About the Author

Brian Desmond is a Microsoft infrastructure expert.

Brian is a principal at Ravenswood Technology Group where he leads a team focused on implementing Microsoft security, mobility, and infrastructure solutions for enterprise, mid-market, and education customers around the world. Over the course of his career, Brian has worked in numerous large-scale enterprise deployments numbering upwards of 500,000 seats at various Fortune 100 and larger-scale organizations, as well as dozens of K-12 and higher education institutions and public sector customers across state and local government. Brian has been recognized annually as a Microsoft MVP for Enterprise Mobility since 2003, is the author of two books on Active Directory, and is a frequency speaker at industry conferences and events.