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The first-ever book on Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), written by Microsoft Program Manager Scott Duffey! Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) has rapidly become one of the leading products for mobile device and PC management. Organizations around the world are using it to manage settings, security, and apps on corporate-owned devices and empower users to be productive on their own personal devices by protecting corporate app data. MEM also provides a wealth of capabilities for driving improvements to end-user experiences on PC's through Endpoint Analytics and Windows AutoPilot. In this book you will learn:Microsoft Endpoint Manager - What it is and how to use itHow to set up your own MEM learning environmentMobile Device Management (MDM) for iOS, macOS, Android, and Windows 10 devicesDevice enrollment concepts for Personal and Corporate devices including Windows Autopilot, Apple Automated Device Enrollment (ADE), and Google ZeroTouchEndpoint Security configuration in MEM including device Compliance and Azure AD Conditional Access across Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, Azure AD, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and Office 365Deploying, protecting, and configuration mobile and desktop applications. Extending MEM with Microsoft Graph API and PowerShellThis book includes learning material, examples, tips, and guided exercises and is suitable for IT administrators of any level who want to ramp up their knowledge of Microsoft Endpoint Manager.  Read more

¿Te has preguntado si estás escribiendo bien tus historias de usuario? ¿O si en realidad estás escribiendo requisitos disfrazados?Después de casi 7 años desde la publicación del primer volumen, Lucho Salazar y Jorge Abad regresan con un nuevo libro, lleno de aprendizajes, herramientas y ejemplos reales surgidos del trabajo con equipos ágiles, Product Owners y organizaciones de toda Latinoamérica.Este segundo volumen no es una simple actualización: es una reinvención práctica y profunda sobre cómo usar las historias de usuario para generar conversaciones poderosas y construir mejores productos.¿Qué encontrarás en este libro?Nuevos formatos para representar historias de usuario, más allá del clásico "Como rol, quiero, para..."El método ATOMoS para refinar historias de manera efectivaLas 7 + 1 C de los criterios de aceptación, una guía práctica para escribir criterios útiles y valiososHistorias de usuario basadas en hipótesis, en comportamiento, en contexto y ... en personasCómo adaptar las historias de usuario en la era de la inteligencia artificial generativa (GenAI)Consejos para mejorar tu productividad y reducir desperdicio en tus sprints¡Y mucho más!Este libro es para ti si:Eres Product Owner, Scrum Master, desarrollador, UX o parte de un equipo ágil.Acompañas organizaciones en procesos de transformación ágil y te cuesta aterrizar el discurso a lo práctico.Sientes que las historias de usuario de tu equipo "no funcionan" como deberían.Quieres llevar tus conversaciones sobre backlog a otro nivel.Con el estilo directo, cercano y lleno de ejemplos que caracteriza a Jorge y Lucho, este libro se convierte en un compañero práctico para el día a día. Porque al final, las historias de usuario no se escriben para cumplir con un formato... se cuentan para transformar ideas en valor. Read more

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Building software is harder than ever. As a developer, you not only have to chase ever-changing technological trends but also need to understand the business domains behind the software. This practical book provides you with a set of core patterns, principles, and practices for analyzing business domains, understanding business strategy, and, most importantly, aligning software design with its business needs.Author Vlad Khononov shows you how these practices lead to robust implementation of business logic and help to future-proof software design and architecture. You'll examine the relationship between domain-driven design (DDD) and other methodologies to ensure you make architectural decisions that meet business requirements. You'll also explore the real-life story of implementing DDD in a startup company.With this book, you'll learn how to:Analyze a company's business domain to learn how the system you're building fits its competitive strategyUse DDD's strategic and tactical tools to architect effective software solutions that address business needsBuild a shared understanding of the business domains you encounterDecompose a system into bounded contextsCoordinate the work of multiple teamsGradually introduce DDD to brownfield projects Read more

Python is an excellent way to get started in programming, and this clear, concise guide walks you through Python a step at a time—beginning with basic programming concepts before moving on to functions, data structures, and object-oriented design. This revised third edition reflects the growing role of large language models (LLMs) in programming and includes exercises on effective LLM prompts, testing code, and debugging skills.With this popular hands-on guide at your side, you'll get:A grounding in the syntax and semantics of the Python languageA clear definition of each programming concept, with emphasis on clear vocabularyHow to work with variables, statements, functions, and data structures in a logical progressionTechniques for reading and writing files and databasesA solid understanding of objects, methods, and object-oriented programmingDebugging strategies for syntax, runtime, and semantic errorsAn introduction to recursion, interface design, data structures, and basic algorithmsHow to use LLMs—including effective prompts, testing code, and debuggingAnd more Read more

