Developer Community: Overview

Hardware and Driver Developer Community

Blogs

•	Mark Russinovich's Technical Blog
•	Michael Howard's Web Log
•	VolkerW's Weblog: Stuff mostly around 64-bit Windows
•	Windows Core Networking
•	Windows Server Division WebLog
•	Windows Server Performance WebLog
•	Windows Sideshow
•	Windows Virtualization Team Blog
•	XPS Team Blog - XML Paper Specification and the Open Packaging Conventions

Blogs for Driver Developers

•	Windows Driver Kit (WDK) Documentation
•	Static Driver Tools
•	Patrick M: My travels with UMDF
•	Ilias Tsigkogiannis' Introduction to Windows Device Drivers
•	Craig Rowland - Developing, Testing and Getting a Logo for Your Drivers
•	Doron Holan's Blog: Kernel-Mode Drivers
•	Jonathan Morrison: It Goes To Eleven
•	Peter Wieland's Blog: Thoughts on Windows Driver Development
•	Bob Kjelgaard's life of an SDET in the Windows Driver Frameworks

Recent Driver Tips

•	Custom Power Settings for Signed Drivers
•	When WDF Drivers Can Use Power-Managed I/O Queues
•	What Is Really in That MDL?

Developer Newsgroups

•	microsoft.public.development.device.drivers
•	microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel
•	microsoft.public.windbg

Industry Training Resources

•	ASP.NET
•	Azius Developer Training
•	CodePlex
•	The Code Project
•	DevHood
•	Open Systems Resources (OSR)
•	The Paul Yao Company
•	PCAUSA
•	Sysinternals (TechNet)
•	WinDrivers

Note: Listings to third-party sites are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement on the part of Microsoft.

Featured Blog

Windows Driver Kit (WDK) Documentation Blog

•	XPS Document API Now Available for Printer Driver Filter Modules Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:32:00 GMT
•	Customizing a Microsoft Auto Code Review (OACR) Project Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:09:00 GMT
•	New for Windows 7: Mobile Broadband Miniport Driver Documentation Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:38:00 GMT

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Featured Channel 9 Videos

•	Michael Fortin - Windows Vista SuperFetch
•	Nar Ganapathy - Windows Vista I/O
•	Doron Holan discusses KMDF
•	Eugene Lin and Jason Cobb - Windows Plug and Play
•	Going Deep: Windows - Dave Probert, (Four parts)

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Events and Webcasts

•	WinHEC
•	MSDN Events and Webcasts

More Resources

•	"Developing Drivers with Windows Driver Foundation" by Orwick and Smith (Comprehensive Guide from Microsoft Press)
•	Videos for beginning driver developers
•	Book reviews for beginning driver developers
•	Notes from Windows Development Teams
•	Support for Developer Kits & Tools
•	DDK MVP Expert Zone
•	Developer Resource Guide
•	Technical References
•	Glossary of Acronyms for PC and Server Technologies