About the authors

Rushi Faldu

Rushi Faldu, a Senior Premier Field Engineer supporting Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, has been with Microsoft for eight years. He has been working with the product since SMS 2.0. He is a lead for System Center Concepts & Administration workshop, which is delivered to many of premier customers throughout the world. He is also an author of two ebooks, Microsoft System Center: Troubleshooting Configuration Manager and Microsoft System Center: Configuration Manager Field Experience. Rushi resides in New Jersey and enjoys P90X and Insanity workouts in his free time. He loves hiking, camping, and playing tennis with his daughters.

Manish Raval

Manish Raval is a Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), based in Calgary, Canada. Manish has more than eight years of IT experience. He started his career at Microsoft in the support group supporting Active Directory and later SMS 2003 and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager2007, both as a Support Engineer and a Trainer and Technical Lead.

Manish is passionate about working with customers. He specializes in Windows Server Active Directory, Virtualization, Desktop Deployment, and the System Center suite of products with a special emphasis on System Center Configuration Manager. He has also spoken at TechEd India. In his free time, he enjoys seasonal sports like skiing, biking, hiking, swimming, and so on.

Brandon Linton

Brandon Linton is a Senior Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services, with over 12 years of IT experience. He specializes in Microsoft System Center products and operating system deployment. Brandon is actively involved in communities such as myitforum.com and TechNet Forums, and is also an active blogger. Brandon resides in North Eastern Pennsylvania with his wife Lori and son Mason. When not working within the technical communities or on solutions, he can be found in audio/video forums and working on his home theater.

Kaushal Pandey

Kaushal Pandey works as a Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services. Kaushal has more than 8 years of IT experience. He started his career working with SMS 2003 and has seen the technology evolve from Systems Management Server to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. He is passionate about technology, and in his free time he loves to play cricket or swim.

Manoj Kumar Pal (contributing author)

Manoj Kumar Pal is a Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services with more than 10 years of IT experience. His area of expertise are the Microsoft System Center suite and client management. He is passionate about technology, and in his free time he loves to play games on Xbox. Manoj earned his computing degree in India. He is lives in Chicago with his wife and son.