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Office
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Deployment guide for Office 2013 Office and SharePoint content publishing team Guide
Learn how to install and configure the new Office in your organization. Topics include volume activation, Group Policy, and customization. Applies to: Office 2013 (with Office 365) Source: TechNet library E-book publication date: October 2013 281 EPUB |
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First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 Katherine Murray Overview Welcome to Office 2010. Whether you work primarily in the office or on the go, you’ll find smart tools in this release that enable you to get your work done easier, faster, and more professionally than ever. All the freedom to multitask built into Office 2010 has an upside you might not expect: being able to work anywhere, anytime means more flexibility, which translates to higher efficiency and effectiveness. And when your work is done quickly and well, you have more time left over for the people, places, and possibilities that intrigue you. Applies to: Office 2010 Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: January 2010 202 pages XPS |
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Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime Katherine Murray Step-by-Step This book shows you how you can use cloud computing—and specifically, Office 365—to get more done, collaborate more easily, and work more flexibly than you ever have before. Applies to: Office 365 Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: August 2011 337 pages EPUB |
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Microsoft Office 365 for professionals and small businesses: Help and How To Office 365 User Assistance Team Step-by-Step
Your organization uses Microsoft Office 365 for professionals and small businesses to communicate and collaborate. Office 365 includes email, document sharing, Microsoft Office Web Apps and more. There are important tasks that you need to do to use all of the features of Office 365. This guide leads you through those steps. Applies to: Office 365 for professionals and small businesses Source: Microsoft Online Help E-book publication date: June 2012 197 pages EPUB |
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Security and Privacy for Microsoft Office 2010 Users Mitch Tulloch Guide Take control—and put the built-in security and privacy features in Microsoft Office to work! Whether downloading documents, publishing a presentation, or collaborating online—this guide offers concise, how-to guidance and best practices to help protect your documents and your ideas. Applies to: Office 2010 Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: February 2012 98 pages EPUB |
SharePoint
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Explore SharePoint 2013 Office and SharePoint content publishing team Guide
Learns what's new in SharePoint Server 2013 and SharePoint Foundation 2013 Applies to: SharePoint 2013 Source: TechNet library E-book publication date: October 2012 100 EPUB |
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Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013 Office and SharePoint content publishing team Guide
Get a head start on installing and configuring SharePoint Server 2013 or SharePoint Foundation 2013 with this deployment guide. Applies to: SharePoint 2013 Source: TechNet library E-book publication date: October 2012 1031 EPUB |
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Create a Balanced Scorecard SharePoint Business Intelligence Content Team Quick Step-by-Step
Learn how to create scorecards and strategy maps across various measurements and display them in one dashboard by using PerformancePoint Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 Source: TechNet Library E-book publication date: June 2012 32 pages EPUB |
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Configure Kerberos Authentication for SharePoint 2010 Products Tom Wisnowski Guide
This document covers the concepts of identity in SharePoint 2010 products, how Kerberos authentication plays a critical role in authentication and delegation in business intelligence scenarios, and the situations where Kerberos authentication should be leveraged or may be required in solution designs. It also covers how to configure Kerberos authentication end-to-end within your environment, including scenarios which use various service applications in SharePoint Server. Additional tools and resources are described to help you test and validate Kerberos configuration. Applies to: SharePoint 2010 Source: White paper E-book publication date: May 2012 220 pages EPUB |
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SharePoint Server for Business Intelligence SharePoint Business Intelligence Content Team Step-by-Step
Step-by-step, learn how to install and configure SharePoint Server 2010 and SQL Server 2008 to create a robust infrastructure to support business intelligence. Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2 Source: TechNet Library E-book publication date: June 2012 117 pages EPUB |
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Business continuity management for SharePoint Server 2010 Office and SharePoint content publishing team Guide
Provides information about the business decisions, processes, and tools you put in place in advance to handle crises, such as backing up and restoring data. Information includes features of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 that are likely to be part of your business continuity management strategy. Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 Source: TechNet library E-book publication date: October 2011 942 EPUB |
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Deployment guide for SharePoint Server 2010 Office and SharePoint content publishing team Guide
This book includes information deployment scenarios, step-by-step installation instructions, and post-installation configuration steps for deploying Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 Source: TechNet library E-book publication date: October 2011 936 EPUB |
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Get started with SharePoint Server 2010 Office and SharePoint content publishing team Guide
This book provides basic information about the capabilities of and requirements for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. The audiences for this book include application specialists, line-of-business application specialists, information architects, IT generalists, program managers, and infrastructure specialists who are just starting to learn about SharePoint Server 2010 and want a quick introduction plus installation steps. Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 Source: TechNet library E-book publication date: October 2011 50 EPUB |
