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Read the latest on Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 3, by Laurence Moroney

This edition features In the Trenches with Microsoft Office Project 2007, reviewed by Sandra Haynes, content development manager, Microsoft Learning.

Learn about Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource Kit, reviewed by Melissa von Tschudi, content project editor, Microsoft Press.

Read the latest on Seamless Teamwork: Using Microsoft SharePoint Technologies to Collaborate, Innovate, and Drive Business in New Ways, by Michael Sampson.

Find out about Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Administrator's Companion, by J.C. Mackin and Charlie Russel, reviewed by Melissa von Tschudi-Sutton, content project editor, Microsoft Press.

Featuring Microsoft Press Is Now Blogging!, by Devon Musgrave, content development manager, Microsoft Learning.

This edition features Active Directory Administrator's Pocket Consultant, by William Stanek, reviewed by Maria Gargiulo, content development manager, Microsoft Learning.

Learn about Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Resource Kit, reviewed by Vicky Thulman, project editor, Microsoft Learning.

Read about Create Dynamic Charts in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Beyond, reviewed by Thomas Pohlmann, program manager, Microsoft Press, Germany.

This issue highlights Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Step by Step, reviewed by Sandra Haynes, content development manager, Microsoft Press.

View free e-book offers celebrating 25 years of Microsoft Press.

See the free e-book offer for Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008, by Peter DeBetta, Greg Low, and Mark Whitehorn.

Find out about The Best of Windows Vista: The Official Magazine – A Real-Life Guide to Windows Vista and Your PC, reviewed by Sandra Haynes, content development manager, Microsoft Press.

Read about Certification: Developers! Developers! Developers!, by Ken Jones, product planner, and Laura Sackerman, content development editor, Microsoft Press.

This edition covers Microsoft Office Live Small Business: Take Your Business Online!, reviewed by Lynn Finnel, content project manager, Microsoft Press.

Explore Getting Results from Software Development Teams, by Kathleen Atkins, content project manager, Microsoft Press.

This issue features Certification: Pro-Level Windows Server 2008 Training Kit Debuts, by Ken Jones, product planner; Maria Gargiulo, content project manager; and Laura Sackerman, content development manager, Microsoft Press.

Read about Windows Server 2008 Resource Kit, reviewed by Martin DelRe, product planner, Microsoft Press.