Acknowledgments

Producing a book like this is never a solo effort. My name may appear on the cover, but a whole team of people was required to get this book into your hands. This is my opportunity to thank them for their efforts.

I have to start with the Microsoft PowerShell and WMI teams. Without their work, there wouldn’t be anything to write about. The team members I have met and corresponded with have always tried their best to answer my questions, and without their input this book would be a very different animal. So a big thank you to current and former members of these teams, especially Jeffrey Snover, Kenneth Hansen, Bruce Payette, Lee Holmes, Jason Shirk, Osama Sajid, Wojtek Kozacynski, Lukasz Anforowicz, and James Brundage.

I would also like to thank the Microsoft Scripting Guy—Ed Wilson—for writing the foreword to this book and for some very stimulating and thought-provoking discussions on the subject of PowerShell and WMI.

The people at Manning continue to be superb. They are a very professional group who understand how to put a good book together and how to get the best from their authors. Many thanks to Marjan Bace, Michael Stephens, Sebastian Sterling, Maria Townsley, Jeff Bleiel, Andy Carroll, Melody Dolab, Karen Tegtmeyer, Ozren Harlovic, Mary Piergies, Maureen Spencer, and Christina Rudloff.