Driver Distribution Center On Winqual

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Driver Distribution Center On Winqual

• Jon Class
• Program Manager
• Windows Hardware Online Services

jclass _at_ microsoft.com
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Session Goals

• Attendees should leave this session with an
  understanding of the Driver Distribution Center
  (DDC). In particular
• The basic DDC features available today
• The advanced DDC features available tomorrow
• What you can do to get the right content to
  end users

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Session Outline

• DDC overview
• DDC 2.0 Targeting
• Distribution Scenarios and Targeting
• Walk-through of Basic Targeting
• Walk-through of Advanced Targeting
• Future Directions of Windows Quality Online
  Services
• Question and Answer

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User Roles

• WHQL Submitters
• Set / Modify all distribution settings
• Receive notification when any setting is changed
• HWID Owners
• Set / Modify distribution of owned HWIDs
• Receive notification when any setting of owned
  HWID is changed
• Authenticated Winqual.microsoft.com users
• View settings for HWIDs distributed on WU

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Current Distribution Of Content To End Users

• WU offers content to end users based on Hardware
  ID (HWID)

VID_MMMMPID_1234
VID_MMMMPID_1234
HWIDs VID_MMMMPID_1234
VID_MMMMPID_1234
VID_MMMMPID_1234
VID_MMMMPID_1234
VID_MMMMPID_1234
VID_MMMMPID_1234
VID_MMMMPID_1234
VID_MMMMPID_1234
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Getting The Right Content To The Right Systems

• When content is provided to the wrong systems,
  end users
• Lose functionality
• Blue screen
• The best way for vendors to ensure accurate
  distribution of content is to
• Use and populate sub-vendor fields whenever
  possible
• Use and revise product fields whenever possible
• When this is not possible, use DDC Targeting

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Targeting Distribution Scenario 1

• WU uses vendor specified Targeting to only
  distribute content to particular systems

End User 1
OEM A Desktop VID_MMMMPID_1234
End User 2
OEM A Laptop VID_MMMMPID_1234
Microsoft
Targeting Logic Only install on OEM A
systems HWIDs VID_MMMMPID_1234
Targeting Logic Only install on OEM A
systems HWIDs VID_MMMMPID_1234
HWIDS VID_MMMMPID_1234
WHQL
DDC
End User 3
Targeting Logic Only install on OEM A
systems HWIDs VID_MMMMPID_1234
Targeting Logic Only install on OEM A
systems HWIDs VID_MMMMPID_1234
WU
OEM B Desktop VID_MMMMPID_1234
End User 4
ODM R white-box VID_MMMMPID_1234
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Targeting Distribution Scenario 2

• WU uses vendor specified Targeting to never
  distribute content to particular systems

End User 1
System Manufacturer OEM A Desktop HWID
Match VID_MMMMPID_1234
End User 2
System Manufacturer OEM A Laptop HWID
Match VID_MMMMPID_1234
Microsoft
Targeting Logic Never install on OEM A
systems Distributed HWIDs VID_MMMMPID_1234
WHQL
DDC
End User 3
WU
System Manufacturer ODM B Desktop HWID
Match VID_MMMMPID_1234
End User 4
System Manufacturer ODM R white-box HWID
Match VID_MMMMPID_1234
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Targeting And WMI

• Targeting evaluates Windows Management
  Instrumentation (WMI) system BIOS queries
• WMI queries are similar to Structured Query
  Language (SQL) queries
• Available fields
• Win32_ComputerSystem.Manufacturer
• Win32_ComputerSystem.Model
• Win32_BIOS.SMBIOSBIOSVersion
• Win32_BIOS.Name
• Available operators
• ltgt or !
• LIKE
• Acceptable query values
• Vendor provided text strings

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Draft DDC 2.0 Targeting XML Scheme

• lttargetinggt
• lttarget id"GUID" name"str"
  manufactureDetectionId"GUID"
• manufacturerSubDetectionId"GUID"gt
• ltwmiQuery field"str" operator"str"
  expression"str" /gt
• lt/targetgt
• ltexclude id"GUID" name"str"
  manufactureDetectionId"GUID"
• manufacturerSubDetectionId"GUID"gt
• ltwmiQuery field"str" operator"str"
  expression"str" /gt
• lt/excludegt
• lt/targetinggt

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User Roles

• Content based roles
• WHQL Submitters
• Set / Modify all distribution settings
• Set / Modify targeting of HWIDs
• Receive notification when any setting is changed
• HWID Owners
• Set / Modify distribution of 'owned' Hardware IDs
  (HWIDs)
• Set / Modify targeting of 'owned' HWIDs
• Receive notification when any setting of 'owned'
  HWID is changed
• Authenticated Winqual.microsoft.com users
• View settings and targeting for HWIDs distributed
  on WU
• Industry based roles
• OEMs / ODMs
• Create / Modify reusable detection logic
• Receive notification when they are set as the
  subject of targeting

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Windows Quality Online Services Future
Directions

• Windows Error Reports Redesigned Site
• Aggregate / filter / analyze and respond to your
  crash data
• Available now!
• Targeting
• Available for critical driver updates XP SP2
  30 days
• Available for all content via DDC Q3 - 2004
• Windows Update - Installation Statistics
• View usage and success of your packages on WU
• Available via DDC Q4 2004
• Feedback?
• Please let us know what additional features /
  services would help your business

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Call To Action

• OEMs / ODMs
• Procure chipsets with HWIDs that reflect your
  org as the sub-vendor
• Properly populate WMI Targeting fields at
  manufacturing
• Consider how you can describe your business with
  WMI Targeting fields
• Content providers
• Consider how your content relates to the reach of
  WU
• Assess a content's need of Targeting

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Resources

• DDC service
• http//winqual.microsoft.com
• E-mail
• Related Developer Sessions
• DW04039 - Windows Error Reporting (5/6, 1600)
• Related Business Sessions
• SW04029 - Windows Quality Online Services (5/6,
  1445)
• SW04028 - Windows Update (5/6, 1600)
• SW04017 - Online Crash Analysis (OCA) (5/6, 1715)

• ddctalk _at_ microsoft.com

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Community Resources

• Community Sites
• http//www.microsoft.com/communities/default.mspx
  
• List of Newsgroups
• http//communities2.microsoft.com/communities/news
  groups/en-us/default.aspx
• Attend a free chat or webcast
• http//www.microsoft.com/communities/chats/default
  .mspx
• http//www.microsoft.com/seminar/events/webcasts/d
  efault.mspx
• Locate a local user group(s)
• http//www.microsoft.com/communities/usergroups/de
  fault.mspx
• Non-Microsoft Community Sites
• http//www.microsoft.com/communities/related/defau
  lt.mspx

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Appendix
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Additional WMI Resources

• WMI Scripting Primers
• http//msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnclinic/h
  tml/scripting06112002.asp
• http//msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnclinic/h
  tml/scripting08132002.asp
• WMI Tools
• WMIChttp//msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wmisd
  k/wmi/wmic.asp
• VBScript http//msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/
  dnanchor/html/anch_wmi.asp

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Draft Targeting XML Schema XML Elements
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Draft Targeting XML Schema XML Element
Attributes