About Matt Hester
Matt Hester is a seasoned Information Technology Professional Evangelist for Microsoft. He has been involved in the IT Pro community for over 15 years. Matt is a skilled and experienced evangelist presenting to audiences nationally and internationally. Prior to joining Microsoft Matt was a highly successful Microsoft Certified Trainer for over 8 years. After joining Microsoft, Matt has continued to be heavily involved in IT Pro community as an IT Pro Evangelist. In his role at Microsoft Matt has presented to audiences in excess of 5000 and as small as 10. Matt has written 4 articles for TechNet magazine.

In addition Matt has published 2 books: • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administration Instant Reference by Sybex, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administration Instant Reference • Automating Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows PowerShell 2.0 by Sybex, Automating Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows PowerShell 2.0

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