Brian Prince

While working for Microsoft in recent years, I found myself spending more and more of my time focusing on Windows Azure (or Red Dog, as it was called internally at Microsoft at the time) and cloud computing. I was already at work on another In Action book when I made a comment in one of my many meetings with Manning that I was surprised they weren’t planning a book for each piece of the upcoming Microsoft cloud platform. Thinking that writing my first book ever wasn’t enough work, I further commented that I would love to get involved and help with the Azure book.

This simple comment initiated a lot of work for the editors at Manning as they started looking for experienced authors who could write a series of books on Microsoft’s cloud platform. They approached me to see if I would pitch in and help write Azure in Action with Chris. I agreed, and after a few chats with Chris over Skype, we finalized the draft table of contents and submitted it to Manning. The rest is history and you are now holding that book in your hands.