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Enterprise architects are specialized industry professionals responsible for leading joint business and IT planning in organizations, thereby enabling the success of their digital transformation efforts. Despite their immediate relevance to today’s ubiquitous digitalization tendencies, the very presence of enterprise architects, as unique organizational characters, is largely unnoticed in the mainstream discourse and their role undeservingly remains in the shadow. Even though enterprise architects have existed, in some form, since the dawn of business computing, no comprehensive information sources devoted specifically to their profession have been created so far. Whereas the broader phenomenon of enterprise architecture enjoyed significant attention in the industry, the central actors of the respective practices themselves relatively rarely became the subject of discussion, as if their behavior and activities are self-evident.Based on an extensive study of the work of enterprise architects and the existing topical literature, this book provides the first detailed and systematic description of various aspects of their occupation integrated into a coherent logical picture. In particular, this book offers clear, research-based, conceptually sound and practically actionable answers to the key questions about enterprise architects:Who are enterprise architects as personalities and what do they do?What knowledge, skills and experience do enterprise architects possess?What kind of instruments do enterprise architects employ?What activities do enterprise architects perform and how do these activities compose their work in organizations?What types and specializations of architects exist and how do they differ?What challenges do enterprise architects face in their job and how can they be overcome?What should one do to become an enterprise architect in the future?This book is organized in a highly structured, sequential manner and does not require any prior acquaintance with the trade of enterprise architects. The book is intended for a broad audience of people interested in enterprise architects including aspiring and experienced practitioners, architecture managers, academic researchers, lecturers and students in universities. Read more

Exploring recent developments in the rapidly evolving field of game real-time rendering, GPU Zen assembles a high-quality collection of cutting-edge contributions for programming the GPU.Table of Contents:I GPU-Driven Rendering (Editors: Nicolas Lopez and Wolfgang Engel)1 GPU-Driven Rendering in Assassin’s Creed Mirage by William Bussi`ere and Nicolas Lopez2 GPU-Driven Curve Generation from Mesh Contour by Wangziwei Jiang3 GPU Readback Texture Streaming in Skull and Bones by Malte Bennewitz and Kaori Kato4 Triangle Visibility Buffer 2.0 by Manas Kulkarni, and Wolfgang Engel5 Resource Management with Frame Graph in Messiah by Yuwen Wu6 Multi-mega Particle System by Nicola Palomba and Wolfgang EngelII Rendering and Simulation (Editors: Laura Reznikov and Peter Sikachev)7 The Evolution of the Real-Time Lighting Pipeline in Cyberpunk 2077 by Jakub Knapik, Giovanni De Francesco, Dmitrii Zhdan, Edward Liu, Evgeny Makarov, Jon Kennedy, Juho Marttila, Michael Murphy, Nathan Hoobler, Tim Cheblokov, and Pawel Kozlowski8 Real-Time Ray Tracing of Large Voxel Scenes by Russel Arbore, Jeffrey Liu, Aidan Wefel, Steven Gao, and Eric Shaffer9 Optimizing FSR 2 for Adreno by Randall Rauwendaal10 IBL-BRDF Multiple Importance Sampling for Stochastic Screen-Space Indirect Specular by Soufiane KHIAT11 Practical Clustered Forward Decals by Kirill Bazhenov12 Virtual Shadow Maps by Matej Sakmary, Jake Ryan, Justin Hall, and Alessio Lustri13 Real-Time Simulation of Massive Crowds by Tomer Weiss14 Diffuse Global Illumination by Darius BoumaIII Game Engine Design (Editor: Wessam Bahnassi)15 GPU Capability Tracking and Configuration System by Thibault Ober and Wolfgang Engel16 The Forge Shader Language by Manas Kulkarni, and Wolfgang Engel17 Simple Automatic Resource Synchronization Method for Vulkan by Grigory JavadyanIV Tools of the Trade (Editors: Kirill Bazhenov and Anton Kaplanyan)18 Differentiable Graphics with Slang.D for Appearance-Based Optimization by Yong He, Bartlomiej Wronski, Sai Bangaru, Marco Salvi, Yong He, Lifan Wu, and Jacob Munkberg19 DRToolkit: Boosting Rendering Performance Using Differentiable Rendering by Chen Qiao, Xiang Lan, Yijie Shi, Xueqiang Wang, Xilei Wei, and Jiang Qin20 Flowmap Baking with LBM-SWE by Wei Li, Haozhe Su, Zherong Pan, Xifeng Gao, Zhenyu Mao, and Kui Wu21 Animating Water Using Profile Buffer by Haozhe Su, Wei Li, Zherong Pan, Xifeng Gao, Zhenyu Mao, and Kui Wu22 Advanced Techniques for Radix Sort by Atsushi Yoshimura and Chih-Chen Kao23 Two-Pass HZB Occlusion Culling by Miloˇs Kruˇskonja24 Shader Server System by Djordje Pepic Read more

