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Learn Microsoft Azure. Build, manage, and scale cloud applications using the Azure ecosystem
Mohamed Waly
Azure is one of the leading public cloud service providers. Thanks to a number of Azure service updates, it continues to make advances in the realm of cloud computing.Learn Microsoft Azure starts with the fundamentals of cloud computing. You will learn to configure and set up the Azure infrastructure. As you make your way through the book, you'll explore Azure services, along with working on virtual memory systems (VMS) and deployment models. You will understand various services in the Azure ecosystem, such as Azure IoT and Azure Analytics, among others. An easy-to-follow introduction to various cloud design patterns will also add to your efficiency in designing cloud solutions. In the concluding chapters, you'll secure your virtual networks using Network security groups and configure Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to set a custom domain name and company profile.By the end of this book, you will have learned to secure and troubleshoot your Azure cloud environment and be fully aware of best practices for Azure cloud administration.
Arshad Ali, Bradley Schacht
Discover the capabilities of Microsoft Fabric, the premier unified solution designed for the AI era, seamlessly combining data integration, OneLake, transformation, visualization, universal security, and a unified business model. This book provides an overview of Microsoft Fabric, its components, and the wider analytics landscape.In this book, you'll explore workloads such as Data Factory, Synapse Data Engineering, data science, data warehouse, real-time analytics, and Power BI. You’ll learn how to build end-to-end lakehouse and data warehouse solutions using the medallion architecture, unlock the real-time analytics, and implement machine learning and AI models. As you progress, you’ll build expertise in monitoring workloads and administering Fabric across tenants, capacities, and workspaces. The book also guides you step by step through enhancing security and governance practices in Microsoft Fabric and implementing CI/CD workflows with Azure DevOps or GitHub. Finally, you’ll discover the power of Copilot, an AI-driven assistant that accelerates your analytics journey.By the end of this book, you’ll have unlocked the full potential of AI-driven data analytics, gaining a comprehensive understanding of the analytics landscape and mastery over the essential concepts and principles of Microsoft Fabric.
Linda Foulkes
Learn Microsoft Office 2019 provides a comprehensive introduction to the latest versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook. With the help of illustrated explanations, this Microsoft Office book will take you through the updated Office 2019 applications and guide you through implementing them using practical examples.You'll start by exploring the Word 2019 interface and creating professional Word documents using elements such as citations and cover pages, tracking changes, and performing mail merge. You'll then learn how to create impressive PowerPoint presentations and advance to performing calculations and setting up workbooks in Excel 2019, along with discovering its data analysis features. Later chapters will focus on Access 2019, assisting you in everything from organizing a database to constructing advanced queries. You'll then get up to speed with Outlook, covering how to create and manage tasks, as well as how to handle your mail and contacts effortlessly. Finally, you'll find solutions to commonly encountered issues and best practices for streamlining various workplace tasks.By the end of this book, you'll have learned the essentials of Office business apps and be ready to work with them to boost your productivity.
Linda Foulkes
This second edition book covers the new and exciting features of Microsoft Office 2021 for desktop and web apps, helping you broaden the skills from the previous edition. Using real-world experiences, this book will guide you through practical examples that set off your thought process to boost productivity.To build new skills in each application, the book ensures that you gain a thorough understanding of new functions, such as PivotTables, Dashboards, and data manipulation methods in Excel.You’ll explore PowerPoint tools such as Presenter Coach, Presenter View, the record tool, and setting reading order to mention a few. You’ll also manipulate slide elements using Auto Fix, draw features, insert video captions, explore playback options, and rehearse presentations using the body language Presenter Coach feature. The book demystifies the Transform feature and shows you how to dictate directly in Word. You’ll even be able to work with Styles by refining the layout and multiple tables of contents. Finally, you’ll focus on making the best use of Outlook enhancements and working remotely using Teams.By the end of this book, you’ll have understood the features of each app inside out and enhanced your existing skills using new techniques to make your professional life more efficient.
