Sample chapters

Designing and Using Custom Forms in Microsoft Outlook 2013

• Jul 15, 2013
• This chapter from Microsoft Outlook 2013 shows how you can extend the functionality of Outlook 2013 through custom design and programming.

Designing Help Documentation for Windows PowerShell Scripts

• Dec 16, 2009
• In this chapter from Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices, you will look at proven methods for providing custom help in Windows PowerShell scripts.

Designing High Availability with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

• Jul 15, 2010
• This chapter from Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Best Practices details the steps to achieving high availability for your Exchange Servers, including availability planning, planning failovers, and risk mitigation.

Designing Policy Based Management in Microsoft SQL Server 2008

• Feb 18, 2009
• In this chapter from MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-432): Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance, learn about the new Policy Based Management framework that allows you to check and enforce policy compliance across your entire SQL Server infrastructure.

Designing Remote Desktop Services and Application Deployment

• Jun 15, 2011
• In this chapter from MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-647): Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator, 2nd Edition, you learn how to plan the distribution of applications to the workers in your environment by using several tools, each of which is appropriate for a certain set of circumstances.

Designing Windows Store Apps for Performance

• May 5, 2014
• By keeping performance in mind for the key usage scenarios of your app, you will reduce the risk of making the wrong architectural decisions that would be expensive to change later in the game. This chapter from High-Performance Windows Store Apps covers designing your app with performance in mind.

Designing Windows Store Apps with HTML and JavaScript: An Overview

• Jul 18, 2014
• This chapter from Exam Ref 70-481: Essentials of Developing Windows Store Apps Using HTML5 and JavaScript helps you design your app, from initial idea, to coding, and then planning for deployment. This chapter covers the first objective in the Exam 70-481 objective domain (and this major topic area makes up about 20 percent of the exam’s material).

Develop Azure Infrastructure as a Service Compute Solution

• By Santiago Fernández MuñozNov 12, 2019

• In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-203 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure, author Santiago Fernández Muñoz reviews how to work with the options that Azure makes available to you for developing your solutions based on the Infrastructure as a Service model.

Develop for Azure storage

• By Santiago Fernández MuñozMar 6, 2021

• Microsoft Azure offers different storage solutions in the cloud to satisfy your application storage requirements. Azure offers solutions for making your storage cost-effective and minimizing latency. In this sample chapter from Exam Ref AZ-204 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure, learn how to develop solutions using Cosmos DB and Blob storage.

Developing a Web Project with Microsoft Visual C# 2010

• Oct 15, 2011
• This chapter from Start Here! Learn Microsoft Visual C# 2010 begins by exploring the tool you use to create web applications of various types: Visual Web Developer 2010 Express. Then you'll begin working with some actual applications, creating a simple project, and using it to define a simple web application.

Developing Cloud Applications with Windows Azure Storage: Blobs

• Mar 15, 2013
• Paul Mehner offers a thorough understanding of how to securely perform data operations against the blob storage service.

Developing Drivers with the Windows Driver Foundation: WDF Fundamentals

• Apr 25, 2007
• This chapter from Developing Drivers with the Windows Driver Foundation introduces fundamental concepts for the design and implementation of WDF for UMDF and KMDF drivers.

Developing Mobile Apps for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3

• Aug 11, 2014
• This chapter from Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 begins by providing an overview of the current mobile app landscape and how it relates to AX 2012. It then describes the AX 2012 mobile architecture and the technical and user interface considerations for developing mobile apps. For more detailed instructions about developing mobile apps for AX 2012, see the sources listed in the “Resources” section at the end of the chapter.

Developing Requirements for Enhancement and Replacement Projects

• Aug 15, 2013
• This chapter from Software Requirements, 3rd Edition provides specific suggestions as to which practices are most relevant for enhancement and replacement projects and how to use them.

Directory synchronization basics

• Feb 21, 2018

• In this sample chapter from Microsoft Office 365 Administration Inside Out, 2nd Edition, explore the basics of directory synchronization—starting with structure and data uniqueness.

Discovering the Domain Architecture

• Sep 10, 2014
• In this chapter from Microsoft .NET - Architecting Applications for the Enterprise, 2nd Edition, the authors explain that understanding the domain leads to discovering an appropriate architecture. However, it doesn’t have to be a single, top-level architecture for the entire application. As you recognize subdomains, you can model each to subapplications, each coded with the most effective architecture.

DML and DDL Triggers in in Microsoft SQL Server 2008

• Nov 12, 2008
• Learn how to create DML triggers that execute when you add, modify, or remove rows in a table, in this lesson from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Step by Step. You will also learn how to create DDL triggers that execute when DDL commands are executed or users log in to an instance.

Dynamic Chart Presentation Solutions That Pack a Punch in Microsoft Office Excel 2007

• Dec 10, 2008
• This chapter from Create Dynamic Charts in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Beyond shows you how to create solutions in Microsoft Excel 2007 that have a powerful effect.

Enabling a Mobile Workforce: Managing BYOD and Company-Owned Devices

• Mar 31, 2015
• This chapter from Enterprise Mobility Suite Managing BYOD and Company-Owned Devices explains why it is important for companies to develop an effective strategy for embracing a mobile workforce and also explains how the paradigm shift caused by the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend impacts the overall strategy to securely adopt a mobile workforce.

Enhance Message Content in Microsoft Outlook 2010

• Jun 29, 2010
• This chapter from Microsoft Outlook 2010 Step by Step reviews formatting techniques and shows how to set default fonts for new messages and message responses, and create an e-mail signature that’s automatically included in all new messages. It then describes how to insert and modify pictures, Clip Art, and shapes, and use the new Screenshot and Screen Clipping tools to capture images of content displayed on your screen.