It was designed to replace GDI/GDI+ and Uniscribe for screen-oriented rendering and was shipped with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, as well as Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (with Platform Update installed).
Поддерживается в операционных системах Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, а также доступно обновление для Windows Vista и Windows Server 2008 (SP2).