Sample chapters

Managing and sharing Office files

• By Jeff GarbusApr 6, 2019

• In this sample chapter from Microsoft Office 2019 Inside Out, you will review the Office file formats used in each of the Office applications, and explore options for managing and sharing files.

Managing Appointments, Events, and Meetings in Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007

• Jan 3, 2007
• In this chapter from Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 Step by Step, you will record different types of information in your Outlook calendar, scheduling an appointment and an event on your own calendar and then scheduling a meeting with another person. You will learn methods of determining meeting times during which other people are available. Then you will learn about responding to, updating, and canceling meeting requests.

Managing Compliance in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

• Nov 24, 2010
• Learn about the features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 that can assist with compliance issues, including retention hold, litigation hold, the dumpster, and discovery searches.

Managing Contact Records in Microsoft Outlook 2013

• Mar 15, 2013
• In this chapter from Microsoft Outlook 2013 Step by Step, learn to organize the contact records into an individual address book, import a fresh set of contact records into a custom address book, and then export a subset of the records, create a contact group and send a message to a subset of the group, locate specific contact records by using the Search feature and the commands available on the new Search tool tab, and finally, personalize the content of an electronic business card.

Managing File Systems and Drives in Windows Server 2008

• Dec 28, 2009
• Wherever disk resources are located, your job as a system administrator is to manage them. The tools and techniques you use to manage file systems and drives are discussed in this chapter from Windows Server 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant, 2nd Edition.

Managing Group Policy Application and Infrastructure in Windows Server 2012 R2

• Jun 2, 2014
• In this chapter from Training Guide: Administering Windows Server 2012 R2, you’ll learn how to back up, restore, import, and export GPOs. You’ll learn how to delegate the process of editing and applying GPOs, and how to resolve configuration problems related to the application of Group Policy.

Managing M365 users, groups, and identity synchronization

• By Orin ThomasDec 23, 2023

• In this sample chapter from Exam Ref MS-102 Microsoft 365 Administrator, you will learn how to configure user identity properly, from designing an identity strategy and planning identity synchronization with Microsoft Entra Connect and Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync, to managing and troubleshooting identity synchronization. This chapter covers skills 2.1-2.4 in the MS-102 exam.

Managing Partitions and Database Processing in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

• Apr 15, 2009
• This chapter from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Step by Step explains how Analysis Services physically processes and stores data. The explanations are simplified, but they encompass some of the most complex topics in this book. If nothing else, this chapter can give you an appreciation for the sophistication and elegance of the Analysis Services server design.

Managing Servers Running Windows Server 2012

• Sep 15, 2012
• This chapter from Windows Server 2012 Pocket Consultant covers the roles, resources, and features available in Windows Server 2012 including the tools used for installation, setup and configuration, and management.

Managing Site Settings in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010

• Oct 7, 2011
• This chapter from Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out teaches you how to manage site settings within a SharePoint Foundation 2010 site/Site Collection.

Managing TCP/IP Networking in Windows Server 2008

• Feb 27, 2008
• This chapter from Windows Server 2008 Inside Out covers installing and configuring TCP/IP networking, managing network connections, and troubleshooting and testing network settings.

Managing the Search Experience in Microsoft SharePoint 2010

• Jun 24, 2010
• This chapter from Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrator's Pocket Consultant will show how to configure search so that users can easily define and refine both the query and the results.

Managing User Data in a Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services Deployment

• Dec 8, 2010
• This chapter from Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services Resource Kit shows you how best to configure profiles and Folder Redirection using the tools that come with Windows.

Managing User Profiles in Microsoft SharePoint Online for Office 365

• Jun 23, 2015
• In this chapter from Microsoft SharePoint Online for Office 365: Administering and configuring for the cloud, Bill English introduces the management of user profiles and discusses the usefulness of these profiles for finding experience and expertise within your organization. He looks at how to create new user profiles and why you might want to create user subtypes to make unique profiles or different profile types in your environment. He also discusses organization profiles and how to set up My Sites.

Managing Web Server Modules in Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0

• Mar 5, 2008
• This chapter from Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Resource Kit takes the IT professional’s perspective on the end-to-end extensibility platform provided by IIS 7.0. In this chapter, you will learn how to manage the modular feature set in IIS 7.0 to provide for an efficient, reliable, and secure IIS environment.

Managing Web Server Security in Windows Server 2008 R2

• Jul 15, 2011
• In this chapter from MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-643): Configuring Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, 2nd Edition, you learn how to configure security for a Windows Server 2008 R2 web server.

Managing Your SQL Servers

• Feb 15, 2012
• In this chapter from Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Pocket Consultant, you will learn how to use SQL Server Management Studio.

Manipulating Data Using LINQ

• Aug 15, 2013
• This chapter from Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework Step by Step begins by introducing you to LINQ to Entities.The chapter won’t provide an extensive reference, but you’ll have enough information to perform common tasks and a few advanced tasks.

Mapping Problems and Algorithms with Machine Learning

• By Dino Esposito, Francesco EspositoFeb 2, 2020
• In this excerpt from Introducing Machine Learning, Dino and Francesco Esposito identify the classes of problems that machine learning can realistically address and the algorithms known to be appropriate for each class. They also introduce an automated machine learning approach that can automate the selection of the best machine learning pipeline for a given problem and a given dataset.

MCITP Self-Paced Training: Troubleshooting Software Issues in Windows 7

• Mar 15, 2010
• This chapter from MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-685): Windows 7 Enterprise Desktop Support Technician looks at the various causes of software errors and provide strategies for how to resolve them.