April, 2009

This is one very eagerly awaited Microsoft Press Training Kit. I know. I’ve been getting email and calls for the past few months asking when it would be available. So it is with great pleasure (and relief) that we’re announcing publication of MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-562): Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.5—ASP.NET Application Development (ISBN: 9780735625624). Mike Snell is the lead author of the Training Kit. As a foundation for his work, he used the very popular MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-528): Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 Web-Based Client Development authored by Glenn Johnson and Tony Northrup. Mike gave us permission to reprint a post on the new book from his blog , along with a picture of the author (and a very frightening looking fish). From Mike’s blog: I hope [the...

"Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2," by Rui Maximo, Kurt De Ding, Vishwa Ranjan, Chris Mayo, Oscar Newkerk, and the Microsoft Office Communications Server team, shipped to the printer today! ...

"Windows Internals" delivers in-depth, kernel-level insights into the Windows OS, and you might also find it helpful when preparing for Exam 70-660. Toward that end, we’ve created a short document mapping the exam’s objectives/skills to the book’s topics/coverage....

Microsoft Press offers tools to help you succeed at work and at home. This free offer will deliver some of the best tips and tricks for Office and Windows directly to your inbox....

Windows Internals 5E offers much more content than Windows Internals 4E....

We offer five free chapters (from three upcoming books) covering Windows 7....

Carruth on recording technology and chainsaws....

FrontPage MVP (and author of "Microsoft Expression Web Step by Step" and, most recently, "Microsoft Expression Web 2 Step by Step") Chris Leeds maintains an active blog to help former FrontPage users find their way through Expression Web and, for some uses, Office Live.

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Itzik Ben-Gan says a few words about the differences between his new book, "Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008: T-SQL Querying," and his previous SQL Server 2005 edition....

If you’re studying for Microsoft exam 70-561 or just looking for a self-paced guide to ADO.NET, it’s worth checking out the new 70-561 Training Kit....

"Remember this one, 'The microprocessor changes everything!' No, it didn't. Yes, it had a big impact, but people still fretted about the same problems and tried to accomplish the same things. They just created problems and accomplished things more efficiently."...

Cliff Atkinson, author of the Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire, is holding a series of weekly e-lessons to help you polish up your presentation skills. ...

Michael Sampson, author of "Seamless Teamwork: Using Microsoft SharePoint Technologies to Collaborate, Innovate, and Drive Business in New Ways," is holding a 13-week online study group....

If you’re an advanced user of Office 2007, or maybe you want to test your Office 2007 skills, don’t forget about the upcoming contest starting April 20....

"MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-433): Microsoft SQL Server 2008—Database Development," by Tobias Thernström, Ann Weber, Mike Hotek, and GrandMasters, has shipped to the printer!...

Last time we noted that Mark Russinovich, David Solomon, and Alex Ionescu, the authors of "Windows Internals, Fifth Edition" (Microsoft Press, 2009), were still working on one more chapter. I’m happy to report that the revised chapter has been delivered to Microsoft Press. ...

To celebrate our 25th year, we’ve been offering free e-books to our readers, and I’m happy to announce that April’s e-books are now available....