Contributors

About the authors

Dejan Sarka, MCT and Data Platform MVP, is an independent trainer and consultant focusing on the development of database and business intelligence applications. Besides working on projects, he spends about half of his time training and mentoring. He is the founder of the Slovenian SQL Server and .NET Users Group. He is the main author or co-author of 16 books on databases and SQL Server. He has also developed many courses and seminars for Microsoft, SolidQ, and Pluralsight.

Thanks to my family and friends for their patience!

 

 

 

Miloš Radivojević is a database consultant in Vienna, Austria. He is a Data Platform MVP and specializes in SQL Server for application developers and performance/query tuning. He works as a principal database consultant in bwin (GVC Holdings). He is a cofounder of PASS Austria and speaks regularly at international conferences.

I would like to thank my wife, Nataša, my daughter, Mila, and my son, Vasilije, for all their sacrifice, patience, and understanding while I worked on this book.

 

 

 

William Durkin is the co-founder of Data Masterminds, a Microsoft Data Platform consultancy. William is a UK born Data Platform MVP, now living in Germany. William speaks at SQL Server focused events across the globe and is the founder and organizer of the small, but popular, SQLGrillen.

A big thank you goes to my wife Birgit and son Liam—both have put up with my grumpiness and late nights for far too long. I love you up to the sky and the bits!

 

 

 

About the reviewer

Tomaž Kaštrun is an SQL Server developer and data analyst with more than 15 years experience in business warehousing, development, ETL, database administration, and query tuning. He also has more than 15 years experience in data analysis, data mining, statistical research, and machine learning.

He is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP for Data Platform and has been working with Microsoft SQL Server since version 2000. He is a blogger, the author of many articles, the co-author of a statistical analysis book, a speaker at community and Microsoft events, and an avid coffee drinker.

 

 

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