Windows Hardware Developer:
The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) and Windows PE add-on has the tools you need to customize Windows images for large-scale deployment, and to test the quality and performance of your system, its added components, and the applications running on it. The Windows ADK includes:
- The Windows Assessment Toolkit and the Windows Performance Toolkit to assess the quality and performance of systems or components.
- The Compatibility Administrator and the Standard User Analyzer tool.
- Deployment tools such as Windows PE, Sysprep, and other tools that you can use to customize and deploy Windows 11 images.
- The Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) as a separate download from the Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK). To add Windows PE to your ADK installation, download and install the Windows PE add-on after installing the ADK.
- Windows 11, version 26H2, 25H2, 24H2 and all earlier supported versions of Windows 10 and 11
- Windows Server 2025, and Windows Server 2022
- Download the Windows ADK 10.1.26100.9457 (September 2026)
- Download the Windows PE add-on for the Windows ADK 10.1.26100.9457 (September 2026)
- To learn more about the latest ADK patch for ADK 10.1.26100.9457 (September 2026) go to the Download and Install the Windows ADK Patches page.
- What's new in the Windows ADK
- For Windows 10 IoT Core, also download the IoT Core Add-Ins.
Read more:
Download and Install the Windows ADK
Learn how to install the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK), which has tools to customize Windows images and test quality and performance.
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