Download over 300 free eBooks to learn about Windows, Office, SQL, and more [Tip]

Great news folks! Microsoft has released a new batch of eBooks that you can download for FREE. Most of the eBooks are available in PDF format while there are also those that you can download as ZIP, MOBI, DOCX and EPUB.

The list includes a variety of helpful resources that covers a wide range of topics. There are free eBooks for Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Office 365, SharePoint 2013, PowerShell, Azure, Cloud, Dynamics CRM, SQL Server and a whole lot more. Speaking of which, below is the full list of eBooks that you can download. There are over 300 free new eBooks, so feel free to choose the ones that you want — simply click on the links below to start downloading!

Windows

Introducing Windows 8.1 for IT Professionals – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Windows 8.1 Deployment Planning – A Guide for Education – PDF
Windows 8.1 Deployment to PCs – A Guide for Education – PDF
Windows Store Apps – A Deployment Guide for Education – PDF
Windows To Go – A Guide for Education – PDF
Windows 8.1 Update Quick Guide for Business – PDF
Work Smart: Windows 8 Shortcut Keys – DOCX
Explore Windows 8.1 Update – DOCX
Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Windows 8 Product Guide for Business – PDF
Windows 8.1 Product Guide – PDF
Windows 8.1 Update Power User Guide for Business – PDF
Windows 8 End User Training Brochure – PDF
Windows 8 Accessibility – DOC

Microsoft Office

Discover SharePoint – PDF
Getting To Know Office 365 – PDF
Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013 – DOC, PDF, EPUB, MOBI
SharePoint Adoption Guide – PDF
Deployment Guide for Office 2013 – DOC, PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Explore SharePoint 2013 – DOC, PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Office 365 Midsize Business Quick Deployment Guide – DOCX
How To Recover That Un-Saved Office Document – PDF
Quick Start to Office 365 for Small to Medium Businesses – ZIP
Moodle-Office 365 Plugin User Installation Guide – PDF
Moodle and Office 365 Step-by-Step Guide: Federation using Active Directory Federation Services – PDF
OneNote 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Office 2010 User Resources – ZIP
The Wiki Ninjas Guide to SharePoint 2013 – PDF
The Wiki Ninjas Guide to SharePoint 2013 – Part II – PDF
SharePoint 2013: SharePoint Customer Audit Process – PDF
Access 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Excel 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Word 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
InfoPath 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Publisher 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
SharePoint Products Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Visio 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Customize Word 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Working with SmartArt Graphics Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Excel Online Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Word Online Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
OneNote Online Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Outlook 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Project 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts- PDF
Outlook Web App Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
PowerPoint Online Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF

Dynamics

Start working in CRM – PDF
5 cool things you can do with CRM for tablets – PDF
Dynamics CRM: Bring in your contacts – PDF
Dynamics CRM: Create or customize dashboards – PDF
Dynamics CRM: Business Processes – PDF
Dynamics CRM: Change A Business Process – PDF
Create your first Microsoft Dynamics CRM marketing campaign – PDF
What’s changed in CRM 2013? – PDF
Go mobile with CRM for tablets – PDF
Go mobile with CRM for phones – PDF
Dynamics CRM: Introducing Microsoft Social Listening – PDF
Microsoft Social Listening for CRM – PDF
What’s new in CRM customer service – PDF
Meet your service goals with SLAs and entitlements – PDF
Give great customer service with CRM – PDF
Use KB articles to help your customers – PDF
Quick ref card for customer service reps – PDF
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Office 365 Integration Guide – PDF
Manage your Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online subscription guide – PDF
Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook Installing Guide for use with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online – DOCX
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Implementation Guide for CRM Online and CRM 2013 (on-premises) – ZIP
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Service Provider Planning and Deployment Guide – PDF
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online security and compliance planning guide – PDF
Connector for Microsoft Dynamics Configuration Guide for Microsoft Dynamics SL – PDF
Connector for Microsoft Dynamics Installation Guide – PDF
Connector for Microsoft Dynamics Configuration Guide for Microsoft Dynamics AX – PDF
Connector for Microsoft Dynamics Configuration Guide for Microsoft Dynamics GP – PDF
Connector for Microsoft Dynamics Configuration Guide for Microsoft Dynamics NAV – PDF
Microsoft Dynamics CRM (on-premises) to Microsoft Dynamics Online Migration Guide – PDF

