Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Revealed 
by Ravikanth Chaganti
Desired State Configuration (DSC) is a powerful new configuration management platform that makes it easier than ever to perform cross-platform configuration management of your infrastructure, whether on-premise or in the cloud. DSC provides the management platform and Application Programming Interface (API) that can be used with any programming language. Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Reveal...
Price: $57.59 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches
by Jason Helmick
When your website slows to a crawl or Exchange stops sending internet mail, you have to get things working again. Fast. IIS is the communication gateway for most Microsoft servers as well as the primary technology for publishing web sites. Learning to manage it effectively means you can keep your systems running smoothly and go home on time.Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches is an innovative tutorial d...
Price: $32.15 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2014
Learning Windows Azure Mobile Services for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
by Geoff Webber-Cross
Windows Azure is the most opted for cloud technology, and is getting better each day. With the increasing number of users of Windows Phone and Windows 8, the necessity for a good robust cloud service to support the apps is increasing. Windows Azure Mobile Services is a set of Windows Azure hosted services that are designed to quickly build, deploy, and manage a mobile web-connected app.Using this concise an...
Price: $17.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2014
Getting Started with BizTalk Services
by Jon Fancey, Karthik Bharathy
BizTalk Services is a service based on Windows Azure that was introduced by Microsoft in the summer of 2013. It provides integration capabilities in the cloud to connect enterprises together in scalable and flexible ways that go beyond what traditional on-premises integration products (such as BizTalk Server) can manage. BizTalk Services provides the ability to construct integration solutions using familiar...
Price: $3.98 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2014
FREE EBOOK - Building Real-World Cloud Apps with Windows Azure
by Tom Dykstra, Rick Anderson, Mike Wasson
This book walks you through a patterns-based approach to building real-world cloud solutions. The patterns apply to the development process as well as to architecture and coding practices.Developers who are curious about developing for the cloud, considering a move to the cloud, or are new to cloud development will find here a concise overview of the most important concepts and practices they need to know. ...
Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2014
Exam Ref 70-413 Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure, 2nd Edition
by Paul Ferrill, Tim Ferrill
Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-413 - and help demonstrate your real-world mastery designing, and implementing Windows Server infrastructure in an enterprise environment. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSE level.Designed for IT professionals responsible for designing, imple...
Price: $28.63 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2014
Introducing Windows Azure Hdinsight
by Avkash Chauhan, Valentine Fontama, Michele Hart, Wee Hyong Tok, Buck Woody
In Introducing Microsoft Azure HDInsight, we cover what big data really means, how you can use it to your advantage in your company or organization, and one of the services you can use to do that quickly-specifically, Microsoft's HDInsight service. We start with an overview of big data and Hadoop, but we don't emphasize only concepts in this book-we want you to jump in and get your hands dirty wor...
Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2014
Exam Ref 70-696 Managing Enterprise Devices and Apps
by Orin Thomas
Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-696--and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of managing enterprise devices and apps. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSE level.Assumes you have experience with Windows Server, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, Microsoft Intune...
Price: $32.88 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2014
Professional Visual Studio 2013
by Bruce Johnson
This comprehensive guide provides programmers working on projects for the Windows platform a complete overview of Visual Studio 2013, including an in-depth exploration of the new features and changes that have come with the latest iteration. Author and Microsoft MVP Bruce Johnson provides a complete view of the new and updated tools featured in Visual Studio 2013 that make programming easier and more effici...
Price: $10.24 | Publisher: Wrox | Release: 2014
Professional C# 5.0 and .NET 4.5.1
by Christian Nagel, Jay Glynn, Morgan Skinner
Whether you're a C# guru or transitioning from C/C++, staying up to date is critical to your success. Professional C# 5.0 and .NET 4.5.1 is your go-to guide for navigating the programming environment for the Windows platform. After a quick refresher of the C# basics, the team of expert authors dives in to C# 5.0 and updates for NET 4.5.1. Includes:Different behaviors for .NET 4.5.1 and the changes to V...
Price: $5.49 | Publisher: Wrox | Release: 2014