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Governance guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Office and SharePoint content publishing team Guide
This book provides guidance to help you determine the aspects of a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 deployment to govern and the governance techniques to use. Governance is the set of policies, roles, responsibilities, and processes that you establish in your enterprise to guide, direct, and control how it uses technologies to accomplish business goals. To strike the right balance between the needs of the users of your SharePoint Server 2010 deployment and the IT professionals who deploy and operate SharePoint Server 2010, we recommend that you form a governance body that includes representatives of all stakeholders in the SharePoint Server 2010 deployment. This body can then create and enforce rules that govern the use of SharePoint Server 2010. Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 Source: TechNet library E-book publication date: October 2011 128 EPUB |
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Profile synchronization guide for SharePoint Server 2010 Office and SharePoint content publishing team Guide
This book describes how to plan and configure profile synchronization in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. Also included is technical reference information about profile properties, data types, and permissions. Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 Source: TechNet library E-book publication date: October 2011 263 EPUB |
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Remote BLOB storage for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Guide
How to use Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 together with Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express to optimize database storage resources. Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 Source: TechNet library E-book publication date: October 2011 63 EPUB |
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Technical reference for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Office and SharePoint content publishing team Guide
This book includes technical information about the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 provider for Windows PowerShell and other helpful reference information about general settings, security, and tools. Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 Source: TechNet library E-book publication date: October 2011 1557 EPUB |
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Upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010 Office and SharePoint content publishing team Guide
This book is designed to guide administrators and IT professionals through the process of upgrading to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 Source: TechNet library E-book publication date: October 2011 605 EPUB |
SQL Server
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Backup and Restore of SQL Server Databases SQL Server 2012 Books Online Reference
This book describes the benefits of backing up SQL Server databases, basic backup and restore terms, and introduces backup and restore strategies for SQL Server and security considerations for SQL Server backup and restore. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 288 pages EPUB |
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Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) Reference SQL Server 2012 Books Online Reference
The Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) language is a library of functions and operators that can be combined to build formulas and expressions. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 316 pages EPUB |
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Data Mining Extensions (DMX) Reference SQL Server 2012 Books Online Reference
Data Mining Extensions (DMX) is a language that you can use to create and work with data mining models in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services. You can use DMX to create the structure of new data mining models, to train these models, and to browse, manage, and predict against them. DMX is composed of data definition language (DDL) statements, data manipulation language (DML) statements, and functions and operators. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 167 pages EPUB |
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Data Quality Services SQL Server 2012 Books Online Reference
SQL Server Data Quality Services (DQS) is a knowledge-driven data quality product. DQS enables you to build a knowledge base and use it to perform a variety of critical data quality tasks, including correction, enrichment, standardization, and de-duplication of your data. DQS enables you to perform data cleansing by using cloud-based reference data services provided by reference data providers. DQS also provides you with profiling that is integrated into its data-quality tasks, enabling you to analyze the integrity of your data. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 193 pages EPUB |
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High Availability Solutions SQL Server 2012 Books Online Reference
This book introduces two SQL Server high-availability solutions that improve the availability of servers or databases: AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances and AlwaysOn Availability Groups. A high-availability solution masks the effects of a hardware or software failure and maintains the availability of applications so that the perceived downtime for users is minimized. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 468 pages EPUB |
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Master Data Services SQL Server 2012 Books Online Reference
Master Data Services (MDS) is the SQL Server solution for master data management. Master data management (MDM) describes the efforts made by an organization to discover and define non-transactional lists of data, with the goal of compiling maintainable master lists. An MDM project generally includes an evaluation and restructuring of internal business processes along with the implementation of MDM technology. The result of a successful MDM solution is reliable, centralized data that can be analyzed, resulting in better business decisions. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 270 pages EPUB |
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Monitor and Tune for Performance SQL Server 2012 Books Online Quick Reference
The goal of monitoring databases is to assess how a server is performing. Effective monitoring involves taking periodic snapshots of current performance to isolate processes that are causing problems, and gathering data continuously over time to track performance trends. Ongoing evaluation of the database performance helps you minimize response times and maximize throughput, yielding optimal performance. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 30 pages EPUB |
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Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) Reference SQL Server 2012 Books Online Reference
Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) is the query language that you use to work with and retrieve multidimensional data in Microsoft Analysis Services. MDX is based on the XML for Analysis (XMLA) specification, with specific extensions for SQL Server Analysis Services. MDX utilizes expressions composed of identifiers, values, statements, functions, and operators that Analysis Services can evaluate to retrieve an object (for example a set or a member), or a scalar value (for example, a string or a number). Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 361 pages EPUB |
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SQL Server Distributed Replay SQL Server 2012 Books Online Quick Reference
The Microsoft SQL Server Distributed Replay feature helps you assess the impact of future SQL Server upgrades. You can also use it to help assess the impact of hardware and operating system upgrades, and SQL Server tuning. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 42 pages EPUB |
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Transact-SQL Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference SQL Server 2012 Books Online Reference
Data Definition Language (DDL) is a vocabulary used to define data structures in SQL Server 2012. Use these statements to create, alter, or drop data structures in an instance of SQL Server. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 772 pages EPUB |
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Transact-SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) Reference SQL Server 2012 Books Online Reference
Data Manipulation Language (DML) is a vocabulary used to retrieve and work with data in SQL Server 2012. Use these statements to add, modify, query, or remove data from a SQL Server database. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: May 2012 263 pages E |
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XQuery Language Reference SQL Server 2012 Books Online Reference
XQuery is a language that can query structured or semi-structured XML data. With the xml data type support provided in the Database Engine, documents can be stored in a database and then queried by using XQuery. XQuery is based on the existing XPath query language, with support added for better iteration, better sorting results, and the ability to construct the necessary XML. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 234 pages EPUB |
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Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner Overview Our purpose in this book is to point out both the new and the improved in SQL Server 2008 R2. There are a lot of exciting enhancements and new capabilities engineered into SQL Server 2008 R2 that will have a positive impact on your applications, ranging from improvements in operation to those in management. Applies to: SQL Server 2008 R2 Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: April 2010 216 pages XPS |
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Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner Overview Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is Microsoft’s first cloud-ready information platform. It gives organizations effective tools to protect, unlock, and scale the power of their data, and it works across a variety of devices and data sources, from desktops, phones, and tablets, to datacenters and both private and public clouds. Our purpose in this book is to point out both the new and the improved capabilities as they apply to achieving mission-critical confidence, breakthrough insight, and using a cloud on your terms. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: March 2012 288 pages EPUB |
| Master Data Services Capacity Guidelines Yair Helman Quick Guide This document provides capacity planning guidelines for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services (MDS). Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: TechNet Wiki E-book publication date: May 2012 6 pages EPUB |
| Microsoft SQL Server AlwaysOn Solutions Guide for High Availability and Disaster Recovery LeRoy Tuttle, Jr. Quick Guide
This white paper discusses how to reduce planned and unplanned downtime, maximize application availability, and provide data protection using SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn high availability and disaster recovery solutions. A key goal of this paper is to establish a common context for related discussions between business stakeholders, technical decision makers, system architects, infrastructure engineers, and database administrators. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: White paper E-book publication date : May 2012 32 pages EPUB |
| Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional Performance and Operations Guide Thomas Kejser and Denny Lee Guide
Download this book to learn about Analysis Services Multidimensional performance tuning from an operational and development perspective. This book consolidates the previously published SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Operations Guide and SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Performance Guide into a single publication that you can view on portable devices. Applies to: SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012 Source: White paper E-book publication date: May 2012 200 pages EPUB |
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QuickStart: Learn DAX Basics in 30 Minutes Owen Duncan Quick Step-by-Step
This QuickStart is for users new to PowerPivot or tabular model projects authored in SQL Server Data Tools. It is meant to give you a quick and easy introduction on how you can use Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) to solve a number of basic data modeling and analytical problems. Applies to: PowerPivot for Excel (all versions), SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012 Source: TechNet Wiki E-book publication date: May 2012 13 pages EPUB |
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SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services - Data Mining SQL Server 2012 Books Online Step-by-Step Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services makes it easy to create sophisticated data mining solutions. The step-by-step tutorials in the following list will help you learn how to get the most out of Analysis Services, so that you can perform advanced analysis to solve business problems that are beyond the reach of traditional business intelligence methods.
Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 213 pages EPUB |
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SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services - Multidimensional Modeling SQL Server 2012 Books Online Step-by-Step This tutorial describes how to use SQL Server Data Tools to develop and deploy an Analysis Services project, using the fictitious company Adventure Works Cycles for all examples.
Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 168 pages EPUB |
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SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services - Tabular Modeling SQL Server 2012 Books Online Quick Step-by-Step
This tutorial provides lessons on how to create a SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services tabular model running in In-Memory mode by using SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 57 pages EPUB |
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SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Reporting Services SQL Server 2012 Books Online Quick Step-by-Step
This book contains tutorials for SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services: Create a Data-Driven Subscription, Create a Basic Table Report, Create a Sample Report in Power View, and Optimize a Sample PowerPivot Model for Power View Reports. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 61 pages EPUB |
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SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Writing Transact-SQL Statements SQL Server 2012 Books Online Quick Step-by-Step
This tutorial is intended for users who are new to writing SQL statements. It will help new users get started by reviewing some basic statements for creating tables and inserting data. This tutorial uses Transact-SQL, the Microsoft implementation of the SQL standard. This tutorial is intended as a brief introduction to the Transact-SQL language and not as a replacement for a Transact-SQL class. The statements in this tutorial are intentionally simple, and are not meant to represent the complexity found in a typical production database. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: June 2012 21 pages EPUB |
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SQL Server 2012 Upgrade Technical Guide Ron Talmage, Nigel Sammy, Allan Hirt, Herbert Albert, Antonio Soto, Danilo Dominici, Régis Baccaro, Milos Radivojevic, Jesús Gil, Dejan Sarka, Johan Åhlén, Simran Jindal, Paul Turley, Craig Utley, Larry Barnes, Pablo Ahumada Guide
This technical guide takes you through the essentials for upgrading SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008 R2 instances to SQL Server 2012. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: White paper E-book publication date: June 2012 454 pages EPUB |
Visual Studio
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Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Patrice Pelland, Pascal Paré, and Ken Haines Guide This book is for professional developers who are working with previous versions of Visual Studio and are looking to make the move to Visual Studio 2010 Professional. Applies to: Visual Studio 2010 Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: September 2010 36 pages XPS |
Web Development
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Deploying an ASP.NET Web Application to a Hosting Provider using Visual Studio Tom Dykstra Step-by-Step
This series of tutorials shows you how to make an ASP.NET web application available over the internet by deploying it to a third-party hosting provider. The deployment method used is Visual Studio one-click publish. The tutorials illustrate deployment first to IIS on the development computer for testing. They then show you how to deploy to the hosting provider as the production environment. Applies to: ASP.NET 4.0 and earlier, Visual Studio 2010 Source: ASP.NET site E-book publication date: May 2012 162 pages EPUB |
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Developing Modern Mobile Web Apps patterns & practices Guide
This project provides guidance on building mobile web experiences using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Developing web apps for mobile browsers can be less forgiving than developing for desktop browsers. There are issues of screen size, the availability of specific feature support, and other differences between mobile browsers that will impact how you develop your apps. In addition, there are various levels of support for the emerging standards of HTML5 and CSS3, and standards for some features, such as touch, are just beginning to take shape. All of these factors suggest that it is best to keep your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as simple as you can in order to ensure compatibility with as many devices as possible. This project illustrates how to do this, as well as how to add more advanced functionality where supported. Applies to: ASP.NET MVC 4, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript Source: MSDN Library (patterns & practices) E-book publication date: June 2012 111 pages EPUB |
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The Entity Framework 4.0 and ASP.NET Web Forms – Getting Started Tom Dykstra Step-by-Step
In this book, you'll learn the basics of using Entity Framework Database First to display and edit data in an ASP.NET Web Forms application. Applies to: ASP.NET 4.0, ASP.NET Web Forms, Entity Framework 4.0, Visual Studio 2010 Source: ASP.NET site E-book publication date: June 2012 257 pages EPUB |
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Getting Started with ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms (Beta) Erik Reitan Step-by-Step
This series of tutorials guides you through the steps required to create an ASP.NET Web Forms application using Visual Studio 11 Beta and ASP.NET 4.5 Beta. Applies to: ASP.NET 4.5 Beta, Visual Studio 11 Beta, ASP.NET 4.5 RC, Visual Studio 2012 RC Source: ASP.NET site E-book publication date: May 2012 59 pages EPUB |
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Getting Started with the Entity Framework 4.1 using ASP.NET MVC Tom Dykstra Step-by-Step
In this book, you'll learn the basics of using Entity Framework Code First to display and edit data in an ASP.NET MVC application. Applies to: ASP.NET 4.0, MVC 3, Entity Framework 4.1, Visual Studio 2010 Source: ASP.NET site E-book publication date: June 2012 59 pages EPUB |
