Conference Sessions
Here's a first list of the sessions and speakers that we have lined up this year. We will be adding to this list and making updates in the next few weeks, so check back often.
Connected PCs and DevicesTECHNICAL SESSIONS:Audio Design for Unified Communications - CON-T565
Presenter(s): Rian Chung, David Roach This session provides a complete end-to-end overview of the software, hardware, industrial design, acoustics, and usability aspects necessary for Unified Communications (UC), Office Communicator (OC), Live Meeting, and Live Messenger. It explains how OC devices integrate and coexist with existing high-fidelity audio design that is already supported in the Windows Vista platform, and introduces wideband telephony and the TIA-920 specification for measuring wideband devices. Digital and analog microphones, beamforming microphone arrays, and Bluetooth wireless technology headsets will be discussed. The session identifies the acoustical, electronic, and industrial design challenges in implementing these devices for in-ear, head-worn, 2-foot interface (laptop), and 10-foot interface (living room) usage models and clearly defines the benefits of "getting it right." Level:
100
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| Bluetooth and Wireless USB Support in Windows 7 - CON-T536
Presenter(s): Zach Little; Kristina Hotz This session presents an overview of Bluetooth wireless technology and Wireless USB in Windows 7. The first half focuses on Bluetooth and addresses questions about the Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless, Bluetooth version 2.1, updated Windows logo requirements, and Bluetooth wireless technology in Windows 7. The second half discusses Wireless USB, the current market status, and Wireless USB 1.1 progress. Level:
100
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| Building a Bluetooth Audio Device in Windows 7 - CON-T564
Presenter(s): Jerry Smith Supporting Bluetooth Audio devices on Windows has never been easier with native support for a Bluetooth audio class driver in Windows 7. This session introduces the features of this new class driver and provides recommendations on how to build a Bluetooth audio device that is compatible with Windows. The session includes an overview of the profiles supported in Windows 7, the Jack Detection model for device availability, automatic device reconnect, trolling, and Bluetooth Call Control support via HID. Level:
200
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| Building a Communication Device in Windows 7 - CON-T563
Presenter(s): Rian Chung Unified communications has brought the phone to the PC. Windows 7 improves on the experience of using the PC as a phone. This session covers how to make communication devices that work well with the Windows 7 communication experience. You will learn how to declare your device as a communications device and which experiences Windows 7 provides for your device. With just a few minor changes, communication devices and Windows 7 provide a great experience to the end-user. Level:
200
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| Building Digital Picture Frames Using Microsoft Technologies - CON-T575
Presenter(s): Edwin Heredia, Cynthia Hagan This session provides actionable guidance and clarifications for building digital picture frames using Microsoft technologies. You will learn the connectivity models to integrate a digital picture frame with Windows PCs and with Windows Live. Level:
200
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| Creating Deployable Driver Packages for Windows - CON-T612
Presenter(s): Eugene Lin This session provides driver developers with the information they need to build correct, error-free device driver packages that are compatible with a variety of Windows operating system scenarios. We'll present recommendations for creating distributable, deployable, and well-formed driver packages. We'll also examine some more complex distribution scenarios including devices with multiple drivers and device-related applications. Level:
200
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| Design Considerations for Building a Windows Home Server - CON-T577
Presenter(s): Mark Pendergrast, CJ Saretto Since its launch in November 2007, the Windows Home Server became the world's first "stay-at-home" server. It helps families protect, connect, and share their digital experiences and provides a familiar way to store, access, share, and automatically protect what is most important. As an "always-on" device in the home, Windows Home Server offers hardware and software partners tremendous opportunities to build innovative products for the digital home. This session presents an overview of Windows Home Server, followed by a discussion of the market opportunities for hardware partners. Level:
200
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| Device Interfaces Overview - CON-T615
Presenter(s): Jim Cavalaris In this session, we provide an overview of the device interfaces supported in Windows 7: what are they, their evolution, why you want to use them, and how to use them. Level:
200
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| Extending Device Installation by Using Co-Installers - CON-T614
Presenter(s): Jim Cavalaris During this session, we'll cover the various types of installers including co-installers and class installer operation. We'll share installer best practices and how the use the installation wizard user interface and associated actions. The session will finish with information on debugging co-installers and class installers during device installation. Level:
300
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| Plug and Play Basics - CON-T550
