Acknowledgements

On behalf of Microsoft and the author, thank you for your interest in deploying value-added business solutions that leverage SQL Server or MSDE database services. We hope this toolkit has been helpful and has made you more productive. The author would also like to thank the following individuals for their contributions:

• Thanks to all of the Microsoft partners who tested this toolkit and provided feedback.
  
  
• Thanks to all of the Microsoft consultants and technical specialists who tested this toolkit and provided feedback.
  
  
• Thanks to Matt Domo, now a Group Program Manager in the SQL Server business unit. Matt was an early champion of developers and ISVs who needed to deploy SQL Server with their applications, and authored the SQL Server 6.5 white paper entitled " Embedding Microsoft SQL Server in Your Application" published in August 1997.
  
  
• Thanks to Dana Burnell (Program Manager) and Mike Maringas (Development Lead) for answering questions and providing so much background information. Without their help this toolkit would not have been possible.
  
  
• Thanks to Michael Riley (Consultant) and David Rehbein (Consultant) of Microsoft Consulting Services for their contributions to the toolkit.
  
  
• Thanks to Cynthia Sample (Product Manager) of the SQL Server business unit for her backing of this project and marshalling resources.
  
  
• Thanks to James Utzschneider (Director LOB Evangelism), Rebecca Kaske (Director Manufacturing), and Brenda Nicholson (ISV Account Executive) of Microsoft's Business Solutions Group for backing this project.
  
  
• Thanks to April Backlund (Business Development Manager) of Microsoft's Business Solutions Group for all her help on understanding licensing.