Subject: When is the 7th edition book for Win 8 coming out
Posted: 26 March 2014 at 9:55pm
Update from http://www.azius.com:
Windows Internals, 7th edition
After the release of each new major version of Windows, I.T. professionals, developers of all stripes, and OEMs eagerly await the publication of the next edition of the book (or, more recently, set of books) that documents how it all works inside.
Azius principals Brian Catlin and Jamie Hanrahan have signed with Microsoft Press to write Windows Internals, 7th Edition, Book 1: "User Mode." The 7th edition will cover Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2. To be released in Spring of 2014, Book 1 will primarily cover user mode aspects (the internals of application support) and system management mechanisms. New coverage for the 7th edition will include .NET, graphics and the desktop, Windows RT, Windows Store applictions, and server management features, as well as expanded coverage of networking.
Books 2 and 3 are still in the planning stages, but our current plans are for Book 2 to cover kernel mode components and mechanisms, and Book 3, new for this edition, will describe the architecture and operation of the various Windows device driver models.
Of course, Windows Internals, 6th Edition, by Mark Russinovich, David Solomon, and Alex Ionescu, will be the starting point for this work. (We contributed to the 6th edition and are credited as such in the introduction.)