Presenter(s): George Roussos; Jim Cavalaris This session includes a brief overview of how Windows Plug and Play works, followed by an open discussion forum where attendees can ask questions about Plug and Play. The overview will include a walkthrough of the sequence of events following connection of a new device and extensibility points for IHVs and OEMs. Level:
200
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| Print Driver Development Tools and Print Verifier - CON-T608
Presenter(s): Ashwin Needamangala This session is critical for developers and testers of printer and multifunction printer (MFP) devices. It provides an overview of the printer driver development tools; emphasizes the benefits of using Print Verifier during development and test cycles; demonstrates the Print Verifier tool setup, typical usage patterns, and results; and discusses hands-on strategies for using printer driver development tools. Level:
200
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| Printer Installation and Print Driver Management in Windows 7 - CON-T573
Presenter(s): Shawn Maloney This session provides an overview of printer driver installation and management changes, features, and improvements in Window 7. Features discussed include compatibility IDs, driver isolation setup changes, cross-platform installation changes, core driver packages, and print management console updates for Windows 7. Level:
200
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| Unifying the Wireless and Network Device Installation Experience in Windows 7 - CON-T576
Presenter(s): Dave Roth This session is for device manufacturers and OEMs who want to ensure the best possible user experience for installing a new wireless or networked device. It will cover end-to-end device installation flows. Level:
200
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| USB Technology Update and Windows Strategy - CON-T537
Presenter(s): Lars Giusti; Jeff Ravencraft Both the Universal Serial Bus and Windows have evolved over the past few years. This session covers the future of USB and how Windows continues to evolve to support it. If your hardware supports USB, you will not want to miss this session. Level:
200
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| Windows 7 Device Experience Overview - CON-T531
Presenter(s): Dennis Flanagan; Jack Mayo This session provides an overview of the new device experience in Windows. It summarizes the new Windows features for portable devices such as mobile phones and cameras, printing and imaging devices, and networked consumer electronic devices like media servers and digital picture frames. The emphasis of the session is to identify new Windows platform features that hardware companies can take advantage of, to demonstrate how devices can benefit from these features, and to indicate additional technical sessions and chalk-talks for interested attendees. Level:
100
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| Windows 7 Device Installation Experience - CON-T532
Presenter(s): Richie Fang Installing a new device on Windows 7 will be simpler than ever. This session covers what's new in the user experience since the release of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, and how you can ensure that your device installs successfully. It also describes how to distribute any applications that are associated with your device. Level:
200
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| Windows 7 Device Services for Media Transfer Protocol - CON-T568
Presenter(s): John Felkins This session provides an overview of device services for Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) that will be introduced in Windows 7. Device services are the building blocks that enable new extensibility opportunities for Windows-compatible portable devices and align new experiences for portable devices in Windows 7. This presentation includes an overview of Web-to-device interactivity that uses device services and Web scripting. Level:
300
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| Windows 7 Logo Program for Print and Document Devices - CON-T607
Presenter(s): Justin Hutchings This session covers the updated Windows Logo Program for print, scan and multifunction printer (MFP) devices. Topics will include an overview of the document device requirement changes, the additional qualifications (chevrons) for document devices, improvements to the Server logo for document devices, a walkthrough of the submission process for MFPs, and best practice resources. Level:
200
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| Windows Logo Program for Network Media Devices - CON-T574
Presenter(s): Kevin Larkin; Edwin Heredia This session presents the Windows Logo Program requirements for network media devices including media servers, renderers, and controllers. Level:
200
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| Windows Logo Program for Portable Devices - CON-T567
Presenter(s): Jeff Meissner This session provides details on the Windows Logo Program for portable devices. It covers Device technologies such as Digital Still Cameras, Portable Media Players, and Mobile Phones. During this hour several topics will be discussed including an overview of technical requirements, the certification process, additional qualifications, and details on the transition plan from PlaysForSure. Take the time to attend this session and see how to become certified. Level:
200
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| Windows SideShow: Building Better Devices and PCs - CON-T569
Presenter(s): Dan Polivy Learn how we're making it easier than ever to incorporate Windows SideShow technology into devices and PCs. In addition to learning about some of the new product solutions we've put together, you'll see exciting demonstrations from partners who have taken advantage of SideShow to increase the value of their devices. This session also covers new platform enhancements for the Windows 7 operating system, and we'll look at some of the many ways in which SideShow can improve devices in the digital home. Level:
