Ok, this is thanks to our bud Dan Hanson over at GreatLakesGeek.com.

Don’t know what to get that Microsoft geek who’s on your list, but you really don’t want to spend anything on?  We’ve got you covered!

It seems that Microsoft has put up 7, yup 7 free technical eBooks for downloading.

free eBooks from Microsoft!

Yup, they're free!

 

Now, these are pretty good books.  Each of them are decent sized, and worth perusing.

And the topics cover a wide range of topics, including:

  • IT Careers
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Virtualization
  • Office 365
  • SQL Server 2008 R2
  • SQL Server “Denali” (the new version!)
  • Deploying Windows 7

 Good stuff!

Click here to get your copies (oh, and check out the poster showing creating snapshots in a Hyper-V environment)