Free E-books Available for Download

Here I try to keep an updated list of e-books related to software development that are free and available for download. If you know an e-book that is not in this list, or if you find a broken link, let me know!

Last update: 2012-11-08.

• Windows 8 and Windows RT Product Guide
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-10-25

• Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-10-25

• 24 Weeks of Windows Phone Design
  • Authors: Arturo Toledo, Alejandro Toledo
  • Release Date: 2012-10-24

• Explore SharePoint 2013
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-10-23

• Testing for Continuous Delivery with Visual Studio 2012
  • Authors: Larry Brader, Howie Hilliker, Alan Cameron Wills
  • Release Date: 2012-10-18

• Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Branching and Merging Guide
  • Author: ALM Rangers
  • Data: 17-10-2012

• Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-10-16

• ALM Assessment Guidance
  • Author: ALM Rangers
  • Release Date: 2012-10-12

• Migrating your Release Preview app to Windows 8
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-10-11

• Windows Store app development for Windows RT PCs
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-10-10

• Windows Azure Datacenter IP Ranges
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-10-09

• Exploring CQRS and Event Sourcing
  • Authors: Dominic Betts, Julián Domínguez, Grigori Melnik, Fernando Simonazzi, Mani Subramanian
  • Release Date: 2012-10-08

• Using the Windows App Certification Kita
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-10-01

• Windows Store Device App Lifecycle
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-10-01

• Building Portable Hotspots for Windows 8
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-09-28

• Designing User Experience of Mobile Operator Apps
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-09-28

• Developing Windows Store Device Apps for Cameras
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-09-28

• Introducing Windows Server 2012
  • Author: Mitch Tulloch
  • Release Date: 2012-08-31

• TFS 2012 Install and Administration Guides
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-08-15

• Windows 8 UX Guidelines for Windows Store apps
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-08-15

• Practical Kanban Guidance
  • Author: ALM Rangers
  • Release Date: 2012-08-14

• Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud on Windows Azure
  • Authors: Scott Densmore, Alex Homer, Masashi Narumoto, John Sharp, Hanz Zhang
  • Release Date: 2012-07-10

• Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studio Team System 2008
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-06-14

• Building Elastic and Resilient Cloud Applications – Developer’s Guide to the Enterprise Library 5.0 Integration Pack for Windows Azure
  • Authors: Dominic Betts, Jérémi Bourgault, Julian Dominguez, Ercenk Keresteci, Grigori Melnik, Fernando Simonazzi and Erwin van der Valk.
  • Release Date: 2012-06-07

• Walkthroughs: Microsoft “Roslyn” CTP
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-06-05

• Metro Revealed – Building Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript
  • Author: Adam Freeman
  • Release Date: 2012-06-04

• Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript – First Preview
  • Author: Kraig Brockschmidt
  • Release Date: 2012-06-04

• Requirements for Windows Server App Certification Program
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-06-04

• Developing an Advanced Windows Phone 7.5 App that Connects to the Cloud
  • Authors: David Britch, Francis Cheung, Adam Kinney, Rohit Sharma
  • Release Date: 2012-05-25

• Administration Guide for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-05-17

• Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012
  • Authors: Ross Mistry, Stacia Misner
  • Release Date: 2012-03-15

• Technical reference for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2012-02-23

• OWASP Top 10 for .NET developers
  • Author: Troy Hunt
  • Release Date: 2011-12-19

• Deployment guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2011-10-11

• Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime
  • Author: Katherine Murray
  • Release Date: 2011-08-17

• Version Control by Example
  • Author: Eric Sink
  • Release Date: 2011-07-22

• Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2010
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2011-07-07

• Getting started with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2011-06-27

• Planning guide for server farms and environments for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2011-05-27

• Threading in C#
  • Author: Joseph Albahari
  • Release Date: 2011-04-27

• Capacity planning for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2011-01-04

• Planning guide for sites and solutions for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Part 1
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2011-01-04

• Planning guide for sites and solutions for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Part 2
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2011-01-04

• Programming Windows Phone 7
  • Author: Charles Petzold
  • Release Date: 2010-10-28

• Pro Git book
  • Author: Scott Chacon
  • Release Date: 2009-07-29

• Data Structures and Algorithms: Annotated Reference with Examples
  • Authors: Granville Barnett, Luca Del Tongo
  • Release Date: 2008-12-18

• Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2007-12-10

• Team Foundation Administrator’s Guide
  • Author: Microsoft
  • Release Date: 2007-02-26