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Book Description

The SharePoint platform is ideal for developers looking to build exciting solutions, and SharePoint 2010 is more equipped than ever for the task. While plenty of SharePoint titles will help you understand general SharePoint development techniques or spend time focusing on one method or tool, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer’s Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint offers you the option of using four different tools and platforms to achieve exceptional end user experience.

This book fills the gap for a comprehensive SharePoint title which describes the end goal of a SharePoint developer. So often books focus on development techniques for one tool; this will get you on your way to developing a good business website with a great user experience, however, you choose to get there, be it using PowerShell, Visual Studio, Silverlight, Windows 7 Phone, or a combination of all four.

“Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer’s Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint” draws from five separate titles from Packt’s existing collection of excellent SharePoint titles:
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook
Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Expert Cookbook
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Applications on Windows Phone 7
SharePoint 2010 Business Application Development Blueprints Download Now »

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Delve inside Windows architecture and internals—guided by a team of internationally renowned internals experts. Fully updated for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, this classic guide delivers key architectural insights on system design, debugging, performance, and support—along with hands-on experiments to experience Windows internal behavior firsthand.

See how Windows components work behind the scenes:

• Understand how the core system and management mechanisms work
• Explore internal system data structures using tools like the kernel debugger
• Go inside the Windows security model to see how it authorizes access to data
• Understand how Windows manages physical and virtual memory
• Tour the Windows networking stack from top to bottom
• Troubleshoot file-system access problems and system boot problems
• Learn how to analyze crashes

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Concepts and Tools
Chapter 2. System Architecture Download Now »

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Assess your readiness for MCTS Exam 70-680—and quickly identify where you need to focus and practice. This practical, streamlined guide walks you through each exam objective, providing “need to know” checklists, review questions, tips, and links to further study—all designed to help bolster your preparation.

Reinforce your exam prep with a Rapid Review of these objectives:

• Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating to Windows 7
• Deploying Windows 7
• Configuring Hardware and Applications
• Configuring Network Connectivity
• Configuring Access to Resources
• Configuring Mobile Computing
• Monitoring and Maintaining Systems That RunWindows 7
• Configuring Backup and Recovery Options

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating to Windows 7
Chapter 2. Deploying Windows 7
Chapter 3. Configuring Hardware and Applications
Chapter 4. Configuring Network Connectivity
Chapter 5. Configuring Access to Resources Download Now »

Book Description

Windows 7 is more than an operating system. It’s your gateway to email, the Web, work, entertainment, and fun. The latest Windows makes your computer more fun, easy, and powerful to use than ever before.

With Windows 7 Made Simple, you can unlock the potential and power of Microsoft’s latest operating system.

• Get up and running quickly with the Quick Start Guide
• Find what you want to know quickly, and learn at your own pace
• Read AND see how to do it with handy step-by-step visual aids

What you’ll learn

• Tour what’s new, changed, and better in Windows 7
• Explore Windows programs and features
• Customize and personalize your desktop
• Get a free email account
• Surf the Web
• Instant message and video chat
• Organize, print, and email pictures
• Organize and find things with Libraries
• Watch videos and movies with Windows Media Center
• Download free programs like Windows Live Essentials Download Now »

Book Description

The clear, friendly, visual guide to using and personalizing Windows 7 – 100% focused on what you really want to do with Windows 7!

• Full-color, step-by-step tasks teach you how to do what you want, find what you need, run media like a breeze, connect with anyone, and make your whole computing experience smooth and seamless
• Packed with screen captures that show you exactly what to do
• Walks through connecting devices and networks, securely sharing content, and troubleshooting problems

This easy, visual tutorial doesn’t just introduce new users to Windows 7: it shows how to use Windows 7′s coolest new features to personalize your experience around the way you live and work. You learn how to get connected to people, places, and other devices, run Windows 7 efficiently, find what you need to run media like a breeze simplify the way you manage your life and commitments create a computing experience that’s smoother, more seamless, and more fun. The book walks step-by-step through each key task you need to master, from getting comfortable with the Windows 7 desktop through connectivity, security, mobility, personalization, upgrades, troubleshooting, and much more. This book’s step-by-step instructions link to callouts of Windows screen captures that show exactly what to do. Tips and Notes help you discover shortcuts and techniques you’ll never find on your own, and Help features guide you past common Windows 7 problems. This book is designed for anyone just starting out with Windows 7 at home or at work, no matter how much experience you have with previous versions – or how little.

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Book Description

Microsoft Windows Intune is a cloud service solution that simplifies how small and mid-sized businesses manage and secure PCs using Microsoft cloud services and Windows 7—so your computers and users can operate at peak performance all the time.

This step-by-step guide will show you how to plan, set up and maintain Windows Intune, showing you how to manage a group of PCs (either 1 business or several if a partner) from the base operating system, through to the patches, anti-malware solution and deployed software and policies from a central console, using the Windows Intune service.

This book takes you through all the steps to plan, set up and maintain Windows Intune and how to manage a group of PCs. The book starts by providing an overview of Cloud Computing and PC Management. The book then dives into topics such as Windows Intune features, signing up for Windows Intune and installing the client software, configuring Windows Intune, proactive management, and monitoring and dealing with alerts, including remote assistance amongst others. As Windows 7 is part of Windows Intune, the book will also cover the minimum steps required to move from Windows XP to Windows 7 while keeping user settings and preferences.

What you will learn from this book

• Plan and deliver PC management, ensuring the IT requirements align to the business needs
• Install and configure Windows Intune, ensuring good communication between the PC and the internet-based service Download Now »