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...
The Visual Studio Online (VS Online) web-based IDE is now available to be used. Based on the popular Visual Studio Code editor, it offers a familiar feel and workspace for writing and working with source code.. This also offers the extensibility of supporting Visual...
It's important to use plenty of great study materials when studying for that next Microsoft certification exam. There are many great paid resources available on the video course front. You can always read the official Microsoft documentation too. However, if you need...
Recently, Hackster.io announced the contest winners for the "Secure Everything with Azure Sphere" contest they were running, along with partners Microsoft and AVNet. The contest was giving away prizes worth a total of $37,000. And, they were giving away 20,000 Azure...
As we begin a new year, and enter 2020, you are among a large group of people looking to earn their next Microsoft certification. The site Bookauthority.org has a list of the Top 9 Best New Microsoft Certifications Books to Read in 2020. And, The Ultimate Guide to...
Over the past couple of months, Chris and I have been working with Microsoft on a whitepaper focusing on helping customers get ready for a migration to Azure. This paper focuses on the many different areas that are critical to the success of a project. These include...
It's important to use plenty of great study materials when studying for that next Microsoft certification exam. There are many great paid resources available on the video course front. You can always read the official Microsoft documentation too. However, if you need...
As we begin a new year, and enter 2020, you are among a large group of people looking to earn their next Microsoft certification. The site Bookauthority.org has a list of the Top 9 Best New Microsoft Certifications Books to Read in 2020. And, The Ultimate Guide to...
The AZ-220 Microsoft Azure IoT Developer certification exam tests and validates your expertise as an Azure Internet of Things (IoT) Developer. Passing this exam will earn you the Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification. If you are an IoT...
The question of "Where to start with Microsoft Azure Certification?" is a common one. Navigating the gauntlet of certification paths and exams can seem a bit daunting at first. This article is specially written to help ease the pain involved, so you can save time...
Studying for certification exams can be a time consuming task. This can especially be true if you're not entirely certain what to study. Chris Pietschmann and Dan Patrick have collaborated to combine their own insights as Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCT) to create a...
Internet of Things (IoT) solutions employ some kind of messaging protocol for each individual IoT device to communicate in the system. These messaging protocols are used to transmit device telemetry (or messages) from the IoT devices to the IoT Messaging Hub (or...
It's simple to provision an Azure IoT Hub service instance using the Azure Portal. However, there are time when you need a more DevOps style approach by scripting it. The Azure Powershell Az.IotHub module can be used to manage commands for managing Azure IoT Hub...
Recently, Hackster.io announced the contest winners for the "Secure Everything with Azure Sphere" contest they were running, along with partners Microsoft and AVNet. The contest was giving away prizes worth a total of $37,000. And, they were giving away 20,000 Azure...
The AZ-220 Microsoft Azure IoT Developer certification exam tests and validates your expertise as an Azure Internet of Things (IoT) Developer. Passing this exam will earn you the Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification. If you are an IoT...
Microsoft has announced they are moving Azure IoT Hub and Device Provisioning Service (DPS) to use Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 as the encryption mechanism of choice. As a result, TLS 1.0 and 1.1 will be deprecated July 1, 2020, and TLS 1.0 / 1.1 will no longer...
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.
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