Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell™

Acknowledgments

First of all, I would like to thank my fiancée, Claire Hsu. Without her moral support, this book would not have been possible. I would like to thank my mom, Jayalakshmi Muthusamy, for bringing me into this world. I still admire her for not losing her patience and always keeping her sense of humor. I would like to thank my dad, Muthusamy Srinivasan, for being a friend and a teacher. I want to take this opportunity to thank both my parents for all the compromises they made to raise both my sister and me. I would also like to thank my sister, Anuradha, for supporting me and taking care of me.

I would like to thank my co-author, Yan Pan, especially for being both very patient when needed and pushing me when necessary. She is a very good friend and colleague. She could always get me back on track when I was distracted with other projects.

I would also like to thank all my friends, current and past colleagues, and relatives for their constant inspiration.

I am very grateful to all the readers and fans of my online articles from various parts of the world. Without their support, comments, motivation, and critiques, this book wouldn't have shaped up so well.

Yan and I are both grateful to Haidong Ji, aka Alex, for introducing us to Wrox-Wiley and being our knowledgeable technical editor. We also want to thank Bob Elliot for bringing our book proposal to the executive team and making it happen.

Last but not least, we would like to thank Rosanne Koneval and Daniel Scribner. Your ...