Michael Pfister
  • Germany
Member Since: 2004/02/24
Industry: Consulting
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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

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