Windows Internals: System architecture, processes, threads, memory management, and more, Part 1 (Developer Reference)

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Delve inside Windows architecture and internals – and see how core components work behind the scenes. This classic guide has been fully updated for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, and now presents its coverage in two parts.

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About the author(s)

Pavel Yosifovich is a developer, trainer, and Microsoft MVP focused on Microsoft technologies. A Pluralsight author, his passion for software began with the Commodore 64.

Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure, is an expert in distributed systems, OS internals, and cybersecurity. He authored the Jeff Aiken novels, co-wrote Windows Internals, and cofounded Winternals and Sysinternals.

Alex Lonescu is VP of EDR Strategy at CrowdStrike and a leading expert in OS internals, reverse engineering, and security. He teaches Windows Internals and is active in the research community.

David Solomon (retired) taught Windows kernel internals for 20 years and coauthored several Windows Internals editions. He also wrote Inside Windows NT and is a former Microsoft MVP.

Who is this for?

The book assumes the reader is comfortable with working on Windows at a power-user level, and has a basic understanding of operating system and hardware concepts, such as CPU registers, memory, processes, and threads. Basic understanding of functions, pointers, and similar C programming language constructs is beneficial in some sections.

What can readers expect to learn?

Delve inside Windows architecture and internals and see how core components work behind the scenes. Led by a team of internals experts, this classic guide has been fully updated for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. Whether you are a developer or an IT professional, you’ll get critical, insider perspectives on how Windows operates. And through hands-on experiments, you’ll experience its internal behavior firsthand knowledge you can apply to improve application design, debugging, system performance, and support.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0735684189
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Microsoft Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 5, 2017
Edition ‏ : ‎ 7th
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 800 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0738758841
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0735684188
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.45 x 1.85 x 9.05 inches
Book 1 of 2 ‏ : ‎ Developer Reference Windows Internals
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