Sample chapters
Implement and manage Windows Server High Availability
- By Orin ThomasDec 17, 2022
In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-801 Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services, you will explore why Windows Server high availability involves knowing the requirements for configuring a failover cluster and how to manage that cluster.
Planning Microsoft Defender for Cloud adoption
- By Yuri Diogenes, Tom JanetscheckDec 17, 2022
In this sample chapter from Microsoft Defender for Cloud, you will learn more about Defender for Cloud architecture, use cases, and key considerations for adoption.
Design and implement core networking infrastructure
- By Charles PlutaNov 5, 2022
In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-700 Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions, you will review the primary components of a network infrastructure in Azure, which starts with virtual networks.
- By Yuri Diogenes, Orin ThomasNov 5, 2022
Azure has native platform security capabilities and services that should be leveraged to provide the necessary level of security for your IaaS and PaaS workloads. In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies, 2nd Edition, you will learn about the skills needed to implement advanced network security.
Manage Windows Servers and workloads in a hybrid environment
- By Orin ThomasNov 5, 2022
In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-800 Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure, you will learn about choosing and configuring administration tools as well as constrained delegation and Just Enough Administration for managing Windows Server instances.
- By Daniil MaslyukNov 5, 2022
In this sample chapter from Exam Ref PL-300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst, you will explore the skills necessary to design, develop, and optimize data models.
- By Charles PetzoldOct 25, 2022
In this sample chapter from Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, 2nd Edition, Charles Petzold explains why the bit, coined to mean binary digit, has come to be regarded in the computer age as the basic building block of information.
Describe Azure architecture and services
- By Jim CheshireOct 25, 2022
In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, 3rd Edition, you will explore key concepts in Azure’s architecture which apply to all Azure services.
Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel
- By Nicholas DiCola, Yuri Diogenes, Tiander TurpijnOct 25, 2022
Microsoft Sentinel delivers intelligent security analytics and threat intelligence across the enterprise, providing a single solution for alert detection, threat visibility, proactive hunting, and threat response. In this sample chapter from Microsoft Sentinel, Second Edition, you will explore the architecture, design considerations, and initial configuration of Microsoft Sentinel.
- By Charles PetzoldOct 25, 2022
For more than 20 years, readers have delighted in Charles Petzold's illuminating story of the secret inner life of computers. In this sample chapter from Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, 2nd Edition, you will explore how algebra and electrical circuitry paved the way for computer design and construction.
Modify the structure and appearance of text
- By Curtis Frye, Joan LambertOct 25, 2022
In this sample chapter from Microsoft Office Step by Step (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365), you will learn how to apply paragraph and character formatting, structure content manually, create and modify lists, apply styles to text, and change a document’s theme.
- By Paul McFedriesOct 25, 2022
In this sample chapter from Microsoft Teams Step by Step, you will learn how to create a team from scratch, from one of your organization’s predefined team templates, or from an existing team or Microsoft 365 group.
- By Avinash ValiramaniSep 24, 2022
Azure App Service is a compute service within Azure that enables you to host web applications, mobile application back ends, and REST APIs. In this sample chapter from Microsoft Azure Compute: The Definitive Guide, you will explore the key features of Azure App Service.
- By Avinash ValiramaniSep 24, 2022
Azure Application Gateway is an ideal load balancer for web servers and applications that require HTTP/HTTPS traffic load-balancing and routing. In this sample chapter from Microsoft Azure Networking: The Definitive Guide, you will review the main features of the Azure Application Gateway. and how this service can be a key component of any web application design.
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