CURT SIMMONS is an author and technical trainer specializing in Microsoft operating systems, BackOffice products and Internet technologies. A Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) based in Dallas, TX, his books include Configuring Windows 2000 Server (Prentice Hall PTR).
ASH ROFAIL is Chief Technology Officer of User Technology Associates (UTA, Inc.) a consulting firm in Northern Virginia. The author of several books and articles on Microsoft-based Technologies and XML, Rofail is a frequent conference speaker who also teaches at universities throughout the United States.