I've an overall technical consulting experience of 7 years. Currently I'm working as a technical specialist in an IT consulting firm at New Delhi, India. I'm an expert in Windows Server 2003,2008 & 2008R2 & Small Business Server 2003,2008 & 2011. I specialize in Active Directory, SBS Migration, Terminal Services(RDS), Performance Monitoring, Kernel Debug, Printing, Cluster Printing, MS Exchange, Networking, SCCM, DNS, Windows Clustering, WMI Scripting.

Area Covered: WorldWide


Work Experience
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Summary: Project Title: App Virtualization Environment via Citrix Solutions.
Completed: 07/01/2010
Category: Networking & Information Systems > Server Administration
URL: none
Description: Design, build and implement an application virtualization environment to support Application Service Provider (ASP) model which provides clients with global access to their CRM and other line of business applications.

Scale: 115 total users, 3 Citrix Servers.

Major Technologies used: Citrix XenApp 6.0, Citrix Web Interface 5.3, Citrix Secure Gateway 3.1, Citrix Password Manager 4.8, Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2, IIS 7.5, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS.


Project Title: Windows Server 2008 R2 VDI Solution
Completed: 02/05/2011
URL: none
Description: Designed a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Virtual Desktop (VDI) Solution for an American Logistics firm, job included the following aspects:

Documenting and taking inventory of the client and server hardware required.
Installation of the Hyper-V feature.
Installation and configuration of the RD Session Host Server.
Installation and configuration of the Desktop Virtualization role.
Installation and configuration of the Remote Desktop Connection Broker role.
Creation of a load-balanced Remote Desktop Session Host Server farm
Addition of Remote Desktop Virtualization Host server to RemoteApp and Desktop connection.
Installation of Remote Desktop Session Host and set it up for Redirection Mode.
Installation and configuration of Remote Desktop Web Access role.
Configuration of VDI to use installed Server Authentication certificate.
Configuration of installed virtual machines via PowerShell configuration script.
Setup Personal Virtual Desktops.
Job Title: Support Engineer
Company: Microsoft
Description: To provide enterprise platform support to Microsoft Partners based in USA/Canada/Europe region. I"ve worked extensively on the following core Windows technologies:

Windows Server Expert | Directory Services implementation/Administration & Network Security

• Single, Multi-domain Installation and Optimization using Microsoft Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2.
• Domain controller Placement consideration keeping network design and bandwidth in mind.
• Domain Controller Replication optimization and site link design.
• Security group design consideration in a multi domain forest.
• Single Sign on using Kerberos delegation and ADFS
• Active Directory health check.


• E-mail and Data Security using certificates.
• Installation and Maintenance of Multi-tier CA.
• Secure enterprise logon solutions using smart cards.
• Recovery plans for EFS and Certificates.
• Certificate management using credential roaming
• Securing windows endpoints using IP sec.
• Enterprise certificate deployment using Auto-Enrollment
• Securing web access, POP SMTP using SSL.
• Securing LDAP Access and Terminal services using SSL.
• Deployment of active directory certificate services in windows 2008 and 2008 R2
• Certification authority (CA) consolidation in multiple-forest deployments using 2008 R2
• Implementation and administration of Certificate enrollment policy servers and web servers.

Windows Server Admin | Messaging Solutions

Installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007 & 2010.

• Exchange Migration Projects i.e. Ms Exchange 2003 to 2007, 2007 to 2010 (SBS03 to SBS 2008/2011)
• Exchange Server and Mailbox security.
• Troubleshooting mail flow and other Exchange server issues.

Windows Server Expert | Server Performance Tuning

Fixing Resource Depletion/Deadlocks causing Non-Responsive machines via Debugging/ Performance Logging/ ETL Traces.

• Optimizing Disk/Network Subsystems and fine-tuning various Server Roles i.e. File/Application/Web/Print etc.
• Analyzing Memory dumps for processes not responding or crashing.
• Supporting Service Control Manager(SCM), Windows Management Instrumentation(WMI), Distributed COM(DCOM), Windows Installer & Application Compatibility issues occurring on Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2
• Supporting Terminal Services (RDS) Configuration & Installation in Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2.
• Supporting RD Virtualization, Setting up & Configuring Virtual Desktop Pool/ Personal Desktop Solutions.
• Securing RDS Solutions with Setting up Network Policy Server & Health Agents.


Misc.

Design, install, configure VMware ESX (3.5), ESXi, and vSphere 4 environments with Virtual Center management, Lab Manager, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA.

Xen Desktop, WAIK, Image X, Sysprep, OS imaging, and automated deployment tools, Windows security and administration knowledge (scripting, registry, WMI).

Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) and Virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows NT, 2000 and 2003 servers.

Clustering Solutions - Novell Cluster Services and Microsoft Cluster Services 2 - 4 node clusters for File Systems, Database, and Application clusters.

Citrix Presentation Server 4.5/XenApp v5/v6, SMS, Altiris, Thin clients, Terminal services without Citrix, Blade PC, Softricity/Softgrid, Wyse, Dell Open Manage, HP Insight Manager.

Scripting - Powershell, WMI
From:24/May/2005 To:17/Feb/2011

Education Summary: Bachelors in Computer Science from Delhi University.