Matthew Weston, Elisa Bárcena Martín
Microsoft Power Apps provides a modern approach to building low-code business applications for mobiles, tablets, browsers, and Microsoft Teams. The second edition of Learn Microsoft Power Apps will guide you in creating well designed and secure apps that transform old processes and workflows.Learn Microsoft Power Apps starts with an introduction to Power Apps to help you feel comfortable with the creation experience. Using screenshots from the latest UI, you will be guided through how to create an app, building your confidence to start developing further. This book will help you design, set up, and configure your first application by writing simple formulas. You'll learn about the different types of apps you can build in Power Apps and which one applies best to your requirements.In addition to this, you’ll learn how to identify the right data storage system for you, with new chapters covering how to integrate apps with SharePoint or Dataverse. As you advance, you’ll be able to use various controls, connectors, and data sources to create a powerful, interactive app. For example, this book will help you understand how Power Apps can use Microsoft Power Automate, Power BI, and Azure functionalities to improve your applications. Finally, you will be introduced to the emerging Power Apps Copilot tool, which uses artificial intelligence to accelerate the app building process.By the end of this Power Apps book, you’ll be ready to confidently develop lightweight business applications with minimal code.
Greg Deckler
Everyone’s swimming in data. The ones who thrive? They know how to make sense of it with the right tools quickly and effectively. Learn Microsoft Power BI, Third Edition is your essential guide to mastering one of the most powerful platforms for data analysis and visualization. In this newly revised and expanded edition, Greg Deckler, a 7-time Microsoft MVP and Power BI expert, takes you on a journey of data exploration and discovery using Microsoft Power BI to ingest, cleanse, and organize data and uncover key business insights that can be shared effectively.Covering the latest features and interface changes, including Microsoft Fabric and Copilot, this book guides you through deploying, adopting, and governing Power BI within your organization. You’ll get to grips with the fundamentals of business intelligence projects and learn how to leverage your expertise in the broader Power BI ecosystem. From ingesting and cleansing your data to transforming it into stunning visualizations, reports, and dashboards that speak to business decision-makers, this book will fully prepare you to become the data analysis hero of your organization or kickstart a rewarding career in business intelligence.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
Learn Microsoft PowerApps. Build customized business applications without writing any code
Matthew Weston
Microsoft PowerApps provides a modern approach to building business applications for mobile, tablet, and browser. Learn Microsoft PowerApps will guide you in creating powerful and productive apps that will add value to your organization by helping you transform old and inefficient processes and workflows.Starting with an introduction to PowerApps, this book will help you set up and configure your first application. You’ll explore a variety of built-in templates and understand the key difference between types of applications such as canvas and model-driven apps, which are used to create apps for specific business scenarios. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to generate and integrate apps directly with SharePoint, and gain an understanding of PowerApps key components such as connectors and formulas. As you advance, you’ll be able to use various controls and data sources, including technologies such as GPS, and combine them to create an iterative app. Finally, the book will help you understand how PowerApps can use several Microsoft Power Automate and Azure functionalities to improve your applications.By the end of this PowerApps book, you’ll be ready to confidently develop lightweight business applications with minimal code.
Learn Mistral. Elevating Mistral systems through embeddings, agents, RAG, AWS Bedrock, and Vertex AI
Pavlo Cherkashin
This is a practical, project-driven guide to turning open-source Mistral models into production-ready AI solutions. Through hands-on workshops and use cases, you’ll learn how to build private chat systems, semantic search engines, intelligent agents, coding assistants, and secure deployments that go beyond simple experimentation. The journey begins by exploring where Mistral excels and where human oversight is essential. You’ll then learn to set up a secure, locally hosted chat system with Ollama, customize behavior with system prompts and parameters, and dive deep into embeddings to unlock semantic search with Pinecone. As you progress, you’ll build multi-agent workflows, unpack advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines, and integrate Mistral with Codestral to accelerate coding. You'll also learn to apply Mistral to cybersecurity, be challenged with open-ended RAG projects, and be guided through deploying scalable AI on AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex AI.By the end of this book, you will be ready to design and build AI systems that are innovative, compliant, and production-ready.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required