Hardware Management and Security
Windows Server 2008 introduced Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) as a common infrastructure for handling hardware errors.
WHEA uses richer error reporting to reduce mean time to recovery for fatal hardware errors and uses hardware health monitoring to reduce system crashes. These advances supplement support in Windows for solutions that use system management BIOS (SMBIOS), Web Services for Management (WS-Management), and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
We recommend that system designers consider Windows BitLocker drive encryption, together with Trusted Platform Module version 1.2 (TPM 1.2), for both mobile and server systems.
In this section
| Topic | Description |
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Secured Boot and Measured Boot: Hardening Early Boot Components Against Malware |
Download information about the early boot protection features for Windows operating systems, with guidelines for anti-malware and other security solution developers to develop security solutions to protect early boot components from malware. |
These papers specify the cryptographic operations requirements for smart card minidrivers that individual hardware vendors must meet in order to receive the Designed for Windows Logo. |
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Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and BitLocker Drive Encryption |
This section provides links to information about the Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption feature and about Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware. |
This section contains information on enhancing driver security. |
See also
Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA)
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Implementing WMI (Driver development)