Windows Server RTM WDK now available on Connect!

Hello WDK Beta Users-

We are pleased to announce the release of the Windows Server 2008 RTM WDK. The WDK build is now available for download on Connect. This WDK beta release to Connect coincides with the recent OS release of Windows Server 2008 RTM. Please take a few moments to install the newest WDK build and test as applicable for your needs. As always, please file bugs found as quickly and as detailed as possible.

In this WDK release, the WDK is delivering the latest updates to build drivers for Server 2008 and earlier platforms since the release of Vista a year ago. This is the supported platform for the development and release of all production drivers for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

A few highlights in this release are:

KMDF 1.7:
o A new wait/wake policy for parent drivers
o New samples
o New Tools

UMDF 1.7:
o Now supports Windows Server 2003 along with Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
o New debugger extensions
o New and updated samples

WDF 1.7:
o WDF 1.7 is native on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1
o WDF 1.7 is completely backward compatible with WDF versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.5

WDTF:
o SDEL has been added to WDTF to make querying simpler and easier

SDV:
o SDV supports KMDF drivers in addition to WDM drivers and parallelization over rules. Now, rules will be verified in parallel.

PFD:
o PFD is enhanced with driver-specific annotations that make it an even more powerful tool.

DSF:
o USB Power Management and now more robust and stable

Docs:
o New look of the WDK documentation for Server 2008/SP1
o new docs for Viridian and Kernel Transaction Manager
o Subset Filtering (allows you to search by technology subset such as Audio)
o Requirements Block information for all new topics
o Kernel Reference technical scrub and TOC restructuring

***Updated Redist.txt:***
Please also see the document download accompaning the WDK build on Connect entitled "WDK-**READ FIRST**-Updated Redist.txt for WDK - Windows Server 2008 RTM ".
An updated Redist.txt has been posted for this release. Please refer to this updated text file instead of the file in the build as directed from the End User License Agreement.


This release is available as a download only. The image posted is a DVD image and the recommended approach is to download and burn a DVD.

Thank you for your continued support!
The WDK Team