Free eBooks

Got this from another blog and copied it directly into this blog posting (some eBooks have been skipped by me though). All credits go to Michael Pietroforte, the owner of that blog.

Thanks Michael for sharing!

The books are ordered chronologically. Books without a publishing date are at the end of the list.

1. The SysAdmin Handbook
   Red Gate Software, March, 2010.
   A collection of articles about Exchange, Virtualization, Windows Server, Powershell, and Unified Messaging.
   
   
2. Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions (Second Edition)
   Mitch Tulloch, Microsoft Press, February 2010.
   Hyper-V and Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, and Microsoft’s private and public cloud computing platforms including Windows Azure.
   
   
3. The Complete Windows 7 Shortcuts eBook
   Nitgin Agarwal, The Windows Club, February 2010.
   More than 200 keyboard shortcuts containing almost all the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows 7 and its default programs like Paint, WordPad, MS Office, Calculator, Help, Media Player, Media Center, Windows Journal, Internet Explorer.
   
   
4. Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2
   Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker, Microsoft Press, 2010.
   Focuses on what is new and important, while giving you the context from Windows Server 2008 Chapters: What’s New, Installation and Configuration, Hyper-V, Remote Desktop Services and VDI, Active Directory, The File Services Role, IIS 7.5, DirectAccess and Network Policy Server, Other Features and Enhancements.
   
   
5. Windows Server 2008 R2 Essentials
   Neil Smyth, Techtopia, 2010.
   Installing, configuring and administering Windows Server 2008 R2 systems including installation and upgrades, networking configuration, remote desktop services, disk and partition management, RAID configuration, security, BitLocker encryption, remote desktop access, print services, resource sharing, clustering, load balancing and user permission management.
   
   
6. Hyper-V Essentials
   Neil Smyth, Techtopia, 2010.
   Overview of the Hyper-V architecture and components, Hyper-V role installation, the creation, management and migration of virtual machines, virtual networking architecture and remote access to virtual machines.
   
   
7. TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows
   Microsoft, 2008.
   Introductory approach to the basic concepts and principles of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite, how the most important protocols function, and their basic configuration in the Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 families of operating systems.
   
   
8. TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview
   Lydia Parziale, David T. Britt, Chuck Davis, Jason Forrester, Wei Liu, Carolyn Matthews, Nicolas Rosselot
   IBM Redbooks, December 2006
   Chapters: Core TCP/IP protocols (including IPv6), TCP/IP application protocols, Advanced concepts and new technologies.
   
   
9. Introduction to Storage Area Networks
   Jon Tate, Fabiano Lucchese, Richard Moore, IBM Rebooks, July 2006
   Illustrates where SANs are today, who are the main industry organizations and standard bodies active in the SAN world, and it positions IBM’s comprehensive, best-of-breed approach of enabling SANs with its products and services.
   
   
10. VMM 2008 Essentials
    Techtopia.
    Chapters: VMM 2008 Components, VMM 2008 Architecture and Port Usage, VMM 2008 System Requirements, Installing VMM 2008 Components, A Guided Tour of the VMM Administrator Console, Managing Hosts with the VMM Administrator Console, Creating and Managing VMM 2008 Virtual Machine Templates, Managing Virtual Machines with the VMM Administrator Console, Managing VMM 2008 Library Servers, Performing Physical to Virtual (P2V) Conversions using VMM 2008, Converting VMware Virtual Machines to Hyper-V using VMM 2008 V2V, Understanding and Configuring VMM 2008 User Roles, Deploying a VMM 2008 Self-Service Portal.
    
    
11. Security Concepts Book
    Theodore Parker.
    Examines the typical problems in computer security and related areas, and attempt to extract from them principles for defending systems; attempt to synthesize various fields of knowledge, including computer security, network security, cryptology, and intelligence.
    
    
12. Security+ Essentials
    Techotopia.
    Provide the knowledge needed by IT professionals to pass the CompTIA Security+ exam; largely platform agnostic book.
    
    
13. Windows Server 2008 Essentials
    Techotopia.
    Cover all aspects of installing, configuring and administering Windows Server 2008: installation and upgrades, networking configuration, terminal services, disk and partition management, RAID configuration, security, BitLocker encryption, remote desktop access, print services, resource sharing, clustering, load balancing and user permission management.