Jeff Stokes is a Windows/Microsoft engineer currently employed at Microsoft. He specializes in operating system health, reliability, and performance. He is skilled in Windows deployment with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and has exceptional skills in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and performance analysis. He is an active writer and blogger and loves technology.
Thanks to all the people who have helped me get where I am today. Special thanks to my wife, Ana, and my loving children, who have supported me through writing my portions of this book. I’ve learned a lot from a lot of people through the years and this book, I hope, is some sort of reflection of that accumulated knowledge. Clint Huffman, Carl Luberti, Yong Rhee, and many, many Microsoft employees, current and past as well. Special thanks to Ken Smith, who helped with some of the advanced configuration chapters at the last minute; seriously, thank you, sir. And thanks to the team at Packt Publishing and coauthors as well for their support and diligence in helping make this a success.
Manuel Singer works as a senior premier field engineer for Windows Client at Microsoft and is based in Germany. He has more than 10 years of experience in system management and deployment using Microsoft technologies. He is specialized in client enterprise design, deployment, performance, reliability, and Microsoft devices. Manuel works with local and international top customers from the private and public sectors to provide professional technical and technological support.
First and foremost, I would like to dedicate this book to my family, especially to my wife, Renate, for her patience and continued support in allowing me the time to research and write this book. She is the reason I can fulfill my dream and follow my passion. I would also like to extend an acknowledgment to all the people who have supported me throughout the writing of this book, especially the technical reviewers for providing their efforts and time along with keen suggestions and recommendations. Last but not least, I would like to thank the entire Packt Publishing team for their support and guidance throughout the process of writing this book.
Richard Diver has been an IT professional for more than 20 years with experience across multiple industries, technologies, and geographies. He is currently working as a solutions architect with a focus on Microsoft cloud architecture, enterprise mobility, and identity management solutions. This is his first time as an author, though his previous book contributions include topics such as Sysinternals Tools, Microsoft Office 365, and Microsoft Intune.
Richard has a deep passion for simplifying complex topics and visualizing and sharing knowledge. He is a family man, with three daughters, and enjoys traveling, reading, and public speaking at events and conferences.
Thank you, the coauthors, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this book; the experience has been good fun and I look forward to future opportunities. I would also like to thank Sharon Raj and the Packt Publishing team for driving the efforts required to pull a book like this together; your patience is immeasurable. Finally, thanks to my family for the encouragement and support in all my technical endeavors; I thank my wife, Dawn, and my three daughters, Charlotte, Lauren, and Jessica.
