Microsoft Press blog

New book: Microsoft Excel 2010 Inside Out

Greetings. Mark Dodge and Craig Stinson’s Microsoft Excel 2010 Inside Out (Microsoft Press,...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 09/28/2010

Hundreds of Microsoft Press ebooks now available in the Kindle Store

More good news about our epublishing efforts: many of the 370ish ebooks available via our own retail...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 09/23/2010

RTM’d today: Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel 2010: Give Your Data Meaning

We are pleased to announce the release of Microsoft® PowerPivot for Excel® 2010: Give Your...

Author: Rosemary Caperton Date: 09/16/2010

RTM’d today: MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-686): Windows 7 Desktop Administrator

We are pleased to announce the release of MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-686): Windows®...

Author: Rosemary Caperton Date: 09/15/2010

Internet Explorer 9 Beta released today

Just a very quick post to say that you can watch the live webcast of the launch event to get news...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 09/15/2010

Free ebook: Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Developers, we’re pleased to announce another free offering: Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 09/13/2010

Create a Better Presentation

When the Beyond Bullet Points book was first published by Microsoft Press in 2005, it pioneered a...

Author: KimSpilker Date: 09/13/2010

MSL news: Microsoft Certification Packs with free Second Shots

Ian Manasco, of Microsoft Learning, here. Take your IT career to its next destination with Microsoft...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 09/10/2010

Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services Resource Kit: Safari Rough Cuts now available!

Check out Safari Rough Cuts for the first installment (the first four chapters!) of Windows Server...

Author: Valerie Woolley Date: 09/09/2010

Author news: Training by David Solomon coming up

David Solomon, coauthor of Windows Internals, Fifth Edition, has a couple of training opportunities...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 09/08/2010

Author news: Charles Petzold presenting on Windows Phone 7

Greetings. Charles Petzold, whose upcoming Programming Windows Phone 7 will be available as a free...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 09/08/2010

Author news: Mike Snyder on integration between Microsoft Word and Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Mike here. We recently released a very cool two-way integration between Microsoft Word and Microsoft...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 09/06/2010

New book: Microsoft Access 2010 Inside Out

Hello. This is Kenyon again. We’re excited to announce that Jeff Conrad and John...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 09/03/2010

Author news: Vittorio Bertocci on MSDN Channel 9

Check out MSDN Channel 9 for a 40-minute video of Programming Windows Identity Foundation author...

Author: Rosemary Caperton Date: 09/02/2010

370ish DRM-free Microsoft Press ebooks now available

In February it was 200ish, in April it was 325ish, and now it’s around 370 Microsoft Press...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 09/02/2010

New book: Microsoft Word 2010 Plain & Simple

Kenyon here again. We’re excited to announce that Katherine Murray’s Microsoft Word 2010...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 09/01/2010

RTM’d today: Microsoft Office 2010 Inside Out

We’re pleased to announce the release of Microsoft Office 2010 Inside Out to the printer. This...

Author: Valerie Woolley Date: 08/31/2010

New book: Microsoft Outlook 2010 Inside Out

Kenyon Brown here. We’re excited to announce that Jim Boyce’s Microsoft Outlook 2010...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 08/30/2010

Hope Springs Eternal

Kimberly here. In July, one reader included the following comment in a book survey: “I'm not...

Author: kkim1 Date: 08/27/2010

Software Requirements, by Karl Wiegers, sells over 100K copies!

Microsoft Press would like to congratulate our good friend Karl Wiegers for reaching a wonderful...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 08/26/2010

Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel 2010: Second installment of Safari Rough Cuts now available!

Check out Safari Rough Cuts for the second installment ( chapters 5-8) of Microsoft PowerPivot for...

Author: Rosemary Caperton Date: 08/19/2010

Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel 2010: Safari Rough Cuts now available!

Check out Safari Rough Cuts for the first installment ( the first four chapters!) of Microsoft...

Author: Rosemary Caperton Date: 08/18/2010

Updated summary of our recent ebook giveaways

Here’s an updated list of some of our recent giveaways: Free ebook: Moving to Microsoft Visual...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 08/18/2010

Author news: Vittorio Bertocci talks about Identity and how it relates to Windows Azure and AppFabric ACS

Check out MSDN Channel 9 for a 40-minute video of Programming Windows Identity Foundation author...