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Intro to ASP.NET MVC 4 with Visual Studio (Beta) Rick Anderson and Scott Hanselman Step-by-Step
This tutorial will teach you the basics of building an ASP.NET MVC Web application using Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Express Beta for Web, which is a free version of Microsoft Visual Studio. Applies to: ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta, Visual Studio 11 Beta, ASP.NET MVC 4 RC, Visual Studio 2012 RC Source: ASP.NET site E-book publication date: May 2012 115 pages EPUB |
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Introducing ASP.NET Web Pages 2 Mike Pope Step-by-Step
This set of tutorials gives you an overview of ASP.NET Web Pages (version 2) and Razor syntax, a lightweight framework for creating dynamic websites. It also introduces WebMatrix, a tool for creating pages and sites. The tutorials take you from novice programmer through seeing your site live on the Internet. Topics include how to install Microsoft WebMatrix (a set of tools for creating sites); how to work with forms; how to display, add, update, and delete data; how to create a consistent site layout; and how to publish to the Web. Applies to: ASP.NET Web Pages 2 RC, Visual Studio 2012 RC Source: ASP.NET site E-book publication date: June 2012 147 pages EPUB |
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Project Silk: Client-Side Web Development for Modern Browsers patterns & practices Guide
Project Silk provides guidance for building maintainable cross-browser web applications that are characterized by rich graphics, interactivity, and a responsive user interface, resulting in an immersive and engaging user experience. Project Silk also illustrates how you can take advantage of the fast JavaScript engines of the modern, standards-based web browsers to achieve a user experience and execution speeds that rivals desktop applications. Applies to: SQL Server 2012 Source: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Books Online E-book publication date: September 2011 319 pages PDF |
Windows
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Deploying Windows 7: Essential Guidance Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine Guide Looking for guidance specific to Windows 7 deployment? Check out what the industry's leading experts have to say in this free Microsoft Press eBook with selected chapters from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine. Applies to: Windows 7 Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: October 2009 332 pages PDF |
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Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Second Preview) Kraig Brockschmidt Guide This book is about writing Windows 8 apps using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Our primary focus will be on applying these web technologies within the Windows 8 platform, where there are unique considerations, and not on exploring the details of those web technologies themselves. Applies to: Windows 8 Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: August 2012 158 pages PDF |
Windows Azure
| Autoscaling Application Block and Transient Fault Handling Application Block Reference patterns & practices Reference
The Autoscaling Application Block provides a mechanism for adding autoscaling behaviors to Windows Azure applications based on predictive usage patterns or reactive rules. The Transient Fault Handling Application Block provides a set of reusable and testable components for adding retry logic into your Windows Azure applications by using Windows Azure SQL Database, Windows Azure storage, Service Bus and Caching Service. This makes your Windows Azure application more reliable and resilient to transient faults (such as temporary network connectivity issues or temporary service unavailability). This also improves overall application stability. The blocks are part of the Microsoft Enterprise Library Integration Pack for Windows Azure. Applies to: Windows Azure SDK for .NET (includes the Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure), Windows Azure SQL Database, Windows Azure Service Bus, Enterprise Library 5, Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.0, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Source: MSDN Library (patterns & practices) E-book publication date: June 2012 159 pages EPUB |
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Building Elastic and Resilient Cloud Applications - Developer's Guide to the Enterprise Library 5.0 Integration Pack for Windows Azure patterns & practices Guide
The Microsoft Enterprise Library is a set of reusable application blocks that help developers meet common enterprise software development challenges. The Microsoft Enterprise Library Integration Pack for Windows Azure is an extension to the Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 that can be used with Windows Azure. It includes the Autoscaling Application Block, the Transient Fault Handling Application Block, a protected configuration provider and the Blob configuration source. Applies to: Windows Azure Source: MSDN Library (patterns & practices) E-book publication date: June 2012 220 pages EPUB |
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Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud on Windows Azure patterns & practices Guide This guide focuses on the common challenges you will encounter when building applications that run partly in the cloud and partly on-premises, or when you decide to migrate some or all elements of an existing on-premises application to the cloud. It focuses on using Windows Azure as the host environment, and shows how you can take advantage of the many features of this platform, together with Windows Azure SQL Database, to simplify and speed the development of these kinds of applications. Applies to: Windows Azure, Windows Azure SQL Database, SQL Server, Windows Identity Foundation, Windows Azure Service Bus, Enterprise Library, Windows Azure Diagnostics, Windows Azure Management Cmdlets Source: MSDN Library (patterns & practices) E-book publication date: July 2012 405 pages PDF |
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Create Your First Application: Node.js and Windows Azure Windows Azure Developer Center Quick Step-by-Step
Create your first application using Node.js and Windows Azure.
