Eric Ligman (Microsoft Director of Business & Sales Operations) published this list of free eBooks form Microsoft. The table in this wiki doc contains the books relevant for admins and is ordered by category.
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| Title | PDF | Office | eBook Reader (Mobi) | eBook Reader (ePub) | Other | Other | |
| Windows | Deploying Windows 10: Automating deployment by using System Center Configuration Manager | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Windows | Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Windows | Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Windows | Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Windows | Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Windows | Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Windows | Use Reset To Restore Your Windows 10 PC | DOCX | |||||
| Windows | Upgrading to Windows 10: A simple hands-on guide for everyone | ||||||
| Windows | Accessibility in Windows 10 – A Guide For Educators | ||||||
| Windows | Windows 10 & Azure AD: Better Together for Work or School | ||||||
| Windows | Windows 10 & EMS: Better Together | ||||||
| Windows | Windows 10 Shortcut Keys | ||||||
| Windows | Windows 10 Technical Preview Quick Guide | ||||||
| Windows | Protecting Your Data With Windows 10 BitLocker | DOCX | |||||
| Windows | Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 | MSI (x64) | MSI (x32) | ||||
| Windows | Deploy Windows 10 in a School District | ||||||
| Windows | Windows 8 Accessibility | ||||||
| Windows | Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Windows | Introducing Windows 8.1 for IT Professionals | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Windows | Comparing Security Features of Windows 10 and Windows 7 | ||||||
| Power BI | Introducing Microsoft Power BI | ||||||
| Power BI | Getting started with the Power BI | DOCX | |||||
| Power BI | Getting started with the Power BI for Windows app | DOCX | |||||
| Power BI | Getting started with the Power BI for iOS app | ||||||
| Power BI | Getting started with the Power BI for Android app | DOCX | |||||
| Power BI | Power BI Technical Guides | ZIP | |||||
| Power BI | Configuring Power BI mobile apps with Microsoft Intune | DOCX | |||||
| Power BI | Power BI mobile apps—enabling data analytics on the go | DOCX | |||||
| Power BI | Ask, find, and act—harnessing the power of Cortana | DOCX | |||||
| Azure | Microsoft Azure Essentials Migrating SQL Server Databases to Azure | MOBILE PDF | |||||
| Azure | Microsoft Azure Essentials Fundamentals of Azure | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Azure | Microsoft Azure Essentials Azure Machine Learning | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Azure | Microsoft Azure Essentials Azure Automation | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Azure | Taking the cloud to your datacenter – Microsoft Azure Stack | ||||||
| Azure | Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure: Best practices for DevOps, data storage, high availability, and more | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Azure | Microsoft Azure Essentials Azure Web Apps for Developers | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Azure | Introducing Microsoft Azure HDInsight | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Azure | Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Azure | Rethinking Enterprise Storage: A Hybrid Cloud Model | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Azure | Azure AD & Windows 10: Better Together for Work or School | DOCX | |||||
| Azure | Overview of Azure Active Directory | DOCX | |||||
| Azure | Overview of Azure Active Directory B2C | DOCX | |||||
| Azure | Automated Disaster Recovery Solution Using Azure Site Recovery for File Shares Hosted on StoreSimple | ||||||
| Azure | Security and Azure SQL Database | ||||||
| Azure | Azure Managed Services Playbook for CSP Partners | ||||||
| Azure | DevOps On Azure Technical Guides | ZIP | |||||
| Azure | Hybrid IaaS Technical Guides | ZIP | |||||
| Azure | Getting started with Azure in Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) | ||||||
| Azure | Building An On Demand Video Service with Microsoft Azure Media Services | ||||||
| Azure | Continuous deployment using Microsoft Azure Web Sites | ||||||
| Office | Use Office 365 on Your iPhone or iPad | ||||||
| Office | Set up and Use Office 365 on your Android phone | ||||||
| Office | Set Up and Use Office 365 on Your Windows Phone | ||||||
| Office | Information Protection for Office 365 | ||||||
| Office | Word 2016 Quick Start Guide | Sway | |||||
| Office | Excel 2016 Quick Start Guide | Sway | |||||
| Office | PowerPoint 2016 Quick Start Guide | Sway | |||||
| Office | Outlook 2016 Quick Start Guide | Sway | |||||
| Office | OneNote 2016 Quick Start Guide | Sway | |||||
| Office | Word Mobile Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| Office | Excel Mobile Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| Office | PowerPoint Mobile Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| Office | OneNote Mobile Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| Office | Word 2016 for Mac Quick Start Guide | Sway | |||||
| Office | Excel 2016 for Mac Quick Start Guide | Sway | |||||
| Office | PowerPoint 2016 for Mac Quick Start Guide | Sway | |||||
| Office | OneNote 2016 for Mac Quick Start Guide | Sway | |||||
| Office | Outlook 2016 for Mac Quick Start Guide | Sway | |||||
| Office | Outlook 2016 training | Video | |||||
| Office | Word 2016 training | Video | |||||
| Office | Outlook 2016 Tips & Tricks | ||||||
| Office | Monitoring and protecting sensitive data in Office 365 | DOCX | |||||
| Office | Get started with OneDrive | ||||||
| Office | Microsoft Cloud Services and Platform Options | ||||||
| Office | Create your first workbook using Excel 2016 | Video | |||||
| Office | Welcome to Excel: A tour of powerful, time-saving features | Video | |||||
| Office | Google Apps To Office 365 | ||||||
| Office | Skype for Business – Meetings | PPT | |||||
| Office | Skype for Business – Sharing and Collaboration | PPT | |||||
| Office | Skype for Business – Video | PPT | |||||
| Office | Skype for Business – Audio Setup and Making Calls | PPT | |||||
| Office | Skype for Business – Contacts Presence and IM | PPT | |||||
| Office | Skype for Business Mobile for Windows Phone | DOCX | |||||
| Office | Office 365 on Open | ||||||
| Office | OneNote 2016 Tips & Tricks | ||||||
