Acknowledgments

The people at O'Reilly were a joy to work with. I would like to thank Robert Denn for helping me get this book off the ground. I am especially grateful for Andy Oram's insightful and thought-provoking feedback.

I was very fortunate to have an all-star group of technical reviewers. If there was ever a need to assemble a panel of the top Active Directory experts, you would be hard pressed to find a more knowledgeable group of guys. Here they are in alphabetical order:

Rick Kingslan (rkingsla@cox.net) is a Senior Systems Engineer and Microsoft Windows Server MVP. If you've ever posted a question to an Active Directory newsgroup or discussion forum, odds are Rick participated in the thread. His uncanny ability to provide useful feedback on just about any Active Directory problem helped ensure I covered all the angles with each recipe.

Gil Kirkpatrick (gilk@netpro.com) is the Executive Vice President & CTO of NetPro (http://www.netpro.com/). Gil is also the author of Active Directory Programming from MacMillan. His extensive knowledge of the underpinnings of Active Directory helped clarify several issues I did not address adequately the first time through.

Tony Murray (tony@activedir.org) is the maintainer of the www.ActiveDir.org web site and mailing list, which is one of the premier Active Directory discussion forums. The myriad of questions posed to the list served as inspiration for this book. Tony's comments and suggestions throughout the book helped tremendously.

Todd Myrick (myrickt@mail.nih.gov) has a unique perspective on Active Directory from his experience inside the government. Todd contributed several "outside the box" ideas to the book that only a creative person, such as he, could have done.

Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) is the creator of the http://www.joeware.net/ web site, which contains many must-have Active Directory tools, such as adfind, unlock, and much more. Joe is one of the most experienced Active Directory administrators and programmers I've met. He's had to do most of the tasks in this book at one point or another, so his contributions were significant.

Kevin Sullivan (ksullivan@aelita.com) is the Project Manager for Enterprise Directory Management at Aelita. Kevin has as much experience with Active Directory as anyone you'll find. He is a frequent contributor to Active Directory discussion forums, and he provided numerous suggestions and clarifications throughout the book.

Last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank my wife Janet. Her love, support, and bright smile are constant reminders of how lucky I am. Did I mention she cooks, too!