Guruprasad HP - Microsoft System Center PowerShell Essentials

Guruprasad HP is a technical practitioner and consultant. His technical areas of interest include System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Operation Manager, and automation using PowerShell scripting. He works with Microsoft and is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in SCCM and SCOM.

He has a lot of experience in creating automation frameworks for various activities in SCCM, SCOM, and custom reporting by extending the SCCM inventory. He also has good knowledge of all Microsoft technologies.

Currently, Guruprasad is working with Microsoft as a consultant and is involved in various projects with different Microsoft technologies.

I would like to thank all my well-wishers who identified my skills and encouraged and guided me whenever required. I will take this opportunity to thank my mother for being the backbone of my life.

I would also like to thank my friend Kishora V, who stood with me morally and without whom I would not have achieved many things in my life. It's a great pleasure to work with my friend and the coauthor of this book, Harshul, who always keeps my technical spirits up with new information.

I would also like to thank each and every person who directly or indirectly supported me in learning and practicing various technologies.

Harshul Patel is a technology enthusiast from India; he is thoroughly knowledgeable in virtualization and cloud computing techniques. He works for Microsoft. Harshul holds multiple Microsoft certifications, including Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (private cloud). Additionally, he holds a number of non-Microsoft certifications, such as Citrix Certified Administrator (XenApp 6.5, XenDesktop 5.6, and XenServer 6.0) and Citrix Certified Advanced Administrator (XenApp 6.5). He has also recently achieved an ITIL certification.

Harshul was one of the early Indian adopters of Windows PowerShell. He frequently lectures on Windows PowerShell in user group gatherings and delivers training (mostly on PowerShell) across various organizations. He is also a proud recipient of multiple faculty awards and has received an innovation award from his employer. He is a core member of the PowerShell Bangalore User Group (http://powershellgroup.org/bangalore.india) and a member of the New Delhi PowerShell User Group (http://powershellgroup.org/NewDelhi). He can be contacted at http://harshulpatel.com/.

Harshul authored a book in 2013 named Instant Windows PowerShell Guide , Packt Publishing (https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/instant-windows-powershell-guide-instant).

I would like to thank all those who have encouraged me all the time and made me feel that I have the potential to do whatever I want. I am very thankful to my family members and especially to my friends, for helping me to get things done. Without learning from these people, there would be no chance that I would be doing what I do today, and it is because of them and others, whom I may not have listed here, that I feel compelled to pass my knowledge on to those willing to learn.

I would especially like to thank Guruprasad HP (the coauthor of this book) for his flawless support in drafting this book's chapters at short notice. I would like to thank the Indian PowerShell community, including MVPs Ravikanth Chaganti, Aman Dhally, and Deepak Dhami, for their contribution and inspiration.

Finally, many thanks to the Almighty for making this possible.

Lee Boon Cheng is a computer engineering graduate from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. He is currently working as a SharePoint solution architect in a commodity trading company in Singapore.

He has worked on and led multiple Microsoft SharePoint 2010/2013 projects for Singapore clients ranging from schools to corporations to government departments. He has primarily focused on the SharePoint Content Management System, workflow and SharePoint installation, and configuration and deployment using PowerShell.

I would like to thank my wife, Kathryn Saw, for always being supportive of what I do.

Richard Gibson lives in London and has worked as a .NET developer for 8 years. His work has taken him into the world of DevOps, and PowerShell has become a necessary skill for the automation of everyday tasks.

He currently works for ASOS.com as a senior developer, spending most of his PowerShell time automating TeamCity to provide continuous deployment for the business. Richard blogs on various issues related to .NET and PowerShell at http://richiban.uk/.

Keith Lindsay graduated from Sacred Heart University with honors and spent nearly a decade as a software engineer. After deciding that he wanted to explore a new path, he moved into the field of product management for Citrix ShareFile, where he uses his technical skills to help improve and promote the API and SDKs. He is a big proponent of PowerShell and has helped his company to develop a PowerShell SDK for file sharing. You can read more about using PowerShell for file sharing on his blog at http://blogs.citrix.com/author/keithl1/.

I would like to especially thank Peter Schulz for mentoring me in the ways of PowerShell.

Ashley Poole is a highly motivated software support analyst with over 6 years of professional experience in the field of IT. Normally, you can find him exploring topics such as Microsoft SQL Server, C#, PowerShell, and Dev Ops.