Michael Pfister | Experts Exchange

Michael Pfister

Germany

Member Since: 2004/02/24

Industry: Consulting

Top Skills:

Microsoft Server OS Windows OS Windows Networking

Tech Certifications:

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Points this month14,750

Total points3,161,606

Questions: 40

Solutions: 1589

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Posts: 1

Group Discussions: 3

Live: 9

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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 39

Michael needs 38,394 points to level up.

LVL 40

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Overall

39

3,161,606
Windows Server 2003

16

542,147
Windows OS

16

537,902
Powershell

15

500,663
Active Directory

15

476,079
SCCM

14

407,061
Microsoft Server OS

12

306,226
Windows 10

12

295,111
Windows Server 2008

10

226,506
Windows Server 2012

8

150,018
Azure

8

143,018
Windows XP

8

140,268
Windows Server 2016

8

138,318
Scripting Languages

8

138,199
Microsoft Server Apps

8

133,148
Microsoft Legacy OS

8

130,972
Windows Networking

8

129,890
Microsoft Applications

7

126,575
SBS

7

122,253
Windows 2000

7

115,592
Citrix

7

107,981
Networking

7

105,312
Operating Systems

7

105,067
Windows Batch

6

92,445
Microsoft Office

6

92,300
Exchange

6

83,823
Windows Vista

6

81,510
Microsoft DOS

6

74,008
Windows 7

6

72,226
VB Script

5

63,739
Security

5

62,986
Microsoft SQL Server

5

61,214
VMware

5

58,050
OS Security

5

56,900
Software

5

55,800
Virtualization

5

54,202
Microsoft 365

5

54,050
Outlook

5

53,668
Installation

4

43,800
Web Browsers

4

40,300
DHCP

4

40,000
WSUS

4

39,775
Storage Software

4

37,814
Windows Server 2019

4

32,100
Microsoft

3

30,150
DNS

3

29,218
SQL

3

29,057
VBA

3

28,950
Storage

3

28,850
Printers and Scanners

3

28,612
PC

3

27,800
Group Policy

3

27,450
Databases

3

26,882
Server Software

3

25,372
Desktops

3

24,900
Microsoft Excel

3

24,750
IT Administration

3

22,150
Microsoft IIS Web Server

3

21,300
Microsoft SharePoint

3

20,750
Server Hardware

3

20,550
C#

3

19,850
Laptops Notebooks

3

19,452
Remote Access

3

18,350
Shell Scripting

3

18,250
.NET Programming

2

17,550
Hardware

2

17,150
Microsoft Development

2

17,050
VPN

2

17,000
Routers

2

16,130
Microsoft Access

2

15,400
System Utilities

2

15,067
TCP/IP

2

14,478
Dell

2

14,250
Visual Basic Classic

2

14,150
Linux

2

13,800
Encryption

2

13,518
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

2

13,200
Microsoft 365 Enterprise

2

11,900
Chrome

2

11,550
System Programming

2

11,550
Visual Basic.NET

2

11,550
Programming

2

10,902
Anti-Virus Apps

2

10,900
Microsoft Word

2

10,650
SSL / HTTPS

2

10,050
Email Clients

2

9,800
Cisco

2

9,732
Internet Protocols

2

9,350
Components

2

9,300
Firefox

2

9,300
Microsoft Forefront ISA Server

2

8,925
Office Productivity

2

8,700
Cloud Computing

2

8,550
Windows 11

2

8,200
Wireless Networking

1

7,950
HTML

1

7,150
Networking Protocols

1

7,150
SSH / Telnet Software

1

7,050
Miscellaneous

1

6,700
ASP.NET

1

6,650
Hyper-V

1

6,600
Switches / Hubs

1

6,582
Microsoft Hardware

1

6,495
Network Management

1

6,450
Adobe Acrobat

1

6,416
OS Deployment

1

6,400
Vulnerabilities

1

6,200
Images and Photos

1

6,150
Network Security

1

5,768
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
Email Servers

1

4,550
Domain Controller

1

4,500
Network Operations

1

4,500
Consulting

1

4,350
RAID

1

4,350
Oracle Database

1

4,100
Tablets

1

4,000
File Sharing Software

1

3,900
SSRS

1

3,800
Networking Hardware-Other

1

3,632
Automotive

1

3,600
Voice Over IP

1

3,550
FTP

1

3,300
Peripherals

1

3,300
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

3,250
Troubleshooting

1

3,250
Cyber Security

1

3,150
Digital Cameras / Camcorders

1

3,150
iPhone

1

3,150
Assembly

1

3,133
Windows 8

1

3,132
Telecommunications

1

3,100
Accounting

1

3,050
Email Software

1

3,050
Fonts Typography

1

3,050
Home Security

1

3,050
Java EE

1

3,050
Ransomware

1

2,950
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
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
.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