/* page-sql-server-development.css: Database engineering, for Microsoft SQL Server databases (sql-server-development.dc.html), copied on November 2, 2026 from page-mysql-development.css (Database engineering, for MySQL), prefix mys- renamed mss-. */
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/* ---------- page shell: white header strip, then the page ---------- */
body.v9-page .top-wrap{background-color:#fff;background-image:none}
body.v9-page .top-wrap-inner{background:none;min-height:0;padding-bottom:0}
body.v9-page .top-wrap::after,body.v9-page .top-wrap::before{display:none}
body.v9-page .content-area{padding:0}
body.v9-page .logo-white{display:none}
body.v9-page .logo-dark{display:block}
body.v9-page .menu_trigger{color:#232834}
body.v9-page .slicknav_icon-bar{background-color:#232834}
body.v9-page .header-wide{margin-bottom:0;padding-bottom:0}
body.v9-page .header{margin-bottom:0;padding-top:14px;padding-bottom:14px}
/* the site's menu button is 33px wide: its tap area is widened to 44px towards the page, with nothing moving */
body.v9-page .menu_trigger::after{content:"";position:absolute;top:-3px;bottom:-3px;left:-11px;right:0}
/* header, right side, as the reference reads: a quiet help link, then the icons (the menu's search and the menu), then the
   call button last, at the edge. The logo side is the site's own, set smaller. The row runs the full width of the window,
   and is a flex line centred on the logo; the menu's injected search button (.wbm_search) and the menu button drop their
   float offsets here. The link goes under 700px and the button under 521px, where the hero's form sits just below */
body.v9-page .header .logo{width:118px;max-width:none}
@media (max-width:765px){body.v9-page .header .logo{width:108px}}
body.v9-page .header{display:flex;align-items:center;max-width:none}
@media (min-width:1025px){body.v9-page .header{padding-left:40px!important;padding-right:40px!important}}
@media (min-width:1280px){body.v9-page .header{padding-left:56px!important;padding-right:56px!important}}
body.v9-page .header::after,body.v9-page .header-right::after{display:none}
body.v9-page .header-right{float:none;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin-left:auto;padding:0}
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body.v9-page .hp-hd-sep{display:block;width:1px;height:14px;background:#C2C5CC}
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/* the menu's injected search is not shown in this header: search stays inside the menu itself */
body.v9-page .header .wbm_search{display:none}
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body.v9-page .wbm_search:hover{color:#232834}
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body.v9-page a.hp-hd-cta,body.v9-page a.hp-hd-cta:hover,body.v9-page a.hp-hd-cta:visited{color:#fff;text-decoration:none}
body.v9-page .hp-hd-cta::after{content:"";position:absolute;left:0;right:0;top:-2px;bottom:-2px}
body.v9-page .hp-hd-cta svg.arr{display:block;flex:none;width:14px;height:14px;stroke:currentColor;stroke-width:2.4;fill:none;transition:transform 150ms cubic-bezier(.4,0,.2,1)}
@media (hover:hover){body.v9-page .hp-hd-cta:hover svg.arr{transform:translateX(2px)}}
body.v9-page .menu_trigger{order:3;float:none;height:38px;margin:0 0 0 8px}
/* the menu's three bars are drawn a little smaller here, scaled about their own centre so they stay level with the row */
body.v9-page .menu_trigger .slicknav_icon{transform-origin:100% 19px;scale:.82}
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@media (max-width:699px){body.v9-page .hp-hd{display:none}}
@media (max-width:520px){body.v9-page .hp-hd-cta{display:none}}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){body.v9-page .hp-hd-cta svg.arr{transition:none}}
/* the dark menu marks the current page by file name only in its page list, which doesn't include this page. The menu stays
   as it is for now, and this page has no route or tile in it, so markMenu() marks nothing; these rules stay with the shared call */
body.v9-page #wb_menu .rt[aria-current="page"] b,body.v9-page #wb_menu .tile[aria-current="page"] b{color:#FA5478}

/* ---------- base ---------- */
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.v9 *{box-sizing:border-box}
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.v9 :where(ul,ol,li){list-style:none}
.v9 :where(li)::marker{content:""}
.v9 a{color:inherit;text-decoration:none}
.v9 a:hover{color:#d33d5c}
.v9 svg{display:block;width:100%;height:100%;stroke:currentColor;fill:none;stroke-width:1.5;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round}
/* the page runs a little wider than the sister pages (1360px, not 1240px), but narrower than the header, which spans the
   window: from 1280px the side space is 56px, so on wider screens the content sits inset from the logo and the call button */
.v9-wrap{max-width:1360px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 40px;position:relative}
@media (min-width:1280px){.v9-wrap{padding:0 56px}}
.v9-eyebrow{display:block;font-weight:700;font-size:11.5px;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#d33d5c;margin:0 0 14px}
.v9-h2{font-weight:700;font-size:clamp(30px,3.4vw,44px);line-height:1.1;letter-spacing:-.03em}
.v9-sec{padding:88px 0}
.v9-bone{background:#F1EEEA}
.v9-head{margin-bottom:48px}
.v9-head .v9-sub{margin:18px 0 0;max-width:640px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.6;color:#4f5565}

