Windows Academic Program now available!
We're pleased to announce that the Windows Academic Program is now available. What is it? We'll it's a three-part program designed to help you teach OS principles using the Windows kernel source code:
- Windows Operating System Internals Curriculum Resource Kit
Your first place to go for OS content - presentation slides, experiments, hands-on labs, sample quizzes and assignments for introducing case studies from the Windows kernel into operating system courses. There's even a Linux comparison module.
A tool for exploring OS principles that uses the native kernel interfaces of the Windows OS to provide a project environment in which students can experiement with CUP, MMU, trap mechanisms and physical memory.
You can download ProjectOZ and the Resource Kit from the Academic Alliance Curriculum Repository from here and here respectively.
The big kahuna - a source-code release of the Windows Kernel. The WRK is useful in design projects that let your students explore OS principles using the Windows kernel sources, the WRK enables advanced teaching and research by facilitating building experiments and projects based on modifying the Windows kernel, as well as by promoting better understanding of the Windows architecture and implementation.
Getting hold of this is slightly more complex. It will be part of the forthcoming Faculty Connection website; but that's not quite baked yet. If you'd like to get hold of the source code before the October launch of the Faculty Connection, just drop me a mail (ukacblog@microsoft.com), and we'll take it from there.
Enjoy.
Andy
