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The Windows 8 Consumer Preview is here!

It’s February 29! The Windows 8 Consumer Preview is here: https://preview.windows.com. We also...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 02/29/2012

Author news: Blast from the past

Michael Howard sent me this photo this morning. He and David LeBlanc wrote two editions of Writing...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 02/28/2012

Author Tony Redmond discusses errata process and upcoming reprint of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out

Microsoft Press author Tony Redmond explains the reprint correction process. If you’ve read...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 02/26/2012

Author news: Karl Wiegers on writing books & getting published

As we’ve mentioned, Karl Wiegers—author of Software Requirements, Second Edition...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 02/24/2012

Quick news: Improvements coming in Visual Studio 11

Just want to quickly point the developers in our readership to the first of two posts on the Visual...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 02/23/2012

RTM’d today: Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Creating and Implementing Real-World Projects

We’re very pleased to announce that Jennifer Mason, Christian Buckley, Brian T. Jackett, and...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 02/23/2012

Quick news: Microsoft MVPs blogging with us

Greetings. We’re very happy to share that beginning soon we’ll be featuring Microsoft Most Valuable...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 02/21/2012

Event: Meet Microsoft Press authors at SPTechCon 2012 in San Francisco Feb 26-29, 2012

Meet your favorite Microsoft Press authors: Brian Alderman Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 02/17/2012

Update on our free Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 ebook

Greetings. On January 31, we released a draft version of the Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 02/16/2012

New book: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Pocket Consultant

Here it is! The Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Pocket Consultant (ISBN 9780735663763; 592 pages) is a...

Author: karsz Date: 02/15/2012

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out wins Best of Show!

Kimberly Kim here. I am delighted to announce that Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out by...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 02/14/2012

Reader review: Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth Edition

Greetings. Over at InfoWorld Neil McAllister has written a review titled “Why Microsoft...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 02/13/2012

Quick news: New coupon for Microsoft Press book at Amazon.com

  Want another $6 off your purchase of Microsoft Excel 2010 Formulas and Functions Inside Out?...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 02/10/2012

Christophe Nasarre: Reviewing Windows Internals 6E and excerpt #1

Hello! Christophe Nasarre here. I’m the Technical Reviewer of the upcoming sixth edition of...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 02/09/2012

Quick news: The Windows 8 Consumer Preview will be available February 29th

‘Nuff said! (OK, there’s a little more to say: watch for much more information about the...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 02/08/2012

Quick news: Private Cloud Jump Start Fully Booked! New April Date Added! Register Now!

Course: “Creating and Managing a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Jump Start” Date/Time: April...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 02/07/2012

New book: MCPD 70-519 Exam Ref: Designing and Developing Web Applications Using Microsoft .NET Framework 4

With all the Microsoft Press books published before the new year, we forgot to post a “New...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 02/05/2012

Quick news: Microsoft Manual of Style ebook bundle on sale today

Greetings! Today only our ebook bundle (EPUB, MOBI, PDF) for Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 02/03/2012

Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (second DRAFT preview)

UPDATE: The final version of this ebook is available here. The version linked to below is out of...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 01/31/2012

Quick news: Free Step by Step videos

We’ve mentioned these in previous blog posts, but thought they deserved a reminder. Microsoft...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 01/30/2012

Quick news: Press release for Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth Edition

For information about the book, where to send press queries, and how to request a review copy, see...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 01/27/2012

Quick news: This week we’re three years old

Hello. We launched the Microsoft Press blog three years ago, so we’re no longer a baby blog....

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 01/25/2012

New book: XAML Developer Reference

We’re pleased to announce that the new Microsoft Press book XAML Developer Reference (ISBN...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 01/24/2012

Release schedule for our free Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 ebook

Everybody interested in learning about what’s new in SQL Server 2012, we hope you saw our...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 01/20/2012

Author news: Russinovich and Margosis signing books at TechReady

For those attending TechReady: Mark Russinovich and Aaron Margosis, authors of Windows Sysinternals...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 01/20/2012

Quick news: A history of threat modeling

Today we’d like to quickly point you to an article written by Dana Epp called “The Evolution of...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 01/19/2012

Jump Start class: Creating and managing a private cloud with System Center 2012

Greetings. We’d like to make sure you know about some upcoming free training. Here are the...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 01/18/2012

Author news: Scott Helmers & others provide free videos on Visio 2010

Post from Kenyon Brown, editor, Microsoft Press Three Microsoft Visio MVPs and authors, including...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 01/13/2012

Microsoft Press and the Trustworthy Computing initiative

Greetings. Perhaps you’ve heard that as of this week Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 01/12/2012

Honors for Microsoft Press

Post from Kimberly Kim, group content publishing manager Six of six titles entered in chapter-level...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 01/11/2012

RTM’d today: Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth Edition

We are very happy to announce that the Microsoft Manual of Style, Fourth Edition (464 pages, ISBN...

Author: Valerie Woolley Date: 01/10/2012

Webcasts: Upcoming sessions in January and February

Jan 12, 2012 Diagnosing and Repairing Difficult Problems in Windows 7 Mike Halsey Cost: Free It can...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 01/09/2012

Reader review: SQL Server 2008 Internals

A really in-depth, interesting reader review came by my desk today. It was such a helpful review,...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 01/05/2012

Quick news: Review of “The future of looking back”

Greetings. This is just a quick post to point you to a new review of Richard Banks’s The...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 01/04/2012

Donald Reifer: “Software Change Management: Doing More With Less”

Donald Reifer here. Many firms are currently searching for ways to save money and cut cycle time in...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 01/03/2012

Dino Esposito: The O/RM and the chicken/egg dilemma

Hi, this is Dino Esposito. It’s been a couple of years since Microsoft Press published...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 12/29/2011

New book: MCITP 70-663 Exam Ref: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

One more new Exam Ref to go before 2011 ends. It’s a joy to announce availability of MCITP...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 12/27/2011

Author news: Upcoming seminars by David Solomon

David Solomon, co-author of the Windows Internals book series, is holding a 2-day webinar January 9...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 12/26/2011

New book: Microsoft Excel 2010 Formulas & Functions Inside Out

We’re excited to announce that Egbert Jeschke, Helmut Reinke, Sara Unverhau, Eckehard Pfeifer,...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 12/23/2011

A great holiday gift: XAML Developer Reference

We’ll be posting our “New book” announcement for this book in early January but...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 12/22/2011

New book: MCPD 70-518 Exam Ref: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Just in time for the holidays, we’re happy to announce MCPD 70-518 Exam Ref: Designing and...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 12/21/2011

Book review: I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code,” Second Edition

You can read a pretty in-depth review of Eric Brechner’s I. M. Wright’s “Hard...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 12/21/2011

New book: Integrating PHP with Windows

We’re pleased to announce that the new Microsoft Press book Integrating PHP with Windows...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 12/16/2011

Labs Online Pilot Signup Closed

Thanks to everyone who responded to the sign up request. I received 80 requests from testers and...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 12/15/2011

Author news: Tony Northrup’s book on digital photography

Greetings. Tony Northrup, who has authored or co-authored at least a dozen Microsoft Press books for...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 12/15/2011

New book: MOS 2010 Study Guide for Microsoft OneNote Exam

We are pleased to announce that the new Microsoft Press book, MOS 2010 Study Guide for Microsoft...

Author: Rosemary Caperton Date: 12/15/2011

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