Marco Patzelt
Principal IT Consultant & Technical Project Manager
- Pfalzstrasse 44, 64385 Reichelsheim, Germany
- +49 171 8603519
- marco.patzelt@mapa-it-consulting.de
Leading the technical departments (Consulting, Operations, Development, Service Transition) incl. people management
Responsible for all global technical decisions in terms of internal IT as well as customer projects and infrastructure
Managing the consulting department, planning and implement the Elabs AG hosting platform incl. all infrastructure services, consult customers on-site regarding it infrastructure topics
My responsibilities include IT infrastructure consulting and architecting for international enterprise customers
My responsibilities include IT infrastructure consulting and architecture for International enterprise customers
IT Trainee
Management: Technology Manager and Consulting Manager, leading complete company IT operation and development departments
Consulting and Architecting:
Microsoft Cloud Services - Microsoft 365 (Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online), Entra (Entra ID, Conditional Access,...) Device Management (Intune, MDM, MAM, AutoPilot), Hybrid Deployments,...), Azure Landing Zone and Services, Security and Compliance (Retention, Labeling. Purview, Defender XDR)
Microsoft On-Premise Products - Windows Server, Active Directory, AD FS, Exchange Server, Skype for Business, SharePoint Server, System Center Products , Hyper-V , Security, Network (Cisco), Storage (Backup Solution, SAN, iSCSI),
Consolidation Soft skills: Workshop leader, Presentation leader, Consulting regarding technical and management topics. As a Principal Consultant I advise customers for the choice, the operation and supply of complex IT solutions for the support of his business processes.
Engineering: Migration to M365 and Azure, Implementation of Hybrid configurations, Implementation of Microsoft Products (Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange Server, Skype for Business, SharePoint Server, System Center Products, Hyper-V , Hybrid Deployments (AAD Connect, Exchange Online Hybrid,...).
Support the customer on his journey to M365, Design and implement new M365 tenant design including security, software deployment, device management
Design migration concept and support during migration from Microsoft On-Prem and Infrastructure to M365
Support the customer on his journey to M365 incl. bank specific security and compliance requirements
Support during transition of internal and external application towards a new mail gateway. Support during optimizing SPF/DKIM/DMARC policies, consult during implementation of a management application for the mail gateway
Workshop regarding different cloud technologies, migration scenarios for current back office applications (Exchange, SharePoint, Skype for Business), usage of cloud compute resources (Azure) incl. Hybrid scenarios, …
Support in the are of solution design. The global project is about implementation of Exchange and SharePoint incl. Migration from Lotus Notes
Advice and support customer during a Office 365 migration (Exchange, Intune and SharePoint, Conditional Access, Azure AD, Azure)
Design migration concept, implement Tenant to Tenant migration solution based on Quest ODM, execute the migration and support customer during non-ODM related topics like domain move
Design migration concept and support during migration from Microsoft Exchange On-Prem and IMAP servers to Exchange Online incl. Reddoxx Archive migration
Design migration concept for Exchange On-Prem to Exchange Online Migration, support during Pilot migration
Design migration concept and support during migration from Microsoft Exchange On-Prem and IMAP servers to Exchange Online
Design and implement Anti-Virus solution for Microsoft Exchange On-Prem infrastructure
Support during Tenant to Tenant and On-Prem to Exchange Online migrations in several Carve-Outs
Consulting in regards to M365 implementation and migration incl. Exchange Online, Teams, security and compliance topics etc.
Support during M365 Exchange Online Tenant to Tenant migration
Support the customer during an IT consolidation project to harmonize different Active Directory forests, migrate multiple O365 tenants into a new tenant incl. design of Azure AD synchronization for different domains. Additionally the migration of Lotus Notes Domino to Exchange Online is part of the project.
Support the customer during an Active Directory / Azure AD project incl. AD cleanup, features like password less authentication, development attribute catalog, Exchange Online routing design
Support during setup of new M365 tenant for Siemens learning platform
Workshop in regards to M365 landscape
Support during Skype for Business to Teams migration incl. enterprise voice
Support implementing S4B 2019 On-Prem
Support implementing Teams POC incl. S4B Hybrid and Enterprice Voice via AudioCodes SBC
Support during implementing M365 and migration Exchange On-Prem to Exchange Online
Support in regards to M365 topics like Exchange Hybrid and Teams
Support customer to implement Windows 10/11 Always On VPN
Consulting in regards to implementing Teams Direct Routing and migration from on-prem PBX to teams enterprise voice
Support in regards to implementing a video consulting solution based on Skype for Business
Consulting in regards to M365 security and compliance features like labeling, conditional access, etc.
