July, 2009

Today we’re happy to offer a guest post by Ross Smith, Director of Test, Windows Security, at Microsoft, and one of the authors of "The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention" (Microsoft Press, 2007). ...

We’re pleased to say that William Stanek has finished "Windows 7 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant" (Microsoft Press, 2009; ISBN: 9780735626997; 704 pages) and that the book shipped to the printer today! ...

Windows Live Calendar can be a great place to start organizing your home life. If you haven’t checked out the Windows Live Calendar, it's worth taking a closer look....

Author Ian McLean recounts his visit to Buckingham Palace....

What happens when you bring 5000 nerds from around the world and place them in a single building? Well if they are Microsoft employees, they begin to talk about computers....

Steve McConnell, author of "Code Complete" and "Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art," would like your input regarding software practices....

Long-time Microsoft Press author Ed Bott, who is currently working on "Windows 7 Inside Out" (shipping in September), just published a helpful guide to upgrading to Windows 7....

You can follow us at http://twitter.com/MicrosoftPress. We hope that you will; Twitter is a great way to stay in touch with our customers, authors, reviewers, and peers. ...

Microsoft Press shipped "MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-653): Configuring Windows Small Business Server 2008" (ISBN: 9780735626782) to the printer today!...

"It's annual review time at Microsoft. We differentiate pay between high, average, and low performers in the same roles. Thus, it's time to calibrate those who've made the most of their opportunities in the past year with those in the mainstream of solid engineers and those who haven't quite kept pace with peers."...

An excellent interview with William Bartholomew is offered by Radio TFS. William and Sayed Hashimi are the much-praised authors of Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build (Microsoft Press, 2009). ...

Laurence Moroney’s Microsoft Silverlight book is now available: Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 3 (Microsoft Press, 2009; ISBN: 9780735625730; 384 pages). ...

Microsoft Press publishes a monthly newsletter that might interest you. Each month we feature various short articles, editors’ picks, and, often, special offers....

Serious savings on the Microsoft Press E-Reference Libraries: a premium online collection of Microsoft Press books, along with a powerful search tool to quickly find the answer, code snippet, or troubleshooting tip that you need. ...

Many people find themselves having to present data – whether via presentation or a report, visually. Reinhold Scheck’s book, "Create Dynamic Charts in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Beyond," focuses specifically on working with data and charts in Microsoft Office Excel 2007. ...

If you’ve read "Windows Internals" in the past and you’re wondering whether the new edition is new enough, coauthor Alex Ionescu's post should help you decide....

Many of you wrote to us about the stock status of "Windows Internals" and we thank you! We immediately ordered a reprint and we're happy to announce that Amazon.com (the biggest distributor of this title) has it back in stock....