/* ---------- reveal: sections ease in once as they reach the viewport ---------- */
.v9-rv{opacity:0;transform:translateY(20px);transition:opacity .8s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1),transform .8s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1)}
.v9-rv.in{opacity:1;transform:none}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.v9-rv{opacity:1;transform:none;transition:none}}

/* ---------- hero: copy on the left, the animation on the right ---------- */
.v9-hero{background:#fff;color:#232834;padding:24px 0 64px}
.v9-hero-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,6fr) minmax(0,6fr);gap:48px 72px;align-items:center}
.v9-hero h1{font-weight:700;font-size:clamp(40px,4.6vw,64px);line-height:1.1;letter-spacing:-.03em;margin:0 0 24px}
.v9-hero .v9-lead{font-size:18px;line-height:1.65;color:#3a3f4b;max-width:520px;margin:0 0 36px}
.v9-hero .v9-lead b{font-weight:700;color:#232834}
/* the one marked word: coral type on a blush marker that sweeps in once */
.v9-hl{position:relative;z-index:0;color:#d33d5c;white-space:nowrap}
.v9-hl::before{content:"";position:absolute;z-index:-1;left:-.07em;right:-.09em;top:.32em;bottom:.12em;background:#FDE0E6;border-radius:.06em .18em .08em .2em;transform:rotate(-1deg);transform-origin:left center;animation:v9Hl .9s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1) .35s both}
@keyframes v9Hl{from{transform:rotate(-1deg) scaleX(0)}to{transform:rotate(-1deg) scaleX(1)}}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.v9-hl::before{animation:none}}
.v9-hero-form{display:flex;flex-wrap:nowrap;gap:10px}
.v9-hero-email{flex:0 1 262px;width:262px;min-width:0;height:48px;padding:0 22px;border:1.5px solid #CFC9C1;border-radius:24px;background:#fff;font:inherit;font-size:16px;color:#232834;outline:0;transition:border-color .2s,box-shadow .2s}
.v9-hero-email::placeholder{color:#6b7180}
.v9-hero-email:focus{border-color:#232834;box-shadow:none}
.v9-hero-go{flex:none;width:178px;height:48px;padding:0;border-radius:24px;font-family:inherit;font-size:16px}
@media (max-width:480px){.v9-hero-form{flex-wrap:wrap}.v9-hero-email,.v9-hero-go,.em-email{flex:1 1 100%;width:100%}}
.v9-illo{position:relative;width:100%;max-width:720px;margin:0 auto;aspect-ratio:1920/1805;pointer-events:none}
.v9-illo-art{position:absolute;inset:0}
.v9-illo-art svg{display:block;fill:#000;stroke:none;stroke-width:1;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter}
/* the hero swaps files by laying the next over the last: each pass has its own box, stacked in one place */
.mss-hero .v9-illo-art > div{position:absolute;inset:0}
@media (min-width:1101px){
.v9-illo{max-width:none;width:112%;margin:-24px -6% -4% -6%;transform:translateY(-7%)}
.v9-hero .v9-hero-grid{grid-template-columns:minmax(452px,5.2fr) minmax(0,6.8fr);gap:48px}
.v9-hero h1{font-size:clamp(44px,4.2vw,60px);margin-bottom:24px}
.v9-hero .v9-lead{max-width:480px}
}

/* ---------- buttons: a coral pill that lifts on hover onto a soft blush step ---------- */
.v9-btn{--btn-step:#FBC0CC;--btn-ease:cubic-bezier(.5,2.5,.7,.7);position:relative;display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;gap:12px;height:48px;padding:0 26px;border:1px solid transparent;border-radius:9999px;background:#FA5478;color:#fff;font-family:inherit;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;line-height:20px;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:0 0 0 0 var(--btn-step);transition-property:transform,translate,box-shadow;transition-duration:150ms;transition-timing-function:var(--btn-ease)}
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@media (hover:hover){
.v9-btn:hover{translate:0 -5px;box-shadow:0 5px 0 0 var(--btn-step)}
.v9-btn:hover::before{transform:scaleY(1.4)}
.v9 .v9-btn:hover svg.arr{transform:translateX(2px)}
}
.v9-btn:active{translate:0 -3px;box-shadow:0 3px 0 0 var(--btn-step)}
.v9-btn:focus-visible{outline:2px solid #232834;outline-offset:2px}
.v9-btn:disabled{pointer-events:none;opacity:.5}
.v9-btn.v9-btn-ghost{--btn-step:#E4DFD9;background:#fff;border-color:#232834}
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.v9-hero-go{padding:0;font-size:16px}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.v9-btn,.v9 .v9-btn svg.arr{transition:none}.v9-btn:hover,.v9-btn:active{translate:none}}
.em-center{display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;text-align:center}
.em-center .v9-h2{text-align:center;max-width:760px}
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/* ---------- closing: the hero's email and call button, centred ---------- */
.em-cta{border-top:1px solid #E4DFD9;padding-bottom:104px}
.em-cta .v9-sub{margin-bottom:30px}
.em-cta .v9-hero-form{justify-content:center}
.em-cta .em-talk{justify-items:center}
.em-cta .em-status{align-self:stretch;width:100%;max-width:534px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:left}
@media (max-width:820px){.em-cta .em-status{max-width:560px}}
html{scroll-behavior:smooth}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){html{scroll-behavior:auto}}

