Free Windows Server 2008 R2 eBook

Well if this isn’t the week for free books… Now there is a free eBook download from Microsoft: Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2.
The “Introducing” series of MS Press books are hardly a technical treatise on whatever subject they happen to cover, but in my opinion, free information regarding their latest products is always a good thing.
And thanks [...]

Two More Free MS Press eBooks

MS Press is celebrating it’s 25th anniversary by giving away free stuff.
The books are Windows SBS 2008 Admin’s Companion and Visual Basic 2008 Express.
Follow the links at the MS Press blog site. (You have until April 22nd.)
As noted on the blog… the first MS Press book was in 1984, for Mac :)

Free PowerShell eBook

Thanks to the Canadian IT Pro blog for this one.
Keith Hill is giving away a free eBook for PowerShell in PDF format. I’ve only begun to read it and I like what I see. Get it now at the best price around.
As an added bonus, check out Keith’s Blog, it has a lot of scripting [...]

Mark Minasi’s News

It there’s one tech author I enjoy reading it’s Mark Minasi, he has a way of turning dry, stale tech books into something worth reading. Anyway, I digress…
If you head over to his site, you can sign up for his free newsletter. It’s not as regular as it could be, but life isn’t always on a schedule. [...]

Windows Server 2008 Inside Out

As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m currently working on an Exchange 2007 roll-out and it’s on Windows 2008 servers.
During this endeavor, I’ve been using the Windows Server 2008 Inside Out book as a reference guide and I must say it is quite good. William Stanek is a good author and the book delves into [...]

Mastering Windows Vista

As mentioned in a previous post, I’m studying for the 70-620 Configuring Vista certification exam. As part of this process, I’ve read 85% of Mark Minasi’s book, Mastering Windows Vista Business. The book starts rather low tech, moves toward more work related topics and higher level information as the it progresses. It covers a lot of [...]