Vincent Maverick Durano Author

Andreas Helland has a degree in software engineering and 20 years of experience in building products and services. He has worked both with the development side and the infrastructure side and holds a number of Microsoft certifications across both skill sets. This background led him to become an early adopter of Azure and the cloud. After building up his knowledge working in the telecommunications industry, he switched to consulting, and he currently works as an architect for Capgemini, where he assists customers with utilizing the cloud in the best ways possible. He specializes in Azure Active Directory and works closely with the Identity teams at Microsoft, both in testing new services and providing feedback based on learnings from the field. Vincent Maverick Durano works as a software engineer/architect at an R&D company based in Minnesota. His jobs include designing software, building products and services that impact the lives of people. He’s passionate about learning new technologies, tackling challenges, and sharing his expertise through writing articles and answering forums. He has authored several books and has over 15 years of software engineering experience. He has contributed to OSS projects and founded AutoWrapper and ApiBoilerPlate. He is a 10-time Microsoft MVP, 5-time C# Corner MVP, 3-time CodeProject MVP, and a contributor to various online technical communities. He’s from the Philippines and married to Michelle and has three wonderful children – Vianne, Vynn, and Vjor. Jeffrey Chilberto is a software consultant specializing in the Microsoft technical stack, including Azure, BizTalk, ASP.NET, MVC, WCF, and SQL Server, with experience in a wide range of industries, including banking, telecommunications, and healthcare in the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Ed Price is a senior program manager in engineering at Microsoft, with an MBA in technology management. He has run Microsoft customer feedback programs for Azure development, Service Fabric, IoT, and Visual Studio. He was also a technical writer at Microsoft for 6 years, helped lead TechNet Wiki, and now leads efforts to publish Microsoft’s Reference Architectures on the Azure Architecture Center (focusing on web development scenarios). He is the co-author of four books, including Learn to Program with Small Basic and Hands-On Microservices with C# and .NET Core 3, Third Edition (from Packt).