200
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| XPS Printer Driver Development in Windows 7 - CON-T572
Presenter(s): Georgi Chalakov; Felix Maxa The XPSDrv printer driver model is the future of Windows printing. This session details the new features and improvements for XPSDrv printer drivers in Windows 7, including using the XPS Rasterization Service, invoking the XPS Object Model API from the filter pipeline, and optimizing filter pipeline performance. The session includes an end-to-end demonstration of these enhancements. Level:
200
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CHALK TALKS:Discussion: 1394, Wireless USB, and Bluetooth - CON-C656
Presenter(s): Zach Little; Kristina Hotz; Randy Aull This chalk-talk provides a forum for the hardware industry to engage in open discussion with the Windows Device Connectivity team on specifics topics around device connectivity technologies. The talk will include a team of experts who can address topics ranging from strategic to technical implementation with a focus on 1394, Wireless USB, UWB and Bluetooth device connectivity. Level:
100
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| Discussion: Audio Design for Unified Communications - CON-C663
Presenter(s): Rian Chung, Jerry Smith, David Roach This chalk talk provides a forum for industry audio experts and Windows engineers to meet and discuss audio design considerations for unified communication devices. This is your chance to share your thoughts and discuss unified communications and Windows. Level:
100
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| Discussion: Device Center, Bluewire, and Device Installation - CON-C649
Presenter(s): Eugene Lin This is your chance to chat with Windows team members in an unstructured gathering to answer your questions. Members from the Device Foundation Platform Team will be on site to take your questions, comments, and feedback regarding Windows 7. Level:
300
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| Discussion: Windows Portable Device Enabling Kit - CON-C648
Presenter(s): Darren Davis; John Felkins; Jeff Meissner, David Goll This chalk-talk provides a forum for the hardware industry to engage in open discussion with Windows architect Darren Davis on the specifics of the device-side source code that is part of the Windows Portable Device Enabling Kit. This kit is the evolution of the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) Porting Kit 12, which has been revised with a focus on providing samples and tools for manufacturers to use to develop hardware that takes advantage of the new Windows 7 features. Level:
300
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| PCs and Devices in Windows 7: What You Need to Know - CON-C658
Presenter(s): Cameron Brodeur, Ben McGregor, Adam Lenart This chalk talk provides a forum for attendees to discuss various aspects of PC devices and peripheral device connectivity. Windows engineers will be present to discuss how the Windows architecture groups multiple PnP devnodes into a single "piece of plastic" and how that architecture also groups internal devices in a notebook or desktop PC. We will also cover issues that arise when hardware IDs are not specific enough to properly associate your metadata, how Windows handles container information from your device and driver, and how to properly override Windows default heuristics. Level:
300
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| Windows 7 Logo Program and Design Considerations for Network Infrastructure Devices - CON-C654
Presenter(s): Brian Larsen; Yatharth Gupta This chalk-talk provides attendees with an overview of the device requirements in this product category. An expert panel will be available to answer any attendee questions. Level:
200
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| Windows 7 Logo Program for Audio and Communications - CON-C664
Presenter(s): Rian Chung Each evolution of the Windows Logo Program presents new challenges to our partners. This chalk talk describes the changes that have been made to the Audio portion of the Logo Program and introduces the new Communications Logo Program. The minor changes to the audio portion of the Windows Logo Program should improve the ecosystem and provide great experience for all our users. Level:
100
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| Windows 7 Logo Program for Print, Scan, and Fax - CON-C652
Presenter(s): Justin Hutchings; Ashwin Needamangala This chalk talk will have a brief presentation on the Overview of Win7 Logo for Print, Scan, Fax; the summary of Development Kit Development and Testing Tools and an Enumeration of Recommended Test Strategies, and then will be open for Q/A. Level:
300
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| Windows Connect Now for Wireless Devices - CON-C653
Presenter(s): Yatharth Gupta; David Roberts This chalk-talk presents an overview of the improvements in Windows 7 to Windows Connect Now. It includes a panel of experts who will answer any questions. Level:
300
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| Wired USB Strategy and Implementations - CON-C655
Presenter(s): Lars Giusti; Randy Aull This chalk-talk provides a forum for the hardware industry to engage in open discussion with Wired USB engineers on the Windows Device Connectivity team. Please join us to discuss potential topics ranging from strategic to technical implementation, with a focus on current and future visions of Wired USB. Level:
100
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| XPS Rasterization and XPSDrv Performance in Windows 7 - CON-C650
