MITCH TULLOCH is Senior Editor of WServerNews, a newsletter published by TechGenix Ltd. that goes out weekly to almost 100,000 IT professionals around the world. Mitch is a widely recognized expert on Windows Server and cloud technologies who has written numerous articles and whitepapers and has authored or been series editor of more than 50 books for Microsoft Press. He was also a recipient of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for 12 years in a row.

INGRID TULLOCH is Associate Editor for WServerNews and manages research and operations for our IT content development business. Ingrid was also co-author of the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking from Microsoft Press and helped develop content for MBA-level Information Security Management (ISM) courses on organizational security, network security, risk assessment/management, and business contingency planning.

Written by experts at Microsoft with the help of Series Editor Mitch Tulloch, these free ebooks from Microsoft Press provide organizations with expert guidance on how to plan, deploy and utilize Microsoft System Center for managing both on-premise and cloud solutions. Download them today in PDF, EPUB or MOBI format from the Microsoft Virtual Academy.

Mitch has written hundreds of articles for TechGenix Ltd. that help IT pros deploy, configure, secure, manage, maintain and troubleshoot Windows servers and client computers. He has also contributed articles on Hyper-V and VMware virtualization and on cloud computing platforms like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. You can find all of Mitch's many articles in his section on Techgenix.com.

Training Guide: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 is designed to help enterprise administrators develop real-world, job-role-specific skills, this Microsoft Press title focuses on the topics of deploying and managing core infrastructure services in Windows Server 2012 R2.