Mastering VMware vSphere 6

Foreword

When I handed off the Mastering VMware vSphere series of books to Nick Marshall with Mastering VMware vSphere 5.5, Nick invited me to write the foreword for that version of the book. In that foreword, I shared the story of how Mastering VMware vSphere 4 and Mastering VMware vSphere 5 had come to be, and why I’d felt it necessary to “pay it forward” by giving someone else (Nick, in this case) the same opportunity I’d been given. Having me write the foreword made sense in a lot of ways; it was like passing the torch.

However, when Nick asked me to also write the foreword for the next edition—the book you now hold in your hands—I was truly honored. At the same time, though, I was also a bit stumped. What should I write? What should ...