Norm Warren would like to first thank his wife, KarAnn, and children for their patience while writing the book. He would also like to thank the people that have helped contribute in one way or another to this book.

Kevin Donovan, Technical Reviewer of the whole book and Program Manager at Microsoft.

Trevor Dywer, Director at Avanade, Bruno Ferreira, BI Developer for Accenture, all who have offered chapter review and support.

Joe Hutchison, BI architect, who provided invaluable guidance for several areas of the book.

All the others who have helped provide support or information that made this book a reality.

John would like to thank Mark Kashman for his review of the SharePoint Online content as well as the other authors for their reviews and hard work. Most importantly, John would also like to thank his beautiful wife, AnnMarie, for her unending patience, love, and support.

Mariano would like to thank Kay Unkroth, program manager, and Lee Graber, developer, (both from Analysis Services team at Microsoft) for reviewing his chapter. And, most importantly, to thank his family—Bárbara, Sofia, and Miguel—for their support and love.