Ron Barrett is the founder of RARE-TECH, an IT training and consulting company. He has been a technology professional for more than a decade, working for several major financial firms and dotcoms. Ron is a specialist in network infrastructure, security, and IT management. He is co-author of The Administrator’s Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 Servers, How to Cheat at Administering Office Communications Server 2007, and has been a contributor for several other books on Windows administration. Along with book writing, Ron has contributed to several industry magazines such as Redmond and Windows IT Pro and was featured in the book Tricks of the Windows Vista Masters. He has worked for Microsoft writing research and analysis papers for Windows Server 2008, Windows HPC, and PerformancePoint Server 2007. Beyond writing, Ron has spoken at several technology conferences for CPAmerica and the AICPA as well as TECHMENTOR NYC.

Be sure to catch Ron’s daily blog on Network World’s Microsoft subnet at http://www.networkworld.com/community/barrett.