/* ---------- email and call: a valid email shows a check in the field; on send the button narrows to a spinner,
   then the form fades away and a thank-you settles in its place ---------- */
.em-talk{display:grid}
.em-talk>*{grid-area:1/1}
.em-email{position:relative;flex:0 1 262px;width:262px;min-width:0}
.em-email .v9-hero-email{width:100%;padding-right:52px;transition:border-color .35s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1)}
.em-email-check{position:absolute;top:50%;right:10px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;width:30px;height:30px;margin-top:-15px;border-radius:50%;background:#FDE0E6;transform:scale(0);transition:transform .45s cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1)}
.v9 .em-email-check svg{width:15px;height:15px;stroke:#d33d5c;stroke-width:2.6;fill:none;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round}
.em-demo.sending .em-email-check,.em-talk.done .em-email-check{transform:scale(1)}
.em-demo.sending .v9-hero-email,.em-talk.done .v9-hero-email{border-color:#FA5478}
.em-email .v9-hero-email:not(:placeholder-shown):valid{border-color:#FA5478}
.em-email .v9-hero-email:not(:placeholder-shown):valid ~ .em-email-check{transform:scale(1)}
.em-email .v9-hero-email.bad{border-color:#d33d5c}
.v9 .v9-btn .em-spin{display:none;width:20px;height:20px;margin-right:10px;stroke:currentColor;stroke-width:2.4;fill:none;stroke-linecap:round;animation:emSpin .8s linear infinite}
.em-demo .v9-btn{transition-property:transform,translate,box-shadow,background-color,width;transition-duration:150ms,150ms,150ms,.35s,.5s;transition-timing-function:var(--btn-ease),var(--btn-ease),var(--btn-ease),cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1),cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1)}
.em-demo.sending .v9-btn,.em-talk.done .v9-btn{width:100px;background:#FCA3B6}
.em-demo.sending .em-btn-lbl,.em-talk.done .em-btn-lbl{display:none}
.v9 .em-demo.sending .em-spin,.v9 .em-talk.done .em-spin{display:block}
.em-demo.sending .v9-btn:disabled{opacity:1}
.em-demo.sending .v9-btn:hover{translate:none;box-shadow:none}
@keyframes emSpin{to{transform:rotate(360deg)}}
.em-demo{transition:opacity .45s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1),transform .55s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1)}
.em-talk.done .em-demo{opacity:0;visibility:hidden;transform:translateY(-8px);pointer-events:none;transition:opacity .45s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1),transform .55s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1),visibility 0s linear .55s}
.em-talk-done{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;min-height:48px;margin:0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;color:#232834;opacity:0;visibility:hidden;transform:translateY(10px);transition:opacity .5s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1),transform .6s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1),visibility 0s linear .6s}
.em-talk.done .em-talk-done{opacity:1;visibility:visible;transform:none;transition:opacity .55s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1) .3s,transform .65s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1) .3s,visibility 0s}
.em-talk-ic{flex:none;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;width:32px;height:32px;border-radius:50%;background:#FA5478}
.v9 .em-talk-ic svg{width:14px;height:14px;stroke:#fff;stroke-width:2.6;fill:none}
.em-status{min-height:22px;margin:12px 0 0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#c62d4f}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.em-email-check,.em-demo,.em-talk.done .em-demo,.em-talk-done,.em-talk.done .em-talk-done{transition:none}.v9 .v9-btn .em-spin{animation-duration:2.4s}}

/* ---------- responsive ---------- */
@media (max-width:1100px){
.v9-hero-grid{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr)}
.v9-hero .v9-lead{max-width:620px}
}
@media (max-width:820px){
.v9-wrap{padding:0 22px}
.v9-sec{padding:64px 0}
.v9-hero{padding:20px 0 48px}
}

/* ---------- text links (the prompt's section 8): #d33d5c (4.6:1 on white), underlined on hover and focus, with an arrow that
   steps forward; inside a paragraph they're underlined at all times. Never on the bone band, where #d33d5c is 4.0:1 ---------- */
.v9 .mss-go{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;min-height:44px;margin:0;font-weight:700;font-size:17px;line-height:1.3;color:#d33d5c;text-decoration:none}
.mss-go-l{text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:transparent;text-decoration-thickness:1.5px;text-underline-offset:6px;transition:text-decoration-color .25s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1)}
.mss-go-a{display:inline-block;transition:transform .3s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1)}
.v9 .mss-go:hover,.v9 .mss-go:focus-visible{color:#d33d5c}
.mss-go:hover .mss-go-l,.mss-go:focus-visible .mss-go-l{text-decoration-color:currentColor}
@media (hover:hover){.mss-go:hover .mss-go-a{transform:translateX(3px)}}
.v9 .mss-go:focus-visible{outline:2px solid #232834;outline-offset:4px;border-radius:4px}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.mss-go-l,.mss-go-a{transition:none}}

