About the Authors

Will Schmied (BSET, MCSE, CWNA, MCSA, Security+, Network+, A+), consultant and author, is the principal partner of Area 51 Partners . Will holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering technology from Old Dominion University. He currently resides in Newport News, Virginia with his wife, Allison; their children, Christopher, Austin, Andrea, and Hannah; and their two dogs, Peanut and Jay. You can visit Will at www.area51partners.com or www.netserverworld.com.

Lee Scales holds the MCSE+I (NT4) as well as the MCSE (Windows 2000) certifications and has been working in the computer industry for more than 20 years, including consulting engagements with several Fortune 100 companies. He is currently employed as a senior consultant with a Microsoft Gold Partner, where his duties include working with companies that are migrating to the Windows 2000 platform with Active Directory. In addition to his consulting duties , he has been developing courseware for the Windows platform for several years and has been a contributing/ co-author to titles in the original Exam Cram and the Windows Power Toolkit series.

When not buried neck deep in a networking project, Lee enjoys camping, hunting, and fishing , especially in places where you can't plug in a laptop, and the cell phone doesn't work.