Sample chapters
Enhance Message Content in Microsoft Outlook 2016
- Feb 3, 2016
- This chapter from Microsoft Outlook 2016 Step by Step guides you through procedures related to personalizing default message formatting, applying thematic elements to individual messages, creating and using automatic signatures, incorporating imagery in messages, and changing message settings and delivery options.
Enhancing Usability of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Forms Applications
- Feb 15, 2011
- In this chapter from MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-511): Windows Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4, you'll learn to use the built-in functionality of the Microsoft .NET Framework to enhance the usability of the applications by creating applications that are responsive, global, and interoperational.
Enterprise Content Management with Microsoft SharePoint: Content Control
- Nov 15, 2013
- This chapter from Enterprise Content Management with Microsoft SharePoint is all about consumption and accessing the content you need in an intuitive and structured manner.
Essential JavaScript and jQuery
- Mar 15, 2013
- In this chapter from Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Training Guide: 70-480, you learn how to create objects, which are an important aspect of JavaScript, use objects to create entities, which are passed to and from the server, and to encapsulate functionality that you want to modularize. This chapter also introduces jQuery, the answer to writing browser-compatible code. Although jQuery doesn’t solve all browser-compatibility issues, it does solve most of the day-to-day issues that you encounter among browsers.
Exam MO-400: Manage messages in Outlook 2019
- By Joan LambertJan 12, 2022
In this sample chapter from MOS Study Guide for Microsoft Outlook Exam MO-400, you will explore ways to add content to outgoing messages and how to organize incoming messages in Outlook 2019.
- Feb 10, 2015
- This chapter from Exam Ref 70-342 Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 (MCSE) discusses the features and roles of Exchange Server 2013 that are utilized in a resilient site design so that you can be sure you have a solid understanding of the requirements of the software, and so that your network, servers, and processes will work as required.
- Mar 16, 2015
- This chapter from Exam Ref 70-695 Deploying Windows Devices and Enterprise Apps (MCSE) covers how to install and configure WDS, configure MDT, and create and manage answer files.
Exam Ref 70-696 Managing Enterprise Devices and Apps (MCSE): Plan and Implement Software Updates
- Dec 31, 2014
- In this chapter from Exam Ref 70-696 Managing Enterprise Devices and Apps (MCSE), you learn about deploying third-party updates by using System Center Updates Publisher, deploying updates by using Configuration Manager, and deploying and managing updates by using Microsoft Intune.
Exam Ref 70-697 Configuring Windows Devices: Manage Identity
- Nov 19, 2015
- Identity is an important concept in Windows, and the Manage Identity objective domain will test your understanding of how identities are managed in Windows to provide users with a consistent and secure environment. You’ll also need to know how to support Windows Store and Office 365 apps, install apps into images, and support authentication and permissions mechanisms in Windows.
Exploring Microsoft SharePoint 2013: Social Computing
- Mar 15, 2013
- Social computing is a big investment area in SharePoint Server 2013, which now offers Facebook-like and Twitter-like functionality. This chapter describes the new social functionality; explores the three hubs, Newsfeed, SkyDrive, and Sites; and briefly looks at the integration of Yammer with SharePoint.
Exploring Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007
- Jan 3, 2007
- In this chapter from Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 Step by Step, learn the new features of the PowerPoint working environment, get familiar with how to open and move around in an existing PowerPoint presentation, explore various ways of viewing slides, and learn to save a new blank presentation and then save an existing presentation with a new name.
Extend Microsoft Access Applications to the Cloud: Creating a Blank Web App and Using Templates
- Feb 9, 2015
- In this chapter from Extend Microsoft Access Applications to the Cloud, you'll see how you can create a new blank web app using design tools without needing to import existing data. You’ll also look at basic design activities such as creating lookups and relationships, adding validation rules, indexing, and using calculated fields.
Extend Microsoft Access Applications to the Cloud: Creating Data Sources by Using Queries
- Feb 9, 2015
- In this chapter from Extend Microsoft Access Applications to the Cloud, Andrew Couch provides a detailed explanation of how queries are created and how they can then be used in your application.
Extracting and Loading Data in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
- Jun 20, 2007
- Learn how to set up a new Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) project, add a data flow task to extract data from a source, and load the results into a destination in this chapter from Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services Step by Step.
F# and Design Patterns for C# Developers
- Jun 15, 2013
- In this chapter from F# for C# Developers, Tao Liu uses well-known design patterns to introduce performing system design by using F#.
Fine-Tuning Task Details in Microsoft Office Project 2007
- Feb 7, 2007
- In this chapter from Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step, you examine and use a variety of advanced features in Microsoft Office Project 2007. These features focus on fine-tuning task details prior to saving a baseline as well as commencing work on the project with the goal of developing the most accurate schedule representation of the tasks you anticipate for the plan.
Fine-Tuning Task Details in Microsoft Project 2010
- Jun 2, 2010
- In this chapter from Microsoft Project 2010 Step by Step, you examine and use a variety of advanced features in Microsoft Project 2010. These features focus on fine-tuning task details prior to saving a baseline, as well as commencing work on the project with the goal of developing the most accurate schedule representation of the tasks you anticipate for the plan.
- Jan 18, 2018
In this sample chapter from Programming the Microsoft Bot Framework: A Multiplatform Approach to Building Chatbots, readers take a deep dive into Bot Emulator features and learn how to perform testing from user to chatbot.
Foundations of Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Dec 15, 2012
- Transact-SQL (T-SQL) is the main language used to manage and manipulate data in Microsoft SQL Server. This chapter lays the foundations for querying data by using T-SQL. The chapter describes the roots of this language, terminology, and the mindset you need to adopt when writing T-SQL code. It then moves on to describe one of the most important concepts you need to know about the language—logical query processing.
Fundamentals of Microsoft .NET Programming: Multiprocessing
- Oct 15, 2011
- One particularly promising approach to improving computer performance is multiprocessing. This chapter from Start Here! Fundamentals of Microsoft .NET Programming describes multiprocessing and explains how you can take advantage of it to get the best performance possible.
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