevintremblay on 10-17-2019 09:38 AM
Compared to the prior Windows releases, we have made flexibilities into the WHCP in 19H2 release, our intent is to enabl...
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Driver shiproom measure for IAudioClient::Initialize success on the audio driver being flighted

kevintremblay on 09-23-2019 04:10 PM
The Windows audio team has created a new version of the IAudioClient::Initialize measure

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wwensley
in Shipping Label Changes, and Manual Drivers on 04-23-2020
Thank you.
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kevintremblay
in Shipping Label Changes, and Manual Drivers on 04-22-2020
Hi, If you are working directly with someone at Microsoft for a specific submission/publication provide their email address. If you are not working with anyone from Microsoft on a submission/publication simply enter sysdev@microsoft.com.
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wwensley
in Shipping Label Changes, and Manual Drivers on 04-22-2020
Can you please tell me what 'Provide the email address of the Microsoft sponsor working with you on this request' field is for and how do I get this information?
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K_Wester-Ebbinghaus
in Shipping Label Changes, and Manual Drivers on 03-19-2020
@kevintremblay thanks for the detailed and helpful reply. One practical question in this regard. 20H1 slow and 20H2 are both receiving Nvidia drivers 450.12 for a longer time now. Even though there are a couple of "known" issues with Snip and Sketch. I miss a remediation on qualified feedback in the...
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kevintremblay
in Shipping Label Changes, and Manual Drivers on 03-10-2020
@Günter Born The Device Manager Ux in versions of Windows 10 <20H1 is used to acquire drivers that were published as Optional, or Manual. Drivers that were published as automatic will be visible to users via the Ux in Settings -> Update & Security -> Windows Update, as they have been for some time n...
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