| Office | Excel 2010 to Office 365 for Business | ||||||
| Office | Store and Share Docs in O365 | ||||||
| Office | Get started with the Internet of Things in your organization | ||||||
| Office | Outlook 2013 Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| Office | Excel 2013 Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| Office | Powerpoint 2013 Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| Office | Access 2013 Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| Office | Word 2013 Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| Office | Publisher 2013 Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| Office | Project 2013 Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| Office | OneNote 2013 Quick Guide | ||||||
| Office | How To Recover That Un-Saved Office Document | ||||||
| Office | Word 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts | ||||||
| Office | Excel 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts | ||||||
| Windows Server | Introducing Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview | ||||||
| Windows Server | Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Windows Server | Introducing Windows Server 2012 | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Windows Server | Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Release | MOBI | |||||
| Windows Server | Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Windows Server | Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Services Licensing Data Sheet | ||||||
| Windows Server | Administrating Skype for Business Server 2015 Step by Step for Anyone | ||||||
| SharePoint | Configuring Microsoft SharePoint Hybrid Capabilities | Mobile PDF | |||||
| SharePoint | Planning and Preparing for Microsoft SharePoint Hybrid | ||||||
| SharePoint | SharePoint Server 2016 Reviewer’s Guide | ||||||
| SharePoint | SharePoint Server 2016 Quick Start Guide for Single Server Farms | ||||||
| SharePoint | Explore SharePoint 2013 | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SharePoint | Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013 | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SharePoint | SharePoint Lists Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| SharePoint | Create A Team Site – Quick Start Guide | ||||||
| SharePoint | The WikiNinjas Guide to SharePoint 2013 | ||||||
| SharePoint | The WikiNinjas Guide to SharePoint – Part II | ||||||
| SharePoint | SharePoint Adoption Guide | ||||||
| SharePoint | SharePoint 2013 Adoption Kit | ZIP | |||||
| SharePoint | Refreshing Excel workbooks with embedded PowerPivot models from SharePoint Online | DOCX | |||||
| SharePoint | Test Lab Guide: eBook for SharePoint Server 2013 Intranet and Team | DOC | MOBI | EPUB | |||
| Exchange Server | Exchange 2016 Step by Step for anyone | ||||||
| Exchange Server | Step by Step Guide for Exchange Server 2016 | ||||||
| Exchange Server | Install Microsoft Exchange server 2013 step by step with DAG | ||||||
| Exchange Server | Best Practices for Virtualizing & Managing Exchange 2013 | ||||||
| Exchange Server | Microsoft Exchange 2013 Platform Options | ||||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center Data Protection for the Hybrid Cloud | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Field Experience | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center Building a Virtualized Network Solution, Second Edition | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center Extending Operations Manager Reporting | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center: Configuration Manager Field Experience | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center Introduction to Microsoft Automation Solutions | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center Software Update Management Field Experience | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center: Troubleshooting Configuration Manager | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center Deploying Hyper-V with Software-Defined Storage & Networking | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center: Network Virtualization and Cloud Computing | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center: Integrated Cloud Platform | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center: Designing Orchestrator Runbooks | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center: Optimizing Service Manager | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center: Building a Virtualized Network Solution | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Microsoft System Center: Cloud Management with App Controller | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| System Center | Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Dynamics | Administration Guide for Dynamics CRM 2016 | ||||||
| Dynamics | Deploying and Administering Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 | ||||||
| Dynamics | Reporting Guide for Microsoft Dynamics CRM | ||||||
| Dynamics | Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Office 365 Integration Guide | ||||||
| Dynamics | Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online SMB FAQ | ||||||
| Dynamics | Setup Guide: Server-side synchronization for CRM Online and Exchange Server | ||||||
| Dynamics | Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 Performance and Scalability | ||||||
| Dynamics | Setup Guide: Server-side synchronization for CRM Online and Exchange Server | ||||||
| Dynamics | ModernBiz for Dynamics ERP Mobile Productivity | ||||||
| Dynamics | ModernBiz for Dynamics ERP Insights In The Cloud | ||||||
| Dynamics | Dynamics CRM 2015 User Guide | DOCX | |||||
| SQL Server | Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2016: Mission-Critical Applications, Deeper Insights, Hyperscale Cloud, Preview 2 | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2014 | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Troubleshooting SQL Server AlwaysOn | ||||||
