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I dedicate this book to my sister, Yolimar Martinez; it has been three years since you left the physical world, but I know you are in peace and have started a new journey. Also I want to dedicate this book to the following: my wife, Karla, you are my soul mate and I want to grow old with you; to my kids, Bryan and Naomy, I hope this gives you some inspiration one day of what you can possibly achieve, and finally to all my family and friends for their support in my craziness.

Santos Martinez

I dedicate this book to my father; after 15 years, you are still deeply missed. To my mother, for all of your love and support in my life. To my girlfriend, Samantha, and our son, Stef; thanks for putting up with me and for all of your love and support while writing this book.

Peter Daalmans

I dedicate this book to my family and friends, and I greatly appreciate the support you provide.

Brett Bennett

There are so many people I have to thank. I will start by giving a big thank-you to my wife for supporting me all the time on this special project. I love you for that and many other things. I want to thank my colleagues across Microsoft for their support on this book like crazy; to our technical editor, Don Brown, you have done a great job making this book better and taking it to the next step. To the contributing authors, Kevin Robinson, Carlos Santiago, and Ramon Martinez, thanks for leaving a piece of yourselves in the book.

To my peer authors, Brett Bennett and Peter Daalmans, thanks for staying on the project and giving it your best; I know the readers will enjoy learning from both of you, and I had an amazing experience.

To my friend, Elias Mereb, for always delivering a great elevator pitch on the previous edition of the book; I look forward to hearing your stories on this book, too.

Finally, I want thank the entire ConfigMgr community, who have always been so passionate about the technology and willing to help us improve our writing. Lets keep the conversation going and going.

Santos Martinez

Special thanks to my family and friends. I had to balance my time with you with my commitment to writing six chapters for this book. I couldnt have done this without you guys!