Presenter(s): Daniel Emerson; Felix Maxa;Georgi Chalakov; Ashwin Needamangala This chalk-talk begins with a brief architectural overview of XPSDrv, XPS rasterization service and dependencies, and XPSDrv component performance improvements in Windows 7. It will end with a question-and-answer session. Level:
300
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PANEL DISCUSSIONS:Discussion: Windows Home Server - CON-P667
Presenter(s): Brendan Grant, Hamid Al-Azzawe Since its launch in November 2007, the Windows Home Server has become the world's first ”stay-at-home” server. It helps families protect, connect, and share their digital experiences and provides a familiar way to store, access, share, and automatically protect what is most important. As an ”always-on” device in the home, Windows Home Server offers hardware and software partners tremendous opportunities to build innovative products for the digital home. This chalk talk and demonstration will provide attendees an opportunity to directly interact with an expert panel to answer any business or technical questions related to Windows Home Server. It is intended as a complement to session CON-T577, "Design Considerations for Building a Windows Home Server." Level:
200
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| Panel: Wireless Personal Area Network - CON-P578
Presenter(s): Fred Bhesania This session features a panel of industry experts who will discuss the current and future trends and technologies of device connectivity. Attend this session so you can ask your favorite question to an industry panel of experts and discuss innovations in various technology segments and how they impact your device development plans. This is an interactive discussion of wireless personal area network (WPAN) technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wireless USB, WiMedia, Wibree, and Near Field Communications (NFC). Level:
100
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Core Platform & FundamentalsTECHNICAL SESSIONS:New Developments in the Storage Platform - COR-T521
Presenter(s): John Loveall The combination of new customer scenarios and new storage technology continues to change the nature of the computer system. The features and architecture of the next generation of Windows deliver these changes. From consumer to enterprise, from the desktop to the data center, Windows and Windows Server 2008 R2 deliver improvements in the core storage stack, enhanced storage, security standards, storage networking, and the optical platform. Come to this session to gain an understanding of the major technology and market drivers that are important to Windows and how the many storage improvements combine to produce the best platform for storage. Level:
100
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| Packaging and Deploying Windows Driver Framework Drivers - COR-T593
Presenter(s): Bob Kjelgaard, Ilias Tsigkogiannis This session describes how to install WDF drivers, and how to debug installation failures. We also drill down into the improvements that Microsoft has made to the WDF co-installers for Windows 7. Note: this session is a 200-level version of the 300-level talk that was presented at the Driver Developer Conference (DDC). Level:
200
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| Using Static Analysis Tools When Developing Drivers - COR-T596
Presenter(s): Adam Shapiro Static analysis is a critical part of driver development. In this session, you'll learn how to use the static analysis tools in the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) to create better drivers. We'll discuss how to annotate your driver to get the maximum value out of the tools, how to run the various static analysis tools, and how to interpret the output for each of the tools. Level:
100
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| Windows 7 Enhancements for Solid-State Drives - COR-T558
Presenter(s): Frank Shu PC systems that have solid-state drives (SSDs) are shipping in increasing volumes. Microsoft is working with the industry as overall experience with SSD technologies grows, which results in planned Windows enhancements that take advantage of the latest updates to standardized command sets, such as ATA. Come to this session to learn about details on file system optimizations, best-practice information on design, and thoughts on the future of SSDs and their role in Windows. Level:
200
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| Windows 7 Power Management Overview - COR-T540
Presenter(s): Pat Stemen This session details the functional improvements in Windows 7 power management. System designers will learn about the new Windows infrastructure that helps them improve system energy efficiency and build best-in-class Windows 7 systems. Level:
200
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CHALK TALKS:Driver Verifier Internals and Advancements in Windows 7 - COR-C635
Presenter(s): Daniel Mihai This session is an opportunity to discuss the verification improvements in Windows 7 with members of the Driver Verifier development team and to ask questions about the internals of any of the Driver Verifier checks. During this session you'll learn how to effectively use the latest Driver Verifier features and how to get started debugging the kernel driver defects that Driver Verifier exposes. Level:
300
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| Microsoft Tools for Energy Efficiency Diagnostics - COR-C633
Presenter(s): Aaron Tao, Sharif Farag This chalk-talk targets OEM system engineers, driver developers, and system designers. Attendees will learn about the various Microsoft tools and utilities that can be used to diagnose energy efficiency problems, including XPerf, Xbootmgr, PowerCfg, and PwrTest. The session is focused on demonstrations and interactive discussions. Level:
