A high-quality collectible art book featuring over 200 pages of behind-the-scenes content from the hotly anticipated, shared-world video game Sea of Thieves!With Rare's new high seas multiplayer adventure Sea of Thieves, players will crew up in search of fortune and glory on their quest to become pirate legends. Now, with The Art of Sea of Thieves, Dark Horse Books is pleased to offer an unprecedented look at the ships, characters, and lo...

Renowned Microsoft AI authority Lisa Crosbie unveils an essential guide to mastering agent building and business process automation with Microsoft Copilot StudioFeaturing a foreword by Dan Lewis, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Copilot StudioMicrosoft Copilot Studio Step by Step: Customizing Copilot and creating agents is the definitive, hands-on guide for professionals seeking to master Microsoft’s low-code agent-building plat...

A practical and accessible guide to Microsoft's Copilot StudioIn Microsoft Copilot Studio Quick Start, author Jared Matfess delivers an easy-to-read and hands-on guide to navigating Microsoft's newest generative AI platform. From introductions to the Copilot ecosystem and Copilot Studio to building your first custom agent, publishing it across different environments, and measuring its results so you can optimize its impact, this book walks you through the ...

"Building Agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio: Low-Code Copilots for Microsoft 365"Microsoft Copilot Studio has opened a new path for building enterprise-grade AI agents without requiring a full custom engineering stack—but building agents that are actually useful, safe, and governable is far more demanding than assembling a chatbot. This book is written for experienced Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and solution delivery professionals who want to design serious low-code copilots ...

This pocket guide is a concise, field-ready reference for IT leaders, administrators, and architects responsible for governing Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio deployments. As AI evolves from simple assistants to autonomous digital colleagues, governance is no longer optional—it’s the backbone of secure, compliant, and value-driven adoption. Covering both platforms, this guide shows how to define effective policies, controls, and monitoring frameworks that protect organizational da...

Use Visual Studio App Center with Xamarin Forms to set up a DevOps CI/CD pipeline, set up your mobile builds on either iOS or Android, set up Android and Apple certificates and provisioning profiles, distribute your app to your developers and testers, capture analytics and crashes from your users, communicate to your users with push notifications, and run UI tests on the Microsoft cloud. You will see how to automate and manage the life cycle of your apps through Microsoft's Cloud Service, ...

A comprehensive guide to kickstart your journey into the world of coding using the powerful tools and features of Microsoft Visual Studio. Whether you're a beginner taking your first steps in programming or an enthusiast looking to enhance your skills, this book is your go-to resource.Explore the fundamentals of coding, delve into popular programming languages like C# and Python, and discover how to build basic applications and web projects effortlessly. With clear explanations and...

This book provides a compact but comprehensive treatment that guides readers through the C programming language with Microsoft® Visual Studio®. The author uses his extensive classroom experience to guide readers toward deeper understanding of key concepts of the C language. Each concept and feature of the language is presented as a short lesson, illustrated by practical worked examples to aid student self study. The book will appeal to a broad range of students who are required to study th...

Take your Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 programming skills to the top tier"A must-read for experienced developers who want to dive deeply into Visual Studio 2008. The authors provide practical guidance combined with real-world applicability. The best of Visual Studio 2008 uncovered-buy this book!" --Michelle Clarke, Program Manager, Microsoft IrelandMaximize every powerful programming feature available in Visual Studio 2008 with expert instruction from two M...

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Unleashed is a deep dive into the Visual Studio 2005 tool. Specifically, it will provide you with solid guidance and education that will allow you to squeeze the ultimate productivity and use out of the Visual Studio 2005 development environment. This book folds in real-world development experience with detailed information about the IDE to make you more productive and ease transition from other development environments (including prior versions of Vis...

Bring your PC, Zune, and Xbox gaming visions to life with Microsoft XNA Game StudioDevelop complete 2D and 3D games with step-by-step hands-on instruction, advice, and tips from two industry professionals. Fully revised to cover the latest features, Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creator's Guide, Second Edition lays out the essentials of game programming alongside exciting examples and C# code samples. Learn how to create 3D models, virtual worlds, and add stun...

Essential Skills--Made Easy!Written by a Microsoft MVP and Visual Studio expert, this hands-on guide gets you started with the latest release of Microsoft's flagship Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to build applications from the ground up, covering C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). You'll also learn how to customize t...