Nikos Anastopoulos has a BSc and MSc in Software Engineering, from Coventry University, UK, and an MBA from Athens University of Economics and Business.

He has worked at Microsoft Hellas for 10 years, as a Platform Solutions Specialist for 3.5 years and as a Senior Consultant for 6.5 years at Microsoft Consulting Services. He has worked in many development projects in Greece, mostly in the Banking sector and Telcos, using Microsoft's development products, servers, and technologies like: .NET, C# (ASP.NET), SQL Server 200x, BizTalk Server 200x, and SharePoint Portal Server 200x. In all his engagements, he has extensively used Microsoft's Enterprise Library, since its very early releases.

Before joining Microsoft he worked as a developer in ISVs for two years working on client/server and Internet applications.

Anand Narayanaswamy is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) based in Trivandrum, India. He works as a freelance technical writer besides devoting time for blogging and tweeting. He also works as a technical editor for ASPAlliance.com. He had worked as a technical editor/reviewer for various publishers such as Sams, Addison-Wesley, McGraw Hill, and Packt. He is the author of Community Server Quickly (www.packtpub.com/community-server/book) published by Packt Publishing and runs www.learnxpress.com and www.dotnetalbum.com.