About the Author

Michael Shepard has been working with computers since the early '80s, starting with an Apple II in school and a Commodore 64 at home. He started working in the IT industry in 1989 and has been working full-time since 1997. He has been working at Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. since 2000. His focus has changed over the years from being a database application developer to a DBA, an application admin, and is now a solutions architect. In his years as a DBA, he found PowerShell to be a critical component in creating the automation required to keep up with a growing set of servers and applications. He is active in the PowerShell community at Stack Overflow and projects at CodePlex. He has been blogging about PowerShell since 2009 at http://powershellstation.com.

I'd like to thank my employer, Jack Henry & Associates, Inc., for allowing me the freedom over the last few years to both learn and teach PowerShell. My wonderful wife, Stephanie, and my children, Simeon and Gwen, also deserve thanks for humoring me when I can't stop talking about PowerShell, and for giving me some breathing room to write.