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IT Pro with over 20+ years of industry experience focusing on Microsoft technologies, IT Infrastructure, Directory Services and Identity | Access Management (IAM) Architecture Specialties -Active Directory Design and Engineering Support (2022, 2019, 2016, 2012R2, 2008R2, 2003)-AD Disaster and Forest Recovery (Quest Recovery Manager for AD Disaster Recovery Edition) -DNS / DHCP / DFS-Azure AD / Entra Connect / Azure AD Synchronization / Hybrid Identity (PHS, PTA, Federation)-Certificate Services, Certification Authority PKI Design / NDES / Cryptography -NPS / Radius -Authentication / Authorization (Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP, SAML, OAUTH)-ADFS / Federation -Domain Controller Datacenter Reduction -Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012R2, 2008R2, 2003, 2000-Group Policy Design and Management-SMS/SCCM and Configuration Management-SCOM and monitoring technologies-KMS (Windows Activation)-Hyper-V / VMware Virtualization-Endpoint Security-Microsoft Defender / ATP/MDI-PowerShell / Automation-Windows Desktop Operating Systems 11, 10, 7, XP-Windows Server OS Performance / Client Troubleshooting -Root Cause Analysis / Problem InvestigationCurrent Interests -Active Directory Security / Hardening -Application Modernization / Reduced dependency on Active Directory-Cloud Security Architecture, Multi-cloud (Azure / AWS)-Cybersecurity ResearchSoft Skills-Agile and Collaborative Mindset (Kanban / Scrum)-Customer First, Customer centric attitude, Relationship building Certifications:Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-303/304)Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator (SC-300) AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA)AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF)MCSE / MCSA MCITP Network+Security+

Listed skills include Active Directory, Windows Server, Troubleshooting, Dns, and 30 others.