As part of the celebration of its 25th anniversary, MS Press publishes electronic versions of some of its books (in English) for free.
Currently, 7 books are exhibited (3 of them are partially exhibited), which will be discussed below.
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Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 , written by Peter DeBetta, Greg Low and Mark Whitehorn (ISBN: 9780735625587).
ContentChapter 1: Security and Administration
Chapter 2: Performance
Chapter 3: Type System
Chapter 4: Programmability
Chapter 5: Storage
Chapter 6: Enhancements for High Availability
Chapter 7: Business Intelligence Enhancements
Download here
http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urss1q2we62, 3, 4. These books are
partially laid out
Programming Microsoft LINQ , written by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo (ISBN: 9780735624009)

Chapter 6: Tools for LINQ to SQL
Chapter 16: LINQ and ASP.NET
Introducing Microsoft® SilverlightTM 2, Second Edition , written by Laurence Moroney (ISBN: 9780735625280)

Chapter 1: Introducing Silverlight 2
Chapter 2: Using Expression Blend with Silverlight 2
Programming Microsoft® ASP.NET 3.5 by Dino Esposito (ISBN: 9780735625273)

Chapter 3: Anatomy of an ASP.NET Page
Chapter 18: HTTP Handlers and Modules
All three can be downloaded from here
http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urvs5cn3s8 . Russian full version of the book on Silverlight can be downloaded here
www.microsoft.com/rus/expression/resources5.
Windows Server 2008 Core Administrator's Pocket Consultant , written by Mitch Tulloch with the support of the Windows Server Core development team (ISBN: 9780735624467)

The book addresses the following questions:
# Plan your installation and perform initial configuration
# Deploy server roles and features
# Set up Active Directory Domain Services and domain controllers
# Install, manage, and troubleshoot DHCP and DNS servers
# Manage IIS 7.0 roles, services, and dependencies
# Implement File, Print, Hyper-V, streaming media, and other roles
# Administer services, devices, and processes from the command line
# Configure and use remote-management tools
# Monitor, update, and maintain Server Core
You can download it here:
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services Step by Step , written by Paul Turley, Joe Kasprzak, Scott Cameron, Satoshi Iizuka and Pablo Guzman (ISBN: 9780735624054)

The book describes the following questions:
# Design and execute packages that transform data
# Configure connection managers to access other data sources
# Create data flows that alter, split, match, and merge data
# Develop event-handlers and monitor package performance
# Encrypt sensitive information and control access to packages
# Customize script code
# Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize packages
You can download it here:
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Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions , written by Mitch Tulloch with the support of the Microsoft Virtualization Teams team (ISBN: 9780735693371)

Plan, implement, and manage virtual infrastructure solutions. The technologies covered include: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2009, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, and Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
You can download it here:
csna01.libredigital.com/?urmvs17u33 .
Important: the action is limited in time, and the books on the links change periodically (I will try to write about it). Therefore, if something is interesting, hurry to download.