Writing a book is no easy task, a technical one about a technology as important and as fast changing as DSC is doubly so. That I was able to do so in a short time was through no small effort by many people. I would first like to thank the PowerShell product team for their awesome work and community outreach, which is truly unique in this industry. I would also like to thank the team at Packt Publishing who worked tirelessly to keep me on schedule and enabled me to be the best I could be. I am also indebted to the technical reviewers who poured over this book and made sure it was the best book possible. I would especially like to thank my wife, Jessica, my mother and father, and Cecil Morris; without their support, I would not have had the courage to write this book at all.