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Hardware and Driver Developer Community

Blogs

•	Mark Russinovich's Technical Blog
•	Michael Howard's Web Log
•	Sensor & Location Platform Team Blog
•	USB Core Team Blog
•	VolkerW's Weblog: Stuff mostly around 64-bit Windows
•	Windows Core Networking
•	Windows Portable Devices Team Blog
•	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

Recent Driver Tips

•	When WDF Drivers Can Use Power-Managed I/O Queues
•	Where's the Add Hardware Wizard?
•	I/O Cancellation: When Does It Matter?

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

•	Goodbye Doc Explorer Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:04:00 GMT
•	Documentation updates Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:32:00 GMT
•	Improved Requirements Information on Kernel Reference Pages Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:35:00 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
•	Windows 7 Device Partner Ecosystem Summit 2009 Presentations and Videos
•	MSDN Events and Webcasts

WHDC Newsletters

•	Subscribe to WHDC Newsletters
•	Microsoft Hardware Newsletter
•	Windows Logo Program for Hardware Newsletter
•	Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) News

More Resources

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