The Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Certification is your guide and introduction to growing your career through Microsoft certification! It’s difficult to decide which certification path to follow, and which suites you best based on your experience and current job role. This book was written as a guide to help you decide which certification(s) to pursue, and it lays out other important information about the Microsoft certification process.
The "Serverless Apps: Architecture, Patterns, and Azure Implementation" eBook, authored by Jeremy Likness, is a guide for cloud native development of applications using serverless compute. This eBook highlights the benefits of serverless architectures, as well as the...
The book "Python Data Science Handbook: Essential Tools for Working with Data" published by O'Reilly and written by Jake VanderPlas is available for purchase in print, as well as being offered completely Free as an online eBook. Here's the book description from the...
Studying for all certifications can be difficult, as all you have to go on is a short list of the exam objectives and the services/technologies covered. It’s nice to get some kind of targeted resources or training that is targeted towards the specific certification...
Studying for all certifications can be difficult, as all you have to go on is a short list of the exam objectives and the services/technologies covered. It’s nice to get some kind of targeted resources or training that is targeted towards the specific certification...
Studying for all certifications can be difficult, as all you have to go on is a short list of the exam objectives and the services/technologies covered. It's nice to get some kind of targeted resources or training that is targeted towards the specific certification...
Blockchain is a really interesting technology, but it's mostly remained very difficult to implement. The "Programming the Blockchain in C#" free eBook is an attempt to make Blockchain development more approachable. And, it showcases using the C# programming language...
Blockchain is a revolutionary, yet complex technology to understand. There's tons of information online about both Bitcoin and Blockchain, as well as related technologies like Cryptography and others. However, often times there's no really good substitute for sitting...
It's generally difficult to find a good book on cloud and Microsoft Azure related material to help learn from. This can be extremely frustrating when you're new to a technology and are looking for a concise source to get up to speed, and good books are the perfect...
The Free eBook "Defending the New Perimeter: Modern Security from Microsoft" is a guide to the Microsoft Cybersecurity Stack for IT Decision Makers written by Pete Zerger and Wes Kroesbergen. The book discusses topics such as: Identifying Threats at Scale, Leveraging...
It's a new world of Big Data and Data Science. SQL Server 2016 was built for this brand new world to help businesses get ahead. This free ebook helps you learn to install, configure, and use Microsoft SQL Server R Services in data science projects. R has become one of...
The "Containerized Docker Application Lifecycle with Microsoft Platform and Tools" free eBook from Microsoft Press, written by Cesar de la Torre, may be the guide you've been looking for. If you're new to Docker, it's recommended to start reading this book from the...
Written by Charles Petzold, the "Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms" book is a 1200 page deep dive for C# developers who want to write applications that target the 3 most popular mobile platforms: iOS, Android, and Windows! This free eBook has been made available...
It's important for today's decision makers to understand how to create a mobile app development strategy. This can be key to opening up new business opportunities. The "Microsoft Platform and Tools for Mobile App Development" Free eBook written by Cesar de la Torre...
Want to get started with Power BI, but don't know where to start? The "Introducing Microsoft Power BI" free eBook from Microsoft Press may be the guide you've been looking for. This book was written by Alberto Ferrari and Marco Russo. It covers the basics of Power BI...
Microsoft Press has made the new "Configuring Microsoft SharePoint Hybrid Capabilities" eBook freely available. This book is written by Jeremy Taylor, Neil Hodgkinson, and Manas Biswas. This book is the second book in a series of SharePoint Hybrid books that cover how...
Blog articles and Technical documentation are nice for learning technologies, but there are times when a good book just can't be replaced. This is especially true when getting information from blogs that may have a snippet of "found code" that might or might not work...
The "Planning and Preparing for Microsoft SharePoint Hybrid" eBook from Microsoft Press has been made freely available for download. This book is written by Jeremy Taylor. This is part of a series of books covering SharePoint Hybrid solutions from SharePoint...
