Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Unleashed

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Unleashed
Author: Lars Powers
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 1156
Release: 2006-08-18
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132715325

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Unleashed is a deep dive into the Visual Studio 2005 tool. Specifically, it will provide you with solid guidance and education that will allow you to squeeze the ultimate productivity and use out of the Visual Studio 2005 development environment. This book folds in real-world development experience with detailed information about the IDE to make you more productive and ease transition from other development environments (including prior versions of Visual Studio). This book will also help you increase team collaboration and project visibility with Visual Studio Team Systems and it will give you straight, to-the-point answers to common developer questions about the IDE. Chapters include: Code Viewers, Explorers, and Browsers Refactoring Code 8 Writing ASP .NET Applications Defining Standards and Practices Introduction to Visual Studio Team System Work Item Tracking Unit and Load Testing

Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Unleashed

Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Unleashed
Author: Kevin Hoffman
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Total Pages: 718
Release: 2006-05-09
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132714221

Setting the standard for a premium C# reference, Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Unleashed provides practical examples for virtually every aspect of the C# programming language. The book is structured for progressive learning, so it can be read cover-to-cover or used as a comprehensive reference guide. You will be exposed to everything from low-level information on the Garbage Collector to advanced concepts, such as creating applications that use Enterprise Services, creating Web Services, and even advanced Windows GUI. Chapters include: Expressions and Control Structures UI Controls Code Access Security Remoting Peer-to-Peer Applications

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed
Author: Lars Powers
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 1678
Release: 2008-05-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132715333

Microsoft® Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed is an end-to-end, deep dive into the Visual Studio development environment. It’s meant to provide you guidance on how you can squeeze the ultimate productivity out of the many features built into the .NET development tools. Understanding how to use your tools will make you a better developer. This book was written with that premise as its focus. The authors have folded in real-world development experience alongside detailed information about the IDE. The result is practical, easy-to-employ information that will make you a more productive and complete developer. This book also helps to ease your transition from other development environments and former versions of Visual Studio. Finally, this book provides an entire section dedicated to Visual Studio Team System. It will help you understand how the Team Architect, Team Developer, Team Database Developer, and Team Tester work with the Team Foundation Server to increase team collaboration, visibility, and productivity. Microsoft® Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed provides straight, to-the-point answers to common developer questions about the IDE. Detailed Information on... What’s new in Visual Studio 2008 Working with solutions, projects, editors, and designers Writing ASP.NET applications Writing and consuming Web Services using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Writing Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications Creating and hosting workflow-based applications using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) Working with data and databases Refactoring code Debugging code Automating the IDE Writing macros, add-ins, and wizards Using team collaboration and the Visual Studio Team System products Managing source code changes Tracking projects with Team Foundation Server and work items Modeling applications Performing unit, web, and load testing Working with Team Foundation Build

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Unleashed

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Unleashed
Author: Mike Snell
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 1663
Release: 2010-08-04
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132121026

This end-to-end deep dive into Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional will help working developers squeeze maximum productivity out of Visual Studio 2010’s extraordinarily rich toolbox, whether they are writing code for the Web, Windows, Silverlight, or Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing environment. The authors combine authoritative and detailed information about Microsoft’s latest IDE, with extensive insights and best practices drawn from decades of development experience. Developers will learn how to use Visual Studio 2010 Professional to take full advantage of the entire .NET platform, including Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) for rich client development, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) for building dynamic service-oriented solutions, and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) for structured programming around business processes. The authors also present extensive new coverage of Microsoft’s powerful new tools for unit testing, application instrumentation, and code analysis. By focusing entirely on Visual Studio 2010 Professional, the authors have gone deeper into Microsoft’s core product than ever before. Throughout, their focus is relentlessly practical: how to apply Microsoft’s tools to build better software, faster. Detailed information on how to... Work with solutions, projects, browsers, explorers, editors, and designers Write better macros, add-ins, and wizards Save more time with Visual Studio 2010’s updated productivity tools Instrument, analyze, and test your software Refactor code for greater robustness, maintainability, and performance Share code with team members and the larger community Write powerful ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, and Silverlight web applications Implement robust service oriented architecture (SOA)–based applications Efficiently consume services with WCF Write advanced Windows applications with Windows Forms and WPF Construct data-centric applications with LINQ and Entity Framework Create and host workflow-based applications with WF Write applications for the Azure cloud Extend Visual Studio with the new Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) and the Automation Object Model Build better object-oriented VB or C# software, and use new dynamic language features

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Unleashed

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Unleashed
Author: Mike Snell
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Total Pages: 2144
Release: 2012-11-14
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 013315033X

