BUILD is a new event that shows modern hardware and software developers how to take advantage of the future of Windows. Learn how to work with the all new touch-centric user experience to create fast, fluid, and dynamic applications that leverage the power and flexibility of the core of Windows, used by more than a billion people around the world.
Hear how the UI was designed to work seamlessly with a diversity of devices and form factors. Go behind the scenes and learn all about the new app model that allows you to create powerful new apps. All while retaining the ability to use your existing apps. Web-connected and web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript have access to the power of the PC. Touch-optimized browsing, with the full power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10 transforms your experiences with the web. BUILD is the first place to dive deep into the future of Windows.
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Graphics on the server- Akshay Agrawal
- OEM, IHV, Silicon, Graphics
- SAC-217T
- Day 3
- September 15, 2011 from 9:00AM to 10:00AM
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Windows 8 is moving to a single graphics driver model - the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) – offering more features over the older XP Display Driver Model commonly run on physical and virtualized servers. Windows 8 also brings updates to the inbox display driver (previously known as Standard VGA... -
Designing the building blocks for a Windows Server 8 cloud- Yigal Edery, Ross Ortega
- Cloud, OEM, Scalability, Virtualization, Elasticity
- SAC-430T
- Day 3
- September 15, 2011 from 9:00AM to 10:00AM
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When building servers, networks and storage for cloud scale data centers, many complex tradeoffs and technologies must be considered. These tradeoffs include performance, reliability, security, flexible virtual machine deployment, storage architecture selection and interoperability with the existing... -
Business and partnering opportunities: Windows Server 8 continuous availability- Thomas Pfenning, Siddhartha Roy
- OEM, Continuous Availability
- SAC-443T
- Day 3
- September 15, 2011 from 9:00AM to 10:00AM
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This session describes Windows Server 8 Continuous Availability across the entire solution continuum – single-node, multi-node and multi-site – and how it enables a range of server and storage appliances for different customer segments. The talk showcases sample hardware designs that create a new value... -
Developing drivers in Visual Studio- Doron Holan, Kevin Miller
- Visual Studio, OEM, IHV, Silicon, Drivers
- HW-235T
- Day 3
- September 15, 2011 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM
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This session will present an overview on how to develop drivers in Visual Studio using the new Windows Developer Kit (WDK) add-on pack. Topics will include developing, building, packaging, signing, deploying, debugging, testing and verifying device drivers – all within Visual Studio.
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Simplifying wireless and network device discovery and pairing- Jeffrey Chang, Dave Roth
- OEM, IHV, Silicon, Wireless
- HW-286T
- Day 3
- September 15, 2011 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM
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Demand for wireless and network devices, including printers, connected TVs and keyboards are increasing steadily. Windows 8 makes it easy to connect devices to the PC by automatically detecting and installing network printers and TVs, enabling proximity-based device pairing and providing a new Metro... -
Building secure, scalable multi-tenant clouds using Hyper-V Network Virtualization- Murari Sridharan, Yu-Shun Wang
- Cloud, OEM, Scalability, Virtualization, Elasticity
- SAC-442T
- Day 3
- September 15, 2011 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM
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'Any service at any server in any cloud.' Next generation data centers should allow dynamic resource allocation and consolidation across large resource pools. The topological constrains of today’s data center networks limit how services can be assigned to servers. Windows Server 8 enables you to create... -
Platform storage evolved- Ahmed El-Shimi, Rajeev Nagar
- OEM, IHV, Silicon, Scalability, Storage
- SAC-474T
- Day 3
- September 15, 2011 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM
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The platform file system and storage stack has evolved significantly to enable exciting new scenarios including offloaded data transfers, optimal storage efficiency and utilization, service uptime despite failures, resilient scalable virtualized storage using commodity hardware and high-performance data... -
Architecting and integrating sensor drivers- Gavin Gear
- OEM, IHV, Silicon, Drivers, Sensors
- HW-249T
- Day 3
- September 15, 2011 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM
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Windows 8 provides an extensive and feature-rich set of developer tools, documentation and drivers to simplify sensor integration and provide rich user experiences. With this level of support in Windows, manufacturers can quickly bring systems to market that take full advantage of light, motion and other... -
Certifying graphics experiences on Windows 8- Rudolph Balaz
- OEM, IHV, Drivers, Certification, Graphics
- HW-215T
- Day 3
- September 15, 2011 from 1:00PM to 2:00PM
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Microsoft has improved the Windows Certification Program for Windows 8, in order to drive high quality graphics experiences. This session will help you plan and develop graphics drivers that are certified for Windows. You will learn about new certification requirements, key testing scenarios and measuring... -
Moving driver quality upstream with WDK driver verification and test tools- Jakob Lichtenberg, Khuram Shahid
- OEM, IHV, Silicon, Drivers
- HW-239T
- Day 3
- September 15, 2011 from 1:00PM to 2:00PM
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The WDK Driver Verification and Test Tools enable driver developers to resolve issues sooner in the development lifecycle. This enables developers to build drivers in a more timely and predictable manner, and lower the cost of development, testing and long term support. Topics for this session will include...
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