In conjunction with Pearson Education, Microsoft Subnet is giving away 15 copies of the hot title "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed." Deadline for entries is July 31, 2009.
In conjunction with Pearson Education, Microsoft Subnet is giving away 15 copies of the hot title Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed by Michael Lisin, Jim Joseph, and Amit Goyal. Deadline for entries is July 31, 2009.
How to enter to win: Answer the trivia question below correctly and e-mail your answer to Julie Bort at jbort@nww.com by midnight PT, July 31, 2009, and your entry will be entered into a drawing. In the e-mail, please include the answer to the question, your name, job title, U.S. mailing address and your daytime telephone number. Please write "Microsoft Subnet July book contest" in the subject of your e-mail.
Question to win: According to the book excerpt, hosted exclusively by Microsoft Subnet, Chapter 1: Introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), what is the name of the tool that takes on the job of building advanced reports? (Hint: answer can also be found after Table 1.1. and also on the Microsoft Subnet home page.)
Extras:
- Read the one-month guest blog written by the authors, Michael Lisin, Jim Joseph, and Amit Goyal, chock full of more secrets to managing SQL Server 2008 Reports.
- Read about more Microsoft technologies and issues (SQL Server, PowerShell, WS2009, SharePoint, Unified Communications, etc.) written exclusively for Microsoft Subnet.
Competition rules:
1. No purchase necessary.
2. Network World, Inc., will begin accepting e-mail entries on the day each Author Expert book giveaway question is described on Microsoft Subnet. One entry per individual, per book.
3. Participants must respond to the Author Expert book giveaway question by midnight, July 31, 2009 (PT). No entries will be acknowledged or returned, and all entries become the property of Network World. Network World is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete or misdirected entries. All such entries will be disqualified.
4. The Author Expert book giveaway competition closes at midnight, July 31, 2009 (PT). Fifteen winners of each book will be picked at random from the entries with the correct answer. Winners will be notified after the close of the competition at a date determined by Network World. All winners notified must RSVP by the date indicated in the e-mail sent by Network World. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the Prize(s). Answers to the trivia questions will be published on Microsoft Subnet, along with the names of the winners.
5. The odds of winning are determined by the number of eligible entries received.
6. PRIZE: Fifteen winners will win one copy each of the titles named above.
7. No substitution, transfer or assignment of the Prize is allowed, except that Network World reserves the right to award a prize of equal or greater value in the event of unavailability. The Prize is not transferable for cash.
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