Books

Tired of Azure’s steep learning curve and endless documentation? Azure For Starters by Chinmoy Mukherjee turns real-world pain into practical success. Follow a complete, production-ready sample system—user authentication, invoice uploads to Blob Storage, Spark validation in Databricks, Redis caching, Cosmos DB, Functions, and Kubernetes deployment—complete with working code, configs, and screenshots that save you 6–8 weeks of ramp-up time.

A hands-on guide to building, scheduling, and deploying data pipelines with Apache Airflow 2.x from scratch to AWS MWAA production deployment.

Stop merely hosting and start mastering the cloud. Mastering Azure for Web Applications provides the high-stakes roadmap for transforming fragmented resources into a hardened, high-performing ecosystem using the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework. Execute the strategic remediations that slash operational waste, eliminate security blind spots, and turn your web infrastructure into a sustainable powerhouse.

Troubleshooting Linux systems can feel like solving a mystery—but the right strategies make all the difference. This ebook teaches practical techniques, tools, and real-world approaches that help you diagnose problems faster and fix them with confidence.

Artificial Intelligence has become the new global power race. Nations are competing for data, infrastructure, and algorithmic dominance that will define the future world order.

Evolve from building static applications to architecting sophisticated cognitive systems. Master the Microsoft Semantic Kernel to bridge deterministic C# code with LLM reasoning. Build autonomous agents that plan, execute, and adapt using advanced enterprise patterns. Stop writing scripts and start engineering the future of intelligent .NET software.

What actually happens after you click Login? Beyond the screen, beyond the redirects, beyond the success message, enterprise Single Sign-On reveals its true complexity. Beyond the Login Screen exposes the real mechanics of SSO—HTTP calls, cookies, tokens, and protocol exchanges—across Spring Boot, Keycloak, and Azure Entra ID. This book is for professionals who need more than configurations: it is for those who must understand identity deeply, troubleshoot decisively, and deliver reliable authentication experiences when it matters most.

No es un libro sobre productos. Tampoco es un manual técnico.Es una historia sobre cómo la infraestructura llegó hasta acá.Sobre decisiones inevitables, modelos que dejaron de escalar y plataformas que surgieron cuando la complejidad ya no podía sostenerse. Sobre virtualización, cloud, negocio y personas. Sobre aciertos, errores y aprendizajes que marcaron una era.Este primer volumen no intenta explicar VMware Cloud Foundation. Intenta explicar por qué era inevitable que existiera.Porque antes de discutir arquitectura, conviene entender el camino.

A practical guide to Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC), the cross-platform configuration management tool for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Learn how to author configuration documents, work with built-in resources, adapters, and build custom resources.

Implement Zero Trust without losing employee engagementUse Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Entra, and Purview the smart wayIdentify what’s truly critical and what’s just clutterTame shadow IT, fix password chaos, and close real gapsMake your cloud setup more secure than your basement server

Mit Checklisten, Praxisbeispielen und Notfalltipps eignet sich das Buch besonders für Entscheider, CISOs, IT-Leitungen und alle, die IT-Sicherheit zur Chefsache machen wollen, fundiert, pragmatisch und umsetzbar im Alltag.

What’s Inside Volume 5?Chapter 1: Azure Blob Object Storage We begin with advanced backup concepts, including step-by-step walkthroughs for creating efficient backup jobs tailored for Hyper-V environments. The backup infrastructure of Veeam Backup & Replication consists of Backup proxy servers, Backup Repositories, Object storage repositories, Scale-out Repositories, External Repositories, WAN Accelerators, Managed Servers…Chapter 2: Cloud CredentialsYou can use the Cloud Credentials Manager to build and manage a list of credentials records that you intend to use to access cloud services. Veeam Backup & Replication encrypts credentials in the configuration database using Data Protection API (DPAPI) techniques.Chapter 3: Cloud Repositories The true test of any backup solution is how to prevent data deletion from the object storage repository by making it momentarily immutable and protecting data from malware activity by keeping several versions of a single backup.

Learn how to analyze .NET application and service crashes and freezes, navigate memory dump space (managed and unmanaged code), and diagnose corruption, leaks, CPU spikes, blocked threads, deadlocks, wait chains, resource contention, and much more using WinDbg on Windows and LLDB on Linux. Covers 22 .NET memory dump analysis patterns, plus the additional 21 unmanaged patterns.

Let’s be real—AI sounds like the buzzword of the decade, doesn’t it? Every tech bro and their startup pitch deck is screaming about how it’s gonna “revolutionize” everything from your coffee maker to your quarterly earnings. But here’s the thing: most of that’s just hot air. 

Tired of the complexities of managing software on Windows? WinGet and Beyond is your guide to making it effortless. Whether you’re an IT professional, a developer, or simply a tech hobbyist, this book introduces you to Microsoft’s WinGet, a tool that’s all about simplifying software management and more.