This e-book contains ten chapters from another official Microsoft Press book: Windows 7 Resource Kit (not for free, of course). Contains all the necessary information about Windows 7 deployment planning, execution, automation and tools involved in the process.

Here’s a summary of the topics involved:

• Planning Deployment
• Testing Application Compatibility
• Developing Disk Images
• Migrating User State Data
• Deploying Applications
• Volume Activation
• Using Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
• Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

But that’s not all: Microsoft also published as a free download the Chapter 23 of the Windows 7 Resource Kit, “Supporting Users Using Remote Assistance”.

Enjoy!

• Free E-Books from Microsoft Press: Office Communications Server – June 19, 2009
• Dont Just Jump Ship to Apple So Easily – September 27, 2011
• Free Angry Birds Windows 7 Theme – July 2, 2011
• Windows 7 Themes Manager – June 20, 2011
• Transformers 3 Theme for Windows 7 – June 18, 2011

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Microsoft Press is releasing their last delivery for free e-books and with a nice set for you to download completely free:

Office Communications Server 2007 R2: Resource Kit

For those that are not familiarize with the Office Communications suite, this platform represents a big and important set of tools and services for enterprises and real-time communications. This package includes instant messaging, presence, conferences, file transfers, peer to peer, VoIP, voice mail and much more.

This book will guide you on every necessary process related to the OCS suite: Overview, key scenarios, planning, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, etc.

Also for the developers guys, and in the same platform, another free e-book:

Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2

These books are available for a short period of time, so don’t wait much longer!

• Windows 7 Free E-Book – October 18, 2009
• Free E-Books from Microsoft Press: Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services and Defect Prevention – May 23, 2009
• Synergy Lets You Use One Mouse and Keyboard with Two or More Computers – May 22, 2011
• XbList is a Desktop Xbox 360 Friends List – May 8, 2011
• ClipCube is the Best Clipboard History Tool – May 8, 2011

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Disclaimer: These books are available to download for a short period of time, so you better hurry!

Microsoft Press guys are celebrating their 25th anniversary by giving away free e-books every month. This time the books that you can download completely free are:

For the IT guys, Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Resource Kit.

And for those geek programmers, a nice “best-practices” book: The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention.

There’s no catch to get the PDF file, just click on the links and sign-up with a Passport account.

Enjoy!

• Windows Phone 7 Development: Guides of Absolute Beginners – November 20, 2010
• Free E-Books from Microsoft Press: Office Communications Server – June 19, 2009
• How to Download Spotify App Clients for Windows and Mac – December 2, 2011
• Synergy Lets You Use One Mouse and Keyboard with Two or More Computers – May 22, 2011
• XbList is a Desktop Xbox 360 Friends List – May 8, 2011

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