300
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| The Driver Quality Rating Tool - COR-C645
Presenter(s): Paul Reed, Vinita Tayal, RJ Smith Driver Quality Rating (DQE) is a tool that provides guidance on the quality of your driver compared to other drivers within your device category. Attend this chalk-talk to learn about DQR, the methodology for computing quality scores, and the future of the tool. Level:
200
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| Using PREfast for Drivers to Analyze Drivers - COR-C662
Presenter(s): Donn Terry This chalk-talk covers techniques for using PREfast for drivers (PFD) to analyze the various types of drivers, as well as using PFD annotations. You will have an opportunity to discuss with the Static Analysis team some of the more challenging problems that you've encountered when doing static analysis and some techniques to ensure great results. Level:
300
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| Using Static Driver Verifier to Analyze Drivers - COR-C671
Presenter(s): Con McGarvey, Vlad Levin, Andrew Mikesell This chalk-talk covers the use of Static Driver Verifier (SDV) to analyze the Windows Driver Model (WDM), the Windows Driver Foundation (WDF), and NDIS drivers. You will have an opportunity to meet with the Static Analysis Team to discuss how to use SDV to detect issues in your drivers, how to prepare your drivers for SDV and any other SDV related issues. Level:
300
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PANEL DISCUSSIONS:Panel: How Windows and SSDs Can Provide the Best User Experience - COR-P777
Presenter(s): Vlad Sadovsky, & Industry experts There has currently been strong collaboration between Windows and our industry partners in support of solid-state drive (SSD) technologies. SSDs continue to be a revolutionary technology that will continue to require close partnering to be successful. This panel discussion focuses on future collaborative opportunities to converge on the solutions that provide the best user experience possible with Windows and SSDs. Come listen to industry experts discuss value-add opportunities in SSD technologies and Windows-based solutions. Level:
200
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Enterprise ComputingTECHNICAL SESSIONS:BitLocker: Protecting Data in Windows - ENT-T561
Presenter(s): Troy Funk This session discusses Microsoft’s continued investment in Windows security through BitLocker™ Drive Encryption. It will describe some of the new scenarios enabled in the enterprise, and new ways to unlock a protected volume inside and outside the enterprise. Additionally, it will present some of the new ways to manage data protection through relevant Group Policies and to recover access to the data in the event authenticators are lost. The session concludes with an outline of opportunities where hardware vendors could create value and differentiation that takes advantage of these new Windows security features. Level:
200
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| Design Tradeoffs for Solid-State Disk Performance - ENT-T539
Presenter(s): Ted Wobber Solid-state disks (SSDs) have the potential to revolutionize the storage system landscape. This session discusses the design choices that SSD manufacturers must make when they pursue optimal performance for SSDs. This is followed by a performance analysis of various configurations by using a trace-driven simulator and workload traces extracted from real systems. We'll demonstrate that SSD performance and lifetime are highly workload sensitive and suggest that complex systems issues that normally appear higher in the storage stack, or even in distributed systems, are relevant to device firmware. Level:
300
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| Directions for Virtualized I/O in Windows - ENT-T590
Presenter(s): Jake Oshins Now that Hyper-V is released, it's time to consider virtualized I/O directions that go beyond "make it work with existing drivers." This session discusses areas of technologies that are being investigated for future Microsoft virtualization offerings. These include PCI Single-Root I/O Virtualization, those technologies that enable it, and their implications to the Windows Driver Model. Improving storage area network (SAN) support and other I/O-related virtualization capabilities are also discussed. Level:
300
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| Improving Networking Performance for Hyper-V Virtual Machines - ENT-T589
Presenter(s): Alireza Dabagh, Don Stanwyck Windows Server 2008 R2 will deliver new networking features and enhanced support of stateless and state-full offload technologies to Hyper-V virtual machines. This session discusses the architecture and implementation details of these Windows networking features. Also included is a description for how network interface card (NIC) adapters implement this support for virtualized environments and advertise its capabilities to Hyper-V. Level:
300
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| IPv6: Deploying the Foundation for Tomorrow - ENT-T618
Presenter(s): Sean Siler As the Internet has grown to encompass new ways in which to communicate and interact, we are confronting an outgrown Internet infrastructure with regard to connectivity, security and mobility. To meet our increasing desire for connectivity, today's network supports most of these new scenarios through improvised solutions that are expensive to implement and operate, largely inflexible, and often nonscalable. This session discusses IPv6 and its goals to restore much of the network "hygiene" that makes the Internet an ever-present and always-on network. Level:
100
