Computer & Internet

In BizTalk Succinctly, author Rui Machado provides an insightful look at one of Microsoft’s most useful servers.

The Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI) enables developers and network administrators to easily manage network resources by providing a way to automate tasks.

This edition was written after the release of Windows 10 version 1511 in November 2015 and includes all of its enterprise-focused features.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 is the new version of the widely-used integrated development environment for building modern, high-quality applications for a number of platforms such as Windows, the web, the cloud, and mobile devices. In Visual Studio 2015 Succinctly, author Alessandro Del Sole explains how to take advantage of the most useful of these highly anticipated features.

Visual Studio Code is a powerful tool for editing code and serves as a complete environment for end-to-end programming. Visual Studio Code Succinctly by Alessandro Del Sole, will guide readers to mastery of this valuable tool so that they can make full use of its features.

In NancyFX Succinctly, you’ll learn what NancyFX is all about, where it came from, and what it can do for you as a .NET developer. Author Peter Shaw will explain why NancyFX is more than just another web framework, and teach you some of the many tricks that make it as easy as possible for you to create stunning web-enabled applications on the .NET platform.

Some basic knowledge of ASP.NET forms the foundation for an introduction to multitenancy in web application development and how to use ASP.NET frameworks to implement multitenant solutions. With an emphasis on working solutions, author Ricardo Peres will guide you towards a greater mastery of multitenant solutions in ASP.NET Multitenant Applications Succinctly.

Use HBase to improve your control of big data.

Microsoft has only recently embraced the world of open source software, offering many pieces of the .NET Framework architecture as open source projects. One of the most significant projects is Roslyn, Microsoft’s C# and Visual Basic compilers rewritten entirely in managed code. With Roslyn Succinctly by Alessandro Del Sole, you will learn how the platform grants developers greater freedom to build tools for other developers, how to build your own tools, and how to share them with the development community.

This introduction to Leaflet.js will teach key concepts of the software and critical techniques in order to help you develop web-ready interactive maps. Mark Lewin’s Leaflet.js Succinctly is the first step on the road to producing the best interactive maps you possibly can.

With just some knowledge of IoC, DI, and Unit Testing, begin using FakeItEasy to mock dependencies while unit testing. Author Mike McCarthy will guide readers—from novices to experts—to getting the most out of mocking frameworks with FakeItEasy Succinctly.

Handling a request is no longer the simple process of “send back the content of this file,” but instead involves routing the request to the web application, which, among other things, determines where the content comes from. In Web Servers Succinctly, author Marc Clifton provides great insights on the benefits of building your own web server, and covers different options available for threading, work processes, session management, routing, and security.

Planning and Preparing for Microsoft SharePoint Hybrid is a guide on how to connect SharePoint on-premises to Microsoft’s cloud services.

In The Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), security experts Michael Howard and Steve Lipner from the Microsoft Security Engineering Team guide you through each stage of the SDL—from education and design to testing and post-release.

Learn the fundamentals of Delphi to build a variety of solutions for many devices and platforms.

Developed by Microsoft’s Research in Software Engineering, Code Contracts provide a way to convey code assumptions in your

Microcontrollers like Arduino provide a great introduction to physical computing, allowing you to design: environment sensors and controls; visual and auditory alerts based on input; and devices comprising the Internet of Things.

Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms: Cross-platform C# programming for iOS, Android, and Windows.

In this Microsoft SQL Server 2016: Mission-Critical Applications, Deeper Insights, Hyperscale Cloud- Preview 2 ebook, we introduce three new security features: Always Encrypted, Row-Level Security, and dynamic data masking; discuss enhancements that enable you to better manage performance and storage: TempDB configuration, query store, and Stretch Database; review several improvements to Reporting Services; and also describe AlwaysOn Availability Groups, tabular enhancements, and R integration.

Get a head start deploying Windows 10—with tips and best practices from experts in the field. Deploying Windows 10: Automating deployment by using System Center Configuration Manager shows you how to deploy Windows 10 in an automated way without impacting end users by leveraging System Center Configuration Manager, which is the most used product to deploy Microsoft operating systems in the industry today.