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About the Authors
Ross Mistry is a technical architect at the Microsoft Technology Center
(MTC) in Silicon Valley. Ross provides executive briengs, architectural
design sessions, and proof of concept workshops to organizations
located in the Silicon Valley. His core specialty is Microsoft SQL Server,
although he also focuses on Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Ex-
change, and Windows Server Hyper-V.
Ross’s latest books include Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed and
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration. He was a
contributing writer on Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Unleashed, Micro-
soft SharePoint 2007 Unleashed, and Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed. He frequently
writes for TechTarget and is currently working on a series of SQL Server virtualization white
papers, which will be published shortly. Ross is a former SQL Server MVP, is well known in the
worldwide SQL Server community, and frequently speaks at technology conferences and user
groups around the world. He has recently spoken at the North American PASS Community Sum-
mit, SQL Connections, European PASS, SQL BITS, and Microsoft.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Ross was a managing partner and principal consultant at Conver-
gent Computing (CCO), where he was responsible for designing and implementing technol-
ogy solutions for organizations with a global presence. Some of his customers included eBay,
McAfee, Yahoo!, Gilead Sciences, Ross Stores, The Sharper Image, McDonald’s, CIBC, Radio Shack,
Wells Fargo, and TD Waterhouse.
You can follow and contact Ross on Twitter @RossMistry.
Stacia Misner is the founder of Data Inspirations (www.datainspirations.
com), which delivers global business intelligence (BI) consulting and
education services. She is a consultant, educator, mentor, and author
specializing in business intelligence and performance management
solutions that use Microsoft technologies. Stacia has more than 25 years
of experience in information technology and has focused exclusively on
Microsoft BI technologies since 2000. She is the author of Microsoft SQL
Server 2000 Reporting Services Step by Step, Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Reporting Services Step by Step, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edi-
tion: Start Now!, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Step
by Step and the coauthor of Business Intelligence: Making Better Decisions Faster, Microsoft SQL
Server 2005 Analysis Services Step by Step, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator’s Com-
panion. She is also a Microsoft Certied IT Professional-BI and a Microsoft Certied Technology
Specialist-BI. Stacia lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with her husband, Gerry. You can contact Stacia
via e-mail at [e-mail].