Florian was born and raised in his native Germany until the age of 15 when he moved with this family to Central America and then the US. He has worked in the IT industry for more then 14 years and has gained a wealth of experience in many different IT environments. He also has a personal interest in Information Security. His certifications include CISSP, SANS GIAC, MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, and several others. Together with his extensive experience, he is a qualified expert in the area of Information Security. After writing several Disaster Recovery guides for Active Directory environments he now brings you this unique publication, which he hopes will become a key title in the collection of many Windows Server Administrators and specialists. Florian lives with his wife and daughter in Finland where he also works as an IT Manager in a global company.