Free Books to Download

A couple of free eBooks are available, written by MVP’s. This again amplifies the value that Microsoft MVP’s to the general IT Pro community.

First up is  an eBook from Canadian Mitch Tulloch, a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the just-published (and hot-selling) Windows 7 Resource Kit (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735627000; 1760 pages). Mitch has created a short 11 page eBook called “What You Can Do Before You Call Tech Support.” Here are the opening paragraphs:

Your sound card has stopped working, your computer seems sluggish, the network is down, your hard drive is clicking, you can’t view a website, your monitor is hard to read, your new webcam isn’t working, your favourite program won’t run, and a funny burning smell is coming from your computer. What can you do on your own to try to troubleshoot the issue before you pick up the phone to call tech support?

If you’re running Windows 7, quite a lot. Microsoft has included a lot of self-support tools in Windows 7 that you can try using before you seek the help of others, and we’ll examine these in a moment. Then there are the tools you were born with—your five senses (see, hear, smell, taste, touch) and most importantly your brain. And by brain I’m including your memory, experience, and capacity for logical reasoning. Finally, there is ancient and sacred lore passed on in secret from Master to Disciple over the millennia. We’ll see shortly how your brain, your senses, and the secrets of the Wise Ones can be very helpful for troubleshooting computer problems. But first let’s look at what troubleshooting tools are built into Windows 7.

You can download the eBook in XPS format here and in PDF format here. Enjoy!

The next book is written by Jaap Wesselius , a Microsoft MVP’s for Exchange Server from the Netherlands. With only 5 chapters, you might think it is light on content but each chapter has quite a few subchapters so don’t think the book is light.  It’s not.

• CHAPTER 1:  Introduction to Exchange Server 2010
• CHAPTER 2:  Installing Exchange Server 2010
• CHAPTER 3:  Exchange Server 2010 Coexistence
• CHAPTER 4:  Managing Exchange Server 2010
• CHAPTER 5:  High Availability in Exchange Server 2010

Section 1.6 Exchange Server 2010 Server Roles, for instance, is particularly interesting in explaining the roles – especially for folks like me that still have the old 2003 architecture & server roles in mind.

Section 2.1 Installing the Exchange Server 2010 Prerequisites, reads like a to do list which is particularly useful if you’re new to the new “Exchange Server 2007+” world.

DOWNLOAD:
https://www.red-gate.com/specials/Exchange/esa_exchange2010.htm

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