PowerShell

Windows PowerShell 4.0 Examples – PDF
Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment 4.0 – PDF
Windows PowerShell 4.0 Language Quick Reference – PDF
Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Overview – PDF
Secrets of PowerShell Remoting – DOCX
Making Historical and Trend Reports in PowerShell – DOCX
Creating HTML Reports in PowerShell – DOCX
The Big Book of PowerShell Error Handling – DOCX
The Big Book of PowerShell Gotchas – DOCX
The Community Book of PowerShell Practices – DOCX
The DSC Book – DOCX
Windows PowerShell Networking Guide – DOCX
Windows PowerShell Web Access Quick Reference – PDF

System Center

Microsoft System Center: Integrated Cloud Platform – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Microsoft System Center: Network Virtualization and Cloud Computing – PDF, EPUB
Microsoft System Center: Building a Virtualized Network Solution – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Introducing Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Microsoft System Center: Designing Orchestrator Runbooks – PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Companion Files
Microsoft System Center: Configuration Manager Field Experience – PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Companion Files
Microsoft System Center: Cloud Management with App Controller – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Microsoft System Center: Troubleshooting Configuration Manager – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Microsoft System Center: Integrated Cloud Platform – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Microsoft System Center: Optimizing Service Manager – PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Companion Files
Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – PDF

Lync

Lync Server 2013 Stress Testing Guide – DOCX
Microsoft Lync Room System Deployment Guide – DOCX
Lync Right Start Kit – PPTX
Lync 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts – PDF
Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Step By Step for Anyone – PDF
Microsoft Lync Server 2013: Basic Administration – Release 2.1 – PDF

Azure

Deploy SQL Server Business Intelligence in Windows Azure Virtual Machines – PDF, Source Content
Building Real World Cloud Apps With Windows Azure – PDF
Cloud Design Patterns: Prescriptive Architecture Guidance for Cloud Applications – PDF, EPUB, Code samples, Source content
Windows Azure: Exploring CQRS and Event Sourcing – PDF
Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals – PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Companion Files
Rethinking Enterprise Storage: A Hybrid Cloud Model – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Introducing Microsoft Azure HDInsight – PDF, EPUB, MOBI

Others

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – A Deployment Guide for Education – PDF
Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript – PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Companion Files
Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition (Second Preview) – PDF, Companion Files
Install Microsoft Exchange server 2013 step by step with DAG – PDF
Migrate Roles and Features to Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012 – PDF, Source Content
Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2014 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
.NET Technology Guide for Business Applications – PDF
BYOD Devices – A Deployment Guide for Education – PDF
Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Deployment Guide – DOCX
Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) Guide: Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains – DOC
Network Planning, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting with Lync Server – ZIP
Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 TechNet Library Documentation – PDF
ASP.NET Web Deployment with SQL Server Compact using Visual Studio 2010 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Source Content
Troubleshooting SQL Server AlwaysOn – PDF
Building a Release Pipeline with Team Foundation Server 2012 – PDF, EPUB, Source Content
Developer’s Guide to Dependency Injection Using Unity – PDF, EPUB, Source Content
Developer’s Guide to Microsoft Enterprise Library, 2nd Edition – PDF, EPUB, Source Content
Getting Started with ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms and Visual Studio 2013 – PDF, Source Content
Getting Started with Entity Framework 6 Code First using MVC 5 – PDF, Source Content

That’s not all. You are also entitled to downloading more free eBooks such as the ones listed below.

Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Programming Windows Phone 7 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Programming Windows Phone 7 (Special Excerpt 2) – PDF
Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 – VS2005 PDF, VS2005 XPS, VS2008 PDF, VS2008 XPS
Windows 7 Power Users Guide – PDF
Deploying Windows 7 Essential Guidance – PDF
Welcome to Windows 7 – PDF
What You Can Do Before You Call Tech Support (Windows 7) – PDF, XPS
Microsoft Excel 2013 Quick Start Guide
Microsoft Word 2013 Quick Start Guide
Microsoft Outlook 2013 Quick Start Guide
Microsoft OneNote 2013 Quick Start Guide
Microsoft Access 2013 Quick Start Guide
Microsoft Visio 2013 Quick Start Guide
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Quick Start Guide
Microsoft Project 2013 Quick Start Guide
Microsoft Publisher 2013 Quick Start Guide
Deployment guide for Office 2013 – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Microsoft Office 365 for professionals and small businesses: Help and How To – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Office 365 – Connect and Collaborate virtually anywhere, anytime – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Administrator’s Guide for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0 – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Administrator’s Guide for Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring 1.0 – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Administrator’s Guide for Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) 7 – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Administrator’s Guide for Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) 8.0 – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Administrator’s Guide for Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) 1.0 – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Developing an end-to-end Windows Store app using C++ and XAML: Hilo – PDF
Developing an end-to-end Windows Store app using JavaScript: Hilo – PDF
Getting started with Microsoft Office 2010 – For IT Professionals – PDF, MOBI, DOC, XPS
Security and Privacy for Microsoft Office 2010 Users – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Planning guide for Microsoft Office 2010 – For IT professionals – DOC, PDF, XPS
Deployment guide for Microsoft Office 2010 – For IT professionals – DOC, PDF, XPS
Deployment guide for Office 2013 Preview
Office 2010 Developer Training Kit
Office 365 Developer Training Kit
Office 365 Guides for professionals and small businesses
Technical reference for Microsoft Office 2010 – For IT professionals – DOC, PDF, XPS
Business continuity management for SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Deployment guide for SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Get started with SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Explore SharePoint 2013 – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013 – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Test Lab Guide: eBook for SharePoint Server 2013 Intranet and Team Sites – EPUB, MOBI, PDF, DOC
Create a Balanced Scorecard (SharePoint Server 2010) – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
SharePoint Server for Business Intelligence – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013 Preview
Getting started with Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010
Technical reference for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Governance guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Profile synchronization guide for SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Remote BLOB storage for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Technical reference for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Getting Started with SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, DOC, XPS, EPUB, MOBI
Planning guide for sites and solutions for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Part 1 – PDF, DOC, XPS
Planning guide for sites and solutions for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Part 2 – PDF, DOC, XPS
Planning guide for server farms and environments for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, XPS, DOC
Capacity planning for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 – PDF, XPS, DOC
5 Tips for a Smooth SSIS Upgrade to SQL Server 2012 – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
A Hitchiker’s Guide to Microsoft StreamInsight Queries – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Data Mining Extensions (DMX) Reference – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Data Quality Services – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
High Availability Solutions – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Master Data Services – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Monitor and Tune for Performance – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) Reference – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
SQL Server Distributed Replay – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Transact-SQL Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
XQuery Language Reference – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Extracting and Loading SharePoint Data in SQL Server Integration Services – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Integration Services: Extending Packages with Scripting – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Multidimensional Model Programming – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Optimized Bulk Loading of Data into Oracle – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Planning Disaster Recovery for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services in SharePoint Integrated Mode – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Reporting Services – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Writing Transact-SQL Statements – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
