Christian Gross is a consultant with vast experience in the client/server world. He has consulted for Microsoft on DNA solutions, and he has held consulting positions with Daimler Benz, Microsoft, NatWest, and other major corporations. Gross was a contributor to Professional Active Server Pages, Professional SQL Server 6.5 Administration, Professional NT Internet Information Server Administration, and Programming Microsoft Windows 2000 Unleashed. He is the author of A Programmer's Introduction to Windows DNA.

• Introduction 1. Introduction to Windows DNA 2. All about Patterns 3. Designing your Application 4. Building a Prototype 5. Creating the Thin Client 6. Creating a Rich Client 7. Building a Web Application 8. Designing COM Interfaces 9. Implementing COM Interfaces 10. Developing Transactional Components 11. Developing MSMQ Components 12. COM+ Asynchronous Services 13. More COM+ Services Programming 14. Building the Hybrid Client 15. Building Your Resource 16. Accessing the Data 17. Optimizing the Data Access Tier