Installing Directx and Direct3D in Visual Studio

Question

I have scoured the Internet for this but I cannot simply find the instructions.

I am trying to install DirectX and Direct3D in Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate. How do I install it? What do I need to download?

According to this link, I think DirectX hasn't released for VS 2013. Am I wrong?

I am learning DirectX for the first time, so please forgive me if my questions seems very basic.

Answer 1

If you're using at least Windows 7, you'll want to download the Windows SDK for Windows 8.1. It includes DirectX, and supports Visual Studio 2013.

Visual Studio 2013 may (depending on your install) include parts of the Windows SDK already, so you may want to make sure you don't already have DirectX headers/libraries installed.