The new book “Windows Home Server Unleashed (2nd Edition)” by author Paul McFedries is in stores now. This is the third book I’ve worked on for SAMS Publishing, this time as a Technical Editor instead of a co-author.  The “Unleashed” series of books strives to provide unparalleled technical depth and accuracy, and this book is [...]

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Title: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Author: Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner Publisher: Microsoft Press Date Published: © 2010 Microsoft Corporation Pages: 236 File size: PDF 7.7 MB Price: FREE Download URL: Click here to download PDF Description: The purpose in Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is to point out both the new [...]

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I have a lot of reading to do and I need to plow through an average of 40-80 pages from books on a daily basis. (That excludes 180-220 emails per day, blogs and websites). I don’t know if that number is high or low by your standards, but I find that each year the amount [...]

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Title: First Look: Microsoft Office 2010  Author: Katherine Murray Publisher: Microsoft Press Date Published: © 2010 Microsoft Corporation Pages: 202 File size: PDF 10.5 MB Price: FREE Download URL: Click here to download PDF Description: For a limited time, Microsoft is offering a free download of the eBook “First Look: Microsoft Office 2010” which provides [...]

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Title: Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 Authors: Charlie Russel, Craig Zacker with the Windows Server Team at Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Press Date Published: © 2010 Microsoft Corporation Pages: 200 File size: PDF 11 MB / XPS 28 MB Price: FREE Download URL: Click here for PDF / Click here for XPS Description: Charlie has done [...]

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NOTE: This is a limited time offer, so grab it while you can! Title: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit Authors: Rui Maximo, Rick Kingslan, Rajesh Ramanathan, Nirav Kamdar Publisher: Microsoft Press Published: February 4, 2009 ISBN: 0735626359 Pages: 879 Hard copy available: $37.79 at Amazon.com Register for FREE download: Click here (29.4 [...]

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NOTE: This is a limited time offer, so grab it while you can! Title: Windows Small Business Server 2008 Administrator’s Companion Authors: Charlie Russel & Sharon Crawford Publisher: Microsoft Press Publishes: January 07, 2009 ISBN: 9780735620704 Pages: 719 Hard copy available: $37.79 at Amazon.com Register for FREE download: Click here (24.2 MB) Description: Your comprehensive, [...]

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Microsoft Press is celebrating their 25th anniversary with “Free E-Book of the Month” offers. The current offer is: Title: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Author: Mitch Tulloch with the MS Virtualization Team ISBN: 9780735693371 File size: 14.4 MB Pages: 452 Download URL: Click here Description: This guide will teach you about the benefits of the latest [...]

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Hot off the presses, just got a case of the “Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed” books in.   The circle is complete! On to the next project. Rating 3.00 out of 5

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Back in 2005 I was privileged to be one of the co-authors of “Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Unleashed”. As I’m sure most authors can attest, working on a book is a very unique and eye-opening experience.  It takes a lot of time, work, testing, research and commitment to crank out a book, but in [...]

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