I found these amazingly free E-book resources from Microsoft to be totally badass and wanted to encourage more people to check them out.
The quantity of information provided in these free ebooks is immense.
All credit goes to Microsoft and Mr. Eric Ligman for putting these resources together; I appreciate the free resources and others do too.
Collection #1: Large Collection of Free Microsoft Ebooks
Access the first collection of free Microsoft Ebooks here.
The first ebook collection from Microsoft has tons of training and guides that are free.
A Few of the Topics Covered:
- Programming Windows 8 Apps (with HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Programming Windows Phone
- Microsoft Office Security
- Office 365
- ASP.net
- Kerberos Authentication for SharePoint
- Virtualization Solutions
- Windows Server 2012
- SQL Server 2012
Collection #2: Another large collection of Free Microsoft Ebooks and Resource Kits:
Access the second collection of free Microsoft Ebooks here.
Collection #2 is another noteworthy collection of free Microsoft Ebooks.
Some of my Favorite Topics covered in this collection:
- Windows Apps – Cloud development
- Hybrid application development with Cloud on Windows Azure
- SharePoint 2010
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
- Office 2012 Deployment Guide (Preview)
- Office 2010 Developer Training Kit
- SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit
- Visual Studio LightSwitch Training Kit
Executive Summary:
With this quantity of knowledge available for free, there’s no reason you can’t be a totally badass computer nerd in no time.
Just my $.02