/* ---------- hover icons, as on the AI Chatbots page: ink outline over a white body, warm shade for depth, and one coral part
   that arrives once, in one direction, with its section. A hover Lottie sits exactly over each icon; its first frame is the
   icon, so the swap on first hover is invisible ---------- */
.cb-ic-box{grid-row:1/3;position:relative;display:block;width:72px;height:72px;margin:-6px 0 0 -4px}
.v9 svg.cb-ic{width:100%;height:100%;overflow:visible;fill:none;stroke:#232834;stroke-width:1.75px;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round}
.cb-ic-lt{position:absolute;inset:0;display:block;pointer-events:none;visibility:hidden}
.cb-ic-lt svg{display:block;fill:#000;stroke:none;stroke-width:1;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter}
.cb-ic-box.lt-on .cb-ic-lt{visibility:visible}
.cb-ic-box.lt-on svg.cb-ic{visibility:hidden}
.cb-ic *{vector-effect:non-scaling-stroke}
.cb-ic .w{fill:#fff}
.cb-ic .s{fill:#E4DFD9;stroke:none}
.cb-ic .so{fill:#E4DFD9}
.cb-ic .tn{fill:#C2C5CC;stroke:none}
.cb-ic .wn{fill:#fff;stroke:none}
.cb-ic .c{fill:#FA5478;stroke:#C43A5C}
.cb-ic .dc{stroke:#C43A5C}
.cb-ic .ik{fill:#232834;stroke:none}
.cb-ic .tk{stroke:#C2C5CC}
.cb-ic .a{transform-box:fill-box;opacity:0;transition:transform .8s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) var(--d),opacity .5s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1) var(--d)}
.v9-rv.in .cb-ic .a{opacity:1;transform:none}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.cb-ic .a{opacity:1;transform:none;transition:none}}

/* ---------- clients: a wall of twelve cells; one cell swaps its logo at a time (out, then in), the rest hold still ---------- */
.ai-clients{border-top:1px solid #E4DFD9}
.ai-clients-head{display:flex;align-items:flex-end;justify-content:space-between;gap:20px 56px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-bottom:44px}
.ai-clients-head .v9-sub{margin:0;max-width:420px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.6;color:#4f5565}
.ai-wall{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(6,minmax(0,1fr));border-top:1px solid #E4DFD9;border-left:1px solid #E4DFD9}
.ai-lg{position:relative;height:120px;border-right:1px solid #E4DFD9;border-bottom:1px solid #E4DFD9;overflow:hidden}
.ai-lg img{position:absolute;inset:0;margin:auto;display:block;width:min(170px,90%);height:auto;filter:grayscale(1) opacity(.62);opacity:0;transition:opacity .9s cubic-bezier(.65,0,.35,1),filter .3s ease}
.ai-lg img.on{opacity:1}
@media (hover:hover){.ai-lg:hover img{filter:none}}
@media (max-width:820px){.ai-wall{grid-template-columns:repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr))}.ai-lg{height:96px}.ai-clients-head{margin-bottom:32px}}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.ai-lg img{transition:none}}
/* this page's heading and line sit centred over the wall; the heading is balanced so no line holds one word alone */
.mss-clients-head{display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;gap:14px;margin-bottom:44px;text-align:center}
.mss-clients-head .v9-h2{margin:0;text-align:center;text-wrap:balance}
.mss-clients-head .v9-sub{margin:0;max-width:520px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.6;color:#4f5565;text-align:center;text-wrap:balance}
@media (max-width:820px){.mss-clients-head{margin-bottom:32px}}
@media (max-width:560px){.mss-clients-head .v9-sub{font-size:17px}}

/* ---------- the email form from 821px up: the field and the button share one row at the same width and height, 262px
   each ("Book a 20-minute call" needs 255px). The button keeps that width while sending, so nothing shifts; a closing
   form centres the pair ---------- */
@media (min-width:821px){
.v9 .em-talk .v9-hero-form{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,262px);gap:10px;justify-content:start}
.v9.em-cta .em-talk .v9-hero-form{justify-content:center}
.v9 .em-talk .v9-hero-form .em-email,.v9 .em-talk .v9-hero-form.em-demo .v9-hero-go{width:100%;min-width:0}
.v9 .em-talk .v9-hero-form.em-demo .v9-hero-go{padding:0 16px}
}
/* ---------- the email form on phones and small tablets: the field and the button are always the same size. Up to 560px
   they stack at the full width; from 561px to 820px they share one row in equal halves, 560px at most. The button keeps
   its size while sending, so the pair never shifts, and the closing form stays centred ---------- */
@media (max-width:820px){
.v9 .em-talk{justify-items:stretch}
.v9.em-cta .em-talk{width:100%;max-width:560px}
.v9.em-cta .em-talk-done{justify-content:center}
.v9 .em-talk .v9-hero-form{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));width:100%;max-width:560px}
.v9 .em-talk .v9-hero-form .em-email,.v9 .em-talk .v9-hero-form.em-demo .v9-hero-go{width:100%;min-width:0}
.v9 .em-talk .v9-hero-form.em-demo .v9-hero-go{padding:0 16px}
}
@media (max-width:560px){
.v9 .em-talk .v9-hero-form{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr)}
}

