This session goes beneath the hood of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to describe and demonstrate the key changes in the kernel. Topics include: scalability improvements (such as removal of the global scheduler lock, support for more than 64 logical processors, and user mode scheduling), virtual service accounts, core parking and timer coalescing for power efficiency, trigger-started services and more.
Speaker Bio
Mark Russinovich is a Technical Fellow in the Windows Division at Microsoft. He is a widely recognized expert in Windows operating system internals as well as operating system architecture and design. He is co-author of the Windows Internals book series, the official Microsoft Press book on Windows operating system internals.
Russinovich joined Microsoft in 2006 when Microsoft acquired Winternals Software, the company he cofounded in 1996, as well as Sysinternals, where he authors and publishes dozens of popular Windows administration and diagnostic utilities including Autoruns, Process Explorer and Tcpview.
He is a featured speaker at major industry conferences including Microsoft's TechEd, WinHEC, and Professional Developers Conference.
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