Sample chapters
PMP Training Kit: Cost Management
- Jul 15, 2013
- Learn how to manage project costs in this chapter from PMP Training Kit, with a focus on the processes of developing a cost management plan, the processes of estimating costs for activities and the overall project, preparing your project budget or cost baseline, recording performance, and influencing and assessing any changes to the project budget.
PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint
- Apr 14, 2011
- This chapter from Business Intelligence in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 briefly introduces you to PowerPivot for Excel and PowerPivot for SharePoint. It provides guidance on creating a PowerPivot workbook, importing data from various data sources, and mashing them up using DAX. This chapter also demonstrates how to publish a PowerPivot workbook to SharePoint and how to schedule data refreshes, and it explains how IT professionals can manage PowerPivot for SharePoint by using the PowerPivot Management Dashboard.
Preparing for Windows Server 2012 R2
- Apr 24, 2014
- This chapter from Training Guide: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 describes common deployment scenarios and outlines the steps involved in a typical server deployment or migration process. The chapter also examines some approaches and tools you can use for assessing the readiness of your environment for migrating to Windows Server 2012 R2.
Preparing your environment for the cloud
- By Aaron Guilmette, Ed Fisher, Darryl KeggJun 26, 2023
In this sample chapter from Microsoft 365 Administration Inside Out, 3rd Edition explore topics such as setting up the subscription, assigning administrators, configuring network settings, cleaning up directories, updating client software, and synchronizing users. The chapter emphasizes the importance of selecting a permanent tenant name, which will be branded across your subscription and visible in various services like Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Microsoft Teams, and Office Online.
Processes, Threads, and Jobs in the Windows Operating System
- Jun 17, 2009
- In this chapter from Windows Internals, 5th Edition, learn the data structures and algorithms that deal with processes, threads, and jobs in the Windows operating system. The first section focuses on the internal structures that make up a process. The second section outlines the steps involved in creating a process (and its initial thread). The internals of threads and thread scheduling are then described. The chapter concludes with a description of the job object.
Processing and Organizing Your E-Mail in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
- Jun 13, 2007
- E-mail is a powerful tool that has the ability to increase productivity; a little education goes a long way and that’s what this chapter from Take Back Your Life!: Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to Get Organized and Stay Organized is all about.
- Oct 9, 2017
In this sample chapter from Exam Ref 70-339 Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016, explore upgrade methods, customizations, and functionality provided within the SharePoint farm itself to improve productivity and business processes.
Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012: Effective Collaboration
- Oct 15, 2012
- In this chapter from Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, Richard Hundhausen looks at some practices and tools that enable more effective collaboration.
Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3: Access and Secure Data
- Aug 25, 2014
- Knowing how to prevent malicious users from causing harm to your application and possibly your users is important. This chapter from Exam Ref 70-480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 covers how to validate user input by using HTML5 elements, validate user input by using JavaScript, consume data, and serialize, deserialize, and transmit data.
Programming Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0: Plug-ins
- Dec 15, 2008
- In this chapter from Programming Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, learn the role or plug-ins in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.
Programming with the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit: Algorithmic Gestures and Postures
- Sep 15, 2012
- In this chapter from Programming with the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit, you will learn how to detect postures and gestures using an algorithmic approach.
Programming with the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit: Displaying Kinect Data
- Sep 15, 2012
- In this chapter from Programming with the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit you will learn how to display the different Kinect streams. You will also write a tool to display skeletons and to locate audio sources.
Provision SharePoint Online Site Collections
- Sep 5, 2015
- Understanding how to configure and manage SharePoint Online site collections is critical for an Office 365 administrator. This chapter from Exam Ref 70-347 Enabling Office 365 Services covers how to configure external user sharing, create SharePoint site collection, and plan a collaboration solution.
- By William AssafApr 9, 2018
In this sample chapter from SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out, explore the process of installing and configuring a Microsoft SQL Server instance—including new features added and expanded since SQL Server 2016 Server Pack 1.
- Jun 30, 2015
- In this chapter from Exam Ref 70-346 Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements, learn the basic process of setting up an Office 365 tenancy. To master this objective you’ll need to understand some of the prerequisites, such as what you’ll need to think about before signing up for an Office 365 subscription, what an Office 365 tenant name is, what the different administrator roles are, and what to manage regarding tenant subscriptions and licensing.
- By Daniil Maslyuk, Justin FrebaultDec 24, 2023
In this sample chapter from Exam Ref DP-500 Designing and Implementing Enterprise-Scale Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power BI, you will learn how data is queried and transformed with Azure Synapse and Power BI. This chapter covers Skills 2.1 and 2.2 from the DP-500 exam.
Querying Full-Text Data in Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Dec 15, 2012
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 enhances the full-text search support that was substantially available in previous editions. This chapter explains how to use full-text search and even semantic search inside a SQL Server database.
Querying Information in a Microsoft SQL Server Database
- Dec 19, 2007
- In this chapter from Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Step by Step, learn how to query information in a Microsoft SQL Server database using ADO.NET and DLINQ.
Receiving Data from SharePoint Lists and Business Connectivity Services
- Oct 15, 2011
- In this chapter from Using Microsoft InfoPath 2010 with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Step by Step, you will learn about using data connections for retrieving data from SharePoint lists. You will use standard SharePoint lists, and you will also work with the new External Item Picker control in your forms.
- By Bill Jelen, Tracy SyrstadMar 11, 2022
A range in Excel can be a cell, a row, a column, or a grouping of any of these. In this sample chapter from Microsoft Excel VBA and Macros (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365), you will explore different ways of referring to ranges, such as specifying a row or column. You’ll also find out how to manipulate cells based on the active cell and how to create a new range from overlapping ranges.
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