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2. Maximizing Windows 8 Performance: Troubleshooting Tips
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Maximizing Windows 8 Performance: Troubleshooting Tips
Johan Arwidmark
Chief Technical Architect
Knowledge Factory
DC-B313
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3. Hyper-V, 32 GB RAM, 1.2 TB SSD MDT01 WDS MDT 2012 Update 1 PC0002
Windows 8
CM01
WDS
MDT 2012 Update 1
ConfigMgr 2012 SP1
SQL Server 2012 CU3
DC01
DC, DNS and DHCP

4. Objectives And Takeaways
5/28/2018
Objectives And Takeaways
Performance is critical
Live production system analysis
Tools of the trade
Inbox tools
Sysinternals tools
Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows Assessment Console
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5. Defining Performance
Responsiveness
Unresponsive system 

6. Defining Performance, continued
Resource utilization
CPU, disk, memory, network, battery
Resources are limited and shared
Good Citizenship
It takes one component to impact system performance

7. Performance Enhancements
Started with Windows Vista
I/O Models – Caching – Network Protocols
Startup / Shutdown / Resume

8. Performance Enhancements
Continued to improve in Windows 7 / 8
Superfetch and Readyboost
Device Drivers (Industry / Parallelization)
CPU / Memory Management
Logon time (Redirected folders etc.)
Trigger based Services

9. Performance and operations enhancements
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Performance and operations enhancements
Johan Arwidmark
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10. Slow systems? User will let you know…

13. Performance Tools Windows Inbox Tools Task Manager Resource Monitor
Perfmon
Reliability History

14. Windows Inbox Tools Johan Arwidmark 5/28/2018 9:16 AM
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15. Performance Tools, continued
Sysinternals tools
Process Explorer
Process Monitor

16. Sysinternals Tools Johan Arwidmark 5/28/2018 9:16 AM
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17. Windows Assessment Toolkit
Helps you to assess overall experience
Provide data for troubleshooting
Compare systems

18. Windows Assessment Toolkit
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Windows Assessment Toolkit
Johan Arwidmark
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19. Windows Performance Toolkit
Built and used by the Windows organization
Contains
Performance Analyzer (WPA)
Performance Recorder (WPR)

20. Command Line Tools xperf xperfview Xbootmgr (and xbootmgrSleep)
Trace capture, processing, and command-line analysis
xperfview
Visual trace analysis
Xbootmgr (and xbootmgrSleep)
On/Off transition trace capture

21. Using the Windows Performance Toolkit
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Using the Windows Performance Toolkit
Johan Arwidmark
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deploymentartist.com

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