Microsoft offers a number of different development and test kits, each suitable for development or testing of particular kinds of apps. Each kit has the same hardware as a retail Xbox One console, but different capabilities are enabled in order to support development or testing of different kinds of apps. The following kits are available:
In practice, all Xbox One hardware is the same, whether it’s in a retail console or a development or test kit. The operating system software determines which development and testing capabilities to allow by inspecting certificates installed on the console. This method ensures that development and test kit hardware is as inexpensive as possible, and enables developers to pay only for the functionality they require, rather than paying for special hardware or capabilities they might never use.
Xbox One consoles must be associated with an entitlement to work in development mode. For more information about associating a console with an entitlement, see Search for Entitlements.
If you need a dev kit, contact your developer account manager, and then order your dev kit through the Entertainment Developer Store.
Activate (Convert) Your Kit Using Entitlements
Describes how to convert your Xbox One console using entitlements.
Search for Entitlements
This procedure describes how to find existing entitlements.