September, 2009

We’re happy to announce that Windows 7 Resource Kit (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735627000; 1,760 pages), by Mitch Tulloch, Tony Northup, and Jerry Honeycutt, shipped to the printer today!...

We’re pleased to announce that Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008: T-SQL Programming, by Itzik Ben-Gan, Dejan Sarka, Roger Wolter, Greg Low, Ed Katibah, and Isaac Kunen, is now available!...

We’re pleased to announce that Windows 7 Inside Out, by Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, and Craig Stinson, is now available for purchase in bookstores (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735626652; 1056 pages)!...

We’re pleased to announce that Windows 7 Step by Step, by Joan Preppernau, Joyce Cox, and Online Training Solutions, Inc., is now available for purchase in bookstores (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735626676; 544 pages)!...

We’re pleased to announce that Windows 7 Plain & Simple, by Jerry Joyce and Marianne Moon, is now available in bookstores (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735626669; 400 pages)!...

"Unlike Group Policy settings, which you set to an Enabled, Disabled, or Not Configured state, you configure most preferences by using one of four actions."...

Microsoft Press's books keep popping up on The Big Bang Theory....

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-680): Configuring Microsoft Windows 7 (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735627086; 912 pages), by Ian McLean and Orin Thomas, is at the printer. Congrats, Ian and Orin!...

In case you haven’t seen the news, Microsoft Press and O’Reilly Media, Inc., will be partners starting November 30. Some details here....

Today Andrew shares some advice on Exam 70-291 and Exam 70-293 and a technique for how to do subnetting during an exam....

"One of the things that I often discuss with people who write VBScript code is the process of translating VBScript code to Windows PowerShell code. In fact, several years ago, I was approached about writing a utility that would automate the process. I thought about it long and hard, and in the end decided to forgo developing such a tool."...

Part 1 of an multipart review, by MVP David Morton, of the new edition of Windows Internals, Fifth Edition, by Mark Russinovich and David Solomon, with Alex Ionescu....

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Mark Russinovich will be presenting at a free-for-everyone Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp at PDC09. Sign up now!...

Juliana, Sandra, Ben, Melissa, Denise, Valerie, Laura, Devon, and everybody else at Microsoft Press wish Ed Bott a happy happy birthday today! Ed, it’s been a repeated pleasure to work with you book by book over all these years....

Mark Russinovich, Chris Jackson, Jeremy Chapman, and others will discuss “how virtualization tools can help you with application compatibility concerns whether you're migrating from Windows Vista or Windows XP” in a Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable on Sept 24. You can submit questions in advance to vrtable@microsoft.com. ...

After saying hooroo to Australia, author Orin Thomas moved on to TechEd New Zealand. Here's his report....