Michael Pfister | Experts Exchange

Michael Pfister

IT Consultant

Hebertshausen,
Bayern,
Germany

Member Since: 2004/02/24

Industry: Consulting

Top Skills:

Microsoft Server OS Windows OS Windows Networking

Tech Certifications:

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Total points3,681,406

Questions: 45

Solutions: 1762

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Group Discussions: 3

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Full Biography

I'm an IT consultant in Germany and worked with all versions of Windows (except Windows 1.0 :-))

My current main topics are:

- Windows 10
- unattended Installation, client OS rollout and migration
- System Center Configuration Manager/MEMCM
- automating software installations
- Windows Active Directory
- Group Policy
- Windows Server 20XX
- PowerShell scripting

I know a few bits and pieces about and I'm interested in:

- VMWare/Xen Server
- Storage
- Citrix VDI
- Linux (CentOS/RHEL)
- SQL
- Networking (switches, firewalls, VPN, etc.)
- Microsoft Office

Languages

German

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

English

Professional Working Proficiency

Level Progress

Current: Level 42

Michael needs 16,594 points to level up.

LVL 43

What do levels mean?

Overall

42

3,681,406
Windows OS

19

777,802
Active Directory

18

653,629
Powershell

17

634,663
Windows Server 2003

16

546,297
SCCM

15

483,911
Windows 10

12

330,461
Microsoft Server OS

12

322,476
Windows Server 2008

10

229,556
Azure

9

172,468
Windows Server 2012

8

160,968
Windows Server 2016

8

152,168
Scripting Languages

8

147,899
Windows XP

8

140,268
Microsoft Server Apps

8

136,098
Networking

8

135,912
Microsoft Applications

8

133,625
Microsoft Legacy OS

8

130,972
Windows Networking

8

129,890
SBS

7

122,253
Windows 2000

7

115,592
Citrix

7

112,731
Operating Systems

7

112,217
Security

7

105,836
Exchange

7

99,423
Microsoft Office

7

98,800
Windows Batch

6

96,445
Group Policy

6

85,450
Windows Vista

6

81,510
Microsoft SQL Server

6

80,914
Microsoft 365

6

77,700
Outlook

6

75,118
Windows 7

6

74,276
Microsoft DOS

6

74,008
Software

5

71,500
Installation

5

70,850
VB Script

5

70,389
VMware

5

65,000
OS Security

5

60,500
Virtualization

5

59,352
Windows Server 2019

5

57,150
Microsoft

5

55,200
Windows 11

4

48,550
DNS

4

46,918
DHCP

4

46,350
Web Browsers

4

45,450
WSUS

4

44,525
PC

4

41,600
Desktops

4

41,250
Storage Software

4

41,014
Printers and Scanners

4

36,362
Domain Controller

4

32,700
Microsoft 365 Enterprise

3

29,400
SQL

3

29,057
VBA

3

28,950
Storage

3

28,850
Server Software

3

28,222
Databases

3

26,882
Laptops Notebooks

3

25,602
Microsoft Excel

3

24,750
Dell

3

24,200
Hardware

3

22,250
IT Administration

3

22,150
Microsoft IIS Web Server

3

21,300
Microsoft SharePoint

3

20,750
Encryption

3

20,668
Remote Access

3

20,600
Server Hardware

3

20,550
C#

3

19,850
Routers

3

19,030
Shell Scripting

3

18,250
System Utilities

2

17,617
.NET Programming

2

17,550
Microsoft Development

2

17,050
VPN

2

17,000
Linux

2

16,850
Firefox

2

15,650
Microsoft Access

2

15,400
TCP/IP

2

14,478
Visual Basic Classic

2

14,150
Chrome

2

13,650
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

2

13,200
Email Clients

2

12,950
Cisco

2

12,632
Vulnerabilities

2

12,350
Components

2

11,900
System Programming

2

11,550
Visual Basic.NET

2

11,550
Anti-Virus Apps

2

10,950
Programming

2

10,902
Microsoft Word

2

10,650
SSL / HTTPS

2

10,050
SSH / Telnet Software

2

9,850
Switches / Hubs

2

9,482
Troubleshooting

2

9,400
Internet Protocols

2

9,350
Microsoft Forefront ISA Server

2

8,925
Office Productivity

2

8,700
Cloud Computing

2

8,550
OS Deployment

2

8,450
Network Security

2

8,318
Wireless Networking

1

7,950
Email Servers

1

7,700
HTML

1

7,150
Networking Protocols

1

7,150
Network Operations

1

7,050
Hyper-V

1

7,000
File Sharing Software

1

6,700
Miscellaneous

1

6,700
ASP.NET

1

6,650
Microsoft Hardware

1

6,495
Network Management

1

6,450
Adobe Acrobat

1

6,416
Images and Photos

1

6,150
FTP

1

6,100
Ransomware

1

6,100
ASP

1

5,600
SAP

1

5,400
XML

1

5,350
Disaster Recovery

1

5,302
Software Firewalls

1

5,200
Java

1

5,150
Hewlett Packard (HP)

1

5,100
Storage Hardware

1

5,100
Programming Languages-Other

1

5,052
Editors IDEs

1

5,000
iOS

1

4,950
Mac OS X

1

4,850
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

1

4,800
Project Management

1

4,800
Web Services

1

4,800
Google

1

4,550
RAID

1

4,400
Consulting

1

4,350
Oracle Database

1

4,100
Tablets

1

4,000
SSRS

1

3,800
Networking Hardware-Other

1

3,632
Automotive

1

3,600
Voice Over IP

1

3,550
Peripherals

1

3,300
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

3,250
Microsoft Teams

1

3,200
Acronis

1

3,150
Cyber Security

1

3,150
Digital Cameras / Camcorders

1

3,150
iPhone

1

3,150
Assembly

1

3,133
Windows 8

1

3,132
React

1

3,100
Telecommunications

1

3,100
Accounting

1

3,050
Email Software

1

3,050
Fonts Typography

1

3,050
HTTP Protocol

1

3,050
Home Security

1

3,050
Java EE

1

3,050
Webroot

1

2,950
Apple Software

1

2,800
Enterprise Software

1

2,800
Hardware Firewalls

1

2,800
Internet Protocol Security

1

2,800
Programming Theory

1

2,800
Web Components

1

2,800
Web Development

1

2,800
Web Graphics Software

1

2,800
Web Servers

1

2,800
Wireless Hardware

1

2,700
Network Architecture

1

2,600
Adobe Creative Suite CS

1

2,550
C

1

2,550
C++

1

2,550
Network Analysis

1

2,550
Paessler

1

2,550
PostgreSQL

1

2,550
Regular Expressions

1

2,550
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

2,100
OCR

1

2,100
Project Management Software

1

2,100
Broadband

1

2,080
AWS

1

2,050
S3

1

2,050
WordPress

1

2,050
vSphere

1

2,050
.NET App Servers

1

2,000
Anti-Spyware

1

2,000
Apache Web Server

1

2,000
Delphi

1

2,000
Email Protocols

1

2,000
Exclaimer

1

2,000
PHP

1

2,000
Redhat

1

2,000
Smartphones

1

2,000
Version Control

1

2,000