Acknowledgement

First of all I would like to express how lucky I am to have found such a fantastic soul mate in Marie Christine. The last few months, when I spent a lot of evenings, weekends, and free time on the book and in starting up a new company, Think About IT, she was the one person that always supported, motivated, and inspired me to continue. She stood by me, and without her it would have been impossible to achieve this result.

Also a special thanks to my parents, parents in law, brother, sister, nephews, godchildren, and friends, who always stood behind me and allowed me to spend so much time apart from them.

The team from Packt Publishing also deserves a lot of gratitude. It was really a pleasure working with them. They helped me a lot and guided the book into the good direction. I'm very thankful and appreciative for their help and guidance.

A big thank you also for the team of reviewers, who volunteered their time, knowledge, and experience reviewing every chapter, guarding the quality, accuracy, and flow of the book. They had a very big contribution in getting this book to become a great piece of work that is agreeable to read and understand.

In Belgium, we have a very good community with lots of events helping to share the knowledge, making sure everyone keeps up-to-date with the latest news and developments in the Dynamics NAV and SQL Server world. Going to the events, sometimes as a participant, sometimes as a speaker, helped me a great deal in broadening my view and subject matter expertise.

A special thanks also for my previous employer, Plataan. Five years ago, they motivated me to become a Microsoft Certified Trainer and allowed me to deepen my knowledge and experience in the Dynamics community.

Special thanks also to Microsoft and their employees in making fantastic products like Dynamics NAV and SQL Server come closer together. Both of them are great applications on their own, but combining them was one of the best achievements of the last few years. The way that Dynamics NAV is getting more and more integrated with other Microsoft technologies has shaped the future and opened up an almost unlimited window of possibilities and opportunities.

To all the above individuals and to several colleagues, whose names I cannot continue listing and who have assisted me one way or another, especially, in challenging me with alternative views, I feel very much indebted.

I would like to thank you all!