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About the authors

Peter De Tender is a well-known Azure expert, a very passionate and dedicated technical trainer, who always manages to provide inspiring deep-technical workshops on the Azure platform, packed with demos and fun.

Before Peter joined the prestigious Azure Technical Trainer team within Microsoft, he held a similar position in his own company for the last 6 years. Now, he's continuing what he loves doing most, upskilling customers and partners on the wonderful world and capabilities of Azure.

Peter has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for +10 years, and has been a Microsoft MVP since 2013, initially on Windows IT Pro, but he moved to the Azure category in 2015.

Besides co-authoring this book, Peter has published other Azure-oriented material with Packt Publishing, Apress, and through self-publishing.

You can follow Peter on Twitter as @pdtit or @007ffflearning, or have a look at his website, http://www.007ffflearning.com, to stay up to date on his Azure adventures.

I would like to thank Ben Renow-Clarke from the Packt Publishing team for his trust and dedication to getting this book out, and having approached me as an author. What initially started as a small, quick writing gig expanded to a full authoring project of high quality and a massive amount of information. He also managed quality control to make sure all content was as up-to-date as possible throughout the writing process.

I also would like to thank my wife Els and my two daughters Kaylee and Kitana. You've had to miss me so many times in the last few years already, because I was away traveling to another location for another Azure workshop delivery somewhere in the world. And in the little bit of free time, you were still OK seeing me spending time on another side project. All because you know how it makes me happy, being able to inspire other people on this amazing platform called Azure. With this project being complete now, I can focus a bit more on all of you again. Thanks for the understanding, you are three amazing women!

Greg Leonardo is currently a Cloud Architect, helping organizations with cloud adoption and innovation. He has been working in the IT industry since his time in the military. He is a veteran, architect, teacher, speaker, and early adopter. He is a Certified Azure Solution Architect Expert and Microsoft Azure MVP. He has worked in many facets of IT throughout his career. He is President of TampaDev, a community meetup that runs #TampaCC, Azure User Group, Azure Medics, and various technology events throughout Tampa.

Greg has also authored the book Hands-On Cloud Solutions with Azure by Packt Publishing.

I would like to thank my wife Kate and two boys Maddux and Lucas for putting up with me while writing these chapters for this book.

Jason Milgram is the First Vice President and Cloud Solution Architect at the City National Bank of Florida headquartered in Miami, Florida. Previously he was VP of Platform Architecture & Engineering at Champion Solutions Group in Boca Raton, Florida.

Jason was educated at the University of Cincinnati and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan School of Management. He was also a Sergeant in the US Army Reserve, serving from 1990 to 1998.

A Microsoft Azure MVP (2010-present), Jason has given over 100 Azure presentations and regularly writes articles on Azure topics.