SETH BATES is the managing solutions architect for DataLan Corporation, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specializing in information-worker solutions, located in White Plains, New York. He coauthored SharePoint 2007 User's Guide: Learning Microsoft's Collaboration and Productivity Platform and SharePoint 2003 User's Guide, both published by Apress. He also performed the technical editing of the Apress books Advanced SharePoint Services Solutions and Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2003 Solutions, and wrote an article titled "SharePoint Web Part Development" in the April 2005 edition of Dr. Dobb's Journal. Seth has helped numerous organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, successfully adopt the SharePoint platform and has spoken at SharePoint industry conferences. With more than 10 years of experience engineering business solutions, primarily using Microsoft technologies, Seth brings a broad mix of expertise in all phases of the software engineering life cycle to his work.