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Technical Editors
Rodney Buike (MCSE) is an IT Pro Advisor with Microsoft Canada. As an IT Pro
Advisor, Rodney spends his day helping IT professionals in Canada with issues and
challenges they face in their environment and careers. He also advocates for a stronger
community presence and shares knowledge through blogging, podcasts, and in-person
events.
Rodney’s specialties include Exchange Server, virtualization, and core infrastructure
technologies on the Windows platform. Rodney worked as a LAN administrator,
system engineer, and consultant and has acted as a reviewer on many popular technical
books. Rodney is also the founder and principal content provider for Thelazyadmin.com
and a former author for MSExchange.org.
Rodney enjoys all his personal and professional activities and is up-front about the
support he gets from his family and especially his wife, Lisa. Without her support, what
he does would not be possible.
Kirk Vigil (MCSE, MCSA), coauthor of MCSA/MSCE Exam 70-291: Implementing,
Managing, and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure and How
to Cheat at Managing Windows Server Update Services is a senior systems consultant for
NetBank, Inc. in Columbia, SC. He has worked in the IT integration industry for
over 13 years, specializing in Microsoft messaging and network operating system
infrastructures. He has worked with Microsoft Exchange since its inception and
continues to focus on its advancements with the current release of Exchange 2007
as well as its integration with the Windows Server line of products.
Kirk holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina. He also
works as an independent consultant for a privately owned integration company, lending
technical direction to local business practices. He is a contributing author to Microsoft
Certifi ed Professional Magazine. Kirk would fi rst like to thank God, for without Him
nothing is possible. Kirk would also like to thank his beautiful girlfriend, Kimberley
Paige, for her continued and loving support as Kirk’s takes on more “bookwork” as
she likes to call it. She is irreplaceable and loved very much. Kirk thanks his family for
their unconditional love and support. Lastly, Kirk is grateful to the owners, editors, and

writers of Syngress/Elsevier Publishing for the opportunity to continue working with
them as a technical writer/editor.
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Robert J. Shimonski (MCSE) is an Entrepreneur and best-selling author and editor
of hundreds of published books and thousands of magazine and industry articles.
Rob consults within today’s most challenging business and technology environments
and brings frontline industry knowledge to the reader in every page he writes. Rob is
always on top of the latest trends and reporting the state of the business and technology
industry from a real-world perspective. As of the writing of this book, Rob is currently
on assignment testing and developing secure Vista images and designing a Longhorn
upgrade for a large global fi rm.
Mark Horninger (A+, Net+, Security+, MCSE+I, MCSD, MCAD, MCDBA, MCTS,
MCITP, MCPD) is president and founder of Haverford Consultants Inc. (www.haverford-
consultants.com), located in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA. He develops custom
applications and system engineering solutions, specializing primarily in Microsoft .Net
Technology and Microsoft SQL Server. He was a contributing author to Confi guring
and Troubleshooting Windows XP Professional; MCSA/MCSE Exam 70-292 Study Guide &
DVD Training System: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment for an
MCSA Certifi ed on Windows 2000; and Designing SQL Server 2000 Databases for .NET
Enterprise Servers, all of which were published by Syngress, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.
Mark is also an adjunct professor teaching Web design at Kaplan University.
Mark has over 15 years of computer consulting experience and has passed
50+ Microsoft Certifi cation Exams.
He lives with his wife, Debbie, and son, Robby, in the Philadelphia area. Mark
would like to thank his wife, Debbie, for her infi nite patience, love, and support
during this project.
Chris Adams is a Program Manager for Microsoft Corp. Focused heavily on “customer
experience,” Chris spends his time working closely with customers to ensure that their
voices are heard for current and shipped products. He spends most of his time focusing on
building and reviewing technical content for IIS, working with IIS most valuable profes-

sionals (MVPs), and spearheading new and exciting programs to best reach customers for
the IIS team. Chris has owned such things as www.iis.net, the IIS Webcast Series, and the
IIS Diagnostics Tools releases while at Microsoft. Chris was formally a Microsoft Product
Support Services (PSS) engineer, technical lead, and supportability lead for the IIS product
and has deep technical experience in the use and functionality of IIS 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, and
7.0. Chris is currently Microsoft certifi ed as an MCP, MCSA, and MCSE.
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Conrad H. Agramont Jr. is a Partner Technology Specialist with Microsoft,
where he focuses on technical readiness for Microsoft Infrastructure Partners
focusing on the small to midmarket enterprises. Conrad was previously the
Senior Architect for a Microsoft Gold Partner, where he was responsible for
product planning, software architecture, and technical evangelism, focusing
on service providers worldwide. He was also a Program Manager at Microsoft,
driving hosting scenarios and architecting components for the Microsoft
Provisioning System, Microsoft Solutions for Hosted Messaging and
Collaboration, and Windows-Based Hosting 3.0. Conrad has more than
10 years of experience working in the Microsoft automation and hosting space,
speaking at public events, and publishing articles in magazines. He is also an
active blogger, focusing on many Microsoft-related topics. His blog can be
found at />Timothy Blum (MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP) is the senior database
administrator at HighPoint Solutions, LLC, which provides business and
technology solutions to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.
He currently provides senior-level strategic and technical consulting to
HighPoint Solutions’ clients in the northeast region of the U.S. His
specialties include Microsoft SQL Server design and implementation,
Integration Services, Data Transformation Services, Analysis Services,
business intelligence architecture and design, and database tuning. During
his 15 years working in the IT industry, Timothy has held positions as
a senior SQL Server database administrator, PICK database administrator,
Oracle database developer, and a C++, VB, ASP, and UNIX Business Basic

