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title: Deploy the latest firmware and drivers for Surface devices (Surface)
description: This article provides a list of the available downloads for Surface devices and links to download the drivers and firmware for your device.
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# Deploy the latest firmware and drivers for Surface devices
Although Surface devices are typically automatically updated with the latest device drivers and firmware via Windows Update, sometimes it's necessary to download and install updates manually, such as during a Windows deployment.
## Download MSI files
To download MSI files, refer to the following Microsoft Support page:
- [Download drivers and firmware for Surface](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4023482/surface-download-drivers-and-firmware-for-surface)<br>
Installation files for administrative tools, drivers for accessories, and updates for Windows are also available for some devices.
> **Home users:** This article is only intended for technical support agents and IT professionals. If you're looking for help to install Surface updates or firmware on a home device, please see [Update Surface firmware and Windows 10](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4023505).
Under typical conditions, Windows Update automatically keeps Windows Surface devices up-to-date by downloading and installing the latest device drivers and firmware. However, you may sometimes have to download and install updates manually. For example, you may have to manually manage updates when you deploy a new version of Windows.
## Downloading MSI files
[Download drivers and firmware for Surface](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4023482/surface-download-drivers-and-firmware-for-surface) provides links to download installation files for the following:
- Administrative tools
- Drivers for accessories
- For some devices, updates for Windows
## Deploying MSI files
Driver and firmware updates for Surface devices consisting of all required cumulative updates are packaged in separate MSI files for specific versions of Windows 10.
The MSI file names contain useful information including the minimum supported Windows build number required to install the drivers and firmware. For example, to install the drivers contained in SurfaceBook_Win10_17763_19.080.2031.0.msi requires Windows 10 Fall Creators Update version 1709 or later installed on your Surface Book.
Specific versions of Windows 10 have separate MSI files. Each MSI file contains all required cumulative driver and firmware updates for Surface devices.
To view build numbers for each version, refer to [Windows 10 release information](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/windows-10/release-information).
The MSI file names contain useful information, including the minimum supported Windows build number that is required to install the drivers and firmware. For example, to install the drivers that are contained in SurfaceBook_Win10_17763_19.080.2031.0.msi on a Surface Book, the device must be running Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, version 1709 or later.
For more information about build numbers for each Windows version, see [Windows 10 release information](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/windows-10/release-information).
### Surface MSI naming convention
Beginning in August 2019, MSI files use the following naming formula:
- Product > Windows release > Windows build number > Version number > Revision of version number (typically zero).
Beginning in August, 2019, MSI files have used the following naming convention:
**Example:**
SurfacePro6_Win10_18362_19.073.44195_0.msi :
> *Product*\_*Windows release*\_*Windows build number*\_*Version number*\_*Revision of version number (typically zero)*.
| Product | Windows release | Build | Version | Revision of version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SurfacePro6 | Win10 | 18362 | 19.073.44195 | 0 |
| | | | Indicates key date and sequence information. | Indicates release history of the update. |
| | | | **19:** Signifies the year (2019).<br>**073**: Signifies the month (July) and week of the release (3). <br>**44195**: Signifies the minute of the month that the MSI file was created. |**0:** Signifies it's the first release of version 1907344195 and has not been re-released for any reason. |
**Example**
Consider the following MSI file:
> SurfacePro6_Win10_18362_19.073.44195_0.msi
This file name provides the following information:
- **Product:** SurfacePro6
- **Windows release:** Win10
- **Build:** 18362
- **Version:** 19.073.44195 &ndash; This shows the date and time that the file was created, as follows:
- **Year:** 19 (2019)
- **Month and week:** 073 (third week of July)
- **Minute of the month:** 44195
- **Revision of version:** 0 (first release of this version)
### Legacy Surface MSI naming convention
Legacy MSI files prior to August 2019 followed the same overall naming formula but used a different method to derive the version number.
**Example:**
SurfacePro6_Win10_16299_1900307_0.msi :
Legacy MSI files (files that were built before August, 2019) followed the same overall naming formula, but used a different method to derive the version number.
| Product | Windows release | Build | Version | Revision of version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SurfacePro6 | Win10 | 16299 | 1900307 | 0 |
| | | | Indicates key date and sequence information. | Indicates release history of the MSI file. |
| | | | **19:** Signifies the year (2019)<br>**003**: Signifies that it’s the third release of 2019.<br>**07**: Signifies the product version number. (Surface Pro 6 is officially the seventh version of Surface Pro.) | **0:** Signifies it's the first release of version 1900307 and has not been re-released for any reason. |
**Example**
Look to the **version** number to determine the latest files that contain the most recent security updates. For example, you might need to install the newest file from the following list:
Consider the following MSI file:
> SurfacePro6_Win10_16299_1900307_0.msi
This file name provides the following information:
- **Product:** SurfacePro6
- **Windows release:** Win10
- **Build:** 16299
- **Version:** 1900307 &ndash; This shows the date that the file was created and its position in the release sequence, as follows:
- **Year:** 19 (2019)
- **Number of release:** 003 (third release of the year)
- **Product version number:** 07 (Surface Pro 6 is officially the seventh version of Surface Pro)
- **Revision of version:** 0 (first release of this version)
Use the **version** number to determine the latest files that contain the most recent security updates. For example, consider the following list:
- SurfacePro6_Win10_16299_1900307_0.msi
- SurfacePro6_Win10_17134_1808507_3.msi
- SurfacePro6_Win10_17763_1808707_3.msi
The first file — SurfacePro6_Win10_16299_1900307_0.msi — is the newest because its VERSION field has the newest build in 2019; the other files are from 2018.
In this list, the newest file is the first file (SurfacePro6_Win10_16299_1900307_0.msi). Its **Version** field has the newest date (2019). The other files are from 2018.
## Supported devices
Downloadable MSI files are available for Surface devices from Surface Pro 2 and later. Information about MSI files for the newest Surface devices such as Surface Pro 7, Surface Pro X, and Surface Laptop 3 will be available from this page upon release.
>[!NOTE]
>There are no downloadable firmware or driver updates available for Surface devices with Windows RT, including Surface RT and Surface 2. Updates can only be applied using Windows Update.
For downloadable MSI files for devices that run Surface Pro 2 and later versions, see [Download drivers and firmware for Surface](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4023482/surface-download-drivers-and-firmware-for-surface). This article contains information about MSI files for the newest Surface devices such as Surface Pro 7, Surface Pro X, and Surface Laptop 3, as they are released.
For more information about deploying Surface drivers and firmware, refer to:
> [!NOTE]
> There are no downloadable firmware or driver updates available for Surface devices that run Windows RT, including Surface RT and Surface 2. To update these devices, use Windows Update.
For more information about how to deploy Surface drivers and firmware, see the following articles:
- [Manage Surface driver and firmware updates](https://docs.microsoft.com/surface/manage-surface-pro-3-firmware-updates)
- [Microsoft Surface support for business](https://www.microsoft.com/surface/support/business)
- [Surface for Business help](https://www.microsoft.com/surface/support/business)