Vinícius R. Apolinário is a professional with more than 13 years of experience in information technology. He has worked with Microsoft and in other industries, managing servers and environments of small, medium, and large companies. With a strong background in managing servers for directory services and client infrastructure, he has focused on virtualization and data center management in recent years.

Vinícius is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and system engineer on Windows Server 2012 and Private Cloud. Besides this, he holds a cloud computing certification from EXIN and teaches this technology. He also holds a certification of Extension Course in Product Marketing Manager by Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). His last achievement was becoming a VMware Certified Associate and a VMware Certified Professional for data center virtualization.

Currently, Vinícius works for Microsoft in Brazil as a technical evangelist, presenting new technologies on Windows Server, Hyper-V, System Center, and Microsoft Azure to customers. Prior to this book, he reviewed Hyper-V Cookbook and Hyper-V Cluster Design.