Te Braak - Microsoft Tabular Modeling Cookbook

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I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this book. Like most projects, there are many behind-the-scenes people who have assisted me, and I am truly grateful to those people. The book would never have been complete without your help!

Firstly, I'd like to thank my wife for her understanding and acceptance during the project when I spent nights and weekends working. I am sure that my responsibilities at home have decreased (well, they've been removed), and this has afforded me the time to focus on writing.

I would also like to thank Cathy Dumas for recommending me to Packt Publishing at the start of the project, and all the reviewers who haveprovided their input along the way and looked over my work with an objective view. I would like to thank the members of the community whoare always willing to participate in events and forums that help us improve our knowledge.

Finally, I'd like to thank Packt Publishing and all the associated staff (believe me, there have been quite a few) for the opportunity to write for them.

Anindita Basak is currently working as a senior system analyst at Sonata Software in the Windows Azure Pro Direct Delivery group of Microsoft. She has worked as a senior software engineer on implementation of various enterprise applications on Windows Azure and Windows phone. She started her journey with Windows Azure in the Microsoft Cloud Integration Engineering (CIE) team and worked as a support engineer in Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt. Ltd. With six years of experience in the Microsoft .NET technology stack, she is solely focused on Cloud and Microsoft Mobility. As an MVB, she loves to share her technical experience and expertise through her blog at http://anindita9.wordpress.com.

She recently worked as a technical reviewer for the books HDInsight Essentials and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with Hadoop by Packt Publishing .

She holds a B.E in Information Technology from West Bengal University of Technology (formerly IIIT Calcutta). She has attended various business conferences and technology seminars of Microsoft.

I would like to thank my grandpapa Mr. Kanti Das Basak, mom, Anjana, dad, Ajit Kumar Basak, and my affectionate brother, Aditya. Without their help, I can't achieve any goals of my life.

Steve Hughes is a Practice Lead at Magenic. In his current role, he develops strategy and helps guide data, Business Intelligence, collaboration, and data integration development using Microsoft technologies, including SQL Server, SharePoint, and BizTalk. He continues to deliver data and Business Intelligence solutions using these platforms. He has been working with technology for over 15 years with much of that time spent on creating Business Intelligence solutions. He is passionate about using data effectively and helping customers understand that data is valuable and profitable. Steve can often be found at Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) events, where he serves as a regional mentor and is active with the Minnesota SQL Server User Group (MNPASS) . He shares his insights about the field on his blog at http://dataonwheels.wordpress.com.

I would like to thank my family for their continued support on these projects.

Cosmin Ioan is a data warehouse and Business Intelligence architect with over 16 years' experience in the Information Technology field, spanning development languages, systems administration, RDBMS and OLAP design, architecture, troubleshooting, and scalability on Microsoft, Oracle, and Sybase platforms. He has worked in consultancy and full-time roles for companies, public and private companies alike, such as Motorola, Citrix, Aetna, and Sheridan Healthcorp, chiefly building data warehouse and systems integration solutions, allowing companies to better harness and give meaning to their data assets.

When not working, Cosmin enjoys scuba diving and racquet sports.

Writing a technical book and reviewing one are never easy tasks. Due to inherent time constraints and ever-changing technology advancements, keeping a delicate balance between product depth and breadth, as well as a target audience for covering any one technical product is always a challenging proposition. My thanks to Paul for taking up such a challenge and allowing me to be part of the effort, as well as the nice team at Packt Publishing for their endeavor in publishing quality technical books.

Stevo Smoilac is an associate principal consultant at Magenic, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, who specializes in Business Intelligence solutions.

He has over 12 years' experience of working in software development, the last seven of which have focused on designing, implementing, managing, and administrating technical solutions developed using Microsoft SQL Server and the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack. He has been involved in all phases of the BI development lifecycle from envisioning through operational support, and he is passionate about the field of Business Intelligence.

Stevo is currently a Virtual Technology Solutions Professional (V-TSP) for Business Intelligence, a Microsoft Certified IT professional, and holds a B.Tech degree in Information Technology.

Originally from South Africa, he now resides in (the much colder) Northeastern United States with his wife Talya.