/* ================= DATABASE ENGINEERING, FOR MICROSOFT SQL SERVER DATABASES (this page's own) ================= */

/* ---------- the hero: the eyebrow, then a headline that holds two lines at every width. Each option sets --mss-em on its own h1:
   its longer line's width in em, Sailec Bold's raw advance at 100px, the family's method (MySQL's "Tables keep changing," measures 10.886
   again, November 2, 2026): A (yours, picked) "The same answers, / on a supported release" 11.118; B (yours) "The new release first, / the
   new behavior after" 10.954; C (mine) "The release moves on, / the answers hold" 10.798. The eyebrow: "DATABASE ENGINEERING," 202.6px at
   11.5px with the family's .22em tracking, "for Microsoft SQL Server databases" 209.7px at 12px, 416px in all, one line from a 416px
   column; narrower, the grey line takes its own line, whole, as SharePoint's and Power Platform's do ---------- */
/* fixed line heights keep the hero still as Sailec swaps in (1.48 is Sailec's own normal) */
.v9-hero.mss-hero .v9-eyebrow{line-height:1.48}
/* the shown name, "Database engineering, for Microsoft SQL Server databases", in the Microsoft family's form: "Database engineering,"
   in the family's eyebrow, then "for Microsoft SQL Server databases" in Sailec Medium, 12px, sentence case, body grey, as SharePoint's
   tag line is set, never coral, bold or in capitals (prompts/sql-server-development-notes.md) */
.v9-hero.mss-hero .mss-ref{display:inline-block;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.01em;text-transform:none;color:#4f5565;white-space:nowrap}
.v9-hero.mss-hero .v9-lead :is(b,strong){line-height:1}
.v9-hero.mss-hero h1{font-size:min(56px,calc((100vw - 44px) / (var(--mss-em,8.017) * 1.094)))}
@media (min-width:821px){.v9.mss-hero .em-talk .v9-hero-form{grid-template-columns:262px auto}}
@media (min-width:561px) and (max-width:820px){.v9.mss-hero .em-talk .v9-hero-form{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) auto}}
@media (min-width:561px){.v9.mss-hero .em-talk .v9-hero-form.em-demo .v9-hero-go{width:172px;padding:0}}
@media (max-width:560px){.v9-hero.mss-hero .v9-lead{font-size:17px}}
@media (min-width:1101px){
.v9-hero.mss-hero .v9-hero-grid{grid-template-columns:minmax(560px,5.4fr) minmax(0,6.6fr);gap:48px}
.v9-hero.mss-hero h1{font-size:min(56px,calc(510px / var(--mss-em,8.017)))}
.v9-hero.mss-hero .v9-lead{max-width:520px}
/* the drawing is enlarged a little into the page margin, not into the column gap */
.mss-hero .v9-illo{width:106%;margin:0 -6% 0 0;transform:none}
}
/* the drawing's box keeps its shape reserved from the first paint (1600 x 1320, tools/mss-hero-scene.js), below the form up to 1100px
   and beside it from 1101px; at 560px and below it runs to the window's edges and shows the phone version (1100 x 1180): the titles
   at the top, the browser below them and the hand resting below its lower right */
.mss-hero .v9-illo{aspect-ratio:1600/1320}
@media (max-width:560px){.mss-hero .v9-illo{width:calc(100% + 44px);max-width:none;margin:0 -22px;aspect-ratio:1100/1180}}
/* the landing view: on desktop the hero's top space follows the window's height, so the headline, form and drawing hold the
   middle of the first view and the client wall still shows below */
.v9-hero.mss-hero{padding:40px 0 64px}
@media (min-width:1101px){.v9-hero.mss-hero{padding:clamp(32px,7vh,84px) 0 72px}}
@media (max-width:560px){.v9-hero.mss-hero{padding:28px 0 48px}}

/* ---------- tap areas and the legacy menu, as CLAUDE.md sets them. The logos in the header and footer are widened to 44px tap
   areas with padding cancelled by margin, so nothing moves. The site's old hidden menu sits off to the side until its script
   marks it loaded; until then it is kept to no width, so it can't cause sideways scroll ---------- */
body.v9-page .header-wide.wb-hd .header .logo{padding:7px 0;margin:-7px 0}
body.v9-page .wb-ft .wb-ft-logo{padding:8px 0;margin:-8px 0}
body.v9-page #main_menu:not(.loaded){left:0;right:auto;width:0;max-width:0;overflow:hidden}

/* ---------- the closing: the email form, centred, sized and behaving as the hero's at every width. Nothing follows it: urgent
   help is reached from the header, the menu and the footer ---------- */
.mss-cta .v9-h2{text-wrap:balance}
.mss-cta .v9-sub{text-wrap:pretty}

/* text for screen readers only */
.mss-sr{position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px;margin:-1px;padding:0;overflow:hidden;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);clip-path:inset(50%);white-space:nowrap;border:0}

