Sample chapters

Delegating the Administration of Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services

• Mar 5, 2008
• This chapter from Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Resource Kit describes administrative delegation, starting with a discussion of the various types of tasks that might be delegated within an enterprise. Then it describes object access, the types of permissions that can be assigned to objects residing within the directory, and how to use these permissions for delegation of administration. Finally, the chapter provides information about auditing changes to objects residing within AD DS.

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 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.

Creating and Modifying Web Pages in Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007

• Jan 9, 2008
• In this chapter from Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Step by Step, you’ll investigate the differences between pages on the SharePoint team site and a Basic Meeting Workspace site, and how to create content pages for both collaboration and Meeting Workspace sites by using SharePoint Designer.

Deploying IIS 7.0 in the Enterprise

• Dec 19, 2007
• Your early success with IIS 7.0 will largely depend on your understanding of the ways you can use the software and in your ability to deploy it to support these roles, as William Stanek discusses in this chapter from Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant.

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.

Windows via C/C++: Synchronous and Asynchronous Device I/O

• Nov 28, 2007
• This chapter from Windows via C/C++, 5th Edition covers the Microsoft Windows technologies that enable you to design high-performance, scalable, responsive, and robust applications.

Creating Text-Based Publications in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007

• Aug 15, 2007
• In this chapter from Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 Step by Step, you will first review design concepts that pertain to longer publications. Then you will create a multi-page newsletter; size text to fit the available space, and add pages. You will continue stories by linking and unlinking text boxes, insert and remove Continued notices, move and delete pages, and format text in columns. Finally, you will edit a publication in Microsoft Office Word and correct its spelling in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007.

Negotiating Achievable Commitments in Software Project Management

• Aug 8, 2007
• This chapter from Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools presents several ways to improve your ability to make and keep achievable project commitments.

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.

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.

Synopsis of "The Contents of a Requirements Specification"

• Jun 13, 2007
• There’s no single right way to organize a requirements specification, but certain topics recur in most systems and deserve their own sections. This chapter from Software Requirement Patterns discusses what a requirements specification should contain.

Control Visual Basic in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Visual Basic for Applications

• May 16, 2007
• In this chapter from Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Visual Basic for Applications Step by Step, you’ll learn how to add loops to your macros. And to make those loops more effective, you’ll learn how to create conditional expressions that let the macro make decisions.

Developing Drivers with the Windows Driver Foundation: WDF Fundamentals

• Apr 25, 2007
• This chapter from Developing Drivers with the Windows Driver Foundation introduces fundamental concepts for the design and implementation of WDF for UMDF and KMDF drivers.

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.

Adding Animation, Sound, and Movies to Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007

• Jan 3, 2007
• The difference between an adequate presentation and a great presentation often lies in the judicious use of multimedia. In this chapter from Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 Step by Step, learn to apply predefined animations, change some of the animation settings, change the way slides move on and off the screen during a slide show, insert a sound clip and a sound file and make various adjustments to their settings, and insert a movie file, preview the movie, and modify its behavior.

Creating Documents for Use Outside of Microsoft Office Word 2007

• Jan 3, 2007
• In this chapter from Microsoft Office Word 2007 Step by Step, you will first learn about saving documents in other file formats. You will then preview a document in Web Layout view, save the document as a Web page, and make adjustments necessary for optimum presentation on the Web. You will create a blog post, register an existing blog account, and then publish the blog post. Finally, you will save a document as an XML file and view its XML tags, and then attach a schema containing custom tags to it.

Creating Dynamic Lists by Using PivotTables in Microsoft Office Excel 2007

• Jan 3, 2007
• In this chapter from Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Step by Step, you’ll learn how to create and edit PivotTables from an existing worksheet and how to create a PivotTable with data imported from a text file.

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.

Handling E-Mail Messages in Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007

• Jan 3, 2007
• In this chapter from Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 Step by Step, learn how to manage your e-mail messages, including viewing messages and attachments, replying to and forwarding messages, working with new mail notifications, creating a task or an appointment from a message, and printing messages.