Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607) or later
Visual Studio 2017 (15.8 or 15.9 update) with the Universal Windows Platform development workload, the C++ Universal Windows Platform tools component, and Windows 10 SDK (10.0.17763.0).
XDK apps
Xbox One Development Kit
Xbox One XDK (specific version requirements covered in each sample's readme)
Visual Studio 2015 or Visual Studio 2017 (via upgrade in place)
PC apps
Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 -or- Visual Studio 2017 (via upgrade in place) with the Desktop development with C++ workload and Windows 8.1 SDK component.
DirectX 11: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 with the DirectX 11.1 Runtime via KB2670838 or later.
DirectX 12: Windows 10; requires the Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK (14393) or later to build.
DirectX Raytracing: Windows 10 October 2018 Update or later.
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