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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:53 PM

New book: Windows 7 Inside Out

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)!
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:12 AM

We want you…

…to help us make books that better meet your standards: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/booksurvey
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:17 AM

William Stanek: Applying Group Policy Preferences with CRUD

"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."
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:23 AM

A very happy birthday to Ed Bott!

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.
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Monday, September 28, 2009 9:21 AM

Andrew Levicki: Subnetting (and certification) tips

Today Andrew shares some advice on Exam 70-291 and Exam 70-293 and a technique for how to do subnetting during an exam.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009 11:03 AM

The Big Bang Theory, Season 3

Microsoft Press's books keep popping up on The Big Bang Theory.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009 7:36 AM

Author news: Kalen Delaney at SQLSaturday #26

A week from today, on Saturday October 3, Kalen Delaney, the main author of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals (Microsoft Press, 2009; ISBN: 9780735626249; 784 pages), will be presenting at SQLSaturday #26 at 11:30 AM in Redmond, WA.
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Friday, September 25, 2009 2:04 PM

PDC09 $300 discount ends October 13

A reminder that the not-quite-so-early-bird $300 discount for PDC09 (November 17-19 in Los Angeles) ends in a couple of weeks. Also, if you’re enrolled in the Metro Early Adoption or BizSpark program, you’re eligible for a $500 discount.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:50 PM

MSL news: Big discounts on cert exams and E-Learning collections

Microsoft Learning is offering up to 25% off select (many) certification exams and E-Learning collections.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:31 AM

Microsoft Press and O’Reilly Media: Beautiful publishing!

In case you haven’t seen the news, Microsoft Press and O’Reilly Media, Inc., will be partners starting November 30. Some details here.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:53 AM

William Stanek: Going past go with Group Policy Preferences

"Last time I talked about what Group Policy Preferences are and aren’t. So now let’s start looking at how you can use them to make your life easier. Unlike GP settings which apply to both local computer policy and Active Directory policy, GP preferences only apply to Active Directory policy."
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:25 PM

New book: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008: T-SQL Programming

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!
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:26 AM

Author news: Russinovich and free Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp at PDC09

Mark Russinovich will be presenting at a free-for-everyone Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp at PDC09. Sign up now!
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:29 AM

William Stanek: Getting the green light on Group Policy Preferences

"When a technology works I’m not afraid to say it (and I’m not afraid to proclaim it from the rooftops either), so here I go with a bold statement: I just don’t understand why Group Policy Preferences (GPP) aren’t being used everywhere."
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Monday, September 21, 2009 12:44 PM

New book: Windows 7 Plain & Simple

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)!
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Monday, September 21, 2009 12:01 PM

New book: Windows 7 Step by Step

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)!
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Monday, September 21, 2009 7:52 AM

Author news: Orin Thomas reporting from TechEd New Zealand

After saying hooroo to Australia, author Orin Thomas moved on to TechEd New Zealand. Here's his report.
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Monday, September 21, 2009 6:17 AM

Ed Wilson: On form and function

"One of the fun things about being the Microsoft Scripting Guy is reading all the e-mail sent to Scripter@Microsoft.Com. Each week, I attempt to answer the several hundred e-mails that I get, at times with varying success."
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Friday, September 18, 2009 12:36 PM

RTM’d today: MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-680): Configuring Windows 7

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!
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:19 AM

William Stanek: So yeah, introductions

Good news! William Stanek, who has written dozens and dozens of wonderful Microsoft Press books for IT professionals, will be writing for our blog regularly. Here he introduces himself.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 5:26 AM

Author news: Mark Russinovich virtual roundtable on September 24

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.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:56 AM

Author news: "SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration: The Business and Human Factors View of SharePoint"

Michael Sampson, author of Microsoft Press's Seamless Teamwork: Using Microsoft SharePoint Technologies to Collaborate, Innovate, and Drive Business in New Ways, has published a new book.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:38 PM

Author news: Sara Ford takes a leap for CodePlex

Sara celebrates her 8-year anniversary at Microsoft her way, by jumping off the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere and screaming "Go, CodePlex!"
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:42 AM

Andrew Levicki: Welcome to the world of…

Good morning, everybody. We’d like to introduce a new author for the Microsoft Press blog, Andrew Levicki , who we’re thrilled has agreed to write for us regularly about his adventures as an IT professional. Andrew sent the following as a type of introduction.
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Monday, September 14, 2009 11:38 AM

Ed Wilson: On translating VBScript to Windows PowerShell

"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."
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Monday, September 14, 2009 10:06 AM

RTM’d today: Windows 7 Resource Kit

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!
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Friday, September 11, 2009 7:37 AM

Author news: Orin Thomas reporting from TechEd Down Under, part 2

"TechEd Australia is hosted in the Gold Coast Convention Center located south of the city of Brisbane on Australia’s pacific coast. The beachside location is popular with international speakers and the September date makes it a nice warm Queensland spring rather than a stiflingly hot Aussie summer. Speakers are often surprised by the large lizards, crocodiles, sharks, and drop bears that can be encountered between the hotel where they are staying and the conference center (two of those hazards are true)."
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:17 AM

PDC09 $500 discount ends September 15

A reminder that the early-bird $500 discount for PDC09 ends soon.
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 8:34 AM

Reader review: Windows Internals, Fifth Edition

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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Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:24 AM

Sneak preview: Windows 7 Inside Out, Foreword by Steven Sinofsky, President Windows Division, Microsoft Corporation

We preview Steven Sinofsky's Foreword for Windows 7 Inside Out, by Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, and Craig Stinson.
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:10 AM

Ed Wilson: Things a book cannot teach

"Yesterday was labor day in the United States, and many people had the day off (including yours truly). I spent the day in my wood working shop practicing making hand-cut dovetails."
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Friday, September 04, 2009 9:44 AM

Author news: Orin Thomas reporting from TechEd Down Under

"Orin here. Hello, all. Over the next week or two I’ll be doing a couple of blog posts from TechED Australia and TechED New Zealand."
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Thursday, September 03, 2009 11:16 AM

I. M. Wright podcast: “Right on schedule”

"My older son can now drive. This adds two new worries to my life—how ancient I feel and thoughts of my son in a ditch somewhere. To mitigate the second worry, my wife and I enforce a curfew and insist my son call if he's running late."
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009 12:46 PM

Author news: Shout-out to Jonathan Morrison!

"The authors of Windows Internals, Fifth Edition (Microsoft Press, 2009)—Mark Russinovich, Alex Ionescu, and I—humbly apologize for leaving out Jonathan Morrison of the Windows Core OS team in the list of acknowledgements."
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009 2:58 PM

Author news: Beth Melton, Microsoft Office MVP, New Microsoft Office Blog

Beth Melton, Microsoft Office MVP and co-author of Microsoft Office Word 2007 Inside Out has just started a new blog focused on Microsoft Office tips and Q&A.
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