In a blogpost of Joel Oleson I found a link to a list of new SharePoint 2010 books made by Mike Walsh. You can find the list here.
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70-667 TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Will cover configuration of SharePoint 2010 including deployment, upgrade, management, and operation on a server farm.
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