Acknowledgments

God knows how hard writing a book is... and then to get it published. I am thankful for the team that has helped me bring this baby into the world.

I would first like to thank my agent, Carole McClendon, for her effort over the past few years in bringing me together with the team at Wiley Publishing. Special honors also go to the Wiley Publishing editorial team. In particular, I would like to "flag" my development editor, Tom Dinse, who did an outstanding job of bringing together the pieces of the puzzle.

The technical editor "Oscar" goes to Doug Holland and Andrew Edney, not only for reading my lines, but for reading in between them as well. In addition, I would no doubt have gotten no farther than this acknowledgments page without the expert cyber-pencil of copy editor Kim Cofer.

For every hour spent writing these words, at least ten were spent testing and toying with Windows Server 2008. How do you get this far? Simple—you gather around you a team of dedicated professionals who help you build a killer lab and then help you test everything from the logon screen to the shutdown command.

The "home" team always gets the last mention, but without their support, input, and love, the soul in this work would not have taken flight. Special thanks to Kim and Kevin Shapiro.