This document provides an overview of Windows 8 platform NFC development. It introduces the Windows proximity APIs for connecting devices, exchanging digital objects, and acquiring content from NFC tags and other devices. It covers subscribing to and publishing messages, reading and writing NDEF formatted tags, launching apps from tags, and establishing peer-to-peer connections between devices using NFC as a trigger. The document is intended to help developers get started with building NFC-enabled apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.