The "Microsoft Azure Essentials: Migrating SQL Server Databases to Azure" book written by Carl Rabeler has been made a free eBook by Microsoft Press. This book is part of the "Microsoft Azure Essentials" books series. With this book you will learn how SQL Server in...
The "Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure" book written by Scott Guthrie, Mark Simms, Tom Dykstra, Rick Anderson and Mike Wasson has been made a free eBook by Microsoft Press. This books goes through a pattern-based approach to building real-world solutions with...
The book "Microsoft Azure Essentials: Fundamentals of Azure" has been made available as a Free eBook from Microsoft Press and Microsoft Virtual Academy. This book is written by Michael Collier and Robin Shahan. The material covered in this book are targeted towards...
Today, I've received notification that I have been awarded Microsoft MVP for the 2020 - 2021 award year for my community contributions in the Microsoft Azure expertise category. Much of this is due to all that I've been doing here on Build5Nines.com thanks to all of...
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Sysinternals are very widely used tools from Microsoft in the Windows world, and now the ProcDump utility has been ported over to Linux as an Open Source project from Microsoft. ProcDump is a command-line (CLI) utility for monitoring an application for CPU spikes and...
The Azure CLI is the command-line tool for working with Microsoft Azure resources, and grants you access to the CLI through both the Windows Command Prompt (CMD) or PowerShell command-line. You could download and install the Azure CLI using an MSI installer, but if...
This is a letter that Satya Nadella wrote to Microsoft employees on June 5, 2020 in response to all the protests about George Floyd and racial injustice. I encourage you to all read it and reflect on how you can help us all change for the better. An email from CEO...
Are you looking at security certifications? Certification in the areas of Cybersecurity, IT Security, and Computer Security do not have as many straight forward options in comparison to Windows or Linux certifications, or even cloud certifications with Microsoft...
In the modern world of IT, Linux has been growing in popularity and use. This is especially something we are seeing in the cloud, where even Microsoft has admitted that there are more Linux server running in Microsoft Azure than Window servers. You could even...
The Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification (and exam AZ-220) is now LIVE and out of Beta. This is the first cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) certification from the major cloud providers and a great addition to the Microsoft Azure...
For some time now, Tim Warner, a fellow Microsoft MVP, has been posting short videos that methodically go over all the AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals certification exam objectives and skill areas. This is a pretty great free series of training/study content geared towards...
In a response to the quarantine and lockdown restrictions due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Microsoft has announced they are delaying retiring the MCSA, MCSE, and MCSD certifications and exams. These certifications are now going to be retired January 31,...
The Raspberry Pi is a popular single board computer with many different uses from Internet of Things (IoT) to learning about computer science and many other uses in between. Since the original release in 2012, the Raspberry Pi has had many updates over the years with...
Microsoft made a ton of announcements at and around the Microsoft Build 2020 conference. Included in all the announcements was a tone of news surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT) space and what innovations Microsoft is bringing to Microsoft Azure and Windows for...
Microsoft made a lot of announcements with their Microsoft Build 2020 event that kicked off today. The event included TONS of updates and announcements across the entire stack of Microsoft products with a centered focus towards a Developer audience; since #MSBuild is...
Microsoft has begun a 3-month long Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge to find security vulnerabilities in its Azure Sphere OS for building Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. This challenge is adding to the Azure Security Lab announcement from Black Hat back in...
The Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification (and exam AZ-220) is now LIVE and out of Beta. This is the first cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) certification from the major cloud providers and a great addition to the Microsoft Azure...
This book will guide you through choosing which certification path(s) to follow you’re your unique career goals and technical background. It’ll also explore all the different certifications Microsoft offers, as well as many of your questions, like:
Microsoft and cloud certification helps you keep up-to-date on the latest technologies in a structured, easy to follow path, that is also verifiable by your peers and future career opportunities.
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure...
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure...
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure...
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure...
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure...
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure...