Windows Server 2008 will be launched in Q1 2008. Come and learn what’s new in this release for developers. Agenda: Whether you are building Web applications or writing core server-based system services, Windows Server 2008 provides many new features that you can leverage to build more secure, flexible, and innovative applications. In this 2-session event we will go through the “Top 7 Ways to Light Up Your Apps on Windows Server 2008”. Demos will include IIS7, PowerShell, Transactional File System (TxF), restart/recovery APIs plus more. For more details and the original slidedeck visit http://www.microsoft.com/uk/msdn/events/new/Detail.aspx?id=136

1. for Developers Daniel Moth Developer and Platform Group Microsoft http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog

3. 1. Build More Flexible Web Apps

4. 2. Design Highly-Manageable Apps

5. 3. Develop Federation-Aware Apps

6. 4. Build Connected Systems

8. 5. Build For Scalability

11. Feature Original API Current API Synch RegisterWaitForSingleObject UnregisterWaitEx CloseThreadpoolWait CreateThreadpoolWait SetThreadpoolWait WaitForThreadpoolWaitCallbacks Work QueueUserWorkItem CloseThreadpoolWork CreateThreadpoolWork SubmitThreadpoolWork TrySubmitThreadpoolCallback WaitForThreadpoolWorkCallbacks Timer CreateTimerQueue CreateTimerQueueTimer ChangeTimerQueueTimer DeleteTimerQueueTimer DeleteTimerQueueEx CloseThreadpoolTimer CreateThreadpoolTimer IsThreadpoolTimerSet SetThreadpoolTimer WaitForThreadpoolTimerCallbacks I/O BindIoCompletionCallback CancelThreadpoolIo CloseThreadpoolIo CreateThreadpoolIo StartThreadpoolIo WaitForThreadpoolIoCallbacks Clean-up group CloseThreadpoolCleanupGroup CloseThreadpoolCleanupGroupMembers CreateThreadpoolCleanupGroup Pool CloseThreadpool CreateThreadpool SetThreadpoolThreadMaximum SetThreadpoolThreadMinimum Callback environment DestroyThreadpoolEnvironment InitializeThreadpoolEnvironment SetThreadpoolCallbackCleanupGroup SetThreadpoolCallbackLibrary SetThreadpoolCallbackPool SetThreadpoolCallbackRunsLong Callback CallbackMayRunLong Callback clean up DisassociateCurrentThreadFromCallback FreeLibraryWhenCallbackReturns LeaveCriticalSectionWhenCallbackReturns ReleaseMutexWhenCallbackReturns ReleaseSemaphoreWhenCallbackReturns SetEventWhenCallbackReturns

23. 6. Develop More Reliable Apps

25. WER, Restart, Recovery

30. Restart Manager

34. Transactional NTFS (TxF) KTM CLFS NTFS Registry Kernel KtmRm KtmW32 DTC Native Managed System.Tx LTM WS-* WCF MSMQ SQL

35. TxF

36. 7. Virtualize

38. Microsoft Virtualization Products Server Virtualization Application Virtualization Desktop Virtualization Presentation Virtualization Management A comprehensive set of virtualization products, from the data center to the desktop Assets – both virtual and physical – are managed from a single platform Centralized Desktop Hyper-V Server

39. Virtualization Benefits Server consolidation Business Continuity Flexibility Utilization

47. Quick Migration – How Quick Is It? Disc / VM Memory 1 GbE iSCSI 2 Gb FC 4 Gb FC 512 MB ~8 seconds ~ 4 seconds ~2 seconds 1 GB ~16 seconds ~8 second ~ 4 seconds 2 GB ~32 seconds ~16 seconds ~8 seconds 4 GB ~64 seconds ~32 seconds ~16 seconds 8 GB ~2 minutes ~64 seconds ~32 seconds

50. Hyper-V Architecture Parent Partition Child Partitions Kernel Mode User Mode Applications “ Designed for Windows” Server Hardware Virtualization Service Providers (VSPs) Windows Kernel Server Core IHV Drivers Virtualization Service Clients (VSCs) Windows Kernel Enlightenments VMBus Windows hypervisor Virtualization Stack VM Worker Processes VM Service WMI Provider Provided by: Windows ISV OEM Hyper-V

51. Example VSP/VSC Design Parent Partition Child Partitions Kernel Mode Provided by: Windows ISV OEM Hyper-V Hardware User Mode Windows hypervisor Applications VMBus Windows File System Volume Partition Disk Fast Path Filter (VSC) iSCSIprt Virtual Storage Miniport (VSC) Virtual Storage Provider (VSP) StorPort StorPort Miniport VM Worker Process Disk

53. Virtual Server 2005 vs. Hyper-V

57. Industry Leadership In Licensing Windows Server Enterprise/Datacenter Includes 4/Unlimited virtual instances Windows Vista (Software Assurance Customer Benefit) Allows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop deployments Licensing per Virtual Processor SQL Server, BizTalk Server, etc. Instance Based Licensing Will enable new usage models Demo Distribution of Virtual Images

58. Virtualization Investments Management Interoperability Applications Licensing Infrastructure