About the Author

Vinith has over six years of experience in the IT industry. At the beginning of his career, he worked with Wipro Technologies as a senior systems engineer, managing a datacenter consisting of Windows servers and VMware virtualized environment. He was also extensively involved in automation using VBScripting.

Later in his career, he worked with Accenture as a senior software engineer, managing Microsoft Hyper-V and NetApp storage environment for Avanade.

He has done automation for tasks that required manual work using System Center Orchestrator and integrated them with PowerShell to deliver outstanding automation results for Avanade.

He also has experience in building Orchestrator Integration Packs using PowerShell for Microsoft System Center Orchestrator. He has extensive knowledge in Hyper-V, SCVMM, and other system center technologies. He has deep technical expertise in PowerShell scripting, Server Administration, Network Management, and Active Directory.

He is currently working as a technical marketing engineer with the Microsoft Business Unit at NetApp. He also works closely with the NetApp Engineering and Product Management team and helps in the automation of various tasks using PowerShell scripting, Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization, and System Center Technologies, such as SCSM, SCOM, and SCORCH 2012.

As a subject matter expert in Hyper-V and PowerShell, he blogs and supports the NetApp PowerShell community.

He is very passionate about automation and PowerShell scripting, and you can find him frequently blogging about virtualization, PowerShell, and automation on his personal blog, www.vinithmenon.com.

He is a Microsoft-certified IT professional and also holds a NetApp-certified Data Management Professional certification.

He has also taken sessions at the PSBUG (PowerShell Bangalore users group) about PowerShell, cloud computing, and server virtualization.