Applies to: Windows Azure, Node.js Source: Windows Azure Developer Center E-book publication date: June 2012 86 pages EPUB |
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Drupal on Windows Azure Rama Ramani, Jason Roth, Brian Swan Quick Guide
This e-book explains the migration, architecture patterns and management of your Drupal based website on Windows Azure. Applies to: Windows Azure Source: MSDN blogs E-book publication date: June 2012 20 pages EPUB |
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Migrating Data-Centric Applications to Windows Azure Kun Cheng, Selcin Turkarslan, Norberto Garcia, Steve Howard, Shaun Tinline-Jones, Sreedhar Pelluru, Silvano Coriani, Jaime Alva Bravo Guide
This guide provides experienced developers and information technology (IT) professionals with detailed guidance on how to migrate their data-centric applications to Windows Azure Cloud Services, while also providing an introduction on how to migrate those same applications to Windows Azure Virtual Machines. By using this guide, you will have the planning process, migration considerations, and prescriptive how to’s needed for a positive migration experience. Capturing the best practices from the real-world engagements of CAT and the technical expertise of the SQL Database Content team, Migrating Data-Centric Applications to Windows Azure can help you simplify the migration process, provide guidance on the most appropriate migration tools, and drive a successful implementation of your migration plan. Applies to: Windows Azure Source: MSDN Library E-book publication date: June 2012 143 pages EPUB |
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Moving Applications to the Cloud, 2nd Edition patterns & practices Guide
This book demonstrates how you can adapt an existing, on-premises ASP.NET application to one that operates in the cloud. The book is intended for any architect, developer, or information technology (IT) professional who designs, builds, or operates applications and services that are appropriate for the cloud. Although applications do not need to be based on the Microsoft Windows operating system to work in Windows Azure, this book is written for people who work with Windows-based systems. You should be familiar with the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual Studio, ASP.NET, and Microsoft Visual C#. Applies to: Windows Azure SDK for .NET (includes the Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure), Windows Azure SQL Database, Microsoft SQL Server or SQL Server Express 2008, Windows Identity Foundation, Enterprise Library 5, WatiN 2.0, Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library V4, Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.0, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Source: MSDN Library (patterns & practices) E-book publication date: June 2012 128 pages EPUB |
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Windows Azure Prescriptive Guidance Larry Franks, Sidney Higa, Suren Machiraju, Christian Martinez, Valery Mizonov, Walter Myers III, Rama Ramani, Jason Roth, Mark Simms, Paolo Salvatori, Adam Skewgar, Ralph Squillace, Patrick Wickline, Trace Young Guide Windows Azure Prescriptive Guidance provides you with some of the best practices and recommendations for working with the Windows Azure platform. Categories cover planning, designing, developing, and managing a variety of different types of Windows Azure applications, including mobile, enterprise, and consumer-based applications. It also provides guidance for developers using non-.NET applications, libraries, and stacks with Windows Azure. Applies to: Windows Azure, Windows Azure SQL Database, Windows Azure Cloud Services, and Enterprise Integration Applications Source: MSDN Library E-book publication date: May 2012 422 pages EPUB |
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Windows Azure Service Bus Reference Seth Manheim and Ralph Squillace Reference
The Windows Azure Service Bus provides a hosted, secure, and widely available infrastructure for widespread communication, large-scale event distribution, naming, and service publishing. The Service Bus provides connectivity options for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and other service endpoints – including REST endpoints -- that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to reach. Endpoints can be located behind network address translation (NAT) boundaries, or bound to frequently-changing, dynamically-assigned IP addresses, or both. Applies to: Windows Azure Service Bus Source: MSDN Library E-book publication date: May 2012 260 pages EPUB |
Windows Phone
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Developing an Advanced Windows Phone 7.5 App that Connects to the Cloud patterns & practices Guide This guide provides an end-to-end walkthrough of how to create an advanced Windows Phone 7.5 app that integrates with remote Windows Azure-based services. The guide can help you understand how to implement individual features for Windows Phone 7.5 and how to use them together to build an app.
