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Step 6: Submit device metadata for your UWP device app

Important

Device metadata is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Windows. For information about the replacement for this functionality, see Driver Package Container Metadata.

device app workflow, step 6.

This article describes how to submit device metadata for your UWP device app to the Windows Dev Center hardware dashboard.

A Universal Windows Platform (UWP) device app is a special app that device manufacturers create to serve as a companion to their internal or peripheral device. By using device metadata, device apps can run privileged operations and automatically install when a device is plugged in. For more info about UWP device apps, see Meet UWP device apps.

This article is part of a step-by-step series. See Build a UWP device app step-by-step for the introduction.

Before you begin

There are two ways to submit your device metadata packages to the hardware dashboard:

  • You can submit your .devicemanifest-ms files individually to the hardware dashboard.

  • You can package multiple .devicemanifest-ms files together and submit them to the hardware dashboard as a bulk submission package. You can create a bulk submission package by using the Device Metadata Authoring Wizard.

Both ways require that the files are signed before they're submitted to the hardware dashboard. You can sign files by using the Digital Signature Wizard. To open the Digital Signature Wizard from the Device Metadata Authoring Wizard, select Tools, and then select Signature Wizard.

Creating a bulk submission package

You can use the Bulk Package Wizard to create a bulk submission package that can submit more than one devicemanifest-ms file to the hardware dashboard at once. You use the Device Metadata Authoring Wizard to open the Bulk Package Wizard.

To create a bulk submission package

  1. In the Device Metadata Authoring Wizard, select Tools, and then select Create a Bulk Package.

  2. In the Bulk Package Wizard, for each .devicemanifest-ms file:

    • Select Add Metadata Package.

    • Browse to the .devicemanifest-ms file, and then select OK.

  3. Select the Preview check box next to each .devicemanifest-ms file that should be submitted in preview mode.

  4. After adding all of the .devicemanifest-ms files, select Next.

  5. On the Specify the device experience information page, add the following:

    • Experience name should be a name that is unique among the other experience names submitted by your company.

    • Qualification indicates if a hardware submission is associated with this submission. If there's an associated hardware submission, choose This device has an associated hardware or unclassified submission.

    • Logo Submission IDs should include the hardware dashboard submission IDs.

    • Update experience should be selected if the experience was submitted before.

    The device must be certified before submitting device metadata for your UWP device app.

  6. On the Prepare bulk package for submission page, select Launch Signature Wizard to start the Digital Signature Wizard, which is used to digitally sign your bulk submission package.

For more info on submitting a device metadata package to the hardware dashboard, see Device Metadata.