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| Microsoft Data Center Transformation - ENT-T553
Presenter(s): Christian Belady, Daniel Costello Recently, growth in the cost of data centers and the power that they consume has caught the attention of the industry. Data center power consumption is doubling globally every 5 years, and the cost of their operations is expected to rise for most IT businesses. This session shares Microsoft observations of industry trends and opportunities for power and cost reduction, an overview of how Microsoft drives efficiency in its data centers today, and an overview of the best practices and experiences of Microsoft operations. The session concludes with an overview of the latest Microsoft data center that uses containerized compute modules and a view into the future on our next-generation data centers, which will be transformational and will provide extreme efficiency and completely change the notion of what a data center is and how it is built. Level:
100
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| Microsoft Hyper-V - ENT-T587
Presenter(s): Bryon Surace, Randy Campbell This session provides an overview of the recently launched Microsoft Hyper-V product, its architecture, and how it combines with modern processors, chipsets, and I/O devices to enable unprecedented flexibility by the Windows Server platforms. You'll also receive an update on the progress of the Microsoft virtualization development efforts and highlights of selected features in the next release of Hyper-V. Level:
200
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| New Windows Server Logo Requirements and Programs - ENT-T610
Presenter(s): Sandy Arthur This session describes the new server device and system logo requirements for Windows Server 2008 R2. These are followed by a discussion of the new tests that will be used to qualify a server for a logo or for an additional qualification. This information covers areas of support for more than 64 logical processors, power management, and PCI Express support. Level:
200
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| Scaling More than 64 Logical Processors: A SQL Perspective - ENT-T555
Presenter(s): Pravin Mittal; Alex Verbitski In this session, the SQL Performance team will share their experiences with using the new APIs for greater-than-64-processor support in Windows Server 2008 R2. They will discuss scaling challenges reaching beyond 64 logical processors, including I/O devices and drivers that affect database workload performance. Level:
300
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| Server and Domain Isolation: The Next Generation for Network Security - ENT-T617
Presenter(s): Pascal Menezes This session briefly discusses the fundamentals of Internet Protocol security (IPsec) and its foundational role in the server and domain isolation solution. We'll then discuss in depth the support of server and domain isolation in Windows Server 2008 R2. Customers implement server isolation through an enforced network policy that dynamically segments specific server computers so that they accept only authenticated and secured communications from a specific group of logically isolated domain member computers. Furthermore, customers implement domain isolation through an enforced network policy that uses IPsec to dynamically segment a Windows network so that domain member computers accept only incoming communication requests from computers that can authenticate themselves with domain credentials. This logically isolates domain member computers (managed computers) from non-domain-member computers (unmanaged computers). Level:
300
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| SMI-S Support for Windows Server Products - ENT-T621
Presenter(s): Alan Warwick The Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) is a management model and framework that was developed by the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA). SMI-S is based on the Common Information Model (CIM) that is supervised by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) and allows of storage device management over an IP network. This session introduces Microsoft's planned SMI-S support that uses WS-Management as a transport and outlines an industry collaborative framework that allows Microsoft and third-party management products and applications to manage SMI-S enabled storage devices. Level:
200
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| Windows Boot from One Image Format - ENT-T606
Presenter(s): Paul Rambo, Peter Brundrett Virtual hard disk (VHD) is becoming a de facto standard image format for virtual machine operating system images. This session discusses native support of VHD in Windows Server 2008 R2. This support allows users, administrators, and vendors of storage and management tools to operate on VHDs as they would other storage devices. This creates opportunities for lowering operational costs by enabling customers to use a single image creation, deployment, and maintenance process and toolset across virtual and physical environments. Level:
200
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| Windows Devices Profile for Web Services in Windows 7 - ENT-T543
Presenter(s): Rob Williams (WDEG WSDAPI) Network printers, scanners, projectors, and desktop and mobile systems are leading the way to the future of Web Services and Service Oriented Architecture-connected devices across the enterprise. Networked devices are shifting to Web Services to support complex use scenarios and to address the need for security and robustness in the enterprise and vertical markets. This session discusses the Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) in Windows 7, which enables new, richer, and more secure user scenarios for the mobile workforce. The session also highlights the various device classes in Windows 7 that can support the DPWS protocol. Level:
200
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| Windows Presentation Virtualization - ENT-T591
Presenter(s): Tad Brockway; Nelly Porter This session discusses Microsoft's continued investment in Windows remoting features that empower the enterprise mobile workforce in the next release of Windows and beyond. We’ll covers how these features in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will enhance the user computing experience and how applications can integrate well with core remoting infrastructure services to provide on-the-go users with rich software and device experience from anywhere with Internet access. Level:
300
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| Windows Server Enterprise Networking: Scale for Efficiency - ENT-T556
Presenter(s): Ganesh Srinivasan This session discusses Microsoft's continued investments in Windows features to exploit hardware capabilities of modern multicore processors and network interfaces to improve the performance efficiency for common server workloads. The importance of these features increases in a 10GbE environment where better use of processor cores increases scalability for virtual machines and physical servers that are running Windows Server operating systems. Level:
200
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| Windows Server Enterprise Networking: Offload Technologies - ENT-T557
Presenter(s): Ross Ortega This session discusses Microsoft's continued investments in Windows features and collaboration with hardware partners in networking offload technologies to decrease the CPU usage that is associated with network I/O for common server workloads in physical and virtualized environments on Windows Server operating systems. The benefits of offload technologies such as TCP Chimney and IPsec Task Offload will be highlighted. Level:
200
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| Windows Server Power Management Implementation Details - ENT-T552
Presenter(s): Johnson Cheng This session presents an in-depth discussion of the power management technologies and features that will be introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2. Included will be best practices for platform design, an outline of hardware and platform requirements, and internal details of system software features for server power management. Level:
300
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| Windows Server Support for More than 64 Logical Processors - ENT-T554
Presenter(s): Arie van der Hoeven Customers are investing in modern scale-up server designs that have more than 64 logical processors. Each logical processor is a hardware entity, either a processor core or a hyperthread, on which the Windows Server operating system can schedule a software thread for execution. As modern processors are introduced with two, four, or even more cores, the needs for a single instance of the operating systems to operate with more than 64 logical processors become greater. This session discusses the architecture and support of more than 64 logical processors in Windows Server 2008 R2. It continues with best practices for workload scalability by a driver for both highly multiple-processor (MP) and nonuniform memory access (NUMA) environments and details about the new system software affinity APIs to aid driver scalability past 64 logical processors. Network and storage case studies are used as examples in this session. Level:
300
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CHALK TALKS:Discussion: New Windows Server Logo Requirements and Programs - ENT-C643
Presenter(s): Sandy Arthur This chalk-talk follows the technical presentation of the same title. It is a forum for attendees to ask follow-up questions and to explore further details about the new Windows Server logo requirements and programs that pertain to their product development efforts. Level:
200
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| Implementing Windows Error Hardware Architecture - ENT-C642
Presenter(s): Stephen Berard This chalk-talk discusses Microsoft's continued investment in Windows foundational features that provide a common infrastructure for handling hardware errors on all systems that are running Windows Server. The moderators will present a brief overview of the architecture and design of Windows Error Hardware Architecture (WHEA), followed by details about new features and changes in Windows Server 2008 R2. The specific error recovery features of modern server processors and their support in Windows will be highlighted. The shared information will also include practical tips and tricks on how to develop and debug hardware error records. This talk provides an opportunity for developers to discuss and ask questions about technical issues that pertain to their WHEA implementations. Level:
300
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| Understanding the Performance Cost of Power Optimizations - ENT-C629
Presenter(s): Bruce Worthington Although the focus on server power management has sharpened recently, the performance cost of power optimizations must also be understood and managed. The Windows Core OS Performance team will moderate this chalk-talk to share their experiences and to offer a forum to discuss power monitoring, power/performance correlation and metrics, workload effects, and future directions for optimizing power within a server while minimizing (or at least fully understanding) any performance regression that results. Data that is captured on enterprise servers that are running different releases of Windows Server operating systems with a variety of workloads and parameter settings will be presented. Power management of multiple servers, whether in racks or inside data centers, is beyond the scope of this session, although it is certainly appropriate for discussion. Level:
