FREE EBOOK - Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2016 
by Stacia Varga, Denny Cherry, Joseph D'Antoni
Build your database management knowledge with the technical open book, Introducing SQL Server 2016. Get an overview of the SQL Server 2016 features - from in-memory performance and enhanced security to end-to-end mobile business intelligence and advanced analytics.Learn about faster queries, improved security, higher availability, and state-of-the-art database engines; Broaden your data access, get deeper i...
Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2016
FREE EBOOK - Planning and Preparing for Microsoft SharePoint Hybrid
by Jeremy Taylor
Microsoft SharePoint hybrid deployments are rapidly becoming popular with Microsoft's investments on increased SharePoint productivity, not only in your own environment (on-premises) but also collaborating in new ways through the largest and most advanced cloud service platform in the world - Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Azure. SharePoint hybrid is about connecting SharePoint on-premises to Offic...
Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2016
Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, 3rd Edition
by Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks
Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, 3rd Edition is an innovative tutorial designed for busy IT professionals. This updated edition covers PowerShell features that run on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and later, PowerShell v3 and later, and includes v5 features like PowerShellGet.PowerShell is both a scripting language and an administrative shell that lets you control and automate nearly ever...
Price: $32.49 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2016
Exam Ref 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
by Michael Washam, Rick Rainey
Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-533 - and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Microsoft Azure infrastructure solution implementation. Designed for experienced IT pros ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Specialist level.Exam 70-533 focuses on the skills and knowledge needed to implement web- sites, virt...
Price: $42.30 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2015
by Michael McKeown
The second ebook in the series, Microsoft Azure Essentials: Azure Automation, introduces a fairly new feature of Microsoft Azure called Azure Automation. Using a highly scalable workflow execution environment, Azure Automation allows you to orchestrate frequent deployment and life cycle management tasks using runbooks based on Windows PowerShell Workflow functionality. These runbooks are stored in and backe...
Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2015
FREE EBOOK - Azure Machine Learning
by Jeff Barnes
This third ebook in the series introduces Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, a service that a developer can use to build predictive analytics models (using training datasets from a variety of data sources) and then easily deploy those models for consumption as cloud web services. The ebook presents an overview of modern data science theory and principles, the associated workflow, and then covers some of the ...
Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2015
FREE EBOOK - Azure Web Apps for Developers
by Rick Rainey
Azure Web Apps is a fully managed platform that you can use to build mission-critical web applications that are highly available, secure, and scalable to global proportions. Combined with first-class tooling from Visual Studio and the Microsoft Azure Tools, the Azure Web Apps service is the fastest way to get your web application to production. Azure Web Apps is part of the Azure App Service that is designe...
Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2015
Microsoft Azure IaaS Essentials
by Gethyn Ellis
With the increasing interest in cloud computing and the growth in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Microsoft Azure is the leading player in cloud-based solutions.You will learn how to create both a Windows and Linux virtual machine, and how to go about connecting and working with these machines in the cloud. You will understand the requirements that allow you to expand your on-premises network to the clo...
Price: $24.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Building Web Services with Microsoft Azure
by Alex Belotserkovskiy, Stephen Kaufman, Nikhil Sachdeva
There's a plethora of development tools and frameworks available today. But Microsoft Azure provides a scalable and manageable platform for customers to easily deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot their cloud-based applications. Its seamless integration and inherent support for open source software make it an obvious choice for building cloud-based applications and services.This book will take you through...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Automating Microsoft Azure with PowerShell
by John Chapman, Aman Dhally
This book is a one-stop guide on managing Microsoft Azure services using PowerShell. Administrators and developers will learn how to use PowerShell to create and manage Azure websites, virtual machines, SQL databases, and so on.Starting with an introduction to Windows PowerShell, this book will assist you in connecting to Microsoft Azure with PowerShell. Next, the book covers how to create and manage Azure ...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015