About the Reviewers
Andrew Craig is a System Center Configuration Manager specialist. He has developed and delivered several Configuration Manager projects over the last 7 years in the UK and Switzerland.
He currently lives in Switzerland and works for Syliance IT Services as a senior consultant, where he actively contributes to the System Center community, speaking at community events, delivering TechNet sessions, and participating in Internet forums, such as myITForum.
Huge thanks to Samuel Erskine for introducing me to System Center back in the day in the UK and for the many adventures along the way.
J?rgen Nilsson works as a principal consultant at Onevinn AB in Sweden, working with systems management. J?rgen has over 20 years' experience in working as a consultant and is also an MCT. In 2011, he was awarded the MVP title for Enterprise Client Management. He is also an accomplished speaker and has given presentations at Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) and TechED 2014.
You can find his blog at http://ccmexec.com.
Nico Sienaert is 34 years old, lives in Belgium, and has more than 13 years' experience with Systems Management and related solutions. For several years, he has been working on numerous System Center implementations in Belgium and abroad.
Currently, he's working for Getronics, a world-wide system integrator, as Lead Infrastructure Consultant.
Nico is a frequent speaker on Microsoft and non-Microsoft events and writes blogs for the System Center user group in Belgium.
Microsoft awarded Nico the Microsoft MVP title for Enterprise Client Management. At this moment, he works closely with the Microsoft Product Team on Mobile Device Management.
He is the moderator of the TechNet forum for Configuration Manager MDM. Nico also works as a "virtual" employee for Microsoft as v-Technology Solutions Professional.
You can follow Nico on Twitter (@nsienaert) to stay up to date with the System Center landscape.
Nico believes that technology never stops, and you always need to be prepared for the future. Hence, he likes this quote from Wayne Gretzky:
"A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be."
I would like to thank my daughter, Laura, and girlfriend, Kristel, for their support in pursuing this time-consuming passion of mine—IT.
It was a great experience reviewing this book; I hope you like it.
Stephan Wibier is a senior consultant and an all-round IT geek, specializing in Microsoft Backend Services. He has specialized in OS deployment using tools, such as WDS/MDT and System Center Configuration Manager.
His interest in the IT business goes way back to the early '80s, starting with the good-old Commodore 64. After that, it was only a matter of time before the virus hit hard. He got certified in several areas of Microsoft products and still keeps up with the new and fabulous changes in the modern IT market.
Stephan is known for his pragmatic style, approaching problems as changes or opportunities.