After reading this book, you will be familiar with how to design and implement advanced applications for Windows Phone that take advantage of remote services to obtain and up-load data while providing a great user experience on the device. Applies to : Windows Phone 7.5, Windows Azure Source: MSDN Library (patterns & practices) E-book publication date: January 2012 208 pages PDF |
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Programming Windows Phone 7 Charles Petzold Guide Get started building applications for Windows Phone 7—expertly guided by award-winning author Charles Petzold. You’ll focus on the core concepts and techniques for creating apps with Microsoft® XNA and Microsoft Silverlight®, with coverage of Microsoft Visual Studio®, .NET Framework managed code sandbox, the phone emulator, sensors, and location. As always, Charles brings a unique combination of pragmatism and authority to his instruction—along with an eminently readable style and a wealth of hands-on examples. Note: This book is not applicable to Windows Phone 7.5 or Windows Phone 8 development. Applies to : Windows Phone 7 Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: October 2010 960 pages EPUB |
Windows Server
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A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control, Second Edition patterns & practices Guide
Imagine a world where you don't have to worry about authentication. Imagine instead that all requests to your application already include the information you need to make access control decisions and to personalize the application for the user. In this world, your applications can trust another system component to securely provide user information, such as the user's name or email address, a manager's email address, or even a purchasing authorization limit. The user's information always arrives in the same simple format, regardless of the authentication mechanism, whether it's Microsoft® Windows® integrated authentication, forms-based authentication in a web browser, an X.509 client certificate, or something more exotic. Even if someone in charge of your company's security policy changes how users authenticate, you still get the information, and it's always in the same format. This is the utopia of claims-based identity that A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control describes. Applies to: Windows Identity Foundation (WIF), Microsoft Active Directory® Federation Services (ADFS) v2, and Windows Azure Access Control Service (ACS) Source: MSDN Library (patterns & practices) E-book publication date: December 2011 411 pages PDF |
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Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker with the Windows Server Team at Microsoft Overview In this book, we focus on the new features and refinements in Windows Server 2008 R2. This book is targeted primarily at Windows server administrators who are responsible for hands-on deployment and day-to-day management of Windows-based servers for large organizations. Applies to: Windows Server 2008 R2 Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: October 2009 200 pages XPS |
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Introducing Windows Server 2012 Mitch Tulloch with the Windows Server Team Overview This book represents a “first look” based on the RTM release of Windows Server 2012 and is intended to help IT professionals familiarize themselves with the capabilities of the new platform. Applies to: Windows Server 2012 Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: June 2012 256 pages EPUB |
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Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions: From the Desktop to the Datacenter, Second Edition Mitch Tulloch with the Microsoft Virtualization Teams Guide This book is for IT professionals who want to learn more about the latest Microsoft virtualization technologies, including Hyper-V and Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, and Microsoft’s private and public cloud computing platforms including Windows Azure. Applies to: Windows Server 2008 R2, System Center Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: February 2010 466 pages XPS |
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Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft Katherine Murray In this book, students will find a wealth of Microsoft resources they can use to identify the technology skills they need, and gather knowledge and experience to help them take charge of their careers. Here at Microsoft, we care about students’ career success and hope these resources will open doors to learning that will lead them to better opportunities and a deeper understanding of the way technology continues to change and improve the ways people work—both here in the U.S. and around the world. Applies to: Publisher: Microsoft Press E-book publication date: February 2010 126 pages XPS |
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