Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows 7 – Under the Hood
Anyone that missed the Windows Platform Developers user group meeting and the lecture about kernel changes in Windows NT 6.1 (I know at least about someone that asked me about a video recording of the event) don’t worry. In the coming SDP event, Dima and I will have a lecture about the internal of Windows 7 & Server 2008 R2 and about the new changes and enhancements of the system. This is the agenda:
29/12/2009 (11:00-12:15)
Server Side (SSD101)
Come and explore the engine of Windows NT 6.1. In this lecture you'll see the major changes in the kernel of NT 6.1. Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 systems are modern multi-purpose operating systems that need to run on many hardware platforms, starting with very weak computers such as Atom based netbooks to very powerful servers such as HP Superdom machine with 256 cores and 1TB of Ram. In this lecture you'll see the architecture of Windows and how the changes in the Windows kernel support the new demanding needs. Among the topics:
- Windows NT 6.1 Architecture
- NT Kernel changes
- Scalability Changes
- Power Consumption Improvement
- NUMA Support
- User Mode Scheduler