In this digital age, can you keep up with the changes?The Information Technology profession has seen massive and dramatic change since the early days of mainframe computers and punch cards. Colleges and trade schools offer a multitude of classes for people desiring to enter the profession. While they do an excellent job of teaching technical skills, there is a lot more to learn to become a successful IT professional.This book identifies several essential tips and strategies to excel in IT. They are lessons learned throughout a forty-five-year career that began in the era of large mainframe computers. Real-world projects completed by the author are used to illustrate what it takes to advance from a typical member of an IT department to someone who has mastered the profession and become indispensable.Many of these projects were true game-changers, with successful completions doubling company revenues or rescuing businesses from impending failure. Most presented formidable challenges, often appearing nearly impossible, but were overcome through unwavering dedication and remarkable innovation.As technology and business landscapes evolve, the demand for highly skilled IT professionals remains steadfast. The strategies shared in this book have stood the test of time and remain as vital today as they were decades ago. Don't miss the opportunity to uncover these invaluable insights – read this book today. Read more

Previously published as "Learning Microsoft Endpoint Manager" by Scott Duffey.Originally published as "Learning Microsoft Endpoint Manager", this essential Intune ramp-up guide has been updated and expanded for 2023 by Microsoft Product Manager Scott Duffey.Microsoft Intune (previously known as Microsoft Endpoint Manager) has rapidly become the tool of choice for IT professionals around the world for managing corporate and personal desktop and mobile devices, but the learning curve can be steep. Updated with the latest concepts and guidance, this book will fast-track your understanding of Intune by laying out concepts in an easy-to-read way, with examples and tips for the real world, along with guided lab exercises.In this book you will learn:Microsoft Intune – What it is and how to use itHow to set up your own learning labMobile Device Management (MDM) for iOS, macOS, Android & Windows 10/11Enrollment concepts for personal and corporate devices including Windows Autopilot, Apple Automated Device Enrollment (ADE), and Google Zero TouchEndpoint Security configuration in Intune including device Compliance and Conditional Access across Microsoft Cloud Products and services - Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and Office 365Deploying, protecting, and configuring mobile and desktop applications Read more

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Need a shortcut to a degree in shipping great software? Successful team leaders must have an extremely broad skill set to find the right product, work through a complex and ever-changing development process, and do it all incredibly quickly. In this guide, Chris Vander Mey provides a simplified, no-BS approach to the entire software lifecycle, distilled from lessons he learned as a manager at Amazon and Google.In the first part of the book, you’ll learn a step-by-step shipping process used by many of the best teams at Google and Amazon. Part II shows you the techniques, best practices, and skills you need to face an array of challenges in product, program, project, and engineering management.Clearly define your product and develop your mission and strategyAssemble your team and understand enough about systems to communicate with themCreate a beautiful, intuitive, and simple user experienceTrack your team’s deliverables and closely manage the testing processCommunicate clearly to gracefully handle requests, senior-management interactions, and feedback from various sourcesBuild metrics to track progress, spot problems, and celebrate successStick to your launch checklist and plan for marketing and PR Read more

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What will you learn from this book?Many people who use Git rely on "recipes"--copying and pasting commands they find on the internet without really understanding how Git actually works. But what do you do if you find yourself in a tight spot? You can't simply wing it. With this unique hands-on guide, you'll learn the ways of Git and have fun while doing it. Raju Gandhi peels back the layers to reveal the simple yet powerful engine that powers Git, so you'll understand not just the how but the why. You'll master branches, merges, commit messages, search, utilities, and more; learn best practices for collaborative work; and unlock the full potential of Git.What's so special about this book?If you've read a Head First book, you know what to expect--a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. If you haven't, you're in for a treat. With this book, you'll learn Git through a multisensory experience that engages your mind rather than a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. Read more

