Expert SQL Server in-Memory OLTP
by Dmitri Korotkevitch
Expert SQL Server In-Memory OLTP is a deep dive into one of the most significant features of SQL Server 2014 - support for In-Memory Online Transaction Processing. The book describes the architecture and internals of the In-Memory OLTP Engine and explains how to develop, deploy, and maintain systems using it. With it you can dramatically increase transactional throughput to handle thousands of transactions ...
Price: $55.40 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2015
Continuous Delivery with Visual Studio ALM 2015 
by Mathias Olausson, Jakob Ehn
This book is the authoritative source on implementing Continuous Delivery practices using Microsoft's Visual Studio and TFS 2015. Microsoft MVP authors Mathias Olausson and Jakob Ehn translate the theory behind this methodology and show step by step how to implement Continuous Delivery in a real world environment.Building good software is challenging. Building high-quality software on a tight schedule ...
Price: $29.82 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2015
by Mike McQuillan
Introducing SQL Server is a fast and easy introduction to SQL Server and the world of relational databases. You'll learn how databases work and how to use the T-SQL language by practicing on one of the most widely-used and powerful database engines in the corporate world: Microsoft SQL Server.Do you quake at the sight of a SELECT statement? Start to shiver when people start talking about tables and row...
Price: $35.58 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2015
by Stephen O'Grady
Software is more important than ever today and yet its commercial value is steadily declining. Microsoft, for instance, has seen its gross margins decrease for a decade, while startups and corporations alike are distributing free software that would have been worth millions a few years ago.Welcome to the software paradox. In this O'Reilly report, RedMonk's Stephen O'Grady explains why the rea...
Price: $12.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
by Jon Kalb, Gasper Azman
Now that software development is shifting primarily toward mobile and cloud computing, the venerable C++ programming language is returning to the dominant position it held during the object-oriented boom of the 1990s. In this O'Reilly report, you'll learn why C++ is once again the preferred choice across several diverse industries, after taking a backseat to Java during the 2000s.C++ is a complica...
Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
Programming WCF Services, 4th Edition 
by Juval Lowy, Michael Montgomery
Programming WCF Services is the authoritative, bestselling guide to Microsoft's unified platform for developing modern, service-oriented applications on Windows. Hailed as the definitive treatment of WCF, this guide provides unique insight, rather than documentation, to help you learn the topics and skills you need for building maintainable, extensible, and reusable WCF-based applications.Authors Juval...
Price: $50.46 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
Code-First Development with Entity Framework
by Sergey Barskiy
Entity Framework Code-First enables developers to read and write data in a relational database system using C# or VB.NET. It is Microsoft's answer to demand for an ORM from .NET developers.This book will help you acquire the necessary skills to program your applications using Entity Framework. You will start with database configuration and learn how to write classes that define the database structure. ...
Price: $24.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
by Alessandro Benoit
Using Node.js, we can create web applications easily. Now, thanks to NW.js, we can also create desktop apps with it using a unique combination of HTML5 and Node. NW.js is a runtime application based on Chromium and Node.js.In this book, you'll discover how to leverage well-known programming languages, such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS in order to create NW.js desktop applications.You will implement you...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 R2 Essentials
by Miguel Oliveira
With the increasing complexity of systems in our infrastructure designs, administrating these systems has become more complex and repetitive. This ultimately translates into an inefficient environment and a loss of time. System Center Orchestrator 2012 R2 is the tool that can help you regain that time again, by simplifying repetitive tasks (or complex ones) into a simple one that will require minimum interv...
Price: $34.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Building Dynamics CRM 2015 Dashboards with Power BI
by Steve Ivie
Dynamics CRM 2015 holds a wealth of information about customers and the sales pipeline, but sometimes leaves users with basic end-user reporting and dashboard options. Power BI is a great new tool for analyzing and presenting data, giving us the ability to dig deeper into the information. With the increased requests for real-time sales analytics, Power BI when connected to Dynamics CRM offers a self-service...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015