About the Author

Don Jones is a multiple-year recipient of Microsoft’s prestigious Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for his work with Windows PowerShell. He writes the Windows PowerShell column for Microsoft TechNet Magazine, the PowerShell with a Purpose Blog for WindowsITPro.com, and the “Decision Maker” column for Redmond Magazine. Don is a prolific technology author and has published more than a dozen print books since 2001. He has also authored numerous free ebooks for RealtimePublishers.com and currently serves as that company’s Editor-in-Chief and CTO. Don is a Senior Partner and Principal Technologist for Concentrated Technology (ConcentratedTech.com), an IT education and strategic consulting firm. Don’s first Windows scripting language was KiXtart, all the way back in the mid-1990s. He quickly graduated to VBScript in 1995 and was one of the first IT pros to start using early releases of a new Microsoft product code-named “Monad”—which later became Windows PowerShell. Don lives in Las Vegas and travels all over the world delivering IT training (especially in PowerShell) and speaking at IT conferences.