David Overton has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has worked at Microsoft in the UK for more than eleven years. David fell in love with Small and Medium Business when he was given responsibility for engaging with journalists at the time of the launch of Small Business Server 2003 in the UK. He has also written "Small Business Server 2008 Installation, Migration and Configuration". For the next four years, David was responsible for improving SBS deliveries by Microsoft partners. David has since has moved on to other roles inside Microsoft, but still continues work with a number of small and medium businesses and Microsoft partners.

David's role at Microsoft includes working with organizations who are moving towards cloud based computing models and he personally became involved with the Windows Intune product as a result and now leading to this book after working with both the UK and US teams in his role.

Besides his his day job, David is also a writer: he has written for consumer publications, Windows XP and Windows Vista magazines, and he blogs at http://davidoverton.com, where he helps readers find solutions to questions and problems. In 2009, David published his first book on SBS 2008 which was well received.

When not working or writing David likes to spend time with his family and also tries to fit in sailing any time of the year in any weather.