- Comprehensive ASP.NET reference, loaded with code examples--now including both VB .NET and C#. - Updated to the latest .NET release version 1.1 (Everett) making it compatible with the upcoming .NET Server 2003. - Author Stephen Walther is a well-reviewed author and ASP.NET expert and trainer who works closely with the Microsoft ASP.NET team.

This is the most comprehensive and realistic guide to Windows Server 2016 planning, design, prototyping, implementation, migration, administration, and support. Extensively updated, it contains unsurpassed independent and objective coverage of Windows Server 2016's key innovations, including the cloud, containers, and Windows 10 integration. Windows Server 2016 Unleashed reflects the authors' extraordinary experience implementing Windows Server 2016 in large-scale environments since its earliest alpha releases, reaching back more than two years prior to its official launch. Microsoft MVP Rand Morimoto and his colleagues fully address every aspect of deploying and operating Windows Server 2016, including Active Directory, networking and core application services, security, migration from Windows Server 2003/2008, administration, fault tolerance, optimization, troubleshooting, and much more. Valuable for Windows professionals at all skill levels, this book will be especially indispensable for intermediate-to-advanced level professionals seeking expert, in-depth solutions. Every chapter contains tips, tricks, best practices, and lessons learned from actual deployments: practical information for using Windows Server 2016 to solve real business problems.

Shows how to reuse code by looking for common functionality and by separating the presentation element of Web pages from script.

CD-ROM contains: Microsoft's .NET Framework SDK Beta 2, Internet Explorer 5.5.

The most comprehensive book on Microsoft’s new ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET 4 Unleashed covers all facets of ASP.NET development. Led by Microsoft ASP.NET program manager Stephen Walther, an expert author team thoroughly covers the entire platform. The authors first introduce the ASP.NET Framework’s basic controls and show how to create common site-wide layouts and styles. Next, they cover all aspects of accessing, presenting, organizing, and editing data. You’ll find thorough and practical sections on building custom components and controls, providing effective site navigation, securing sites and applications, and much more. This book presents hundreds of realistic code examples, reflecting the authors’ unsurpassed experience with ASP.NET both inside and outside Microsoft. Build interactive Web Forms, validate form data, and upload files Provide interactive calendars, wizards, site maps, and other valuable features Design efficient, maintainable sites with Master Pages and Themes Build data-driven applications with database controls, ADO.NET data access components, QueryExtender, LINQ to SQL, and WCF Data Services Generate charts on the fly with the new Chart Control Extend ASP.NET with custom controls and reusable components Create site registration and authentication systems that store membership data in SQL Server or Active Directory Use URL Routing to build dynamism, flexibility, readability, and SEO-friendliness into your URLs Improve performance and scalability with caching and preloading Maintain state with cookies, cookieless session state, and profiles Localize, configure, package, and deploy ASP.NET applications Use the ASP.NET MVC Framework to improve agility, testability, speed to market, and extensibility Retrofit existing ASP.NET applications with Ajax and build pure client-side Ajax web applications Construct a complete ASP.NET 4 website from start to finish

As the Internet user experience (UX) progresses, more users are demanding and expecting their custom-built business applications to provide the same UX that they see on the Internet every day. ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed empowers ASP.NET developers to easily provide this type of experience with minimal code. Author Rob Foster has built AJAX-enabled web applications for a number of major corporations and uses the experience he has gained there to explain concisely, clearly, and completely what ASP.NET developers need to learn to start taking advantage of the rich opportunities made possible by ASP.NET AJAX. Learn ASP.NET AJAX by working with real-world examples Use the ScriptManager and ScriptManagerProxy controls in your ASP.NET AJAX-enabled applications Leverage the ASP.NET AJAX client-side API to maximize the flexibility of ASP.NET AJAX Build applications that use the UpdatePanel and Timer controls Use the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit to provide rich AJAX functionality to your web applications Build ASP.NET AJAX-enabled extender controls Integrate ASP.NET AJAX and .NET 3.5 with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Create ASP.NET AJAX-enabled Windows Vista Gadgets Learn advanced AJAX concepts such as JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and WCF Web services

Using the Hyper-V virtualization capabilities built into Windows Server 2008, organizations can slash costs for power, space, and maintenance, and dramatically improve IT flexibility at the same time. This is the first book to offer comprehensive, independent, real-world coverage of planning, designing, implementing, and supporting Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization environments. Authored by Rand Morimoto and Jeff Guillet—top consultants of Microsoft technologies with unsurpassed experience deploying Hyper-V in enterprise organizations—this book delivers start-to-finish guidance for every facet of your virtualization initiative. Leverage the experience from hundreds of real world implementations of Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008 in your deployment of a virtualized server environment Implement best practices for planning, prototyping, and deploying Hyper-V—including strategies, processes, and templates Install and configure Windows 2008 Server with Windows Hyper-V Services Provide guest operating systems ranging from Windows 2003 Server to Linux Administer Hyper-V Host Servers as standalone hosts or in multiple host environments Optimize Hyper-V Host Server and guest sessions, by efficiently allocating memory, processors, disk space, and other resources Move from basic server virtualization to a systematically managed virtual enterprise environment Use Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to centrally monitor all your Hyper-V hosts and guest sessions Quickly provision new guest images wherever and whenever you need them Implement reliable failover processes to overcome failures in guest sessions, host systems, or sites Troubleshoot problems with both Hyper-V hosts and guest operating systems

Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages in 24 Hours is a step-by-step tutorial that teaches you how to create dynamic, fully functioning Web applications using Active Server Pages. Detailed coverage is provided for both Microsoft Personal Web Server and Microsoft Internet Information Server. Shows how to make sure your Web server is up and running correctly as well as how to build basic ASP applications. In addition to coverage of the basics of data access, you'll learn to send data, retrieve information, manage user sessions, use components, and work with files. Advanced topics include debugging ASP applications, building components, designing effective sites, adding security, and tuning ASP applications.

Use orchestration to automate even highly-complex processes --