300
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| Windows 7 Network Optimization for Branch Offices - ENT-C659
Presenter(s): Ravi Rao This chalk-talk discusses details of new capabilities in Windows 7 that reduce wide area networking link usage and provide the potential reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO) by reducing WAN link usage, providing faster downloads in the branch office, and requiring no networking infrastructure changes. Level:
200
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| Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Overview - ENT-C627
Presenter(s): Steve Bourne Windows Essential Business Server 2008 is a new multiserver solution that is designed to meet the information technology infrastructure needs of midsize businesses. It is built on the Windows Server 2008 technologies and provides core infrastructure for management, messaging, and security that is configured to best practices. In-depth research on the midmarket shows that customers prefer to buy their software and hardware as a complete solution. Come to this chalk-talk and learn more about Windows Essential Business Server 2008 and how you can take advantage of the opportunity to integrate hardware to provide a complete solution for midmarket customers. Level:
200
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| Windows Manageability in the Enterprise Using Industry Standard Tools - ENT-C761
Presenter(s): Nathan Burkhart,Valerie Kane, Paul Allen, Jiachuan Wang This chalk talk covers Microsoft’s continuing investments in Windows features and infrastructure capabilities and its collaboration with partners to deliver end-to-end manageability solutions that are based on industry standards for Windows. This is a forum for understanding how standards like WS-Management, Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH), and Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) are exploited to improve the manageability of client and server systems, especially for information technology sites that deploy multivendor hardware platforms as well as virtual machines in their environments. Level:
200
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| Windows Server and Intel® Dynamic Power Technology for Data Centers - ENT-C630
Presenter(s): Stephen Berard, Sean McGrane, Russ Fenger Microsoft and Intel will jointly present this chalk-talk. We will discuss the Intel Dynamic Power Technology in Nehalem-based server designs, key energy efficiency and management features in Windows Server 2008 R2, and how these technologies work collaboratively to provide optimal power efficiency and budgeting in the data center. This forum provides an opportunity to discuss the power efficiency advantages that result from tight cooperation between the Windows operating system and Intel's server hardware platform. Level:
200
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| Windows Small Business Server 2008 Overview - ENT-C626
Presenter(s): Becky Ochs Following on the success of Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2, Small Business Server 2008 is built on Windows Server 2008 and has all the latest technologies from Microsoft such as Exchange 2007, SharePoint services v3, and Windows Software Update Services (WSUS). Over 39 million small businesses worldwide and 73 percent don't own a server yet. Come and learn more about Small Business Server 2008 and how you can combine it with your hardware to take advantage of this lucrative market segment. Level:
100
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| Windows Storage Server 2008 Overview - ENT-C625
Presenter(s): Scott M. Johnson Windows Storage Server is a purpose-driven storage appliance that supports customer scenarios that require networked file and block storage. Its storage management tools and remote administration capabilities make this storage solution cost effective, manageable, and reliable. These capabilities will be integrated into OEM storage solutions that are based on Windows Storage Server 2008. This session discusses the new features of the upcoming Windows Storage Server 2008 release, which is based on the Windows Server 2008 code base. A new remote administration Web-based user interface that integrates machine setup, clustering, storage provisioning, SMB and NFS file shares, iSCSI targets, snapshots, quotas, and reporting will be discussed. Level:
200
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High Fidelity Graphics and MediaTECHNICAL SESSIONS:Overview of TV Tuners & Remotes Logo Program - GRA-T600
Presenter(s): Ed Keith, Mathew Bockus Exciting changes in the Windows Logo Program for TV tuner and Remote devices aim to increase the quality of these devices. Come see how hardware developers now have greater access to more tools and tests to improve the quality of their products. Level:
200
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| Perspectives on the Windows TV Tuners Ecosystem - GRA-T601
Presenter(s): Gunter Logemann, Tobi Zielinski What are the latest developments in Microsoft strategy for TV Tuners in Windows Media Center? Come find out about the direction Microsoft is headed with the TV tuner and PC-TV ecosystem. Level:
200
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Mobile ComputingTECHNICAL SESSIONS:Multi-Touch in Windows 7 Overview - MBL-T527
Presenter(s): Ian LeGrow Multi-touch is one of the most dramatic user interface advances in Windows 7. This session provides an introduction to Multi-Touch technology and Window 7 support for it, including new Multi-Touch features, built-in Multi-Touch gestures, and the Multi-Touch platform. Level:
100
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