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To my two wonderful children and my bride (who married me even amidst this books creation) .

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Susan Cook

To my half brother Fernando Barros. For being there for me during my teenage years. For listening to me and my problems even when he had his own to take care of. You were an uncle, a friend, and a brother. I love you and will always carry you in my heart. I know you are up there in a cloud somewhere looking down at us. Rest in peace .

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About the Authors

Kirk Hausman has been an IT professional for more than 20 years, working in state government, health care, and higher education and as an enterprise architect and security consultant. He is the co-author of IT Architecture for Dummies (Wiley, 2010) and the upcoming 3D Printing for Dummies (Wiley, 2013). Kirk teaches information security, digital forensics, and networking, and his research includes social media management, cyberterrorism, additive manufacturing (3D printing), and strategies for developing interest in young learners toward STEM subjects. He has facilitated cloud initiatives using Amazon EC2, Azure, and high-performance computing technologies. Kirk holds a masters degree in information technology and a range of professional certifications, including PMP, CGEIT, CISSP, CISA, CISM, and CRISC. Kirk can be reached via .

Susan Cook has been an IT professional for over 15 years and has professional experience in higher education, state government, and financial sectors. Prior to her career in IT, she worked as a compliance auditor and as a licensed private investigator. She is the coauthor of IT Architecture for Dummies (Wiley, 2010), and her educational projects include bachelors level course development in networking and network security. She is currently employed by Texas A&M University and specializes in enterprise risk assessment and compliance. She has masters degrees in information technology and security management and several IT certifications, including ISACAs Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC). Susan can be reached at .

Telmo Sampaio is the chief geek for MCTrainer.NET and TechKnowLogical, specializing in System Center, SharePoint, SQL, and .NET. Telmo wrote his first application in 1984, with the intent of demonstrating physics concepts to his fellow classmates. His passion for technology and teaching made him a self-taught developer from an early age. In 1989 he moved to Wellesley, Massachusetts, when his father was transferred to work in Boston for a year. He kept developing applications to demonstrate science and math concepts and decided to remain in the United States after his family left. In 1990, while still in high school, he was hired by IBM to demonstrate its most powerful CAD application, CATIA, to corporate customers like Boeing. In 1991 he moved back to Brazil and studied systems analysis at PUC/RJ. When Microsoft extended its Microsoft Certification program to Brazil, Telmo was one of the first in the country to become certified. In 1994 he started teaching Microsoft classes. Soon he was managing the largest training center in Latin America, after having worked for Microsoft in Brazil as a technical account manager. To date he has been certified in over 20 different Microsoft products, passing over 80 exams. After moving back to the United States in 2003, Telmo became a contributor to several Microsoft certification exams, an author for official courseware, and a speaker at events such as TechEd, PASS, and MMS.