diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.cpp b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.cpp
index 6c347ebdca7c1..d24bf3350b292 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.cpp
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.cpp
@@ -142,13 +142,7 @@ namespace Dml
         }
     }
 
-// ORT release pipelines agent pools do not have 19H1 SDK installed which defines D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE.
-// Once ORT/WinML github project can be built with VS2019, we can update these pools to use install the 19H1 SDK
-// using the command line installer tool with VS2019
-// Task 24384515: Update ORT AIInfra release agent pool to install 19H1 SDK on VM bootstrap
-#define D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE_PRIVATE ((D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL)0x1000)
-
-    ExecutionProviderImpl::ExecutionProviderImpl(IDMLDevice* dmlDevice, ID3D12Device* d3d12Device, ID3D12CommandQueue* queue, bool enableMetacommands, bool enableDynamicGraphFusion)
+ExecutionProviderImpl::ExecutionProviderImpl(IDMLDevice* dmlDevice, ID3D12Device* d3d12Device, ID3D12CommandQueue* queue, bool enableMetacommands, bool enableDynamicGraphFusion)
         : m_d3d12Device(d3d12Device),
           m_dmlDevice(dmlDevice),
           m_areMetacommandsEnabled(enableMetacommands),
@@ -157,7 +151,10 @@ namespace Dml
         D3D12_FEATURE_DATA_FEATURE_LEVELS featureLevels = {};
 
         D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL featureLevelsList[] = {
-            D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE_PRIVATE,
+  #ifndef _GAMING_XBOX
+            D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_GENERIC,
+  #endif
+            D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE,
             D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0,
             D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1,
             D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_12_0,
@@ -181,7 +178,7 @@ namespace Dml
             m_native16BitShaderOpsSupported = featureOptions.Native16BitShaderOpsSupported;
         }
 
-        m_isMcdmDevice = (featureLevels.MaxSupportedFeatureLevel == D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE_PRIVATE);
+        m_isMcdmDevice = (featureLevels.MaxSupportedFeatureLevel <= D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE);
         m_areCustomHeapsSupported = !m_isMcdmDevice;
 
         if (m_isMcdmDevice)
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory.cc b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory.cc
index b2688094a6d78..9ba1c35efb27b 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory.cc
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-#include <dxcore.h>
 #include <vector>
 
+#define INITGUID
+#include <guiddef.h>
+#include <directx/dxcore.h>
+#undef INITGUID
+
+#include "directx/d3d12.h"
+
 #include <DirectML.h>
 #ifndef _GAMING_XBOX
 #include <dxgi1_4.h>
@@ -157,12 +163,15 @@ static ComPtr<IDXCoreAdapterList> EnumerateDXCoreAdapters(IDXCoreAdapterFactory*
   // When DXCore APIs are available QI for relevant enumeration interfaces
   constexpr bool use_dxcore_workload_enumeration = false;
   if (!use_dxcore_workload_enumeration) {
-    // Get a list of all the adapters that support compute
-    GUID attributes[]{ DXCORE_ADAPTER_ATTRIBUTE_D3D12_CORE_COMPUTE };
     ORT_THROW_IF_FAILED(
-      adapter_factory->CreateAdapterList(_countof(attributes),
-        attributes,
+      adapter_factory->CreateAdapterList(1,
+        &DXCORE_ADAPTER_ATTRIBUTE_D3D12_GENERIC_ML,
         adapter_list.GetAddressOf()));
+
+    if (adapter_list->GetAdapterCount() == 0)
+    {
+        ORT_THROW_IF_FAILED(adapter_factory->CreateAdapterList(1, &DXCORE_ADAPTER_ATTRIBUTE_D3D12_CORE_COMPUTE, adapter_list.GetAddressOf()));
+    }
   }
 
   return adapter_list;
@@ -477,6 +486,9 @@ static D3D12_COMMAND_LIST_TYPE CalculateCommandListType(ID3D12Device* d3d12_devi
   D3D12_FEATURE_DATA_FEATURE_LEVELS feature_levels = {};
 
   D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL feature_levels_list[] = {
+  #ifndef _GAMING_XBOX
+      D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_GENERIC,
+  #endif
       D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE,
       D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0,
       D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1,
@@ -492,8 +504,9 @@ static D3D12_COMMAND_LIST_TYPE CalculateCommandListType(ID3D12Device* d3d12_devi
       sizeof(feature_levels)
       ));
 
-  auto is_feature_level_1_0_core = (feature_levels.MaxSupportedFeatureLevel == D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE);
-  if (is_feature_level_1_0_core) {
+  auto use_compute_command_list = (feature_levels.MaxSupportedFeatureLevel <= D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE);
+  if (use_compute_command_list)
+  {
     return D3D12_COMMAND_LIST_TYPE_COMPUTE;
   }
 
@@ -533,12 +546,21 @@ std::shared_ptr<IExecutionProviderFactory> DMLProviderFactoryCreator::CreateFrom
 
   auto feature_level = D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0;
   if (IsNPU(adapter.Get())) {
-    feature_level = D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE;
+    feature_level = D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_GENERIC;
   }
 
   // Create D3D12 Device from DXCore Adapter
   ComPtr<ID3D12Device> d3d12_device;
-  ORT_THROW_IF_FAILED(D3D12CreateDevice(adapter.Get(), feature_level, IID_GRAPHICS_PPV_ARGS(d3d12_device.ReleaseAndGetAddressOf())));
+  if (feature_level == D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_GENERIC) {
+      // Attempt to create a D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE device first, in case the device supports this
+      // feature level and the D3D runtime does not support D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_GENERIC
+      HRESULT hrUnused = D3D12CreateDevice(adapter.Get(), D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_1_0_CORE, IID_GRAPHICS_PPV_ARGS(d3d12_device.ReleaseAndGetAddressOf()));
+  }
+  
+  if (!d3d12_device) {
+    ORT_THROW_IF_FAILED(D3D12CreateDevice(adapter.Get(), feature_level, IID_GRAPHICS_PPV_ARGS(d3d12_device.ReleaseAndGetAddressOf())));
+  }
+
   return CreateDMLDeviceAndProviderFactory(d3d12_device.Get(), disable_metacommands, enable_dynamic_graph_fusion);
 }
 
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory_creator.h b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory_creator.h
index a4c7870cde7a7..61d0cba0e1f98 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory_creator.h
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory_creator.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "core/providers/providers.h"
 #include "core/providers/dml/dml_provider_factory.h"
 
-#include <dxcore.h>
+#include <directx/dxcore.h>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace onnxruntime {