Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the great team at Sams Publishing for their many valuable contributions and helping us get this book completed. This includes our development editor, Mark Renfrow; our technical editor, J. Boyd Nolan; our copy editor, Chuck Hutchinson; our two project editors, Seth Kerney and Matt Purcell; and finally, our acquisitions editor, Neil Rowe.

Mike Snell: I would also like to thank the architects on my team for their insight and for hearing me out on a number of topics that are included in this book. This team includes Jason Agostoni, Geoff Tewksbury, Matt Trevors, and Stephen Johnston. I would also like to thank another key member of the Microsoft Practice at CEI, Ryan Baker, for his encouragement and insight. Finally, I would like to thank my good friend and co-author, Lars Powers. This was another great experience working together, thanks!

Lars Powers: I would like to thank the various members of the GISV technical team who, at times, served as both endless wells of knowledge and strong supporters for this effort. I'd also like to thank my co-author, Mike, for first convincing me to embark on this project and then for being a solid peer and partner during the writing and editing process. And finally, thanks to the various teams at Microsoft responsible for bringing Visual Studio and the Visual Studio Team System concepts to life.