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Pro Microsoft power platform : solution building for the citizen developer
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ISBN: 1484260082 1484260074 Year: 2020 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Apress,

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Become a self-sufficient citizen developer by learning the tools within the Microsoft Power Platform and how they can be used together to drive change and multiply your productivity. Learn about PowerApps for building applications, Power Automate for automating business processes across those applications, and Power BI for analyzing results and communicating business intelligence through compelling visuals. By understanding the purpose and capabilities of these tools, you will be able to enhance your organization’s visibility into key areas and make informed business decisions in a timely matter. This book is divided into four parts and begins in Part I by showing you how to build applications through PowerApps. You will learn about screens and controls, application sharing and administration, and how to make your applications accessible from mobile devices such as phones and tablets. Part II is about creating workflows using Power Automate that implement business logic across your applications. Part III brings in dashboards and data analysis, showing you how to connect to a data source, cleanse the data from that source, and drive decision making through interactive reports and storytelling. Part IV brings together all the pieces by showing the integrations that are possible when all three tools are combined into a single solution. You will: Understand the need for the citizen developer in today’s business environment Organize and plan the building of line-of-business applications with PowerApps solutions Replace wasteful paper processes with automated applications built in PowerApps Automate workflows across processes with Power Automate Communicate analytical results through visualizations and storytelling Integrate PowerApps, Power Automate, and Power BI into solutions that multiply productivity.


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Deep learning on Windows : building deep learning computer vision systems on Microsoft Windows
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ISBN: 1484264312 1484264304 1523150688 Year: 2021 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Apress,

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Build deep learning and computer vision systems using Python, TensorFlow, Keras, OpenCV, and more, right within the familiar environment of Microsoft Windows. The book starts with an introduction to tools for deep learning and computer vision tasks followed by instructions to install, configure, and troubleshoot them. Here, you will learn how Python can help you build deep learning models on Windows. Moving forward, you will build a deep learning model and understand the internal-workings of a convolutional neural network on Windows. Further, you will go through different ways to visualize the internal-workings of deep learning models along with an understanding of transfer learning where you will learn how to build model architecture and use data augmentations. Next, you will manage and train deep learning models on Windows before deploying your application as a web application. You’ll also do some simple image processing and work with computer vision options that will help you build various applications with deep learning. Finally, you will use generative adversarial networks along with reinforcement learning. After reading Deep Learning on Windows, you will be able to design deep learning models and web applications on the Windows operating system. You will: Understand the basics of Deep Learning and its history Get Deep Learning tools working on Microsoft Windows Understand the internal-workings of Deep Learning models by using model visualization techniques, such as the built-in plot_model function of Keras and third-party visualization tools Understand Transfer Learning and how to utilize it to tackle small datasets Build robust training scripts to handle long-running training jobs Convert your Deep Learning model into a web application Generate handwritten digits and human faces with DCGAN (Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network) Understand the basics of Reinforcement Learning.


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Building solutions with microsoft teams : understanding the teams app developer platform
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ISBN: 1484264762 1484264754 Year: 2021 Publisher: Berkeley, California : APress,

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Explore Microsoft Teams and use its principal tools such as Node.js, npm, Yeoman, Gulp, TypeScript, and React to help you develop for Teams better. This book covers the core components and use cases for Teams apps and guides you through ideas for automation, provisioning, and implementation. Building Solutions with Microsoft Teams starts with an overview of the Microsoft Teams developer platform followed by how to set up your environment for building apps and solutions with Teams. You will then go through various features of conversational bots and learn how to create a bot. You will gain an understanding of the messaging extension and command actions along with tabs for personal, groups, and teams contexts. Moving forward, you will work with SharePoint and Teams together via SharePoint Framework. Finally, you will manage the Teams life cycle and see design guidelines supported by various case studies. After reading this book, you will be able to integrate solutions from Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual agents by using accelerators. You will also be able to leverage your existing skills from SharePoint Framework development. You will: Extend the Teams developer platform capabilities Understand Microsoft Graph, including lifecycle management, collaboration, calling, and online meetings Create an app package for your Microsoft Teams app Connect web services to Microsoft Teams with webhooks.


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Hardening Azure Applications : Techniques and Principles for Building Large-Scale, Mission-Critical Applications
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ISBN: 1484241886 1484241878 Year: 2019 Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress,

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Build large-scale, mission-critical hardened applications on the Azure cloud platform. This 2nd edition provides information on the newer features in Azure, such as Linux extensions and supporting Azure Services such as HDInsight and SQL Server on Linux. Updated with new applications Hardening Azure Applications also discusses Scale Sets (VMSS), a major upgrade that enables autoscaling and seamlessly makes machines ready for high availability. The authors take you step by step through the process of evaluating and building applications with the appropriate hardness attributes. After a small introduction to cloud computing, you will learn about various cloud and hardened cloud applications in detail. Next, you will discover service fundamentals such as instrumentation, telemetry, and monitoring followed by key application experiences. Further, you will cover availability and the economics of 9s. Towards the end, you will see how to secure your application and learn about the modernization of software organisations, a new topic in this edition. After reading this book, you will master the techniques and engineering principles that every architect and developer needs to know to harden their Azure/.NET applications to ensure maximum reliability and high availability when deployed at scale. You will: Use techniques and principles to harden Azure/.NET applications Secure your applications on Azure Create a scale set on Azure Work with service fundamentals such as instrumentation, telemetry, and monitoring.


