Dr. Tom Moreau has been enjoying SQL Server for over 15 years. He specializes in database design and development, performance and tuning of the relational engine, as well as high availability solutions. Tom has authored over 100 articles on SQL Server, as well as co-authoring a book on SQL Server 2000. He is also very active in the SQL Server community, particularly the SQL Server public newsgroups. Tom is Canada’s first SQL Server MVP, awarded from 2001 to present. He has presented at SQL Connections (1999 and 2000), SQL Teach (2001), the Microsoft Customer and Partner Experience Summit (2006) and the Toronto SQL Server Users Group (2007).