Ed Goad - Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Ed Goad is a Systems Architect who has been working in various roles in the IT field for 16 years. He first became interested in scripting and automation when presented with the task to uninstall software from over 1,000 systems with limited time and resources. He has worked with scripting and automation on multiple platforms and languages including PowerShell, VBscript, C#, and BASH scripting.

Ed currently holds multiple Microsoft certifications, most recently including the Microsoft Certified IT ProfessionalEnterprise Administrator. Additional non-Microsoft certifications include VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), EMC Proven Professional, Brocade Certified Network Engineer (BCNE), and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).

Ed is currently on sabbatical, and is volunteering full time at the Amor Fe y Esperanza school in Honduras (http://www.afehonduras.org). There he is teaching computer and math classes to children who live and work in the garbage dump outside of the capital city of Tegucigalpa.

I would like to thank my parents for always encouraging me when I was younger by telling me that I could be anything that I wanted, as long as I had good math skills. They bought our first computer before I even started school, and then let me break it and repair it over and over, driving my interest in computers.

I want to thank my wife for loving me and encouraging me to grow and be more than I was. Without her love and encouragement my life wouldn't be nearly as full as it is now.

And lastly, I would like to thank God for his blessings and the opportunities he has given me. As much as I have learned and accomplished, it is nothing compared to knowing his love.

Anderson Patricio is an Exchange Server MVP and a Messaging consultant based in Toronto, Canada, designing and deploying solutions in clients located in North and South America. He has been working with Exchange since Version 5 and has had the opportunity to use PowerShell since its beta release (code name Monad at that time).

Anderson contributes to the Microsoft communities in several ways. In English, his blog www.andersonpatricio.ca is updated regularly with content for Exchange, PowerShell, and Microsoft in general. In Portuguese, he has an Exchange resource site (www.andersonpatricio.org). He is also a TechEd presenter in South America and also the creator of a couple of Exchange trainings in the Brazilian Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA).

You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/apatricio.

He is the reviewer of several books such as Windows Powershell in Action by Bruce Payette, PowerShell in Practice by Richard Siddaway, and Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook by Mike Pfeiffer.

Donabel Santos is a SQL Server MVP and is the senior SQL Server Developer/DBA/Trainer at QueryWorks Solutions, a consulting and training company in Vancouver, BC. She has worked with SQL Server since Version 2000 on numerous development, tuning, reporting, and integration projects with ERPs, CRMs, SharePoint, and other custom applications. She holds MCITP certifications for SQL Server 2005/2008, and an MCTS for SharePoint. She is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and is also the lead instructor for SQL Server Administration, Development, Tableau, and SSIS courses at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Donabel is a proud member of PASS (Professional Association of SQL Server), and a proud BCIT alumna (CST diploma and degree).

Donabel blogs (www.sqlmusings.com), tweets (@sqlbelle), speaks and presents (SQLSaturday, VANPASS, Vancouver TechFest, and many more), trains (BCIT, QueryWorks Solutions), and writes (Packt, Idera, SSWUG, and so on). She is the author of Packt's SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook, and a contributing author of Manning's PowerShell Deep Dives.

Thank you Eric, for all the support and love. Thank you for cooking the delicious dinners that invigorate me after a long day's work. You are my home.

Thank you to my familyPapa, Mama, JR, RR, Lisayou all give me strength and I am very blessed to have you in my life. Special shout out to my Tito Boy, who proudly told people in his network about my first book thank you Tito Boy.

Thank you to my BCIT familyKevin Cudihee, Elsie Au, Joanne Atha, Charlie Blattler, Paul Mills, Bob Langelaan, Benjamin Yu, Brian Pidcock, Albert Wei and so many othersto all of my mentors, colleagues, and students, who never fail to inspire me to do better, be better. It's been a great ten years teaching at BCITand I look forward to a lot more wonderful years of learning, inspiring, and sharing.

Special thanks to the Microsoft team and Microsoft communities, especially #sqlfamily. You guys are awesome and so many of you continuously and selflessly share your knowledge and expertise to a lot of people. I've been on the receiving end so many times, and I hope I can continue to pay it forward. I am so proud to be part of this community.

Thank you to the PowerShell community, for the awesome blogs, books, and tweets, which immensely helped folks to learn, understand, and get excited about PowerShell.

Most importantly, thank you Lord, for all the miracles and blessings in my life.