Allan has been involved extensively in work with SQL Server and high availability over the past two years.

His credentials include:

• The 'SQL Server 2000 Failover Clustering" white paper posted to Microsoft.com
• Authoring part of the courseware for the SQL Server High Availability Event in Redmond, WA (June 2001)
• Leading SQL Server 2000 High Availability Post-Training at MGB, 2001
• Authoring the customer-ready version of the High Availability Event material (both the one-day and the three-day)
• Wrote chapters (including “Log Shipping,” “Failover Clustering,” “Five Nines,” and “Federated Servers”) for the SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit
• Speaking on high availability at conferences such as TechEd, MGB, and SQL PASS
• Subject Matter Expert for the internal eKM Database community, 2001

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ 'MSFT') is the worldwide leader in software for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software—any time, any place, and on any device.

Allan Hirt, Consultant, Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), is the main writer. Contributors include Kimberly Tripp, SQL Server Trainer, Cathan Cook, Consultant, MCS, and Frank McBath, Technologist, Microsoft, who will write selected chapters.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ 'MSFT') is the worldwide leader in software for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software—any time, any place, and on any device.

Allan Hirt, Consultant, Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), is the main writer. Contributors include Kimberly Tripp, SQL Server Trainer, Cathan Cook, Consultant, MCS, and Frank McBath, Technologist, Microsoft, who will write selected chapters.