Designed for Efficiency

The Windows operating system features built-in infrastructure services (Service Control Manager and Task Scheduler) that help manage background processes. Windows takes advantage of the built-in services to provide system management, device management, and system maintenance functionality. Significant improvements have been made to this infrastructure for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Developers can use these improvements to develop Windows services that are efficient and that contribute to overall system performance and security. For example, a service can register to be started or stopped when a trigger event occurs. This eliminates the need for services to start when the system starts, or for services to poll or actively wait for an event; a service can start when it is needed, instead of starting automatically whether or not there is work to do.

Hands-On Labs

Build Trigger-Started Services
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 introduce new features for background services that enable applications and services to participate in overall system responsiveness and efficiency. This lab demonstrates the basics of Trigger-Started Services and how developers can use it to “event-enable” a Windows Service.

Videos

Designed for Efficiency
Learn how Windows Server 2008 R2 is "Designed for Efficiency". See all videos within this topical category: http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/r2efficient
Trigger-Started Services
A service can now be started or stopped when a trigger event occurs. This eliminates the need for services to start when the system starts, or for services to poll or actively wait for an event. Learn how to develop trigger-started services.
Power Management with R2
Gain insight into new and future power management features during this discussion with the Power Management feature PM.
Design Efficient Background Services
This session demonstrates best practices for background process design and dives deep on the capabilities of the Service Control Manager (SCM) and Task Scheduler.