In his new book, Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates discusses how technology can help run businesses better today and how it will transform the nature of business in the near future. Gates stresses the need for managers to view technology not as overhead but as a strategic asset, and offers detailed examples from Microsoft, GM, Dell, and many other successful companies. Companion Web site. Read more

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Proven techniques, best practices, and tips for writing effective user stories, leveraging user story mapping, and expert interviews to deliver high value to usersPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesLearn how to write and implement effective user stories to improve product developmentDiscover techniques to gather requirements, prioritize, and refine user storiesHandle stakeholder expectations, communicate user stories, and incorporate user feedbackBook DescriptionThe Art of Crafting User Stories is a must-read for product managers, UX professionals, and product developers dedicated to creating meaningful digital experiences. This book provides a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to empower you to master the techniques for creating user stories that drive effective product development.This book takes you on a journey from identifying and capturing user needs, goals, and perspectives through user stories, to crafting impactful stories for design choices and organizing tasks efficiently. You’ll learn how to define the problem area, recognize user personas, and develop user scenarios with the aid of real-world examples, practical tips, and exercises designed to help you develop your skills in crafting user-centered experiences. Moreover, you’ll gain a thorough understanding of user stories, their role in Agile development, and how to use them to plan and manage products effectively.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to improve the quality and efficiency of your own products by applying the hands-on practical skills to create compelling digital experiences that resonate with users and stay relevant in the market.What you will learnLeverage user personas in product development for prioritizing features and guiding design decisionsCommunicate with stakeholders to gather accurate information for writing user storiesAvoid common mistakes by implementing best practices for user story developmentEstimate the time and resources required for each user story and incorporate estimates into the product planApply product frameworks and techniques for user story prioritization and requirement elicitationBenefit from the experiences, insights, and practices of experts in the field of user story mappingWho this book is forIf you're interested in learning about user stories, as a product management method in Agile development, this book is for you. It's suitable for anyone involved in software development, including product managers, product owners, Agile coaches, designers, product analysts, and developers. Although prior experience with Agile development is not expected, a basic understanding of software development will be beneficial.Table of ContentsIntroduction to User StoriesUnderstanding the User PerspectiveWriting Effective User StoriesPrioritizing and Estimating User StoriesWorking with StakeholdersUser Story Refinement and Continuous ImprovementUser Stories in PracticeExpert InterviewsConclusion Read more

5th Edition - New for 2024A great intro to Computer Science concepts for all ages. Perfect for:AP Computer Science Principles (AP-CSP)Teacher Certification Tests (PRAXIS, GACE, etc.)Integrated Digital TechnologyCS FoundationsExploring Computer ScienceCurious kids and adultsEveryone!---The 5th edition comes with several updates, including:Computing SystemsDeeper dive into CPU/GPUMore on logic gateOther updatesAnd more!---Computer science is the world's fastest growing field of study, and this growth is showing no signs of slowing down. As a new field, computer science can seem intimidating, but it should not be scary to learn or difficult to understand. If you have ever turned on a phone or surfed the Internet then you have used a computer and should have a basic understanding of what happens when you click the mouse or touch the screen—and how fast it happens! Computer Science Principles introduces the creative side of computing. Once you've made your way through this book, you'll be editing photos, designing websites, coding JavaScript, and getting organized with spreadsheets—and along the way you'll learn the foundational concepts of computer science. How do computers convert information into ones and zeros and send it thousands of miles in a blink of the eye? What is an IP address? What do TCP/IP, DNS, HTML, and CSS stand for? How can a hard drive store large movies and thousands of songs? How can secrets be sent in plain sight? These questions—and more—are answered in Computer Science Principles.---Units include:Hardware, Software, Number Systems, and Boolean ExpressionsPixels and Images2.5. Adobe PhotoshopCompressing DataStoring Data: Spreadsheets and DatabasesProtecting Data: Heuristics, Security, and EncryptionThe InternetWeb Design: HTML and CSSProgramming: JavaScriptImpact of ComputingImportant Vocabulary Read more