
MSBDD will work on both XDDM and WDDM hardware.MSBDD will support Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Graphics Output Protocol (GOP).

Server scenarios can benefit from the higher functionality (specifically, features like reboot-less updates, dynamic start and stop, and so on) provided.MSBDD helps enable a consistent end user and developer experience, because it is compatible with the newer versions of DirectX APIs and technologies such.On Windows 8, The Microsoft Basic Display Driver will be the in-box display driver that will replace both the XDDM VGA Save and VGA PnP drivers.įollowing are the key benefits of this change: Windows 8 uses WDDM 1.20 and the support to install XP Drivers (XDDM) is completely removed.
