Application Power Management Best Practices for Windows Vista

This paper details the power management best practices for Windows Vista applications, including correctly handling sleep and resume transitions, responding to common system power events and designing for entertainment and media PC scenarios.

This information applies for the following operating systems:
o Windows Server® 2008
o Windows Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/PM_apps.mspx

Processor Power Management in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2008 include updated support for ACPI processor power management (PPM) features, including support for processor performance states and processor idle sleep states on multiprocessor systems. This paper provides details of the support in Windows Vista, describes how PPM works with Windows Vista power policy, provides guidelines for firmware developers and system designers, and includes details on how Windows Vista may be tuned to optimize the balance between performance and power savings.

The information in this white paper applies to the following operating systems:
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/ProcPowerMgmt.mspx

Power Policy Configuration and Deployment in Windows

Windows Vista® and later versions of Windows® feature a redesigned power policy store that enables third-party extensibility and configuration by using Windows Group Policy. This paper describes the Windows power policy store, demonstrates common power policy configuration tasks, and provides reference information about native power settings in Windows.

This information applies for the following operating systems:
Windows 7
Windows Server® 2008
Windows Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=61D493FD-855D-4719-

Windows Server 2008 Power Savings

In Windows Server® 2008, Microsoft is introducing new features and technologies, some of which were not available in Windows Server® 2003, that will help to reduce the power consumption of server and client operating systems, minimize environmentalbyproducts, and increase server efficiency. This document describes some of these features and technologies.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=61D493FD-855D-4719-8662-3A40BA3A0A5C&displaylang=en#filelist

Power In, Dollars Out: How to Stem the Flow in the Data Center

Server Power Considerations for IT Administrators

This document provides a comprehensive analysis of the server power landscape for information technology (IT) administrators. It explains the effect of server power usage on total cost of ownership (TCO) for IT organizations, shows the intricacies of the power-versus-performance tradeoff in the server realm, and describes in detail how the many Windows Server® system configuration parameters that IT administrators choose can affect power efficiency.

This information applies for the Windows Server 2008 operating system.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/Svr_Pwr_ITAdmin.mspx

Recommendations for Power Budgeting with Windows Server

Inefficient allocation of power and cooling resources in data centers can result in unused power capacity. This increases costs and artificially limits the number of servers that can be deployed. To address the overallocation of power budgets, many server vendors have introduced power management solutions that try to enable the capping of power consumption on a per-machine basis to reduce the unused capacity. However, some of these solutions can have negative or unintended consequences when they overlap, conflict, or otherwise interfere with the power management capabilities that are supported in Windows Server operating systems.

This paper summarizes common approaches to power budgeting in the server marketplace and recommends best practices to ensure that these solutions work as intended and interoperate with Windows Server power management capabilities. The information in this paper is intended for product planners, developers, and system designers.

This information applies for the following operating systems:
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/Svr_PowerBudget.mspx