About
the Authors
William R. Stanek (
http://www.williamstanek.com/
) has over 20 years of hands-on experi-
ence with advanced programming and development. He is a leading technology expert, an award-
winning author, and a pretty-darn-good instructional trainer. Over the years, his practical advice
has helped millions of technical professionals all over the world. He has written more than 75
books, including
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant,
Microsoft
Windows Vista Administrator’s Pocket Consultant,
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Administrator’s
Pocket Consultant, and
Windows Server 2008 Inside Out.
Mr. Stanek has been involved in the commercial Internet community since 1991.
His core business
and technology experience comes from over 11 years of military service. He has substantial experi-
ence in developing server technology, encryption, and Internet solutions. He has written many
technical white papers and training courses on a wide variety of topics. He frequently serves as a
subject matter expert and consultant.
Mr. Stanek has an MS with distinction in information systems and a BS magna cum laude in com-
puter science. He is proud to have served in the Persian Gulf War as a combat crewmember on an
electronic warfare aircraft. He flew on numerous combat missions into
Iraq and was awarded nine
medals for his wartime service, including one of the United States of America’s highest flying hon-
ors, the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. Currently, he resides in the Pacific Northwest with
his wife and children.
James O’Neill was born in 1965, used his first Microsoft product at the age of 13, and has scarcely
stopped since. He describes himself as a compulsive explainer, which led him to work as a techni-
cal trainer and run a small training company in the 1990s. He
joined Microsoft Consulting
Services in 2000, and after six years there working with a wide variety of clients he moved back to
a role where he can explain more, becoming an evangelist, talking to IT professionals primarily
about Windows platform technologies. He is a veteran of every Microsoft operating system and
network technology since DOS 3.1 MS-Net and Windows 1.03, and has used a dozen or so pro-
gramming and scripting languages. Over the last two years, he has
become increasingly evangeli-
cal about PowerShell, using it to write libraries that support Windows 2008 virtualization and
Office Communications Server. He lives near Oxford, England with his wife and two children, and
occasionally manages to find time for photography and scuba diving. He has a worrying tendency
to write about himself in the third person.
Jeffrey Rosen has a Masters of Business Administration from Case Western Reserve, Weatherhead
School of Management, specializing in Information Systems. He is a Microsoft Certified Architect,
an MCSE specializing
in messaging and security, and a CISSP. He began his career working with
Microsoft Mail and Novell Netware. Since then, Jeffrey has worked for Microsoft Consulting
Services for nine years on large and complex Exchange deployments. He is a co-author of
Professional PowerShell for Exchange 2007 SP1.
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About the Technical Editor
Andrew Edney has been an IT professional for more than 12 years and has, over the course of his
career, worked for
a range of high-tech companies, such as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Fujitsu
Services. He has a wide range of experience in virtually all aspects of Microsoft’s computing solu-
tions, having designed and architected large enterprise solutions for government and private-sector
customers. Over the years, Andrew has made a number of guest appearances at major industry
events, presenting on a wide range of information
systems subjects, such as an appearance at the
annual Microsoft Exchange Conference in Nice where he addressed the Microsoft technical commu-
nity on mobility computing. Andrew is currently involved in numerous Microsoft beta programs,
including next-generation Windows operating systems and next-generation Microsoft Office prod-
ucts. He actively participates in all Windows Media Center beta programs and was heavily involved
in the Windows Home Server beta program. In addition, Andrew has written a number of books
including:
Windows Home Server User’s Guide (2007),
Pro LCS: Live Communications Server
Administration ( 2007),
Getting More from Your Microsoft Xbox 360 (2006),
How to Set Up Your
Home or Small Business Network (2006),
Using Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 (2006),
Windows Vista: An Ultimate Guide (2007),
PowerPoint 2007 in Easy Steps (2007),
Windows Vista
Media Center in Easy Steps (2007), and
Using Ubuntu Linux (2007).
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Credits
Acquisitions Editor
Katie Mohr
Development Editor
Ed Connor
Technical Editor
Andrew Edney
Production Editor
Melissa Lopez
Copy Editor
Nancy Rapoport
Editorial Manager
Mary Beth Wakefi eld
Production Manager
Tim Tate
Vice President and
Executive Group Publisher
Richard Swadley
Vice President and Executive Publisher
Barry Pruett
Associate Publisher
Jim Minatel
Compositor
James D. Kramer, Happenstance Type-O-Rama
Proofreaders
Corina Copp and Sheilah Ledwidge
Indexer
Jack Lewis
Cover Image
Joyce Haughey
Cover Designer
Michael E. Trent
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