Sample chapters

Using Windows PowerShell Remoting

• Jul 15, 2013
• With Windows PowerShell 3.0 running a command on a remote computer is as easy as running the command on your local computer; in some cases, it is even easier.

Analyzing Data with Tables and Charts in Microsoft Excel 2013

• Jun 15, 2013
• In this chapter from Microsoft Office Inside Out: 2013 Edition, learn the many options you have for entering, storing, sorting, filtering, cross-tabulating, and summarizing data.

Creating Enterprise Forms in Microsoft SharePoint 2013

• Jun 15, 2013
• Every business and government entity needs forms that enable its users to input and share information. SharePoint 2013 presents a platform that allows for these forms to be hosted and integrated with many other useful technologies, such as workflows and search. Learn how to create forms using InfoPath, Access, and custom solutions in SharePoint 2013.

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#.

JavaScript Is More Than You Might Think

• Jun 15, 2013
• Where did JavaScript come from? Understanding the rich and storied history of JavaScript is important to understanding how the language is implemented in various environments today.

Planning SharePoint Solution Delivery

• Jun 15, 2013
• This chapter from Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Planning for Adoption and Governance covers the basics of planning solution delivery through plan formation, managing outputs, and engaging sponsors and stakeholders.

Windows Phone 8 Development Internals: Phone and Media Services

• Jun 15, 2013
• In this chapter from Windows Phone 8 Development Internals, learn the various levels of app support and your choices for integrating with, and extending, standard system features, including built-in phone apps, audio and video services, and search.

Working with Variables and Data Types in JavaScript

• Jun 15, 2013
• Steve Suehring discusses the six data types in JavaScript: numbers, strings, booleans, null, undefined, and objects.

Adding Structure to Your Diagrams in Microsoft Visio 2013

• May 15, 2013
• In this chapter from Microsoft Visio 2013 Step By Step, you will experiment with and learn the value of containers, lists, and callouts in Visio diagrams.

Assigning and Managing Resources in Microsoft® Project 2013

• May 15, 2013
• Ben Howard, author of Microsoft® Project 2013 Plain & Simple, explains how to assign and manage resources in Microsoft Project 2013.

Making Sense of HTML5

• May 15, 2013
• This chapter from Start Here! Build Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript covers the basics of the HTML5 markup elements, including input forms and multimedia.

Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013 Developer Reference: Data Provisioning

• May 15, 2013
• This chapter from Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013 Developer Reference explores the rules for custom lists and the tools that SharePoint 2013 provides to create them. To learn how these tools behave in a real-world scenario, you will investigate how to define a custom list of contacts that can use custom forms and can be browsed through specific list views. The list in this case study will be based on two content types: Customer and Supplier.

Monitoring and Auditing Windows Server 2012

• May 15, 2013
• In this chapter from Administering Windows Server 2012 Training Guide: MCSA 70-411, you will learn how to monitor and configure auditing for computers running the Windows Server 2012 operating system.

Security within SharePoint 2013

• May 15, 2013
• This chapter from Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Plain & Simple discusses the SharePoint 2013 security model. The authors show you how you can apply access privileges at an overall level such as the site collection, down to an individual level like a single document—not to mention all the levels in between.

Understanding Access 2013 Databases

• May 15, 2013
• Learn how to work with Microsoft Access 2013 in this chapter from Microsoft Office Professional 2013 Step by Step, including creating a desktop database, importing and exporting data, navigating the user interface, working with data in a datasheet, configuring Access options, linking Access to external data, and compacting, repairing, and encrypting a database.

Using Lync as Your Phone

• May 15, 2013
• Learn how to set up the basic environment for your Lync phone, including adding or editing additional telephone numbers, setting your primary audio device, setting a secondary ringer, checking primary audio device call quality, and setting ringtones and sounds.

Using PowerPivot for SharePoint 2013

• May 15, 2013
• PowerPivot for SharePoint 2013 is the integration of the Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2012 SP1 engine with SharePoint 2013. Learn how PowerPivot for SharePoint can help you securely share, manage, and refresh the workbooks, and IT can securely manage and learn about the workbook’s usage.

Working with Notebooks, Sections, and Pages in Microsoft OneNote Home and Student 2013

• May 15, 2013
• In this chapter from Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 Step by Step, learn how to work with notebooks, sections, and pages in Microsoft OneNote Home and Student 2013.

Application Life-cycle Management in Windows 8

• Apr 15, 2013
• This chapter introduces the complete application life cycle in Microsoft Windows 8, from deployment, to launch, to uninstallation.

Collaborating and Finishing Your Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2013

• Apr 15, 2013
• Katherine Murray discusses the collaboration tools and Presenter View available in Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 in this chapter from Microsoft Office Professional 2013 for Touch Devices Plain & Simple.