You can use SD cards to back up data on your Surface or increase the storage capacity of your device.

Note: If your device doesn't have an SD card reader or you need faster read and write speeds, you can attach and use a USB card reader.

For information on what type of SD card is supported on your Surface, see below:

Model

SD card support?

Surface Laptop models

Surface Laptop Go models

Surface Laptop Studio

Surface Pro (11th Edition)

Surface Pro 10 for Business

Surface Pro 9

Surface Pro 8

Surface Pro X

No built-in SD card reader.

Surface Pro 7+ with LTE Advanced

No microSD card slot.

Surface Pro 4 or later models

Surface Go models

Includes a microSD card slot capable of reading and writing SDXC cards with UHS-I read/write speeds.

Surface Studio models

Includes a full-size SD card interface capable of reading and writing SDXC cards with UHS-I read/write speeds.

Surface Book models

Includes a full-size SD card interface capable of reading and writing SDXC cards with both UHS-I and UHS-II read and write speeds.

Surface Laptop Studio 2

Includes a MicroSDXC card reader.

Related topic

See more at the Removable Storage section of Surface Storage Options

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