Santos Martinez - Mastering System Center Configuration Manager

Santos Martinez

Peter Daalmans

Brett Bennett

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I want to dedicate this book to the following: my
wife Karla; you are my soul mate and I want to grow
old with you. To my kids Bryan and Naomy, I hope
this gives you some inspiration one day of what you
can achieve. And finally to all my family and friends
for their support in my craziness.
Santos Martinez

I dedicate this book to my father; since 1999 still
deeply missed. To my mother, for all of your love
and support in my life. To my girlfriend Samantha,
our son Stef, and our upcoming newborn; thanks
for putting up with me and for all of your love and
support while writing this book. Love you all!
Peter Daalmans

I dedicate this book to my family and friends, and I
greatly appreciate the support you provide.
Brett Bennett

I want to thank my colleagues across Microsoft for their support on this book, and our technical editor Matt Hinson for his commitment and great work. Thanks to the contributor authors, Nickolaj Andersen, Cliff Hobbs, and Alessandro Cesarini, for sharing some of their knowledge and experience with the readers.

To my coauthors, Brett Bennett and Peter Daalmans, thanks for staying on the project and giving the best of yourselves; I know the readers will enjoy learning from both of you.

Thanks to my friends for their support on the book and for providing a great elevator pitch to your customers.

Finally, I want to thank all the Configuration Manager and Enterprise Mobility + Security community, which has always been so passionate about the technology and willing to help us improve our writing. Lets keep the conversation going.

Santos Martinez

Special thanks to my family and friends. I had to balance my time with you with my commitment to writing this book. I couldnt have done this without you guys!

I also want to thank Wiley/Sybex for giving me the opportunity to write this second book. It was again a great pleasure to work with the Wiley team; Im looking forward to any new project! Also many thanks to the writing and editorial teams, you all rock!

Furthermore, many thanks to the Configuration Manager product team, who created this great product, and Cathy Moya especially, our great and dedicated MVP lead from within the product team. They all give us the opportunity to learn as much as we want about Configuration Manager and the Enterprise Mobility + Security products.

Also special thanks to my employer and colleagues at IT-Concern, for giving me the space to speak at conferences and to be of value for the community.

Finally, many thanks to the Configuration Manager and Enterprise Mobility communities and in particular all my fellow Enterprise Mobility MVPs; thanks for your support.

Peter Daalmans

I would like to thank my wife Rosalie, and my children Brittany, Jamie, and Justin for the support they have provided me in my career. I would also like to thank Microsoft, both as my employer for the past 10 years and also for the amazing products they develop that have kept me gainfully employed for the past 30 years. I would also like to thank the coauthors Santos and Peter, the reviewers, and the entire team at Sybex/Wiley who helped put this book together.

Brett Bennett

Santos Martinez was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, in 1982, and grew up in Caguas. Santos has more than 16 years of experience in the IT industry. He has worked on major implementations and in support of Configuration Manager and Enterprise Mobility + Security for many customers in the United States and Puerto Rico. Santos was a Configuration Manager engineer for a Fortune 500 financial institution and an IT consultant before joining Microsoft. For the Fortune 500 companies, he helped with the implementation and support of more than 200 Configuration Manager Site Servers and support of more than 300,000 Configuration Manager and Intune device clients worldwide.