programmer for companies such as CEI Network, DDS Ltd, and ECC
Management Services.
Kevvie Fowler is the manager of managed security services at
Emergis Inc., where he is responsible for the delivery of specialized
security and incident response services. Kevvie has more than 10 years
of professional information security and IT experience within
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development, database, and host/network platforms. In 2007, Kevvie
was a featured presenter at the Black Hat USA security conference,
where he presented his ground-breaking research on SQL Server
database forensics. Kevvie is a GIAC Gold Certified Forensic Analyst,
and he holds several other certifications, including CISSP, MCTS,
MCSD, MCDBA, and MCSE.
Raymond Arthur Gabriel (MCSD, MCAD, MCSD .Net) formed a
consulting practice, Integrated MicroSystems Design Corp. (www.imicrodev.
net), in 1989 to provide technical consulting services as an application
architect and solution developer. He has 20 years of experience in IT,
including full life-cycle experience with multitier Windows and Web
application development.
Raymond holds an associate’s degree in electronic engineering from
the Cleveland Institute of Electronics and is a member of the IEEE. He
currently resides in Chester County, PA, with his wife, Sharon, whose
support is an eternal source of great encouragement.
Twan Grotenhuis (MCT, MCSE NT4, 2000 and 2003, MCSE+messaging
2000 and 2003, MCSE+security 2000 and 2003, CCNA) is a consultant with
Sylis Netherlands. He currently provides strategic and technical consulting
to several customers of Sylis in the Netherlands. His specialties include
Microsoft Exchange and ISA architecture, design, implementation,
troubleshooting, and optimization. Twan has been involved in several

major Exchange implementation and migration projects where designing
the new messaging infrastructure was his main focus.
K. Brian Kelley (MCSE, GSEC, Security+) is a systems architect for
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank. At AgFirst he provides infrastructure and security
guidance with respect to Windows-based technologies, including Active
Directory, Internet Information Server, and Microsoft SQL Server. Brian,
author of Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance Monitoring, is a
regular columnist and blogger at SQLServerCentral.com, where he focuses
primarily on SQL Server security. He is also a frequent contributor to SQL
Server Standard Magazine. Brian’s background includes stints with BellSouth
as a systems administrator and with the United States Air Force as a
communications/computer systems offi cer in a multitude of IT-related roles.
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Brian holds bachelor’s degrees from The Citadel, the Military College
of South Carolina, and is a member of the Professional Association of SQL
Server (PASS), the SQL Server Worldwide Users Group, the Information
Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and the Association for
Computing Machinery. He is also active in the Midlands PASS chapter, an
offi cial PASS chapter for South Carolina. Brian currently resides in Columbia,
SC, with his family.
Matt Shepherd (CISSP, MCSE, MCDBA, GCFW, CEH) is a consultant
in the Security and Privacy Division at Project Performance Corporation of
McLean, VA. Matt uses his experience as a network administrator, IT manager,
and security architect to deliver high-quality solutions for Project Performance
Corporation’s clients in the public and private sector. Matt holds bachelor’s
degrees from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and he is currently working on
his master’s of science in information assurance.
Robert McLaws is a technology writer from Mesa, AZ. He currently
resides in northern Phoenix, where he works as a contract software
consultant. He started a Web site called LonghornBlogs.com in October

2003. The site, now called Windows-Now (www.windows-now.com/
default.aspx), has received several awards, including PC Magazine’s To p
100 Sites of 2004 and CMP Media’s Top 10 Tech Blogs of 2005.
Henrik Walther (Exchange MVP, MCSE Messaging/Security) is a senior
consultant working for Interprise Consulting A/S (a Microsoft Gold Partner)
based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Henrik has more than 14 years of experience
in the IT business, where he primarily works with Microsoft Exchange,
ISA Server, MOM, IIS, clustering, Active Directory, and virtual server
technologies.
In addition to his job as a senior consultant, Henrik runs the Danish
Web site Exchange-faq.dk. He is also the primary content creator, forums
moderator, and newsletter editor at the leading Microsoft Exchange site,
MSExchange.org. Henrik is the author of CYA: Securing Exchange Server
2003 & Outlook Web Access (Syngress Publishing), and he has been a reviewer
on several other messaging books (including another Exchange 2007 book).