Mike Pfeiffer - Exam Ref AZ-300 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

Mike Pfeiffer

Derek Schauland

Nicole Stevens

Tim Warner

Exam Ref AZ-300 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

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Credits

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Brett Bartow

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Loretta for inviting me to become a Microsoft Press author; that was a career-long dream you helped me realize! Thanks to my co-authorsMike, Derek, and Nicolefor making this book so much easier to complete. Thanks to Charvi for your project management. Thanks to the Microsoft Azure product teams for working so diligently to deliver such an excellent public cloud platform. Last, but certainly not least, thanks to all my students, without whom I would not have such a rewarding career.

Tim Warner

Working on this book has been a great experience and has taught me a lot about the cloud. I would like to thank my coauthors for the opportunity to work on this project. I also thank my wife Laura (and my co-workers) for allowing me time to devote to getting this completed. While books are a good deal of work, they always manage to teach me things and leave me better off than when I entered the project; for that I am eternally grateful.

Derek Schauland

Im grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this book project. Id like to thank my wife, Abby, and my daughter, Isabel, for putting up with my crazy schedule! Love you guys. Id also like to thank my co-authors Derek Schauland, Nicole Stevens, and Tim Warner for their determination and work ethic. You guys are amazing.

Mike Pfeiffer

Huge thanks to Mike Pfeiffer for sending this awesome opportunity my way and dragging me so far beyond my comfort zone I cant see it. To the editors from Pearson, Loretta Yates and Charvi Arora, for their support, and Qui Songlin and Thomas Palathra for deciphering my ramblings and quirky English colloquialisms. To my friends, who always make me smile while supplying a Costa or beer as needed. To my parents, who instilled in me the work ethic and drive needed to get projects like this over the line. And finally, to my amazing family, who fill our house with laughter. In particular, my boys Jack and Harry, whose energy, creativity and passion inspire and motivate me every day.

Nicole Stevens

About the Authors

Tim Warner is a Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect with more than 20 years of experience working with the Microsoft technology stack. Tim teaches Microsoft Azure courses for Pluralsight and OReilly Live Online Training, and hes based in Nashville, Tennessee. Contact Tim via Twitter (@TechTrainerTim) or his website, TechTrainerTim.com.

Derek Schauland is an IT professional with 20 years experience. He currently specializes in cloud technologies. He spent 10 years of his career as a Microsoft MVP, first in file system storage and then in cloud and datacenter management.

In addition to writing about cloud technologies, he has co-authored two other books and countless articles and blogs. Outside of the technology space, he enjoys barbecuing with family and friends.

Mike Pfeiffer is a 20-year tech industry veteran whos worked for some of the largest technology companies in the world, including Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Hes the founder and chief technologist at CloudSkills.io, a cloud consulting and training firm. Mike is an author for Pluralsight, international conference speaker, Microsoft Azure MVP, and host of the CloudSkills.fm podcast.

Nicole Stevens is technical director of an independent software venture (ISV) in the United Kingdom, which provides on-premises and hosted solutions across a variety of technologies and sectors. She has spent more than 20 years working within software development, starting out as an Oracle DBA to troubleshoot performance, design, and integration issues for large enterprises across EMEA. Switching to an ISV start-up brought fresh challenges, with a role spanning IT professional, technical consultancy, technical pre-sales, and software development. Nicole is currently driving adoption of Microsoft cloud services across the business, and her primary focus is the re-architecture of legacy software solutions for customers in the cloud.