SQL Server Community FAQs Manual – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services – Tabular Modeling – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Microsoft SQL Server AlwaysOn Solutions Guide for High Availability and Disaster Recovery – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Transact-SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) Reference – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
QuickStart: Learn DAX Basics in 30 Minutes – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services – Data Mining – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional Performance and Operations Guide – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) Reference – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
SQL Server 2012 Upgrade Technical Guide – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Backup and Restore of SQL Server Databases – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services – Multidimensional Modeling – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Master Data Services Capacity Guidelines – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit
Cmdlet Reference for App Controller in System Center 2012 SP1 – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Technical Documentation for System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Upgrade Team Foundation Server 2012: the ultimate upgrade guide – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Better Unit Testing with Microsoft Fakes – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Dependency Injection with Unity – PDF
Developer’s Guide to Microsoft Enterprise Library (Second Edition) – PDF
Testing for Continuous Delivery with Visual Studio 2012 – PDF
ASP.NET Multi-Tier Windows Azure Application Using Storage Tables, Queues, and Blobs – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
ASP.NET Web Deployment using Visual Studio – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Developing Modern Mobile Web Apps – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
The Entity Framework 4.0 and ASP.NET Web Forms – Getting Started – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Getting Started with the Entity Framework 4.1 using ASP.NET MVC – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Project Silk: Client-Side Web Development for Modern Browsers – PDF
Moving Applications to the Cloud, 2nd Edition – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Windows Azure Prescriptive Guidance – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Windows Azure Service Bus Reference – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Intro to ASP.NET MVC 4 with Visual Studio (Beta) – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Deploying an ASP.NET Web Application to a Hosting Provider using Visual Studio – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Getting Started with ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms (Beta) – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Introducing ASP.NET Web Pages 2 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Own Your Future – PDF, XPS
Developing an Advanced Windows Phone 7.5 App that Connects to the Cloud
Autoscaling Application Block and Transient Fault Handling Application Block Reference – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Create Your First Application: Node.js and Windows Azure – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Developing Multi-Tenant Applications for the Cloud on Microsoft Azure – 3rd Edition – PDF, EPUB
Drupal on Windows Azure – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Exploring CQRS and Event Sourcing: A journey into high scalability, availability, and maintainability with Windows Azure – PDF
Migrating Data-Centric Applications to Windows Azure – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Moving Applications to the Cloud on Windows Azure (3rd Edition) – PDF
Using Windows Azure Mobile Services to Cloud-Enable your iOS Apps – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Using Windows Azure Mobile Services to Cloud-Enable Your Windows Phone 8 Apps – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Using Windows Azure Mobile Services to Cloud-Enable your Windows Store Apps in C# – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Using Windows Azure Mobile Services to Cloud-Enable Your Windows Store Apps in JavaScript – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Windows Azure and SQL Database Tutorials – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud on Windows Azure
Building Elastic and Resilient Cloud Applications – Developer’s Guide to the Enterprise Library 5.0 Integration Pack for Windows Azure – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Deployment guide for Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP Server 2.0 Preview
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Guides: Financials
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 User’s Guide
Dynamics CRM 2011 Developer Training Kit
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Implementation Guide
Digital Storytelling – PDF
Free Tools in the Classroom – PDF
Windows Live Movie Maker in the Classroom – PDF
Windows 7 in the Classroom – PDF
Microsoft Office in the Classroom – PDF
Developing Critical Thinking through Web Research Skills – PDF
Understanding Microsoft Virtualization R2 Solutions – PDF, XPS
Introducing Windows Server 2012 – RTM Edition – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control, Second Edition – PDF
Introducing Windows Server 2012 – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows – PDF
Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 – PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 – PDF, XPS
Prism for the Windows Runtime for Windows 8: Developing a Windows Store business app using C#, XAML, and Prism – PDF
Prism for the Windows Runtime for Windows 8.1: Developing a Windows Store business app using C#, XAML, and Prism – PDF
Lync for Mac 2011 Deployment Guide
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Security Guide
Visual Studio LightSwitch Training Kit
Microsoft Office 2010 First Look – PDF, XPS
“Own Your Space–Keep Yourself and Your Stuff Safe Online” Digital Book for Teens