Knowledge sharing, learning, and dedication gave me strength to deliver this book, not to mention about the coordinated efforts of editors at Packt Publishing and support from my friends and well-wishers.

I would like to start thanking my friend and fellow MVP Hemant Goswami who referred me to Packt Publishing and pulled this product together.

I would like to extend my gratitude to the wonderful bunch of professionals at Packt Publishing.

Kerry George, Acquisition Editor, for helping me to improve my writing skills and challenging me to explain every aspect of content in concise.

Vishal Bodwani, Project Coordinator, who supported me all along and kept me on track and on schedule.

Maitreya Bhakal, Development Editor, for professional support and help during edit and proof-reading phases.

Shreerang Deshpande, Technical Editor, who supported me at the final stages of book in formatting the book and testing the technical aspects of the recipes.

A special thanks and kudos to my technical reviewers and their feedback:

Vinod Kumar M, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, who has helped me uncover the additional technical content for SQL Server and highlighting many tips.

Ravikanth Chaganti, SharePoint MVP, for support and helpful references in technical content.

Venkatesan Prabhu J, SQL Server MVP, for support and help in testing the code, suggested improvements for the implementation steps.