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Here is the expert-level, insider guidance you need on using Azure SQL Database as your back-end data store. This book highlights best practices in everything ranging from full-stack projects to mobile applications to critical, back-end APIs. The book...

Improve your odds of passing one of the most highly sought-after exams for developers working with Microsoft's cloud platform: Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure. This book guides you through practical examples of each of the...

Gain a foundational understanding of SRE and learn its basic concepts and architectural best practices for deploying Azure IaaS, PaaS, and microservices-based resilient architectures. The book starts with the base concepts of SRE operations and...

Learn to harness the power of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Microsoft Excel to develop interesting, useful, and interactive Excel applications. This book will show you how to manipulate Excel with code, allowing you to unlock extra features,...

Attention .NET developers who no longer want to use JavaScript for your front end. Quickly and efficiently learn how to use C# for your single-page application (SPA) thanks to Blazor. Today's reality is that most modern applications are web-based and...

Get to work quickly with C# with a uniquely succinct and visual format used to present the C# 7.0 language. Whether you're getting to grips with C# for the first time or working to deepen your understanding, you'll find this book to be a clear and...

Discover how Visual Studio 2019 can improve your development process. Visual Studio is an integral part of the daily life of millions of developers worldwide. Even as this rich integrated development environment approaches two decades, it has never...

A guide to mastering Visual Studio 2017 About This Book * Focus on coding with the new, improved, and powerful tools of VS 2017 * Master improved debugging and unit testing support capabilities * Accelerate cloud development with the built-in Azure tools...

Find out how to use Docker in your ASP.NET Core MVC applications, and how containers make it easier to develop, deploy and manage those applications in production environments. Packed with examples and practical demonstrations, this book will help you...

A comprehensive guide packed with the latest features of Dynamics 365 for customer relationship management Key Features Create efficient client-side apps and customized plugins that work seamlessly Learn best practices from field experience to use...

When a company builds and ships software, the installation process is often the first opportunity for a customer to view the the product and the company-and the installation experience can make or break a lasting impression. So this book is ideal for...

Use various defense strategies with Azure Sentinel to enhance your cloud security. This book will help you get hands-on experience, including threat hunting inside Azure cloud logs and metrics from services such as Azure Platform, Azure Active Directory,...

Troubleshoot Windows 10 the way the experts do, whatever device or form factor you are using. Focus on the problems that most commonly plague PC users and fix each one with a step-by-step approach that helps you understand the cause, solution, and tools...

Quickly learn how to get the most out of the Visual Studio for Mac integrated development environment (IDE). Microsoft has invested heavily to deliver their very best development tools and platforms to other operating systems. Visual Studio for Mac is a...

This book covers everything a developer needs to know to hit the ground running and get the most out of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Since its release, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has been growing in popularity, moving from curious early...

Know how to do machine learning with Microsoft technologies. This book teaches you to do predictive, descriptive, and prescriptive analyses with Microsoft Power BI, Azure Data Lake, SQL Server, Stream Analytics, Azure Databricks, HD Insight, and more.The...

Understand common security pitfalls and discover weak points in your organization's data security, and what you can do to combat them. This book includes the best approaches to managing mobile devices both on your local network and outside the office...

Master the art of loading external data into Excel for use in reporting, charting, dashboarding, and business intelligence. This book provides a complete and thorough explanation of Microsoft Excel’s Get and Transform feature set, showing you how to...

Use this ASP.NET Core API tutorial and straightforward step-by-step guide to build, test, and deploy an ASP.NET Core API to Azure. It will help you code confidently and efficiently, and provides just what you need for context. The book starts with...

Microsoft's Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), a subset of Visual Basic for Applications, is a powerful language for Internet application development, where it can serve as a scripting language for server-side, client-side, and system scripting...

Implement business intelligence (BI), data modeling, and data analytics within Microsoft products such as Power BI, SQL Server, and Excel Key Features Understand the ins and outs of DAX expressions and querying functions with the help of easy-to-follow...

Whatever version of Windows you're using--from Vista up to Windows 8.1--the registry is at the heart of your desktop experience. Software installs and compatibility, hardware operation and more are managed by a complex database of codes and numbers. When...

Learn to write better PowerShell code via short, example-driven tips. This book covers tips to make your PowerShell scripts faster and easier to read all while following proven best practices. Written by a six-time Microsoft MVP and one of the first...

Use this book as your one-stop shop for architecting a world-class DevOps environment with Microsoft technologies. .NET DevOps for Azure is a synthesis of practices, tools, and process that, together, can equip a software organization to move fast and...

Renowned author Matthew MacDonald combines careful treatment of the API with detailed user-interface design principles. Further, this book incorporates C# and the final beta of .NET 2.0. The result: thorough coverage of Windows Forms and GDI+ namespaces...

Use the new, enticing, and highly portable event-driven runtime to simplify building resilient and scalable microservices for cloud and edge applications Key Features * Build resilient, stateless, and stateful microservice applications that run on the...

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Go from beginner to pro using one of the most effective and widely used technology stacks, Microsoft ASP.NET. Beginning with the basics, you will learn how to create interactive, professional-grade, database-driven web applications in no time, using ASP...

Get expert-led advice on how to make the most of underused Teams features, find answers to questions that are rarely covered elsewhere, and explore tasks that customers frequently rely on Microsoft Partners to accomplishKey FeaturesDeliver a better Teams...

Discover what the Common Data Service is and how Dynamics 365 fits in the Power Platform. Learn how to set up core Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement functionality and build more customized processes using model-driven apps. This book covers the Dynamics...

Master the art of building modern desktop applications on Windows About This Book * Learn how to use the MVVM software architectural pattern and see the benefits of using it with Windows Presentation Fountain (WPF) * Explore various ways to enhance...

Welcome to the Vision Revolution. With Microsoft's Kinect leading the way, you can now use 3D computer vision technology to build digital 3D models of people and objects that you can manipulate with gestures and spoken commands. This hands-on guide...

Understand and work with the most important features of advanced C# in different programming environments. This book teaches you the fundamental features of advanced C# and how to incorporate them in different programming techniques using Visual Studio...

Building Client/Server Applications with VB .NET: An Example-Driven Approach is based on Release 1.0 of the .NET Framework / Release 1.0 of Visual Studio .NET + .NET Framework Service Pack 1. Jeff Levinson walks readers through how to write a complete...

Use the Azure well-architected framework to deploy your workloads in Azure and align them with Microsoft recommended best practices. This book takes a deep dive into the five architecture elements (cost optimization, performance efficiency, operational...

Know how to track changes and key events in your SQL Server databases in support of application troubleshooting, regulatory compliance, and governance. This book shows how to use key features in SQL Server ,such as SQL Server Audit and Extended Events,...

Design and configure SQL Server instances and databases in support of high-throughput applications that are mission-critical. Provide consistent response times in the face of variations in user numbers and query volumes. This new edition has been updated...

Learn how to leverage infrastructure as code with Azure Resource Manager including best practices to build, test, debug and deploy your applications in Microsoft Azure. As organizations consider moving partially or fully to the cloud, infrastructure as...

Broaden your developer experience by learning how to use gRPC and ASP.NET Core together on the Microsoft's developer framework, .NET 6 and discover a new way of developing APIs with gRPC. Beginning gRPC with ASP.NET Core 6 is your guide to quickly and...

Use this book to study for the PL-300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst exam. The book follows the "Skills Measured" outline provided by Microsoft to help focus your study. Each topic area from the outline corresponds to an area covered by the exam, and...