Author: Scott Cameron
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Keywords: microsoft, services, analysis, server, sql
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2009-04-15
List price: $49.99
ISBN-10: 0735626200
ISBN-13: 9780735626201

Teach yourself to use SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services for business intelligence—one step at a time. You’ll start by building your understanding of the business intelligence platform enabled by SQL Server and the Microsoft Office System, highlighting the role of Analysis Services. Then, you’ll create a simple multidimensional OLAP cube and progressively add features to help improve, secure, deploy, and maintain an Analysis Services database. You’ll explore core Analysis Services 2008 features and capabilities, including dimension, cube, and aggregation design wizards; a new att

Author: Stacia Misner
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Keywords: microsoft, services, reporting, server, sql
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2009-02-25
List price: $49.99
ISBN-10: 0735626472
ISBN-13: 9780735626478

Teach yourself how to build, manage, and access SQL Server 2008 reports—one step at a time. Whether you’re a report developer, IT administrator, or business user, this sequential, learn-by-doing tutorial shows you how to deliver the business intelligence information your organization needs. Discover how to: Install and configure Reporting Services Put Report Builder and Report Designer tools to work Create interactive, online reports that enable users to sort and filter data Add charts and gauges to present data visually Deploy reports to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Monitor s

Author: Curtis Frye
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Keywords: microsoft, excel, office
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2007-01-31
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 073562304X
ISBN-13: 9780735623040

Excel provides an easy-to-use, powerful spreadsheet environment that helps you handle calculations and data more effectively - with simple ways to enter and edit data, work with formulas and functions for complex calculations, format worksheets and work with colorful charts, and publish documents to the Web. With MICROSOFT EXCEL 2007 STEP BY STEP, you’ll learn all the ins and outs of working with Excel features, including the exciting new interface for this latest version of Office. This information-packed guide provides numbered steps and hands-on examples that show you

Author: Michael Halvorson
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Keywords: microsoft, basic, visual
Number of Pages: 608
Published: 2005-11-02
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0735621314
ISBN-13: 9780735621312

Visual Basic 2005 focuses on enabling developers to rapidly build applications, with enhancements across its visual designers, code editor, language, and debugger that help accelerate the development and deployment of robust, elegant applications across the Web, a business group, or an enterprise. Now you can teach yourself the essentials of working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and the new features of the Visual Basic language one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you re a beginning programmer or new to this s

Authors:Adam Freeman, Allen Jone,
Publisher: Microsoft Pre
Keywords: microsoft, services, web, xml, net
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2002-10-30
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0735617201
ISBN-13: 9780735617209

Teach yourself how to write and deploy XML Web services for Microsoft .NET-one step at a time. XML Web services can vastly simplify application integration and interoperability, but developing them requires an understanding of many different programming techniques and technologies. This step-by-step tutorial delivers expert, task-based instruction designed to help you apply what you already know about C#, Microsoft Visual Basic, and other object-oriented programming (OOP) languages to XML Web services development-at the pace that best suits you. Topics include XML Web services architecture; wr

Author: Microsoft Patterns & Practices Team
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Keywords: amp, practices, patterns, guide, application, architecture, microsoft
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2009-11-04
List price: $44.99
ISBN-10: 073562710X
ISBN-13: 9780735627109

Get the definitive guide on designing applications on the Microsoft application platform—straight from the Microsoft patterns & practices team. Learn how to choose the most appropriate architecture and the best implementation technologies that the Microsoft application platform offers applications developers. Get critical design recommendations and guidelines organized by application type—from Web, mobile, and rich Internet applications to Office Business Applications. You’ll also get links to additional technical resources that can help with your application development.

Author: Solid Quality Learning
Publisher: Microsoft Pre
Keywords: server, core, requirements, microsoft, sql, paced, pro, certification, training, administrator, mcitp, kit, database, exams
Number of Pages: 2544
Published: 2006-11-29
List price: $139.99
ISBN-10: 0735623775
ISBN-13: 9780735623774

Get in-depth training and practice with the skills measured by the core exams for Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator certification--all in one box! Covering Exams 70-431, 70-443, and 70-444, these three training kits include exam prep and practice tests to help you maximize your performance. You get official Microsoft® study guides, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. They come packed with the tools and features that exam candidates want most--including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective re