About the Authors

Peter Egerton is a senior cloud consultant at Inframon Ltd in the UK. He has been working in IT since 2000, and through IT support roles has progressed into IT consultancy. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Peter has worked with some of the biggest organizations across Europe and the Middle East in a multitude of markets on their Configuration Manager and wider System Center designs, implementations, and support requirements. In his spare time, Peter is also a Community Leader at Windows Management User Group (WMUG) in the UK.

First and foremost, I would like thank my family for allowing me the time and giving me the support to complete this book. I'd like to thank my wife, Anna, and son, Adam, without whom none of this would be possible. Mum and Dad, Chris and Harry, thanks for all your help over the years, it means a lot. I'd like to thank my coauthor, Gerry Hampson, for helping me with this project; without him, this would not be possible. Thanks to my Inframon and WMUG colleagues for helping me progress and get better at what I do. Finally, I must thank the guys at Packt for all their hard work and patience throughout this project.

For me, this has been a challenging time personally whilst writing parts of this book; as a result, I will be donating all my proceeds to a UK charity for stillbirth, premature birth, and miscarriage. Thank you for buying this book.

Gerry Hampson is a senior consultant engineer with over twenty years of experience as an IT professional. He has worked for Ergo Group, which has been based in Dublin, Ireland, for almost 10 years. Gerry specializes in designing and deploying Microsoft technologies, with a particular interest in System Center Configuration Manager and Intune. He has been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Enterprise Client Management for 2015.

Gerry has a popular blog where he shares Enterprise Client Management tips with the community at large (http://gerryhampsoncm.blogspot.in/).

This is Gerry's first book. He hopes to author many more in the future.

I'd like to thank my lovely wife, úna, for her everlasting support. Without her patience and understanding, I would not be able to engage in so much community activity.

I'd also like to thank Lauren Vivash for her inspiration.