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Sjoukje Zaal

Stefano Demiliani

Amit Malik

BIRMINGHAMMUMBAI

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Sjoukje Zaal is a CTO, Microsoft Regional Director, and Microsoft Azure MVP with over 20 years of experience in architecture-, development-, consultancy-, and design-related roles. She works at Capgemini, a global leader in consultancy, technology services, and digital transformation.

She loves to share her knowledge and is active in the Microsoft community as a co-founder of the user groups Tech Daily Chronicle, Global XR Community, and the Mixed Reality User Group. She is also a board member of Azure Thursdays and Global Azure. Sjoukje is an international speaker and is involved in organizing many events. She has written several books and writes blogs.

Stefano Demiliani is a Microsoft MVP in business applications, an MCT, a Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer and Azure Architect, and a long-time expert on Microsoft technologies. He works as a CTO for EID NAVLAB and his main activities are architecting solutions with Azure and Dynamics 365 ERPs. Hes the author of many IT books for Packt and a speaker at international conferences about Azure and Dynamics 365. You can reach him on Twitter or on LinkedIn or via his personal website.

I dedicate this book to my little daughter, Sara. In the past few months, I have spent so much time away from you; I hope you can now appreciate the work done and understand me.

Amit Malik is an IT enthusiast and technology evangelist focused on the cloud and emerging technologies. He is currently employed by Spektra Systems as the director of technology, where he helps Microsoft partners grow their cloud businesses by using effective tools and strategies. He specializes in the cloud, DevOps, software-defined infrastructure, application modernization, data platforms, and emerging technologies around AI. Amit holds various industry-admired certifications from all major OEMs in the cloud and data space, including Azure Solutions Architect Expert. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). Amit is an active community member of various technology groups and is a regular speaker at industry conferences and events.

Vassili Altynikov is the founder and a principal DevOps architect at Blend Master Software.

With nearly two decades of software development, application architecture, and technical consulting experience, he is helping organizations establish and improve their DevOps practices to deliver better-quality software faster.

Abhishek Jaiswal is an Azure DevOps engineer with 6 years of experience in the IT industry and professional certifications in Azure and AWS. He started his career as an application support engineer and later moved to cloud technologies. Abhishek has domain knowledge in the telecom and banking/finance sectors. Abhishek is passionate about learning new technologies and upgrading his skills.

I would like to thank my parents and brothers for their support and motivation.

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