Author: Rosemary Caperton Date: 08/17/2010

RTM’d today: Programming Windows Identity Foundation

We are pleased to announce that Programming Windows Identity Foundation has shipped to the printer!...

Author: Rosemary Caperton Date: 08/16/2010

Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple: Two free chapters on Office.com

   Check out The Microsoft Office Blog for a link to two free chapters on Office.com from...

Author: Rosemary Caperton Date: 08/13/2010

RTM’d today: Microsoft Access 2010 Inside Out

Kenyon here. We’re very pleased to announce that Jeff Conrad and John Viescas’s latest book,...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 08/12/2010

RTM’d today: Microsoft Excel 2010 Inside Out

We’re pleased to announce the release of Microsoft Excel 2010 Inside Out to the printer. This...

Author: Valerie Woolley Date: 08/10/2010

RTM’d today: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrator’s Companion

We’re happy to announce that Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrator’s Companion has...

Author: carolvu Date: 08/09/2010

RTM’d today: Microsoft Office Professional 2010 Step by Step

We’re pleased to announce that Microsoft Office Professional 2010 Step by Step has shipped to...

Author: Valerie Woolley Date: 08/05/2010

New book: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Step by Step

Russell Jones, editor of this title, here. Laurence Moroney’s Microsoft Silverlight 4 Step by...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 08/04/2010

The Bookshelf: Exchange Server

Hi, my name is Andrew Richards. I’m an Exchange Escalation Engineer in Microsoft Support. In...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 08/03/2010

A great week in Amazon book reviews

As part of our overall program for improving our customers’ satisfaction with our titles, the...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 08/02/2010

Free ebook: Petzold’s Programming Windows Phone 7 (Special Excerpt 2)

Just in time for VSLive in Redmond, here’s a second draft preview ebook of Charles Petzold’s...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 08/02/2010

RTM’d today: Microsoft Outlook 2010 Inside Out

Kenyon Brown here, editor of this title. We’re very pleased to announce that Jim Boyce’s latest...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 07/30/2010

Author news: New C# Yellow Book, by Rob Miles, now available

Rob Miles, who a couple of weeks ago presented in the Windows Phone 7 Jump Start sessions and who is...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 07/29/2010

Author news: Charles Petzold on his new book (Programming Windows Phone 7)

This has been posted for a while, but you might have missed it. It’s a great interview Scott...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 07/28/2010

Carl Chatfield: Carl's favorite 2010 features: Improved paste into Word and Excel

Carl Chatfield here. In previous posts (including here and here) I've explored some of my favorite...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 07/27/2010

Author news: Jeff Conrad demos an Access Services web application

Good morning. This video has been on Channel 9 for a couple of months, but users of Access might...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 07/26/2010

If you missed the Windows Phone 7 Jump Start sessions

The 12 hours of Windows Phone 7 Jump Start sessions—four virtual sessions to provide...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 07/23/2010

International Awards for Microsoft Press

The Society for Technical Communications (STC) is a professional association dedicated to advancing...

Author: kkim1 Date: 07/22/2010

More Windows Phone 7 Jump Start sessions, plus forum

As you might know, Rob Miles and Andy Wigley have been talking Windows Phone 7 development in Live...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 07/21/2010

New book: Microsoft Access 2010 Step by Step

We have been busy at Microsoft Press! We’re pleased to announce that another Office 2010 book...

Author: Valerie Woolley Date: 07/21/2010

A free tool from Microsoft Learning: LCDS v2.5

Download LCDS v2.5 now! The Microsoft Learning Content Development System (LCDS) is a free tool that...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 07/19/2010

New book: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 Step by Step

We’re eager to announce that Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 Step by Step (ISBN...

Author: Valerie Woolley Date: 07/19/2010

Rob and Andy talk Windows Phone 7

Rob Miles here. Next week Andy Wigley and I will be talking Windows Phone 7 development. For six...

Author: Devon Musgrave Date: 07/16/2010

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