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Beginning Azure Functions : Building Scalable and Serverless Apps
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ISBN: 1484244443 1484244435 Year: 2019 Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress,

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Create highly scalable apps and monitor Azure functions in production using Azure Functions 2.0. This book takes you through durable functions for statefulness and covers not only the basics, but also how to create bindings in durable functions. It is a deep dive into the Azure Functions serverless API and will guide you through the process of converting monolithic applications to use Azure functions. The author starts by giving an overview of serverless architecture and Azure functions along with Azure App Services. You will then learn to create basic Azure functions using the Azure portal and Visual Studio. Next, you will create a serverless API using Azure Functions and migrate an existing application to Azure Functions. Finally, you will deploy an Azure function and monitor it in production. Here you will deploy the Azure function using ARM templates and secure and configure CORS for Azure functions. After reading this book, you will be able to understand Azure functions and create them using the Azure portal and Visual Studio. You will: Understand and use triggers and bindings in an Azure function Create a serverless API using Azure Functions and OpenAPI Deploy an Azure function and monitor it in production Understand durable Azure functions, including scalability, disaster recovery, and geo-distribution.


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Essential ASP.NET Web Forms Development : Full Stack Programming with C#, SQL, Ajax, and JavaScript
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ISBN: 1484257847 1484257839 Year: 2020 Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress,

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Go from beginner to pro using one of the most effective and widely used technology stacks, Microsoft ASP.NET. Beginning with the basics, you will learn how to create interactive, professional-grade, database-driven web applications in no time, using ASP.NET, C#, SQL, Ajax, and JavaScript. Essential ASP.NET Web Forms Development is divided into six learning modules and will take you from soup to nuts with ASP.NET. Part I is an introduction to the major concepts, methodologies, and technologies associated with .NET web application development. You will learn about the client-server model, the .NET Framework, the ASP.NET and C# programming languages, and the Visual Studio integrated development environment. Part II teaches you how to develop a single-page .NET web application and add server and data validation controls, laying the foundation for learning languages in the context of an ASP.NET web application. Part III is all about C# operations and shows you how to perform assignment operations, conversion operations, control operations, string operations, arithmetic operations, date and time operations, array operations, collection operations, and file system operations, as well as how to create custom C# classes in the context of a .NET web application. In Part IV, you dive into a multiple-page .NET web application and learn how to maintain state between pages and create master pages, themes, and navigation controls. Part V shows you how to connect a .NET web application to a SQL Server database. You will learn to read a database schema, program in the SQL language, utilize data binding, perform single- and multiple-row database table maintenance, and write code behind database operations. And finally, Part VI teaches you how to enhance the interactivity of a .NET web application. You will learn how to generate email messages, make use of basic Ajax controls and the Ajax Control Toolkit, and program in the JavaScript language. What You Will Learn Delve into the basics of the client-server model, the .NET Framework, the ASP.NET and C# programming languages, and the Visual Studio integrated development environment Create a page and add server and data validation controls Develop basic programming skills in the C# language Maintain state between pages and create master pages, themes, and navigation controls Read a database schema, program in the SQL language, utilize data binding, perform single- and multiple-row database table maintenance, and write code behind database operations Generate email messages, make use of basic Ajax controls and the Ajax Control Toolkit, and program in the JavaScript language This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to build ASP.NET web applications. Basic computer skills and the use of a database management system are recommended. Robert E. Beasley is Professor of Computing at Franklin College where he teaches software engineering courses. He received his BS and MS degrees from Illinois State University and his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been an active software consultant in the public and private sectors since 1987 and has been teaching since 1995. He is the author of three books and more than 50 articles and has spoken at numerous global conferences.