/* ---------- Accessibility's own audit (October 10, 2026): its fixes, carried here as on that page; on every page at go-live ---------- */
/* the coral button stays the site's coral, as on every other page (your call, October 10, 2026). The audit's finding stands:
   white on #FA5478 is 3.2:1, under the 4.5:1 its 14 to 16px label needs; to be decided for every page at once */
/* the focus rings the header logo and the footer's Cookie Preferences were missing */
body.v9-page .header-wide.wb-hd .header .logo:focus-visible{outline:2px solid #232834;outline-offset:3px;border-radius:4px}
body.v9-page .wb-ft .wb-ft-cc:focus-visible{outline:2px solid #F1EEEA;outline-offset:3px;border-radius:3px}
/* the footer's links: 44px tap areas on touch widths, from an invisible band above and below, so nothing moves */
@media (max-width:1024px){body.v9-page .wb-ft .wb-ft-cols a,body.v9-page .wb-ft .wb-ft-bar a,body.v9-page .wb-ft .wb-ft-bar .wb-ft-cc{position:relative}body.v9-page .wb-ft .wb-ft-cols a::after,body.v9-page .wb-ft .wb-ft-bar a::after,body.v9-page .wb-ft .wb-ft-bar .wb-ft-cc::after{content:"";position:absolute;left:0;right:0;top:-10.5px;bottom:-10.5px}}
/* the thank-you takes focus when it replaces the form, so it's read out; it isn't a control, so it shows no ring */
.em-talk-done:focus{outline:none}
/* the hand-over audit (October 11, 2026). The header logo has no size of its own until its image loads, so the strip grew from
   14px to 45px and moved the hero (layout shift 0.008 at 390px, 0.016 at 1280px): its box is reserved from its file's shape,
   4393 x 1501. A shared part: the same rule belongs on every page at go-live */
body.v9-page .header-wide.wb-hd .logo img{aspect-ratio:4393/1501;height:auto}
/* and the cookie notice's mount: until Cookie Consent.dc.html arrives, the runtime holds its place with a 0 x 0 placeholder whose
   1px borders still make it 2px tall, above the header; when the notice mounts (fixed, out of the flow) the whole page moves up
   2px. Its borders are dropped, so it holds no height at all. A shared part too, for every page at go-live */
body.v9-page .sc-placeholder[title="Cookie Consent"]{border:0;background:none}
/* and the type: until Sailec arrives the fallback sets each line's text box from its own height, 115% of the size against Sailec's
   148% (ascent 108% and descent 40% in Bold, 107% and 36% in Medium, measured on the woff2 files), and runs narrower, so the hero's
   lines moved up to 6px, and the words after a change of weight sideways, when the font swapped. The fallback is Arial (on Mac and
   Windows alike) scaled to Sailec's average width (Bold 101.65%, Medium against Arial's regular 107.64%, measured on this page's
   own headings and lead) and given Sailec's heights (the overrides are scaled with it). With both weights preloaded in the page,
   the swap usually comes before the first paint anyway */
@font-face{font-family:'Sailec Fallback';font-weight:100 600;src:local('Arial'),local('ArialMT');size-adjust:107.64%;ascent-override:99.41%;descent-override:33.44%;line-gap-override:0%;
font-display: swap;
}
@font-face{font-family:'Sailec Fallback';font-weight:700 900;src:local('Arial Bold'),local('Arial-BoldMT');size-adjust:101.65%;ascent-override:106.25%;descent-override:39.35%;line-gap-override:0%;
font-display: swap;
}
.v9{font-family:Sailec,'Sailec Fallback',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif}
/* links inside a paragraph keep their place in the sentence; on touch widths each gets a 44px tap band from an invisible strip
   above and below, as the footer's links do, so nothing moves */
@media (max-width:1024px){.v9 a.mss-in{position:relative}.v9 a.mss-in::after{content:"";position:absolute;left:0;right:0;top:-10.5px;bottom:-10.5px}}

/* ---------- When the cache holds more than cache (#problem): the copy, in three paragraphs, and the family's quiet device with this
   page's words: one white upload page of our own in the family's line (a header with a round mark and a name in two bars, three rows, then
   an "Upload a file" pill), and a small bone note taped to its corner: "What reads this file first?" ---------- */
.v9 .mss-prob-copy p + p{margin-top:16px}
.mss-prob{border-top:1px solid #E4DFD9}
.mss-prob-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,5fr) minmax(0,6fr);gap:48px 80px;align-items:center}
.mss-prob-copy .v9-h2{margin:0 0 22px;text-wrap:balance}
.v9 .mss-prob-copy p{margin:0;max-width:560px;font-weight:500;font-size:18px;line-height:1.6;color:#4f5565;text-wrap:pretty}
.mss-note{position:relative;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:540px;margin:0 0 0 auto;padding:30px 26px 0 0;pointer-events:none;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none}
.mss-note-page{box-sizing:border-box;padding:22px 26px 30px;border:1.75px solid #232834;border-radius:20px;background:#fff;box-shadow:8px 8px 0 #E4DFD9}
.mss-np-hd{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:14px;padding:0 0 16px;border-bottom:1.5px solid #C2C5CC}
.mss-np-av{display:block;flex:none;width:34px;height:34px;box-sizing:border-box;border:1.5px solid #232834;border-radius:50%;background:#E4DFD9}
.mss-np-nm{display:grid;gap:8px;flex:1}
.mss-np-nm i{display:block;width:52%;height:12px;border-radius:6px;background:#232834}
.mss-np-nm i + i{width:34%;height:8px;background:#C2C5CC}
.mss-np-rows{display:grid;gap:18px;margin-top:18px}
.v9 .mss-np-rows p{position:relative;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:14px;margin:0;padding:12px 14px;border:1.5px solid #C2C5CC;border-radius:10px;background:#fff}
.mss-np-rows p + p::before{content:"";position:absolute;left:24px;top:-19.5px;width:1.5px;height:18px;background:#8E939E}
.mss-np-rows b{display:block;flex:none;width:20px;height:20px;box-sizing:border-box;border:1.5px solid #232834;border-radius:5px;background:#E4DFD9}
.mss-np-rows i{display:block;width:72%;height:9px;border-radius:5px;background:#C2C5CC}
.mss-np-rows p:nth-child(2) i{width:54%}
.mss-np-rows p:nth-child(3) i{width:64%}
.mss-np-ft{display:flex;justify-content:flex-end;margin-top:20px;padding-top:16px;border-top:1.5px solid #C2C5CC}
.v9 .mss-np-save{display:block;padding:7px 20px;border:1.5px solid #232834;border-radius:999px;background:#E4DFD9;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;line-height:1.3;color:#232834}
/* the note: bone, an ink edge, set a little askew over the page's top right corner, fixed by a strip of blush tape with a coral edge */
.v9 .mss-note-tag{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;width:210px;margin:0;padding:22px 20px 18px;border:1.5px solid #232834;border-radius:6px;background:#F1EEEA;box-shadow:4px 4px 0 #E4DFD9;transform:rotate(3deg);font-weight:700;font-size:18px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.005em;color:#232834;text-wrap:balance}
.mss-note-tag::before{content:"";position:absolute;top:-11px;left:50%;width:70px;height:20px;margin-left:-35px;box-sizing:border-box;border:1.5px solid #FA5478;border-radius:3px;background:#FDE0E6;transform:rotate(-5deg)}
@media (max-width:1023px){.mss-prob-grid{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr)}.mss-note{margin:0;max-width:560px}}
@media (max-width:560px){.v9 .mss-np-save{font-size:16px}.mss-note{padding:26px 14px 0 0}.mss-note-page{padding:18px 18px 24px;box-shadow:6px 6px 0 #E4DFD9}.v9 .mss-note-tag{width:176px;padding:18px 16px 14px}}

