Windows Performance Toolkit Technical Reference
Included in the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit, the Windows Performance Toolkit consists of performance monitoring tools that produce in-depth performance profiles of Windows operating systems and applications. This documentation discusses both Windows Performance Recorder (WPR) and Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA).
Windows Performance Xperf Command-Line
The Windows Performance Toolkit consists of two independent tools: Windows Performance Recorder (WPR) and Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA). In addition, support is maintained for the previous command-line tool, Xperf. However, Xperfview is no longer supported. All recordings must be opened and analyzed by using WPA.
The following are the system requirements for running Windows Performance Toolkit:
Windows Performance Recorder (WPR): Windows 8 or later.
Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA): Windows 8 or later with the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later.
You can download the Windows Performance Toolkit by visiting the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit site.
Contents
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Gives a general overview of both WPR and WPA. |
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Describes the new features available in this release. |
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Provides complete documentation for WPR. On MSDN, this includes a complete command-line and Extensible Markup Language (XML) reference. |
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Gives complete reference material for Xperf. |
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Covers the Kernel Trace Control API, an extension of the ETA Event Tracing API that is supported for backward compatibility with existing scripts and profiles. |
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Provides complete documentation for WPA to enable you to analyze recordings created with WPR or from the Assessment Platform. |