August, 2009

Our newest Microsoft Press Training Kit—MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-653): Configuring Windows Small Business Server 2008 (ISBN: 9780735626782)—is now available at fine bookstores everywhere....

"I finished writing my Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices book for Microsoft Press. I don't have all of the statistics available (number of words, number of figures, number of scripts and those type of numbers), but one value stands out clearly in my mind: one year."...

Microsoft Press author, and Microsoft Office MVP, Stephanie Krieger, has a series of live webcasts–the first started this week. The training is free and self-paced, offered by Microsoft Office Online. ...

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008: T-SQL Programming, by Itzik Ben-Gan, Dejan Sarka, Roger Wolter, Greg Low, Ed Katibah, & Isaac Kunen (Kalen Delaney, Series Editor; Solid Quality Mentors) shipped to the printer today!...

Windows 7 Administrator's Pocket Consultant, by William Stanek, series editor of our Administrator’s Pocket Consultant series, is available. The book provides 704 pages of easily accessible details related to the daily administration of Windows 7....

We’re pleased to announce that Windows 7 Inside Out, by Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, and Craig Stinson, shipped to the printer today (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735626652; 1056 pages)!...

There’s a great interview with CodePlex's Sara Ford over at CodeCast, the late night show for .NET developers....

"It's summertime. Time to sit out in the sun and daydream, perhaps on a vacation or a weekend afternoon. When your mind is relaxed at times like these, you often think of beautiful new ideas."...

"As we have been busy at the TechNet Script Center with our migration to a blog, and bringing the TechNet Script Center Gallery on line, I have been giving a lot of thought to organizing the keywords/tags that are used to provide quick links to groups of topics."...

Visit any Barnes & Noble Booksellers store from August 6 through October 7, 2009, to save 20 percent on selected Microsoft Press guides for Microsoft Office....

We’re pleased to announce that Windows 7 Step by Step, by Joan Preppernau, Joyce Cox, and Online Training Solutions, Inc., shipped to the printer today (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735626676; 544 pages)!...

We’re pleased to announce that Windows 7 Plain & Simple, by Jerry Joyce and Marianne Moon, shipped to the printer today (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735626669; 400 pages)!...

Ed Wilson says, "At long last we have a real code gallery for the Script Center. This was a project that was in the planning stages for nearly a year. The great thing about the new code gallery is the way it fosters community involvement."...

Microsoft Press welcomes proposals for innovative, instructional books about Microsoft products and related technologies. If you have an idea for an original book or would like to contribute to one of our established series, we want to hear from you....

Chapter 5, “Processes, Threads, and Jobs,” from Windows Internals, Fifth Edition (Microsoft Press, 2009), by Mark Russinovich and David Solomon with Alex Ionescu, is available, all 116 gloriously detailed pages of it!...

We want your feedback via our refreshed survey: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/booksurvey. Your participation will help Microsoft Press create books that better meet your needs and your standards. ...

We've talking a lot about careers and job skills around here lately. The other day I came upon a freelance work site that advertises for specific jobs by skills. The number of jobs posted according to technology skills was interesting, and I thought I'd share it with all of you....