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 significantly improves developer productivity across virtually all application lifecycle management tasks, while providing first-class support for Windows 8, Windows Phone, WindowsRT, and Windows Azure cloud development. This end-to-end deep dive will help working developers squeeze maximum productivity out of Microsoft’s powerful new toolbox. The authors combine authoritative and detailed information about Microsoft’s latest IDE, with extensive insights and best practices drawn from decades of development experience. Developers will quickly get comfortable with Visual Studio 2012’s revamped interface and discover multiple opportunities to leverage the updated .NET 4.5 platform it supports. By focusing entirely on Visual Studio 2012 Professional, the authors have gone deeper into Microsoft’s core product than ever before. You’ll find expert coverage of everything from debugging through refactoring, automation through enterprise-class development. Throughout, this book’s focus is relentlessly practical: how to apply Microsoft’s tools to build better software, faster. Detailed information on how to... · Use Visual Studio 2012’s new interface to significantly improve your productivity · Make the most of VS 2012’s new WPF-based code editor · Work with solutions, projects, browsers, explorers, and designers · Create modern “Windows Store” applications for Windows 8 and Windows RT apps with VS 2012 and Windows Runtime Library · Develop websites with ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, and the Razor View Engine · Create richer, smarter user interfaces for software of all types · Build robust service oriented architecture (SOA)-based systems · Construct data-centric applications with LINQ and Entity Framework · Develop SharePoint and other Microsoft Office business applications · Write Windows Azure applications that live in the cloud · Instrument, analyze, and test your software · Refactor code for greater robustness, maintainability, and performance · Leverage brand-new improvements to Windows Workflow and Windows Communication Foundation Use VS 2012’s one-click web deployment capabilities Extend VS 2012 with Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) and Automation Object Model

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Unleashed

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Unleashed
Author: Marc Wolenik
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Total Pages: 867
Release: 2004-04-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132715228

Microsoft® Dynamics CRM 4.0 Unleashed presents start-to-finish guidance for planning, customizing, deploying, integrating, and managing Dynamics CRM in your unique business and technical environment. Authored by two leading Microsoft Dynamics implementers, this book systematically explains how the system works, why it works that way, and how you can leverage it to its fullest advantage. The authors present clear examples, proven best practices, and pitfalls to avoid in using every significant Dynamics CRM capability. The far-reaching coverage ranges from Dynamics CRM’s sales, marketing, and customer service features to its automated workflows; from Outlook and Office integration to reporting and security. The authors offer independent insight into Dynamics CRM’s most powerful new features, from its improved interface to its new mail merge and data migration tools. This book is for every IT professional who intends to work with Dynamics CRM, regardless of their experience with Dynamics or other CRM solutions. The authors provide example-rich, realistic coverage of advanced Dynamics customization, extensibility, and integration: information that is available nowhere else. Detailed information on how to… Set up, configure, and maintain all facets of Dynamics CRM in any organization or industry Thoroughly understand both the on-premise and hosted versions of Dynamics CRM Make the most of Dynamics’ new features, including email, the Outlook client, Internet Facing Deployment (IFD), and relationships Manage sales leads, opportunities, accounts, contacts, marketing lists, sales collateral, campaigns, quotes, orders, and invoices Improve customer service by integrating schedules, cases, contacts, product/service information, and more Build powerful automated workflows that streamline key sales tasks and liberate salespeople for more effective selling Efficiently administer and secure any Dynamics CRM implementation Drive greater value by integrating Dynamics CRM with Microsoft Office productivity tools Customize and extend Dynamics CRM using Visual Studio, .NET, and custom plug-ins and add-ons ON THE WEB: Download all of this book’s examples and source code at informit.com/title/9780672329708

VBScript, WMI, and ADSI Unleashed

VBScript, WMI, and ADSI Unleashed
Author: Don Jones
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2007-05-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132715619

If you’re a Windows administrator, scripting expertise can liberate you from boring, repetitive work—so you can take on the sophisticated, high-value projects you really want. Top scripting guru Don Jones has written the definitive administrator’s guide to getting results with Microsoft’s key scripting technologies: VBScript, WMI, and ADSI. Jones draws on his unsurpassed experience training Windows administrators in conferences, classes, and from his enormously popular site, ScriptingAnswers.com. You’ll learn how to use VBScript, WMI, and ADSI to gain administrative control over nearly every aspect of every recent Windows server or client, including Windows Server 2003, Vista, XP, 2000, and NT. As you gain experience, Jones introduces more advanced techniques, ranging from modular scripting and script encryption to integrating VBScript with HTML code. Jones concludes with a full section of ready-to-run, real-world examples—from logon/logoff scripts to automated domain and network administration, from querying WMI to creating Active Directory groups. Every script is explained line-by-line, with challenging techniques described in even greater detail.

Windows Server 2008 Unleashed

Windows Server 2008 Unleashed
Author: Rand Morimoto
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Total Pages: 1491
Release: 2008-02-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132715635

