New Ebook Initiatives Launched
You can now purchase Microsoft Press books from oreilly.com. Select from over 600 print titles, and 200 DRM-free ebooks. All ebooks are provided in four convenient formats: ePub, PDF, MOBI, and Android. And there's more to come. We plan to work our way through the Microsoft Press backlist and digitize titles through the year. So check back often.Windows 7 Books
Windows 7 is Here
Windows 7: Up and Running will get you going in no time. And for further exploration and understanding, you'll want Windows 7: The Definitive Guide. In November you'll also be able to read David Pogue's tips and tricks in Windows 7: The Missing Manual.Bestselling
Windows® 7 Plain & Simple
by Jerry Joyce, Marianne Moon
Print: $21.99
Ebook: $19.99
Bundle: $24.19
Windows 7: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $31.99
Bundle: $43.99
Windows® 7 Step by Step
by Joan Lambert, Joyce Cox
Print: $24.99
Ebook: $19.99
Bundle: $27.49
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition
by David Pogue
Print: $29.99
Ebook: $23.99
Bundle: $32.99
MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-680): Configuring Windows® 7
by Ian McLean, Orin Thomas
Print: $69.99
Ebook: $55.99
Bundle: $76.99
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Programming Windows® Identity Foundation
by Vittorio Bertocci
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99
Bundle: $38.49
Moving Applications to the Cloud on the Microsoft Azure™ Platform
by Dominic Betts, Scott Densmore, Ryan Dunn, Masashi Narumoto, Eugenio Pace, Matias Woloski
Print: $29.99
Ebook: $23.99
Bundle: $32.99
Windows Server® 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services Resource Kit: Rough Cuts Version
by Christa Anderson, Kristin L. Griffin
Online:
Print : $49.99
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Programming WCF Services
by Juval Löwy
Third Edition
Print: $54.99
Ebook: $43.99
Bundle: $60.49
Windows PowerShell Cookbook
by Lee Holmes
Second Edition
Print: $54.99
Ebook: $43.99
Bundle: $60.49
Upcoming
MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-686): Windows® 7 Desktop Administrator
by Orin Thomas, Craig Zacker
Print: $69.99
Programming Windows® Phone 7
by Charles Petzold
Print: $34.99
Windows Experts
Joan Lambert
has worked in the training and certification industry for 13 years. As president of Online Training Solutions, Inc. (OTSI), Joan is responsible for guiding the translation of technical information and requirements into useful, relevant, and measurable training, learning, and certification deliverables.
Mike Halsey
has worked for many years in IT support, including Siemens, and been a technical beta-tester for Microsoft. He is the author of Windows 7 Power Users Guide.
Stephen Addison Schneiter
is currently the Certification Specialist with Certification Partners, LLC, and formerly was a tenured faculty member at the Tennessee Technology Center.
Adam Haeder
is the Vice President of Information Technology for the AIM Institute.
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Windows News & Commentary
Fun with Flex Builder 3 on Windows 64 Bit
By Amy BlankenshipJuly 9, 2010
You may have noticed I've been a bit quiet lately. That's because I've started a 6 month contract in Atlanta, GA, and I've been in the throes of relocation. Of course, I wanted to make a terrific first impression on...
Windows 7 Inside Track: 64-bit and Beyond

June 22, 2010
(pdf download) Know the classic rock song that says "I did a bad, bad thing, a real bad thing"? Well, Tunnel Vision is a bad, bad thing, and this article hopefully will help you avoid it when you deploy and...
I'm a BSD

June 11, 2010
This week I am taking FreeBSD 8.0 for a spin. So far, I like it enough that it will probably be my normal desktop environment. It seems to have the right stuff: my PC seems markedly faster. FreeBSD's slogan is...
David Pogue's Windows 7: The Missing Manual Is Here! - Ingenious Tips and Tricks, Disarming Humor
March 25, 2010"Already it's clear that Windows 7 is the best-reviewed, best-loved, and just plain best version of Windows ever," notes David Pogue, bestselling author and personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. "I thought it deserved the full Pogue treatment: ingenious tips and tricks, disarming humor, 500 illustrations, outstanding index, spectacular clarity of writing, and, of course, complete modesty." Learn all about Pogue's Windows 7: The Missing Manual here.
How to get started with Windows Phone Programming
March 16, 2010The all new Windows Phone 7 Series holds a promise to be an amazing personal mobile phone with new innovative user interface and functionality, as well as a great development platform on which you can quickly and easily build games and applications. I hope you are ready to start coding your first Windows Phone (WP) application and get hands-on experience with the platform. Learn more about Windows Phone programming now.