MCTS Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Services Study Guide (Exam 70-640)

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The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available for Exam 70-640

With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, MCTS Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Study Guide covers what you need to know-and shows you how to prepare-for this challenging exam.

100% complete coverage of all official objectives for exam 70-640

• Exam Readiness Checklist at the front of the book–youAnd#39;re ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked off
• Two-Minute Drills for quick review at the end of every chapter
• Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam

Covers all the exam topics, including:

Directory Services Andmiddot; DNS Andmiddot; AD DS Forest and Domain Structure Andmiddot; Global Catalog Servers Andmiddot; Flexible Single Master Operation Roles Andmiddot; AD DS Site Topology Andmiddot; Organizational Units and Delegation Andmiddot; Replication Andmiddot; Troubleshooting, Backup, and Recovery Andmiddot; Groups and User Accounts Andmiddot; User Authentication Andmiddot; Group Policy Andmiddot; AD Certificate Services Andmiddot; AD Federated Services Andmiddot; AD Lightweight Directory Service Andmiddot; AD Rights Management Service

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• Complete MasterExam practice testing engine, featuring: one full practice exam; detailed answers with explanations; and Score Report performance assessment tool
• MasterSim interactive task simulation software
• Electronic book for studying on the go

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Professional Ajax

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Professional Ajax 2nd Edition provides a developer-level tutorial of Ajax techniques, patterns, and use cases. The book begins by exploring the roots of Ajax, covering how the evolution of the web and new technologies directly led to the development of Ajax techniques. A detailed discussion of how frames, JavaScript, cookies, XML, and XMLHttp requests (XHR) related to Ajax is included. After this introduction, the book moves on to cover the implementation of specific Ajax techniques. Request brokers such as hidden frames, dynamic iframes, and XHR are compared and contrasted, explaining when one method should be used over another. To make this discussion clearer, a brief overview of HTTP requests and responses is included.

Once a basic understanding of the various request types is discussed, the book moves on to provide in-depth examples of how and when to use Ajax in a web site or web application. Different data transmission formats, including plain text, HTML, XML, and JSON are discussed for their advantages and disadvantages. Also included is a discussion on web services and how they may be used to perform Ajax techniques. Next, more complex topics are covered. A chapter introducing a request management framework explores how to manage all of the requests inside of an Ajax application. Ajax debugging techniques are also discussed.

The last part of the book walks through the creation of two full-fledged Ajax web applications. The first, FooReader.NET, is an Ajax-powered RSS reader. The second, called AjaxMail, is an Ajax-enabled email system. Both of these applications incorporate many of the techniques discussed throughout the book.

Professional Ajax 2nd edition is written for Web application developers looking to enhance the usability of their web sites and web applications and intermediate JavaScript developers looking to further understand the language. Readers should have familiarity with XML, XSLT, Web Services, PHP or C#, HTML, CSS. This book is not aimed at beginners without a basic understanding of the aforementioned technologies. Also, a good understanding of JavaScript is vitally important to understanding this book. Those readers without such knowledge should instead refer to books such as Beginning JavaScript, Second Edition (Wrox, 2004, ISBN: 978-0-7645-5587-9) and Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (Wrox, 2005, ISBN: 978-0-7645-7908-0).

Professional Ajax 2nd edition adds nearly 200 pages of new and expanded coverage compared to the first edition. Some of the new topics covered here include:

• Ajax Libraries including the Yahoo! Connection Manager, Prototype, and jQuery
• Request Management with Priority Queues and the RequestManager Object
• Comet push-based web systems and HTTP streaming
• Maps and Mashups with Geocoding, Google Maps API and Yahoo! Maps API
• Ajax Debugging with FireBug and Microsoft FiddlerASP.NET AJAX Extensions (formerly code-named “Atlas”)

And of course the Second Edition retains and updates the core first edition content including:

• the range of request brokers (including the hidden frame technique, iframes, and XMLHttp) and explains when one should be used over another
• different Ajax techniques and patterns for executing client-server communication
• Ajax patterns including predictive fetch, page preloading, submission throttling, incremental field and form validation, periodic refresh, multi-stage download and more
• Syndication with RSS, Atom, and XParser
• JSON and creating an autosuggest textbox example
• web site widgets for a news ticker, weather information, web search, and site search
• Ajax Frameworks JSpan, DWR, and Ajax.NET Professional
• A Web-based RSS/Atom aggregator case study
• An AjaxMail case study

This book is also available as part of the 4-book JavaScript and Ajax Wrox Box (ISBN: 0470227818). This 4-book set includes:

• Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (ISBN: 0764579088)
• Professional Ajax 2nd edition (ISBN: 0470109491)
• Professional Web 2.0 Programming (ISBN: 0470087889)
• Professional Rich Internet Applications: Ajax and Beyond (ISBN: 0470082801)

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Learn what Forrester has uncovered in their latest report on Enterprise Mobility trends.

During the past two years, Forrester has seen the number of enterprise mobility inquiries increase nearly 55%, jumping to 550-plus inquiries in 2008. In the past year, they have seen a spike in the number of inquiries focused on mobile network architecture, new types of mobile devices, and deploying vertically focused mobile applications that address the needs of workers in certain industries (e.g., retail, transportation, and healthcare).

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Read this paper to determine which specific mobile computer models will provide the most value to your organization.

The process of choosing the right mobile computer for your business can seem like a daunting task. Yet with a little guidance you can select the computer best suited for your environment and workforce. This white paper provides tips on what to look for when purchasing mobile computers.

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This paper explains why unified communications is essential and why Windows® Phones are ideally suited to serve as the “mobile connection” in a unified communication environment.

Increasingly, teams consist of geographically and departmentally dispersed people who work asynchronously. This means team members can be doing their work any time, any place. A key enabler to this modern, collaborative way of working is a unified communications strategy which brings people together in real time so they can quickly turn raw business information into actionable business intelligence and uninterrupted business process. A cornerstone to any unified communications strategy is the smart phone.

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