Windows Server 2008 Unleashed covers the planning, design, prototype testing, implementation, migration, administration, and support of a Windows 2008 and Active Directory environment, based on more than three and a half years of early adopter experience in full production environments. This book addresses not only what is new with Windows 2008 compared to previous versions of the Windows Server product, but also what is different and how the similarities and differences affect an organization’s migration to Windows 2008. Chapters are dedicated to the migration process from Windows 2000/2003 to Windows 2008, how to properly use Group Policies in Windows 2008, and tips and tricks on managing and administering a Windows 2008 environment. The authors cover the technologies new to Windows 2008, such as IPv6, Network Access Protection (NAP), Network Policy Server (NPS), Terminal Services Remote Programs, Windows Deployment Services (WDS), Hyper-V virtualization, and more! This book doesn’t just describe the features and functions included in Windows 2008--there are notes throughout the book explaining how organizations have successfully used the technologies to fulfill core business needs. Tips, tricks, and best practices share lessons learned from hundreds of implementations of Windows 2008 in real-world environments. Detailed information on how to… Plan and migrate from Windows 2000/2003 to Windows 2008 Leverage new tools and utilities that simplify system and network administration functions Enable the latest security technologies to improve secured enterprise computing Better manage a Windows 2008 Active Directory environment Optimize a Windows 2008 environment for better scalability and enhanced performance Implement Windows 2008 for better branch office and remote office integration Design a Windows 2008 environment to support the latest in clustering, stretched clusters, fault tolerance, and redundant systems technologies Take advantage of add-on technologies available for Windows 2008, including Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization, Windows Media Services, and IIS 7 web server solutions

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed
Author: Kerrie Meyler
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Total Pages: 1419
Release: 2008
Genre: Computer networks
ISBN: 0672329557

This book is your most complete source for in-depth information about Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007! System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed is a comprehensive guide to System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007. Like its MOM 2005 predecessor, OpsMgr 2007 helps you implement operations management, but with a far different and more holistic approach from MOM 2005's focus on individual servers. This book guides you through designing, deploying, and configuring OpsMgr 2007. You will find detailed information and hands-on experience on topics such as estimating database sizes and designing redundant OpsMgr configurations. You learn how to tackle challenges such as setting up ACS, establishing client monitoring, using and creating synthetic transactions and distributed applications, and developing management packs and reports. Size your OpsMgr databases Architect for redundancy and performance Install or migrate to OpsMgr 2007 Secure OpsMgr Back up OpsMgr components Understand how monitors and rules work Manage different aspects, including ACS, client monitoring, synthetic transactions, and distributed applications Extend OpsMgr Develop management packs and reports CD-ROM includes: Database sizing spreadsheet Utilities, management packs, and reports Microsoft's best practices for rule and monitor targeting and PowerShell Cheat Sheet Live Links--more than 200 hypertext links and references to materials, connectors, sites, and newsgroups related to OpsMgr Contents Introduction 1 Part I Operations Management Overview and Concepts 1 Operations Management Basics 11 2 What's New 63 3 Looking Inside OpsMgr 97 Part II Planning and Installation 4 Planning Your Operations Manager Deployment 137 5 Planning Complex Configurations 203 6 Installing Operations Manager 2007 233 7 Migrating to Operations Manager 2007 277 Part III Moving Toward Application-Centered Management 8 Configuring and Using Operations Manager 2007 303 9 Installing and Configuring Agents 369 10 Complex Configurations 425 11 Securing Operations Manager 2007 471 Part IV Administering Operations Manager 2007 12 Backup and Recovery 539 13 Administering Management Packs 593 14 Monitoring with Operations Manager 647 Part V Service-Oriented Monitoring 15 Monitoring Audit Collection Services 739 16 Client Monitoring 797 17 ...

System Center Configuration Manager Reporting Unleashed

System Center Configuration Manager Reporting Unleashed
Author: Garth Jones
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Total Pages: 681
Release: 2016-04-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0134466799

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager’s SQL Server database contains valuable information about your users, computers, hardware, operating systems, applications, compliance status, and much more. Microsoft has provided excellent tools for extracting this information in meaningful ways, including SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Data Tools Business Intelligence (SSDT-BI). System Center Configuration Manager Reporting Unleashed shows you how to make the most of these tools. World-renowned System Center reporting guru Garth Jones and his expert coauthors guide you through all facets of custom reporting with System Center. You’ll walk through installing and configuring SSRS, using SQL views to find the data you need, writing SQL queries, creating basic and advanced reports, and using role-based administration to securely deliver those reports to the correct individuals. Jones brings together reliable, comprehensive, and up-to-date System Center reporting techniques you’ll find in no other book or website. Using this guide, you can consistently retrieve the right information to solve immediate problems and quickly respond to management concerns. Detailed information on how to... • Install and configure SQL SSRS for optimal System Center reporting and easier troubleshooting • Understand the data stored in the ConfigMgr site database • Efficiently retrieve ConfigMgr data by writing SQL queries in SQL Server Management Studio • Learn best practices for developing and designing System Center reports • Create report templates, customize content with report parameters, and embed charts • Customize logos, color palettes, and other report elements for your own organization • Construct advanced drillthroughs to provide deeper understanding • Strengthen report security by integrating ConfigMgr role-based administration into SQL queries • Leverage reporting to measure KPIs and gain a better understanding of your environment • Tailor your reports to the needs of end-users or management • Foreword by Wally Mead, Principal Program Manager, Cireson The only book entirely dedicated to Configuration Manager reporting, this guide complements Meyler's System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed, offering far more in-depth coverage of reporting than the single chapter in that book. Most of the content in this new guide will be equally valuable in both System Center 2016 and 2012 environments.