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Feb. '13 Issue:

  • Now Accepting PayPal
  • Get the Latest Free Excerpts
  • News & Commentary
  • New Free Samplers
  • Windows Azure Backup

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New Books:

Microsoft Press

Windows Phone 8 Development Internals Windows® Phone 8 Development Internals


Programming Microsoft ADO.NET 4 Programming Microsoft® ADO.NET 4


Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Reporting Services


Windows Server 2012 Inside Out Windows Server® 2012 Inside Out


Programming Windows; Programming Windows®, Sixth Edition


Microsoft SharePoint 2013 App Development Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013 App Development


Microsoft OneNote 2013 Plain & Simple Microsoft® OneNote® 2013 Plain & Simple


Microsoft Word 2013 Plain & Simple Microsoft® Word 2013 Plain & Simple


Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Plain & Simple Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2013 Plain & Simple


Microsoft; Office Professional 2013 Plain & Simple Microsoft® Office Professional 2013 Plain & Simple


Training Guide: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Training Guide: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3


Training Guide: Configuring Windows 8 Training Guide: Configuring Windows® 8


Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Step by Step Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Step by Step


Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step Windows PowerShell™ 3.0 Step by Step


Build Windows 8 Apps with Microsoft� Visual C# and Visual Basic Step by Step Build Windows® 8 Apps with Microsoft® Visual C#® and Visual Basic® Step by Step


Microsoft Word 2013 Step by Step Microsoft® Word 2013 Step by Step


Microsoft PowerPoint� 2013 Step by Step Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2013 Step by Step


Start Here! Learn Microsoft Visual Basic 2012 Start Here! Learn Microsoft Visual Basic® 2012


Exploring Microsoft SharePoint 2013: New Features & Functions Exploring Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013: New Features & Functions

CompTIA A+ Training Kit (Exam 220-801 and Exam 220-802) CompTIA® A+® Training Kit (Exam 220-801 and Exam 220-802)



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Get the Latest Free Book Excerpts

Programming Windows®, 6th Edition Programming Windows, 6th Edition

Get an excerpt from Programming Windows®, 6th Edition by author Charles Petzold.

Excerpt Chapter 1
"Markup and Code"

Excerpt Chapter 6
"XAML Syntax"

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Windows Server 2012 Inside Out Windows Server 2012 Inside Out

Get an excerpt from Windows Server 2012 Inside Out by author William Stanek.

Excerpt Chapter 1
"Introducing Windows Server 2012"

Excerpt Chapter 6
"Configuring roles, role services, and features"

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Training Guide: Configuring Windows 8 Training Guide: Configuring Windows 8

Get an excerpt from Training Guide: Configuring Windows 8 by authors Scott Lowe, Derek Schauland, and Rick W. Vanover.

Excerpt Chapter 1
"Evaluating Windows 8"

Excerpt Chapter 2
"Installing and migrating to Windows 8"

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Microsoft Word 2013 Step by Step Microsoft�� Word 2013 Step by Step

Get an excerpt from Training Guide: Configuring Windows 8 by authors Joan Lambert and Joyce Cox.

Excerpt Chapter 5
"Add simple graphic elements"

Excerpt Chapter 15
"Collaborate on document"

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News & Commentary

Installing Office Web Apps
Feb. 4, 2013. Posted by Alan Richards, a SharePoint Server MVP

Office Apps New for SharePoint 2013 is the introduction of Office Web Apps as a separate server system that can't coexist with a SharePoint 2013 installation. This post isn't going to go into the installation of SharePoint 2013 farm, but, to lay the background, the development farm that all this is based on consists of three SharePoint 2013 servers, one central admin and two web front ends, and then one SQL 2012 server for all the databases. Read More >


Update on sample code for Programming Windows, Sixth Edition
Jan. 18, 2013
Programming Windows, 6th Edition

UPDATE: The sample code is now available via the book's companion content page. The size of the ZIP is 30.7 MB.

ORIGINAL POST: Greetings! We've received the final C# and C++ sample code from Charles Petzold for Programming Windows, Sixth Edition. We're doing some final checks and working on getting it posted to the book's companion content page. Get the sample code >


Charles Petzold begins a new column
Jan. 3, 2013. By Charles Petzold
Charles Petzold

I am thrilled to announce that beginning in the January 2013 issue of MSDN Magazine, I will be writing a new column called DirectX Factor focusing on using DirectX in Windows 8 (and Windows Phone 8) applications. Read more >


Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Added to the MCSD Portfolio
Jan. 29, 2013.

We are delighted to announce the latest offering in our Microsoft Certification Program, the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD): Application Lifecycle Management certification.

Today's software development organizations are looking for a more productive and predictable environment in which to produce tomorrow's apps. Read more >



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Windows Azure Backup

Windows Azure Backup

David Tesar met with Mark Weiner, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Windows Azure Backup / StorSimple, to discuss new storage enhancements, how StorSimple + Windows Azure helps out with your overall storage strategy.

In this interview we cover:

  • Configuring the StorSimple System
  • Connecting up a Windows Server to StorSimple cloud storage
  • Copying data to mounted drive from iSCSI storage
  • Creating a volume group and specifying policy to backup the data in Azure or local via the StorSimple MMC
  • How do you effectively deal with the tax of your bandwidth to back up potentially TBs of data over the internet to the cloud?

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