Tuesday 8 January 2013

Free ebooks and guides collection for 2012 & 2013 microsoft products

In last year, Microsoft released some attractive and latest technologies like Windows 8, SQL 2012, Windows 2012 and many more. I'd like to suggest the interesting eBooks & guidelines for these technologies & products. And I hope these books will be helpful for you.

So today I’m going to represent best and useful free EBooks for 2012 & 2013 Microsoft products. With the help of this collection you can make your task easy and creative.

Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals (Final Edition)
Is this book for you?

Get a head start evaluating Window 8 - guided by a Windows expert who’s worked extensively with the software since the preview releases. Based on final, release-to-manufacturing (RTM) software, this book introduces new features and capabilities, with scenario-based insights demonstrating how to plan for, implement, and maintain Windows 8 in an enterprise environment. Get the high-level information you need to begin preparing your deployment now.

Download: http://go.microsoft.com/FWLink/?Linkid=268295





Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Is this book for you?

This book is about writing Windows Store apps using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Our primary focus will be on applying these web technologies within the Windows 8 platform, where there are unique considerations, and not on exploring the details of those web technologies themselves. For the most part, then, I'm assuming that you're already at least somewhat conversant with these standards. We will cover some of the more salient areas like the CSS grid, which is central to app layout, but otherwise I trust that you're capable of finding appropriate references for most everything else.

Download: http://go.microsoft.com/FWLink/?Linkid=270056




Introducing Windows Server 2012 (RTM Edition)

Is this book for you?

A key feature of this book is the inclusion of sidebars written by members of the Windows Server team, Microsoft Support engineers, Microsoft Consulting Services staff, and others who work at Microsoft. These sidebars provide an insider’s perspective that includes both “under-the-hood” information concerning how features work, and strategies, tips, and best practices from experts who have been working with the platform during product development

Download:  http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/F/6/FF62CAE0-CE38-4228-9025-FBF729312698/Microsoft_Press_eBook_Introducing_Microsoft_SQL_Server_2012_PDF.pdf




Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012


Is this book for you?

This book is for anyone who has an interest in SQL Server 2012 and wants to understand its capabilities. In a book of this size, we cannot cover every feature that distinguishes SQL Server from other databases or previous versions, and consequently we assume you have some familiarity with SQL Server already. You might be a database administrator (DBA), an application developer, a business intelligence solution architect, a power user, or a technical decision maker. Regardless of your role, we hope you can use this book to discover the features in SQL Server 2012 that are most beneficial to you.

Download:  http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/F/6/FF62CAE0-CE38-4228-9025-FBF729312698/Microsoft_Press_eBook_Introducing_Microsoft_SQL_Server_2012_PDF.pdf



Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime

Is this book for you?

Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime is  all about cloud solutions for small businesses, focusing on the core software  services (Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Office Web  Apps, and Microsoft Lync), and demonstrating ways you can create, manage,  and lead teams effectively using the communications and collaborative online  tools.

Download:  http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/2/F/12F1FF78-73E1-4714-9A08-6A76FA3DA769/656949ebook.pdf




IT Professional Reviewer's Guide for SharePoint Server 2013


Is this book for you?

Read about how SharePoint Server 2013 builds on the investments of previous SharePoint releases to help you do the following: lower IT costs with a flexible and scalable collaboration platform; better manage risk by safeguarding your business with secure and reliable capabilities; increase productivity through cost-effective and efficient management

Download:  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34023




Explore Microsoft SharePoint 2013


Is this book for you?

This book provides information about what’s new in SharePoint 2013. The audiences for this book include application specialists, line-of-business application specialists, and IT administrators who want to know more about SharePoint 2013


Download:  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35396




 

Deployment guide for Microsoft SharePoint 2013


Is this book for you?

This book provides deployment instructions for SharePoint 2013. The audiences for this book include application specialists, line-of-business application specialists, and IT administrators who are ready to deploy SharePoint 2013.


Download:   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30384




SharePoint 2013 Technical Library in Compiled Help



Is this book for you?

Explore these links to find out more about how to implement SharePoint 2013. This CMH is Applies to SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Server 2013. SharePoint 2013 is a collaboration environment that organizations of all sizes can use to increase the efficiency of business processes. SharePoint 2013 sites provide secure environments that administrators can configure to provide personalized access to documents and other information. Search features enable users to find content efficiently regardless of the physical location of data.

Download:   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30382


Deployment guide for Office 2013


Is this book for you?

This book supports a preliminary release of Microsoft Office 2013 and provides deployment instructions for Office 2013. The audiences for this book include application specialists, line-of-business application specialists, and IT administrators who are ready to deploy Office 2013.


Download:   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30388



 

Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud on Windows Azure



Is this book for you?

This book is the third volume in a series on Windows Azure. Volume 1, Moving Applications to the Cloud on Windows Azure, provides an introduction to Windows Azure, discusses the cost model and application life cycle management for cloud-based applications, and describes how to migrate an existing ASP.NET application to the cloud. Volume 2, Developing Applications for the Cloud on Windows Azure, discusses the design considerations and implementation details of applications that are designed from the beginning to run in the cloud. It also extends many of the areas covered in Volume 1 to provide information about more advanced techniques that you can apply in Windows Azure applications.


Download:   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30325


Microsoft Developing Apps for the Cloud, 2nd Edition


Is this book for you?

This book is the second volume in a series about Windows Azure™ technology platform. Volume 1, Moving Applications to the Cloud on the Windows Azure Platform, provides an introduction to Windows Azure, discusses the cost model and application life cycle manage- ment for cloud-based applications, and describes how to migrate an existing ASP.NET application to the cloud. This book demonstrates how you can create from scratch a multi-tenant, Software as a Service (SaaS) application to run in the cloud by using the latest versions of the Windows Azure tools and the latest features of the Windows Azure platform. The book is intended for any architect, developer, or information technology (IT) professional who designs, builds, or oper- ates applications and services that run on or interact with the cloud. Although applications do not need to be based on the Microsoft® Windows® operating system to work in Windows Azure, this book is written for people who work with Windows-based systems. You should be familiar with the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual Studio® development system, ASP.NET MVC, and Microsoft Visual C#® development tool.


Download:   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29263



Moving Applications to the Cloud, 3rd Edition



Is this book for you?

This guide is the third edition of the first volume in a series about Windows Azure. It demonstrates how you can adapt an existing on-premises ASP.NET application to one that operates in the cloud by introducing a fictitious company named Adatum that modifies its expense tracking and reimbursement system, aExpense, so that it can be deployed to Windows Azure. To illustrate the wide range of options and features in Windows Azure, this guide and the code examples available for it show a step-by-step migration process that includes using Windows Azure Web Sites, Virtual Machines, Cloud Services, and SQL Database. Together with useful information on developing, deploying, managing, and costing cloud-hosted applications, this guide provides you with a comprehensive resource for moving your applications to Window Azure

 
Download:   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29252


Testing for Continuous Delivery with Visual Studio 2012



Is this book for you?

As more software projects adopt a continuous delivery cycle, testing threatens to be the bottleneck in the process. Agile development frequently revisits each part of the source code, but every change requires a re-test of the product. While the skills of the manual tester are vital, purely manual testing can't keep up. Visual Studio 2012 provides many features that remove roadblocks in the testing and debugging process and also help speed up and automate re-testing.


Download:   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff921348.aspx





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