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Understanding System.IO for .NET Core 3 : Implementing Internal and Commercial Tools
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ISBN: 148425872X 1484258711 Year: 2020 Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress,

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Take full advantage of the .NET APIs in System.IO to achieve fundamental I/O operations and produce better quality software. You’ll start with the basics of creating a .NET Core custom library for System.IO. You will learn the purpose and benefits of a custom cross-platform .NET Core library along with the implementation architecture of the custom library components. Moving forward, you will learn how to use the .NET APIs of System.IO for getting information about resources. Here, you will go through drives, directories, files, and much more in the .NET API. You’ll discuss manipulation of resources and the environment, where you will learn how to build custom IO actions for resource manipulation followed by its properties and security. Next, you will learn special .NET API operations with System.IO with demonstrations on working with collection of resources, directories, files, and system information. Finally, you will go through the managed and unmanaged streams in the .NET API such as memory stream, file stream, and much more. After reading Understanding System.IO for .NET Core 3, you will be able to work with different features of .System.IO in .NET Core and implement its internal and commercial tools for different I/O scenarios. You will: Discover the inner workings of the System.IO BCL implementation on the .NET Core platform Work with System.IO mechanisms available through the .NET Core platform Write a custom library that encapsulates .NET APIs from System.IO Design and implement various tools in System.IO.


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Understanding Hybrid Environments in SharePoint 2019 : Building and Implementing Features
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ISBN: 1484260503 148426049X Year: 2020 Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress,

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Design and develop hybrid scenarios with SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server 2019. This book will help you build hybrid environments from scratch, and covers basic to advanced scenarios. The book takes you through the setup and configuration of SharePoint 2019 on virtual machines in Microsoft Azure. It gives you an overview of the features of the SharePoint Server 2019 User Experience. Integration of SP 2019 with PowerApps and Microsoft Flow is covered, along with Power BI reporting. You will learn to manage the data gateway and understand how to publish the Power BI Report. Configuration of the SP 2019 home page is explained and you learn how to enable a hybrid experience via the SP Office 365 link setting. You will know how to register a public domain in Office 365 and configure it for SP hybrid. Cloud hybrid search with the PowerShell script approach is discussed as well as SP 2019 hybrid Self-Service Site Creation. Configuration of the hybrid taxonomy, content types, and SharePoint framework development with SP 2019 are covered. And the book ends on using the office online server for SharePoint Server 2019 along with SP Server 2019 upgrade scenarios. After reading this book, you will be able to build and manage different hybrid environments with SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server 2019. You will: Enlarge your hybrid terminology Get familiar with the new and improved features of SharePoint Server 2019 Develop a hybrid experience with SharePoint Server 2019 Enable hybrid search Understand the on-premises data gateway Configure and integrate SharePoint Server 2019 with Power Platform, including Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate.


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Microsoft Azure architect technologies study companion : hands-on preparation and practice for exam AZ-300 and AZ-303
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ISBN: 148426200X 1484261992 Year: 2020 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Apress,

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Use this invaluable study companion and hands-on guide to help you prepare for the AZ-300 and AZ-303 certification exam and get well on your way to becoming an Azure Solutions Architect. The book starts with an overview of public, private, and hybrid clouds and then goes into configuration of virtual machines. Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and VM encryption are discussed along with Azure Monitor. You will learn how to work with Azure recommendations and analyze your resource configuration. Storage solutions, connecting to networks, and Azure Active Directory are discussed in depth, with examples. You will be able to migrate servers to Azure and demonstrate server-less computing, load balancing, and app services in Azure. You also will learn about Service Fabric, Azure Kubernetes services, and data security in Azure. Cosmos DB and Relational DB are covered and you will know how to connect to cloud databases using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). The book presents exercises, practice questions, and Azure architecture best practices. You will: Be able to speak with customers, understand their infrastructure, and provide a blueprint to migrate their framework to Azure Go beyond moving on-premise frameworks to Azure and design solutions on Azure from the start Know Azure architecture best practices to optimize Azure deployments Complete practice exercises to prepare for exam lab assignments Take a mock exam for practice.


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Pro Microsoft Power BI administration : creating a consistent, compliant, and secure corporate platform for business intelligence
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ISBN: 148426567X 1484265661 Year: 2020 Publisher: New York, New York State : APress,

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Manage Power BI within organizations. This book helps you systematize administration as Microsoft shifts Power BI from a self-service tool to an enterprise tool. You will learn best practices for many Power BI administrator tasks. And you will know how to manage artifacts such as reports, users, work spaces, apps, and gateways. The book also provides experience-based guidance on governance, licensing, and managing capacities. Good management includes policies and procedures that can be applied consistently and even automatically across a broad user base. This book provides a strategic road map for the creation and implementation of policies and procedures that support Power BI best practices in enterprises. Effective governance depends not only on good policies, but also on the active and timely monitoring of adherence to those policies. This book helps you evaluate the tools to automate and simplify the most common administrative and monitoring tasks, freeing up administrators to provide greater value to the organization through better user training and awareness initiatives. You will: Recognize the roles and responsibilities of the Power BI administrator Manage users and their work spaces Know when to consider using Power BI Premium Govern your Power BI implementation and manage Power BI tenants Create an effective security strategy for Power BI in the enterprise Collaborate and share consistent views of the data across all users Follow a life cycle management strategy for rollout of dashboards and reports Create internal training resources backed up by accurate documentation Monitor Power BI to better understand risks and compliance manage costs, and track implementation .

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