Windows DVD Maker is a discontinued DVD authoring application developed by Microsoft introduced in Windows Vista, available in the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista for users to create slideshows and videos for playback on media devices including DVD players and the Xbox 360 home video game console.

[1] DVD Maker features an Aero Wizard-style user interface and includes customizable effects and transitions for slide shows and videos, which are Direct3D hardware accelerated and require the Windows Display Driver Model.

"[2][3] This detail was accompanied by reports that Windows Vista would also support all major DVD packet writing formats such as Mount Rainier,[3][4] and would eliminate the "staging and burning" steps while writing to optical media—files copied to optical media could instead be written immediately, or managed later—making DVDs equivalent to flash storage.

The first step involves importing video files, arranging them to play in proper order.

Windows DVD Maker can also add a slide show of pictures with a musical accompaniment and transition effects.