Free Microsoft Ebooks (2016 Edition)

ms_booksIt is that time of year again. Every year, Microsoft’s Eric Ligman, Director of Sales Excellence, offers free Microsoft ebooks on his blog. The books offered come from various authors and publishers and consist of tech books, how to resources and reference guides for Microsoft productls.

Titles are mostly PDFs with some EPUB, MOBI, Zip, and DOCX formats as well. Formats vary according to title. Topics include:

  • Windows 10
  • Office 365
  • Office 2016
  • Power BI
  • Azure
  • Windows 8.1
  • Office 2013
  • SharePoint 2016
  • SharePoint 2013
  • Dynamics CRM
  • PowerShell
  • Exchange Server
  • System Center
  • Cloud
  • SQL Server
  • and many more….

The giveaway started on July 10 and doesn’t list an end date, so I don’t know how long these will remain free. There is more info on Ligman’s blog here.

Shop til you drop: July 12th is Prime Day

PD16cropTuesday, July 12, 2016 is Amazon’s second annual Prime day. This is an exclusive sale just for Prime Members and it will feature over 100,000 items.

According to Amazon,

New and existing members in U.S., U.K. , Spain , Japan , Italy , Germany , France , Canada , Belgium, and Austria, will find deals across nearly all departments and categories, ensuring there will be something for everyone. Members in the U.S. can shop starting at midnight PT , with new deals as often as every five minutes throughout the day.

Some of the highlights include:

TVs:  The deal inventory of TVs in the U.S. will be nearly 2x than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.
Toys:  Members in the U.S. will find toy deals nearly all day on Prime Day.
Specials to order with Alexa: There will be benefits to being an owner of an Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Amazon Tap on Prime Day. (Keep an eye on your Alexa app!)
Streaming Movies and TV:  Members will find unbelievable deals on some of today’s top rated TV series and popular blockbuster films to rent or purchase and instantly stream on Amazon Video.
Kindle Unlimited: On July 12, Prime Members in the U.S. can save up to 40% on a Kindle Unlimited membership.

Members can shop deals on all devices, across nearly all categories, in all Prime countries.You can find more info on Prime Day here.

Not a Prime member? You still have time to sign up for Prime! There’s a 30 day free trial. In the U.S. Membership includes unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on many items, access to unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes with Prime Video, more than one million songs and thousands of curated playlists and stations with Prime Music, early access to select Lightning Deals all year long, free secure, unlimited photo storage with Prime Photos and one free pre-released book a month with Kindle First.  🙂