/* ---------- what we build (#build): the heading and its line above the grid, then the nine kinds of work in three rows of three (two, then
   one, at narrower widths), each with its icon: a static glyph whose Lottie (art/icons/ic-*-64.json, and art/mdb/mss-ic-wrap.json from
   tools/mss-icons-scene.js) plays as the pointer rests on the item, from 821px with a mouse or trackpad. The last item ends on its link,
   AI-Assisted Engineering. Then the hand-off lines: Cloud, DevOps & Security, Legacy Modernization, Systems & API Integration, QA & Test
   Automation, and "Developers for Rust codebases", linked from the start, since both pages go live together ---------- */
.mss-build{border-top:1px solid #E4DFD9}
.mss-build-head{max-width:720px}
.mss-build-head .v9-h2{margin:0;text-wrap:balance}
.mss-build-list{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr));column-gap:48px;margin:0;padding:0;list-style:none}
.v9 .mss-bi{position:relative;display:grid;grid-template-columns:auto minmax(0,1fr);column-gap:10px;row-gap:14px;align-items:center;align-content:start;margin:0;padding:30px 0 40px;min-width:0}
.mss-bi::before{content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:-48px;height:1px;background:#C2C5CC}
.mss-bi:nth-child(3n)::before,.mss-bi:last-child::before{right:0}
.mss-bi .cb-ic-box{grid-row:auto;width:64px;height:64px;margin:0 -4px 0 -6px}
.v9 .mss-bi h3{margin:0;font-weight:700;font-size:20px;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#232834;text-wrap:balance}
.v9 .mss-bi p{grid-column:1/-1;max-width:40ch;margin:0;font-weight:500;font-size:17px;line-height:1.6;color:#4f5565;text-wrap:pretty}
/* the last item's two links, side by side under its text, across the whole item so the icon's column keeps its width */
.v9 .mss-bi-go{grid-column:1/-1;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;column-gap:24px;margin-top:-6px}
.mss-more{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr));column-gap:48px;margin:0;padding:22px 0 0;border-top:1px solid #C2C5CC;list-style:none}
.v9 .mss-more li{display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:flex-start;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:500;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;color:#4f5565}
@media (max-width:1024px){
.mss-build-list{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr))}
.mss-bi:nth-child(3n)::before{right:-48px}
.mss-bi:nth-child(2n)::before,.mss-bi:last-child::before{right:0}
.mss-more{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr)}
.v9 .mss-more li{flex-direction:row;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:center;column-gap:8px}
}
@media (max-width:639px){
.mss-build-list{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr)}
.mss-bi::before,.mss-bi:nth-child(3n)::before{right:0}
.v9 .mss-bi{padding:24px 0 30px}
.mss-bi .cb-ic-box{width:56px;height:56px;margin:0 -4px 0 -5px}
}
@media (max-width:560px){.v9 .mss-more li{display:block;padding:6px 0 0}.v9 .mss-more li > span{display:block}}

