About the Authors

Chendrayan Venkatesan (Chen V) is a SharePoint IT Professional who has worked for the Information, Computer and Technology industry since 2005. Chen V started his career as Windows XP technical support engineer and became a SharePoint IT Pro in the year 2007. He mainly focuses on automating Microsoft Technologies such as SharePoint, LYNC, and Exchange. He was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in 2014. He speaks on Windows PowerShell, SharePoint Servers, Content Management, and IT Process Automations. He blogs in http://chen.about-powershell.com and is mentoring three IT professionals in PowerShell. He is a TechNet Wiki addict and has introduced Windows PowerShell as a category in the TechNet Wiki Guru award competition. To connect with Chen V you can visit his web site http://about-powershell.com or choose your favourite social media twitter @ChendrayanV or LinkedIn nl.linkedin.com/in/chendrayanv.

Sherif Talaat is a young computer science addict. He holds many technology certificates. Sherif has been working in the ICT industry since 2005. He has worked on the Microsoft's core infrastructure platforms and solutions with more focus on the cloud and data center management, IT Process Automation (ITPA), and scripting techniques.

Sherif is one of the early adopters of Windows PowerShell in Middle East and Africa. He speaks about Windows PowerShell at technical events and user groups' gatherings; he is also the founder of Egypt PowerShell User Group and the author of the first and only Arabic PowerShell blog. He has been awarded the Egyptian MCIT Shield and has won the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for PowerShell seven times in a row since 2009. He is also the author of three different Windows PowerShell titles for IT professionals and developers. Last but not least, he is also a TED conference speaker.

You can learn more about him at http://sheriftalaat.com and follow him on Twitter @SherifTalaat.