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We are happy to announce the availability of Windows Server 2012 Inside Out (ISBN 9780735666313) by William R. Stanek. You can purchase a copy here or here . Treat your self to a free PDF of this book’s sample chapters. They are available to download from the Microsoft Download Center here ...

We are happy to announce the availability of the Training Guide: Configuring Windows 8 (ISBN: 9780735673229) by Scott Lowe, Derek Schauland, and Rick W. Vanover. You can purchase a copy here or here . A free PDF of this book’s sample chapters is available for download from the Microsoft Download...

  Link:  http://msl-events.cloudapp.net/EventRegistration.aspx?eid=dcc17e2d-2b1f-4833-b113-347a3f4938c5 The Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) team is excited to announce a new course in the popular “ Jump Start ” series of live online training events! This one-day event will feature Technical...

We’re very pleased to announce the prePress eBook version of Penelope Coventry’s book, Exploring Microsoft SharePoint 2013: New Features & Functions is available! With Microsoft prePress, you can order this ebook version and receive advance chapters now in just-written, not fully polished form. ...

We’re happy to announce the availability of the Training Kit (Exam 70-463): Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (ISBN 978-0-7356-6609-2). If you are planning to take the 70-463 exam, are an ETL or data warehouse developer who focuses on creating business intelligence (BI) solutions...

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Mitch Tulloch has updated his very popular free ebook on Windows Server 2012 based on the RTM version of the software. A key feature of this book is the inclusion of sidebars written by members of the Windows Server team, Microsoft Support engineers, Microsoft Consulting Services staff, and others...

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Microsoft Learning has started a campaign called Be The Next Microsoft Employee. They’ve narrowed it to four contestants who have to complete challenges to potentially become an employee using their SQL Server skills. I’m not even a programmer and I thought this video was great to watch. I liked hearing...

I’m excited to announce the most recent free ebook offered by Microsoft Press. Introducing Windows Server 2012 , by Mitch Tulloch, is now ready for free download! Please see the links below to download one or all of the available formats. FORMAT LINK PDF Introducing Windows Server 2012 PDF ebook  ...

We’re very pleased to announce that Craig Zacker’s book, CompTIA Network+ Training Kit (Exam N10-005) has shipped to the printer! Ace your preparation for the CompTIA Network+ Exam N10-005 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press. Work at your own pace through a series of concepts...

Here’s the 9th post in our series of guest posts by Microsoft Most Valued Professionals (MVPs). Since the early 1990s, Microsoft has recognized technology champions around the world with the MVP Award . MVPs freely share their deep knowledge, real-world experience, and impartial and objective feedback...

The following interview related to the creation of the recently published Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth Edition , appears in the April-May 2012 newsletter of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) . It is reprinted here with the kind permission of the article’s...

Greetings! Today we’d like to share a sampler from Windows Internals, Sixth Edition, Part 1 , by Mark Russinovich (@markrussinovich), David Solomon, and Alex Ionescu (@aionescu). The 244-page sampler (9.4 MB) contains two complete chapters—Chapter 5, “Processes, Threads, and Jobs,” and Chapter 6, “Security...

Greetings! Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 , which you can get for free in the U.S. Kindle Store (and we’re working on making it free in the Kindle Stores for other countries), looks to be the only full technology-focused ebook in the Top 100 Free list at the moment: If the ebook isn’t free yet...

We’re happy to announce availability of MCTS 70-680 Rapid Review: Configuring Windows 7 (ISBN: 9780735657298; 228 pages) by Orin Thomas! This book is the first entry in the brand new Microsoft Press Rapid Review certification series. The Rapid Review series is designed to help you assess your readiness...

Friends, the final and complete version of Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 , by Ross Mistry ( @RossMistry ) and Stacia Misner ( @StaciaMisner ), is now ready as a free download! You can download the PDF version of this title here (288 pages; 10.8 MB). We will update this post soon with links...

Christophe Nasarre here. I’m the Technical Reviewer of the upcoming sixth edition of Windows Internals , by Mark Russinovich, David Solomon, and Alex Ionescu, which is being released in two parts, the first part this month! My introduction to this series of posts, in which I choose excerpts from the...

On January 31, we released a draft version of the Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 ebook containing the six boldfaced chapters below: PART I DATABASE ADMINISTRATION (by Ross Mistry) 1. Denali Editions and Enhancements 2. High Availability and Disaster Recovery Enhancements 3. Scalability and Performance...

Greetings. On January 31, we released a draft version of the Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 ebook containing the six boldfaced chapters below: PART I DATABASE ADMINISTRATION (by Ross Mistry) 1. Denali Editions and Enhancements 2. High Availability and Disaster Recovery Enhancements 3. Scalability...

Here it is! The Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Pocket Consultant (ISBN 9780735663763; 592 pages) is a concise and easy-to-use reference from William R. Stanek. As so many of you know, William is just the best at delivering what you need to know without all the frills. If you are a SQL Server administrator...

Kimberly Kim here. I am delighted to announce that Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out by Tony Redmond was awarded Best of Show in our local Society for Technical Communications (STC) competition. 2011 Puget Sound STC Competition Award of Distinguished Best of Show: Informational Materials  ...

Hello! Christophe Nasarre here. I’m the Technical Reviewer of the upcoming sixth edition of Windows Internals (which is being released in two parts, the first part in March 2012). I was also the Technical Reviewer of the fifth edition, and I’ve read all previous editions of the book, going back to when...

Greetings. We’d like to make sure you know about some upcoming free training. Here are the details: Course: “Creating and Managing a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Jump Start” Date/Time: February 21-22, 2012 from 9:00am...( read more ) ...read more

In case you missed it, today is a Windows Azure day. Take a look at the five events Channel 9 is streaming live today: http://www.learnwindowsazureevent.com/ “Join us LIVE from the Microsoft Redmond Campus to learn how to get started building...( read more ) ...read more