/* ---- #levels: "raise the level, and see what changes", the page's one bone band and its one interaction. One bone card of our own in the
   family's line, set in Sailec: its title on a white strip ("Queries at Pellham Heating", with a plain tag, "An example"), then one native
   checkbox with its visible label, "Use the new release's level" (an ink box and an ink tick, as the family's checkboxes are drawn; the
   input sits over its drawn box, so the browser keeps its keyboard and the whole label is the tap area), three queries in a real list, each
   with how it runs in plain words, and on the third row one button, "Use its earlier plan". The row whose earlier plan is in use is the
   view's one coral part (a coral edge on a blush row); "Runs slower" is plain grey. Every status keeps room for its longest wording, the
   button keeps its place while hidden, and the five lines under the rows share one grid cell, so the card holds its height and nothing
   below moves. Not a switch (Development for Adobe Experience Manager sites' and Development for Optimizely CMS sites' sections use
   those), not a radio group, a listbox or tabs. No query text, numbers, charts or status colors. With reduced motion every change is at once. ---- */
.mss-lv{background:#F1EEEA;border-top:1px solid #E4DFD9}
.mss-lv-text{max-width:760px;margin:0 0 40px}
.mss-lv-text .v9-h2{margin:0 0 22px;text-wrap:balance}
.v9 .mss-lv-text p{margin:0;max-width:680px;font-weight:500;font-size:18px;line-height:1.6;color:#4f5565;text-wrap:pretty}
.v9 .mss-lv-text p + p{margin-top:16px}
@media (min-width:1024px){.mss-lv-text{max-width:none;column-count:2;column-gap:64px}.mss-lv-text .v9-h2{column-span:all}.v9 .mss-lv-text p{max-width:none;margin:0 0 16px;break-inside:avoid}.v9 .mss-lv-text p + p{margin-top:0}}
.v9 .mss-lv-how{margin:0 0 16px;max-width:680px;font-weight:500;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;color:#4f5565}
.mss-lv-card{box-sizing:border-box;min-width:0;max-width:860px;border:1.5px solid #232834;border-radius:14px;background:#F1EEEA;box-shadow:5px 5px 0 #232834;overflow:hidden}
.mss-lv-hd{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;gap:8px 16px;padding:14px 22px;background:#fff;border-bottom:1.5px solid #232834}
.v9 .mss-lv-title{margin:0;font-weight:700;font-size:17px;line-height:1.3;color:#232834}
.v9 .mss-lv-tag{display:inline-block;padding:3px 10px;border:1.5px solid #232834;border-radius:999px;background:#F1EEEA;font-weight:500;font-size:14px;line-height:1.3;color:#232834}
.mss-lv-body{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr);gap:14px;padding:18px 22px 22px}
.mss-lv-sw{position:relative;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;box-sizing:border-box;width:fit-content;max-width:100%;min-height:48px;margin:0;padding:6px 16px 6px 10px;border:1.5px solid #232834;border-radius:12px;background:#fff;cursor:pointer}
.mss-lv-in{position:absolute;left:10px;top:50%;width:26px;height:26px;margin:-13px 0 0;opacity:0;cursor:pointer}
.mss-lv-box{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex:none;width:26px;height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;border:1.75px solid #232834;border-radius:7px;background:#fff}
.mss-lv-box svg{display:block;width:20px;height:20px;fill:none;stroke:#232834;stroke-width:2.6;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;opacity:0}
.mss-lv-in:checked + .mss-lv-box{background:#F1EEEA}
.mss-lv-in:checked + .mss-lv-box svg{opacity:1}
.mss-lv-in:focus-visible + .mss-lv-box{outline:2px solid #232834;outline-offset:3px}
.v9 .mss-lv-sw-t{font-weight:700;font-size:16px;line-height:1.35;color:#232834}
.mss-lv-rows{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr);gap:8px;margin:0;padding:0;list-style:none}
.v9 .mss-lv-row{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) minmax(0,1fr) 186px;gap:6px 16px;align-items:center;box-sizing:border-box;min-height:58px;margin:0;padding:8px 10px 8px 14px;background:#fff;border:1.5px solid #C2C5CC;border-radius:10px;transition:background-color .2s,border-color .2s}
.v9 .mss-lv-q{font-weight:700;font-size:16px;line-height:1.35;color:#232834}
.mss-lv-s{display:grid;min-width:0}
.mss-lv-s > *{grid-area:1/1}
.v9 .mss-lv-s-now{font-weight:500;font-size:16px;line-height:1.35;color:#232834}
.v9 .mss-lv-s-now.is-slow{color:#4f5565}
.v9 .mss-lv-s-max{visibility:hidden;font-weight:500;font-size:16px;line-height:1.35}
.mss-lv-keep{grid-column:3;justify-self:end;min-height:44px;padding:0 16px;border:1.5px solid #232834;border-radius:999px;background:#fff;font-family:inherit;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;line-height:1.2;color:#232834;white-space:nowrap;cursor:pointer;visibility:hidden}
.mss-lv-card.is-on .mss-lv-keep,.mss-lv-card.is-kept .mss-lv-keep{visibility:visible}
.mss-lv-keep:hover{background:#F7F5F2}
.mss-lv-keep[aria-disabled="true"]{background:#F1EEEA;border-color:#C2C5CC;color:#4f5565;cursor:default}
.mss-lv-keep:focus-visible{outline:2px solid #232834;outline-offset:3px}
.v9 .mss-lv-row.is-kept{border-color:#FA5478;background:#FDE0E6}
.mss-lv-lines{display:grid;min-width:0}
.mss-lv-lines > *{grid-area:1/1}
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/* ---- #versions: the copy, then one quiet, static drawing of our own: a windshield wiper on its arm, and beside it a new blade laid ready
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/* ---------- questions worth asking (#questions): the heading with the thirteen questions beside it as a numbered contents list, then
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/* the eyebrow's capitals track a little tighter up to 400px, as the family's longer eyebrows do */
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/* ================= PHONE TYPE SCALE (560px and down): tools/phone-type.js, context site-legacy.css, November 2, 2026 ================= */
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/* November 4, 2026: a hand-off line after Data Engineering's, to Analytics development, for Microsoft Power BI reports, its label written without the mark */