1. Advanced app and driver debugging
11/17/ :38 AM
HW-118T
Advanced app and driver debugging
George Holt
Program Manager – Windows Debuggers Joe Ballantyne
Principal SDE – Windows Debuggers
Microsoft Corporation
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2. Agenda Debugging is easier and more powerful in Windows 8
Debugging drivers in Visual Studio
More accurate debugging information
You’ll leave knowing how to use Windows Debuggers to debug drivers inside Visual Studio

3. Customer and Partner Connections Customer and Partner Connections
Device Lifecycle
Customer and Partner Connections
Design and Develop
Assess and Certify
Customer and Partner Connections
Design and Develop
Assess and Certify

4. Debugging is easier and more powerful in Windows 8

5. Easier to use Windows Debuggers
Integrated into Visual Studio
More help along the way
Supports user, kernel, live, dump, local and remote

6. Easier to use Windows Debuggers
demo
Easier to use Windows Debuggers

7. Easier to set up debugging
Helps you work with multiple target computers
Faster connections to target computers
No special cables needed
Fits modern form factors

8. Debugger Connections
Debugs
HOST
TARGET

9. Debugger Connections
Windows 7
Windows 8

10. Easier to set up debugging
demo
Easier to set up debugging

11. Driver development in Visual Studio
Driver projects deploy freshly built drivers to your test computers
Windows Debuggers are automatically configured
Easier to set up target computers

12. Driver development in Visual Studio
demo
Driver development in Visual Studio

13. More accurate information
Debugging optimized code as source, not machine code
Show correct values even when optimized into registers
Step through optimized code
Show source code for inline functions
Set breakpoints on inline functions

14. More accurate information
demo
More accurate information
Debugging optimized code

15. Recap Debugging is easier and more powerful in Windows 8
Debugging drivers in Visual Studio
More accurate information

16. Related sessions
[HW-98P] Windows 8 kernel debugging: New protocols and certification requirements
[HOL] A Lap Around Visual Studio for Drivers

17. For More Information
(search for Debugging Tools for Windows)
Talk to us at the hardware booth after the talk

18. thank you Feedback and questions http://forums.dev.windows.com
Session feedback

19. 11/17/ :38 AM
© 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.
© 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.