Sample chapters
Administering Windows Server 2012 R2: Monitoring and Auditing
- By Orin ThomasJun 2, 2014
- In this chapter from Training Guide: Administering Windows Server 2012 R2, you will learn how to monitor and configure auditing for computers running the Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system.
Agile Project Management with Kanban: Adapting from Waterfall
- By Eric BrechnerMar 16, 2015
- This chapter from Agile Project Management with Kanban will help you adapt your variation of traditional Waterfall to Kanban without much fuss or hassle.
An Architectural Perspective of ML.NET
- By Dino Esposito, Francesco EspositoMar 28, 2022
In this sample chapter from Programming ML.NET, you will be introduced to the ML.NET platform, a free cross-platform and open-source .NET framework designed to build and train machine learning models and host them within .NET applications.
Apply transitions and animations
- By Joan LambertJan 9, 2017
In this sample chapter from MOS 2016 Study Guide for Microsoft PowerPoint, author Joan Lambert explains how to configure slide transitions and animate slide content in PowerPoint 2016.
- By Aaron Margosis, Mark RussinovichFeb 17, 2017
In this sample chapter from Troubleshooting with the Windows Sysinternals Tools, 2nd Edition, learn about the fundamentals of Autoruns and how you can manage system permissions.
Azure Active Directory application model
- By Vittorio BertocciJan 22, 2016
- This chapter from Modern Authentication with Azure Active Directory for Web Applications takes a closer look at how Azure AD represents applications and their relationships to other apps, users, and organizations.
- 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.
- By Richard HundhausenFeb 17, 2021
The look and feel of Azure Boards is partially driven by the process that a team selects when they create the project. In this sample chapter from Professional Scrum Development with Azure DevOps, you will explore the various processes that can be selected, focusing on the Scrum process, and learn how to create an inherited process to customize Azure Boards’ behavior.
- By Avinash ValiramaniDec 24, 2023
In this sample chapter from Microsoft Azure Storage: The Definitive Guide, you will learn the key features and benefits of using managed disks in your Azure environment, as well as the components and detailed features of the Azure Managed Disks service.
- By Yuri Diogenes, Debra Shinder, Tom ShinderOct 4, 2016
Azure networking has a lot of moving parts. This chapter from Microsoft Azure Security discusses components from a security perspective, best practices, and some patterns that you might want to adopt for your own deployments.
Azure Sentinel - An Introduction
- By Yuri Diogenes, Nicholas DiCola, Jonathan TrullMar 17, 2020
- In this chapter from Microsoft Azure Sentinel, Yuri Diogenes, Nicholas DiCola, and Jonathan Trull explain the architecture, design considerations, and initial configuration of Azure Sentinel.
- By Avinash ValiramaniJun 26, 2023
In this sample chapter from Microsoft Azure Monitoring & Management: The Definitive Guide discover Azure Site Recovery (ASR), Microsoft's powerful solution for business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR).
Background to T-SQL querying and programming
- By Itzik Ben-GanJul 3, 2023
In this sample chapter from T-SQL Fundamentals, Itzik Ben-Gan provides context and key points about the the T-SQL language that are integral to correctly understanding T-SQL. Theory, SQL Server architecture, tables and data integrity are covered.
Background to T-SQL querying and programming
- By Itzik Ben-GanOct 7, 2016
Learning the theory behind T-SQL querying and programming is an important step in developing code. In this sample chapter from T-SQL Fundamentals, 3rd Edition, Itzik Ben-Gan provides a brief theoretical background about SQL, set theory and predicate logic, the relational model, and types of database systems.
Basic Data Preparation Challenges
- By Gil RavivApr 8, 2019
In this sample chapter from Collect, Combine, and Transform Data Using Power Query in Excel and Power BI, author Gil Raiv introduces a variety of techniques in the Power Query Editor in Excel and Power BI for cleaning badly formatted datasets.
- 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.
- By Dino EspositoJan 2, 2019
In this sample chapter from Programming ASP.NET Core, Dino Esposito explains the preliminary actions required to set up the ASP.NET MVC Core pipeline and pick up the handler responsible for the actual processing of any incoming requests.
Code Complete: Design in Construction
- By Steve McConnellJun 9, 2004
- Small projects benefit from careful design just as larger projects do, and recognizing design as an explicit activity maximizes the benefit you will receive from it.
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