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We’re pleased to announce the availability of Microsoft Excel 2013: Data Analysis and Business Modeling (9780735669130). Purchase from these online retailers: Amazon.com Barnes & Noble Independent booksellers – Shop local O’Reilly Media – Official...

We’re pleased to announce the availability of Windows Server 2012 R2 Pocket Consultant: Storage, Security, & Networking (9780735682597), by William Stanek. Purchase from these online retailers: Amazon.com Barnes & Noble Independent...

As many of you know, I love "year in review" retrospectives, so my holiday gift to all of you is my annual summary of what happened in the world of exams from a numbers perspective. Without further ado, let’s take a look back at 2013:...

As promised, we’re posting Part 2 of our interview with Joan Lambert and her father, Steve Lambert, who represent two generations of Microsoft Press authors.  In this video clip, they talk about the freedom that comes along with being authors; what...

Join us for a special two-hour virtual College & Career Readiness Event Choose the event time that fits your schedule: Thursday, February 13 | 8:00 – 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time | Add this event to your calendar February 18th from 12:00-14:00...

Kristi Rasmussen here from the Windows Developer Content team. If you’re building Windows Store apps, you want great flexibility when designing your UI . You want tiles in varying sizes and resizable windows that give your users more control over your...

Greetings! Here’s the listing . And here’s a quick snippet from the job description: “We are looking for a passionate and results-driven content developer to provide book planning and acquisitions, project management, and editorial development for Microsoft...

Is your company's data weighing you down or is it helping you drive smart strategy for your business? If your data isn't core to decisions in product development, forecasting, operations, inventory, marketing and sales, it may be time to rethink...

A few months back we let you all know that we are updating our exams to cover Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2. Well, the day is approaching quickly when the updates will be seen in the exams. In just under 3 weeks, on January...

The member sites for MCP, MOS, and MCT have been updated! Find out from this blog post what's new in the member sites' design and content. Then, log in and check things out for yourself.

To stay aligned with how developers build Web applications, the Microsoft Learning Experiences team is making a few exciting updates to the MCSD: Web Applications certification: 1. CHOICE: Web application development often requires a combination...

Hello, Kraig Brockschmidt here. I’ve been busily working on wrapping up the second edition of Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, JavaScript , the second preview of which we made available last fall . It’s been a joy to explore and share with...