format c: The MS DOS Manual taught me the true power of the PC. Typing those 9 characters and hitting Enter made a very large change in my computer. Before I ran that command, my computer booted. I turned on the power switch and I got a prompt to perform an action. After, it didn’t do anything. Something like this had never happened with my last “home computer,” the Atari 800 XL. No matter what I did with that device,
Read more →I’m so excited to see that the second book I’ve co-authored has made it to the Early Release stage! You can purchase Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Inside Out Early Release at Oreilly.com today. When you purchase an Early Release book like this, you will receive the first 10 chapters we’ve drafted and all updates to the digital edition including the final release E-book. If you’re not familiar with O’Reilly E-books, they are all DRM free and available to read in formats
Read more →#SPC11 – I’ll be at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference October 3-6, 2011 at the Anaheim Convention Center and the party Tuesday night across the street at Disneyland. If you see me at the conference or the park, don’t be afraid to ask me to sign your copy of my new book, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out. If you’re looking for a copy of the book, there will be multiple giveaways and, I’m not sure, but it might be available
Read more →#SPC11 – Are you a blogger? Would you like a free copy of the newest book on SharePoint from Microsoft Press? Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out which I am a co-author on will be available through the O’Reilly Blogger Review program in the next week or two. My co-authors, the editors, publishers and I would love to hear what you think about our new book! If you’re not familiar with the program, O’Reilly provides select titles of recent book
Read more →Follow @Resing for background on the book I use twitter with the name @resing and I am actively promoting the book on twitter and on my blog http://tomresing.com/blog Why I contributed to this book I wrote this book because my friends and family want to know more about what I do in my day job. So much of my time is spent with the technical details behind the scenes of great SharePoint deployments, but it’s the people looking at that
Read more →Microsoft has published four traditional exams for SharePoint 2010 and there are four corresponding certifications. TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development Exam 70-573 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring Exam 70-667 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) PRO: Designing and Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Applications Exam 70-576 Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) PRO: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Administrator Exam 70-668 Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Preparation I believe the best preparation for these exams is by hands on
Read more →I’ve agreed to contribute to the upcoming Microsoft Press title Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out. Amazon has already updated the listing with me as co-author. How exciting! I’ve already started writing the first chapter I’ll contribute which is tentatively titled “Administration for Business Users.” I have what I think is a unique concept for the chapter. 99% of SharePoint users will never install SharePoint, but many will want to know how the decisions made by engineers will effect their
Read more →I just received my copy of Sahil Malik’s new SharePoint 2010 Development book. I’ve only read a few pages, but he’s already caught my attention with a great discussion of Virtualization Technologies applied to SharePoint Development. This is a tough topic and Sahil shows his experience with his options in the first chapter of the book. I hope the rest of the book is as good as the first Chapter! By the way, Sahil meant the first chapter for .Net developers
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