Dinesh Priyankara is an experienced professional and database enthusiast with skills in database management systems and business intelligence, especially on the Microsoft SQL Server product suite. Possessing over 16 years of experience on data related technologies, he does training, consulting, and is a top contributor to the local SQL Server community. In recognition of his contributions and expertise he has demonstrated, he was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for SQL Server for 11 consecutive years since 2006. Dinesh is the Founder/Principal Architect of dinesQL (Pvt) Ltd (https://dinesql.com), a company that provides services on database, business intelligence, and training. In his spare time, he runs a blog at https://dinesql.blogspot.com with a follower base of over 100,000 from around the world and is a co-organizer of SQL Server Sri Lanka User Group (https://www.meetup.com/ssslug/). Even though he has written many articles on the database area, this is his first official book as a co-author.