E-Book Gallery for Microsoft Technologies

You can download existing and new content for ASP.NET, Office, SQL Server, Windows Azure, SharePoint Server and other Microsoft technologies in e-book formats. Reference, guide, and step-by-step information are all available. All the e-books are free

E-Books in English

ASP.NET	Deploying an ASP.NET Web Application to a Hosting Provider using Visual Studio Getting Started with ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms (Beta) Intro to ASP.NET MVC 4 with Visual Studio (Beta)
Office	First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime Security and Privacy for Microsoft Office 2010 Users
SharePoint	Configure Kerberos Authentication for SharePoint 2010 Products Get started with SharePoint Server 2010 Deployment guide for SharePoint Server 2010 Upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010 Profile synchronization guide for SharePoint Server 2010 Remote BLOB storage for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Governance guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Business continuity management for SharePoint Server 2010 Technical reference for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
SQL Server	Books Online: Transact-SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) Reference Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services Capacity Guidelines Microsoft SQL Server AlwaysOn Solutions Guide for High Availability and Disaster Recovery Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional Performance and Operations Guide QuickStart: Learn DAX Basics in 30 Minutes SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services - Data Mining SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services - Multidimensional Modeling SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services - Tabular Modeling
Visual Studio	Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Windows	Deploying Windows 7: Essential Guidance Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (First Preview)
Windows Azure	Windows Azure Prescriptive Guidance Windows Azure Service Bus Reference
Windows Phone	Programming Windows Phone 7
Windows Server	Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 Introducing Windows Server 2012 (Based on Beta) Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions: From the Desktop to the Datacenter, Second Edition
Career	Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft

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Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - August Update

Download WindowsAzurePlatformKitAugust2009.exe

The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, and demos that are designed to help you learn how to use the Windows Azure platform including: Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET Services. The August release includes the following content:

Presentations

• Azure Platform Overview


• What is Windows Azure?


• Windows Azure Storage Overview


• Introduction to Windows Azure


• Building Services using Windows Azure


• Introduction to SQL Azure


• Building Applications using SQL Azure


• Scaling Out with SQL Azure


• Introduction to .NET Services


• Building Applications Using the .NET Service Bus

Demos

• Deploying Windows Azure Services


• Hello Windows Azure


• Windows Azure Guestbook Demo


• Windows Azure Logging and Configuration Demo


• Windows Azure using Blobs Demo


• Windows Azure Worker Role Demo


• Windows Azure Using Queues Demoo


• Windows Azure Using Tables Demo


• Preparing your SQL Azure Account


• Connecting to SQL Azure


• Managing Logins and Security in SQL Azure


• Creating Objects in SQL Azure


• Migrating a Database Schema to SQL Azure


• Moving Data Into and Out Of SQL Azure using SSIS


• Building a Simple SQL Azure App


• Scaling Out SQL Azure with Database Sharding


• .NET Services Service Bus Direct Connection Demo


• .NET Services Service Bus webHttpRelayBinding


• .NET Services Service Bus Publish and Subscribe


• .NET Services Service Registry


• .NET Services Service Bus NetOneWayRelayBinding

Hands On Labs

• Building Windows Azure Services


• Windows Azure Native Code


• Windows Azure and PHP


• Getting Started with Windows Azure Storage


• Using Windows Azure Tables


• Building ASP.NET MVC Applications with Windows Azure


• Building ASP.NET Web Form Applications with Windows Azure


• Migrating Applications to Windows Azure


• Introduction to SQL Azure


• Migrating Databases to SQL Azure


• Building Your First SQL Azure App


• Introduction to the .NET Service Bus


• Building Hybrid Applications

Samples and Tools

• Windows Azure MMC


• PhluffyFotos


• Bid Now


• Contoso Cycles

System Requirements :
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows Vista Service Pack 1, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1,Visual Studio 2008 SP1 ,Windows Powershell

Download WindowsAzurePlatformKitAugust2009.exe

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio July 2009 CTP

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 to enable the creation, building, debugging, running and packaging of scalable web applications and services on Windows Azure.

Please note that this is a CTP release and should not be used on production systems. Please see the EULA for more details.

New for the July 2009 CTP:

• Support for developing and deploying services containing multiple web and worker roles. A service may contain zero or more web roles and zero or more worker roles with a minimum of one role of either type.


• New project creation dialog that supports creating Cloud Services with multiple web and worker roles.


• Ability to associate any ASP.NET Web Application project in a Cloud Service solution as a Web Role


• Support for building Cloud Services from TFS Build


• Enhanced robustness and stability

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio includes:

• C# and VB Project Templates for creating a Cloud Service solution


• Tools to change the Service Role configuration


• Integrated local development via the Development Fabric and Development Storage services


• Debugging Cloud Service Roles running in the Development Fabric


• Building and packaging of Cloud Service Packages


• Browsing to the Azure Services Developer Portal


• SSL Certificate selection

Download VSCloudService.exe