Miles, Steve: - Steve Miles, aka SMiles or Mr. Analogy, is a Microsoft Azure MVP, MCT, and multi-cloud and hybrid technologies author and technical reviewer with over 20 years of experience in networking, data center infrastructure, managed hosting, and cloud solutions. His experience comes from working with end users and reseller channels and in vendor spaces and roles with a global network and app security vendor, with global telco hosters, in managed hosting, with colocation and data center service providers, and in hardware distribution. Currently, he is working for a multi-Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) distributor based in the UK and Dublin in a cloud and hybrid technology leadership role.His current focus is on securing, protecting, and managing identities, Windows clients, and Windows Server workloads in hybrid and multi-cloud platform environments.Most happy in front of a whiteboard, he prefers to communicate using illustrations. He is renowned for breaking down complex technologies with analogies and concepts into everyday, real-world scenarios.His first Microsoft certification was on Windows NT and he is an MCP, MCITP, MCSA, and MCSE for Windows Server and many other Microsoft products. He also holds multiple Microsoft Fundamentals, Associate, Expert, and Specialty certifications in Azure Security, Identity, Network, and M365. He also holds multiple security and networking vendor certifications.Finally, as part of the multi-cloud domain, he has experience with GCP, AWS, an Alibaba Cloud MVP, and is Alibaba Cloud-certified.