Windows Internals crash course for developers and researchers
The Windows Internals workshop provides a unique opportunity to learn the foundations of the Windows OS, digging into processes, jobs, virtual memory, I/O, services and more.
The workshop includes hands on exercises to try things out using internals tools and/or coding, depending on your preference. At the end of the workshop you will have a much greater and deeper understanding of Windows that can help you be a better developer, troubleshoot issues more easily and have better ideas where to focus your research.
Who should attend
Developers. power QA and IT Admin, security researchers that want to gain a deeper understanding of Windows.
Pre-requisites
Basic familiarity with some concepts such as processes, threads and DLLs is needed as well as basic knowledge of the C language.
Computer Setup
- Windows 10 (latest version preferred but any version will do) or Windows 7 (less recommended)
- Sysinternals Tools (www.sysinternals.com)
- Debugging tools for Windows (from the Windows 10 SDK installation)
Pavel Yosifovich is a developer, trainer, author and speaker. He's the co-author of "Windows Internals 7th ed. Part 1" (2017) and "WPF 4.5 Cookbook" (2012). He's also a Pluralsight author. Pavel has created several open source tools on available on Github ( http://github.com/zodiacon). He can be reached via his blogs or email zodiacon@live.com.