Daniel Clarke has worked in the IT field for more than 10 years, thereby working with various Microsoft products with a specialization in Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager. He has designed and implemented several Microsoft Virtualization platforms, two of which have been recognized with the Management & Virtualization Partner of the Year (2012 and 2013) and Server Platform Partner of the Year (2013) awards by Microsoft, New Zealand. He currently works in New Zealand as a senior infrastructure consultant. His previous roles include that of a consulting engineer, acting as a Tech Lead for a Managed Services department, and various Systems Engineer and support-based roles. His primary work these days usually involves Hyper-V and the System Center Suite, primarily Virtual Machine Manager, Operations Manager, and Orchestrator.
Milton Goh started out in the IT industry in 2005, where he began as a software developer, meddling with various programming languages that range from Visual Basic to Visual C#. He has always focused on the Microsoft suite of products and technologies, and is an avid fan of Microsoft technologies. Since the start of his career, he has ventured into different roles within the industry, ranging from a developer and consultant to an architect, where he helps to resolve the pain points of his clients. He is one of the leaders for the Singapore PowerShell User Group community, where he plays an important role of spreading the word about PowerShell to everyone. He possesses a strong will to evangelize PowerShell technologies to IT professionals and developers in the industry. He spends his free time meddling with various technologies in his home lab or the lab that is built on Microsoft Azure. This is the second Hyper-V book that he has reviewed for Packt Publishing; his first book was Hyper-V Replica Essentials.
Eric Mann is a seasoned web developer with experience in languages ranging from JavaScript and Ruby to C#. He has been building websites of all shapes and sizes for the better part of a decade and continues to experiment with new technologies and techniques. Eric is a senior web engineer at 10up (http://10up.com), where he focuses on developing high-end web solutions powered by WordPress. He also blogs frequently on software techniques, security, and development practices at https://eamann.com.
Lai Yoong Seng was awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Hyper-V in 2010. He has more than 14 years of IT experience, and recently joined Hyper-V and System Center Specialist Infront Consulting in Malaysia. He specializes in Microsoft Virtualization, and has started blogging (www.ms4u.info) and presenting for local and regional events. He is the founder of Malaysia Virtualization User Group (MVUG), which provides a one-stop center for people to learn about Hyper-V, System Center, and Azure. Previously, he was actively engaged as a Technology Early Adopter (TAP) and a tester for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012, System Center 2012 SP1, Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, and Azure Site Recovery. He was a technical reviewer for Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform, Packt Publishing, Hyper-V Network Virtualization Cookbook, Packt Publishing and for the video Building and Managing a Virtual Environment with Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, Packt Publishing.