{"id":2,"date":"2007-10-15T21:37:45","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T02:37:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-05-18T16:35:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T21:35:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About this Site<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image63.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image_thumb64.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"140\" height=\"175\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Welcome to Anil Desai&#8217;s blog and web site.\u00a0 On this blog, you&#8217;ll find links to the many technical articles and other content I have created.\u00a0 The major topics are related to virtualization, IT management best practices, software development, and working with the Windows Server platform.\u00a0 Feel free to leave comments on this site, or e-mail me at <a href=\"mailto:Anil@AnilDesai.net\">Anil@AnilDesai.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Anil Desai\u2019s Bio<\/h2>\n<p>Anil Desai is an independent consultant based in Austin, TX. He specializes in evaluating, implementing, and managing IT solutions. He has worked extensively with IT management, development, and database technology.\u00a0 Anil holds many certifications and is a Microsoft MVP (Windows Server \u2013 Virtualization).<\/p>\n<p>Anil is the author of numerous technical books focusing on the Windows Server platform, virtualization, databases, and IT management best practices.\u00a0 He is also a frequent contributor to numerous IT publications and conferences.\u00a0 For more information, please see <a href=\"..\/\">http:\/\/AnilDesai.net<\/a>, or e-mail <a href=\"mailto:Anil@AnilDesai.net\">Anil@AnilDesai.net<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Awards and Certifications<\/h2>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a title=\"https:\/\/mvp.support.microsoft.com\/profile=C9D35862-C216-4830-921D-4DD82B57ED74\" href=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/mvp-horizontal-fullcolor.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/mvp-horizontal-fullcolor-thumb.png\" alt=\"MVP_Horizontal_FullColor\" width=\"116\" height=\"47\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP): Windows Server \u2013 Virtualization<br \/>\n<em>(2006 \u2013 2020)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image69.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image_thumb70.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"132\" height=\"81\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image70.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image_thumb71.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"133\" height=\"74\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image71.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image_thumb72.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"132\" height=\"73\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image72.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image_thumb73.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"132\" height=\"72\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Note: This list includes only major certifications.\u00a0 For more details, please see my <a href=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/?page_id=482\">Certifications and Qualifications<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About this Site Welcome to Anil Desai&#8217;s blog and web site.\u00a0 On this blog, you&#8217;ll find links to the many technical articles and other content I have created.\u00a0 The major topics are related to virtualization, IT management best practices, software development, and working with the Windows Server platform.\u00a0 Feel free to leave comments on this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1192,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}