About the Author

Harshul Patel is a technology enthusiast from India; he is thoroughly knowledgeable in virtualization and cloud computing techniques. He works for a leading service-based organization that has an alliance relationship with vendors such as Citrix and Microsoft. Harshul holds multiple Microsoft certifications, including Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (Private Cloud). Additionally, he holds non-Microsoft certifications, such as Citrix Certified Administrator (XenApp 6.5, XenDesktop 5.6, and XenServer 6.0) and Citrix Certified Advanced Administrator (XenApp 6.5).

He is one of the early adopters of Windows PowerShell from India. He frequently lectures on Windows PowerShell in user-group gatherings and delivers trainings (mostly on PowerShell) across the organization. He is also a proud recipient of multiple faculty awards and an innovation award from his employer. He is a core member of PowerShell Bangalore User Group (http://powershellgroup.org/bangalore.india) and a member of New Delhi PowerShell User Group (http://powershellgroup.org/NewDelhi). He can be contacted at harshulpatel.com.

I would like to thank all who have encouraged me all the time and made me feel that I have the potential to do whatever I want. I am very thankful to my family members and especially to my uncle, Nikul Patel, for helping all the way to get things done.

I would like to thank Seerat Jangda for her flawless support in proofreading this book and for making minor corrections that makes a big difference on paper. I immensely thank Ravikanth Chaganti, Aman Dhally (the technical reviewer of this book), and Deepak Dhami for their contribution and inspiration.

Finally, many thanks to the almighty for making this possible.