| SQL Server | 5 Tips for a Smooth SSIS Upgrade to SQL Server 2012 | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | A Hitchiker’s Guide to Microsoft StreamInsight Queries | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Data Mining Extensions (DMX) Reference | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Data Quality Services | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | High Availability Solutions | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Master Data Services | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Monitor and Tune for Performance | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) Reference | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | SQL Server Distributed Replay | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Transact-SQL Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | XQuery Language Reference | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Extracting and Loading SharePoint Data in SQL Server Integration Services | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Integration Services: Extending Packages with Scripting | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Multidimensional Model Programming | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Optimized Bulk Loading of Data into Oracle | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Planning Disaster Recovery for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services in SharePoint Integrated Mode | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Reporting Services | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Writing Transact-SQL Statements | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | SQL Server Community FAQs Manual | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services – Tabular Modeling | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server AlwaysOn Solutions Guide for High Availability and Disaster Recovery | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Transact-SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) Reference | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | QuickStart: Learn DAX Basics in 30 Minutes | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services – Data Mining | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional Performance and Operations Guide | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) Reference | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | SQL Server 2012 Upgrade Technical Guide | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Backup and Restore of SQL Server Databases | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services – Multidimensional Modeling | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Master Data Services Capacity Guidelines | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| SQL Server | Microsoft® SQL Server 2014 Product Guide | ZIP | |||||
| SQL Server | SQL Server 2014 Licensing Guide | ||||||
| SQL Server | SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP Internals Overview | ||||||
| SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Virtualization Licensing Guide | ||||||
| SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Database Backup Encryption | DOCX | |||||
| SQL Server | Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Guide for System Center Monitoring Pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 | DOCX | |||||
| SQL Server | Determining SQL Server 2014 Core Licensing Requirements at SA Renewal | ||||||
| SQL Server | Mission Critical Performance and Scale with SQL Server and Windows Server Technical White Paper | ||||||
| SQL Server | Migrating from Oracle to SQL Server 2014 and Azure SQL Database | ||||||
| SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server to SQL Server PDW Migration Guide | ||||||
| SQL Server | SQL Server 2012 Migrating Content Between Report Servers | DOCX | |||||
| SQL Server | Best Practices for Virtualizing and Managing SQL Server | ||||||
| SQL Server | Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Virtualization Technical Overview | ||||||
| SQL Server | Why Hyper-V? Competitive Advantages of Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V over VMware vSphere 5.5 | ||||||
| PowerShell | Windows Powershell 4.0 Examples Quick Guide | ||||||
| PowerShell | Windows PowerShell Web Access | ||||||
| PowerShell | Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment 4.0 | ||||||
| PowerShell | Windows PowerShell 4.0 Language Quick Reference | ||||||
| PowerShell | Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Overview | ||||||
| PowerShell | WMI in Windows PowerShell 4.0 | ||||||
| PowerShell | Windows PowerShell: Elements of Windows Management Infrastructure (WMI) | ||||||
| Other | Engineering Software for Accessibility | ||||||
| Other | Managing Agile Open-Source Software Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Online | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Other | Enterprise Cloud Strategy | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Other | Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Other | Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms: Cross-platform C# programming for iOS, Android, and Windows | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Other | Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition | MOBI | EPUB | ||||
| Other | License access to Windows on a per user basis | ||||||
| Other | Microsoft Volume Licensing Reference Guide | ||||||
| Other | Licensing Microsoft server products for use in virtual environments | ||||||
| Other | Multiplexing – Client Access License (CAL) Requirements | ||||||
| Other | Introduction to Per Core Licensing and Basic Definitions | ||||||
| Other | Downgrade rights for Microsoft Volume Licensing, OEM, and full packaged product licenses | ||||||
| Other | Quick Start Guide – How to give your students access to e-Learning Courses | ||||||
| Other | Managing Visual Studio Standard subscriptions (MSDN Subscriptions) | ||||||
| Other | Understanding Microsoft Virtualizaton R2 Solutions | XPS | |||||
| Other | Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 | MOBI | |||||
| Other | Surface Pro 4 User Guide | ||||||
| Other | Surface Book User Guide | ||||||
| Other | Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft |
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@paolo thanks for creating this wiki doc! You received 120 member points.
This is just Amazing. A big Thank You for all the efforts in sharing the knowledge.
I have tried clicking on a few of the links and either I get a 404 error or they just don’t work at all.
Thanks for at least posting it seems like it would help out.
Hi Jeff, thanks for reporting, if you remember any links or sections where there was a missing article it would be appreciated. In the meantime I will do a general check.
I have completed wiki document update and removed some missing PDF links. Thanks again for your post and let me know for any further missing link.