Jeffrey A. Ferris, MCSE, currently works as Systems Engineer for a large technology firm in Austin, Texas, where his responsibilities include technical development for emerging technologies, focusing on implementation recommendations and deployment of the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system.
Jeffrey has been working with computers since just after learning to walk, focusing on operating systems deployments and Windows NT enterprise technologies for the past six years. Prior to moving to Texas, Jeffrey was an associate consultant with Celeritas Technologies, LLC, a prominent consulting firm in the Kansas City area. While in Kansas, Jeffrey fulfilled a critical role in the development and implementation of the first nationwide rollout of a Windows NT 4.0 domain architecture for the Call Center Services division of Sprint Communications Company, L.P. This is Jeffrey's fifth published work; he has co-authored four other titles covering Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise, A+, and Network+ certification exams. Jeffrey can be reached online at [email protected]; a companion Web site for this book can be found at http://www.ferristech.net/win2k/.