Support during implementing M365 services incl. device management and security
Support implementing S4B/Teams Hybrid and developing custom migration scripts
Support the customer during an Exchange migration to Exchange Online in a resource forest deployment. Part of the support is the development of migration scripts to support the migration strategy.
Support implementing S4B/Teams Hybrid and developing custom migration scripts and Enterprise Voice
Consulting and implementation of device management solutions based on Intune and conditional access
Support the customer during the enterprise voice migration from Skype for Business server to Microsoft Teams incl. AudioCodes SBC and coexistence
Optimization / reorganization internal and public email infrastructure (Email routing, SPAM/Malware protection, Email address management)
Skype for Business consulting incl. enterprise voice topics
Support the project as an architect and consultant to migrate parts of an international company to a dedicated infrastructure incl. migration to Office 365 / Azure AD in a hybrid deployment including security services like conditional access, intune management, etc.
Support the project as an architect and consultant to migrate parts of an international company to a dedicated infrastructure incl. migration to Office 365 / Azure AD in a hybrid deployment including security services like conditional access, intune management, etc.
Migrate Lync 2010 to Skype for Business 2015, Implement Hybrid with Skype for Business Online, advice on migration to Skype for Business Online and Microsoft Teams, Integrate new locations incl. enterprise voice via local SBCs.
Implement Direct Route configuration based on AudioCodes SBC and migrate all users to Teams incl. Enterprise Voice.
Advice on implementing O365 Labeling features. Review of the current intune configuration and advice in reconfiguration and optimization.
Support the customer project as an architect and consultant, Implement AudioCodes SBCs, Skype for Business Enterprise Voice configuration, Design and implement Hybrid configuration between old PBX and Skype for Business incl. SIP trunk routing to the public phone system.
Support the customer project as an architect and consultant for Microsoft Exchange implementation and migration from Lotus Notes to Exchange, address encryption requirements and global signature management.
Technical architect during a Exchange 2010/2016 to Exchange Online migration
Support the customer during migration project - GMail to Exchange Online
Support migration from various old PBX installations to a central Skype for Business infrastructure with Enterprise Voice for locations in Germany and France. Additionally to the central SfB deployment each branch site got a own SBA based on AudioCodes SBC and AudioCodes analog gateways to integrate existing analog phones and fax machines.
Migrate SharePoint 2013 incl. Workflow Manager 1.0 to SharePoint 2019
Technical architect during a Exchange 2010 to Exchange Online migration
Support customer during a Office 365 migration from File Share to OneDrive for Business via SharePoint migration tool and ShareGate
Reveiw O365 tenant (best practice analyses, security review, AAD connect review)
Support customer during a Office 365 migration from Lync 2013 / SfB 2015 to SfB Online
Support customer during a Office 365 migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange Online
Support during PoC to combine Lync 2013 with the Alcatel OTMS solution.
Advice customer regarding integration and possible migration from current PBX to SfB enterprise Voice and integration of Cisco video room solutions into the Skype for Business infrastructure
Planning and execution Exchange DataCenter move
Support the customer in the planning and POC phase to implement Skype for Business including conference and enterprise voice. Additionally the service development incl. full migration of all users from Cisco Call Manager to Skype for Business telephony as well as coexistence between Skype for Business and Cisco video room solutions are part of the project.
Attending Microsoft Exam development for different products like Exchange, Hyper-V, System Center and other infrastructure products
Consulting and design ADFS Infrastructure including connectivity to other web services via SAML or OPENID Connect; Implement ADFS Auth for SharePoint with external publishing; Troubleshooting and optimizing SharePoint Infrastructure
Support the customer in the planning and POC phase to implement Skype for Business enterprise voice
Act as migration lead during a world wide Skype for Business enterprise voice rollout
Design and Implement AD FS for central login solution
Architect, Consultant
XenDesktop Infrastructure review (Structure, Processes, Communication, High Availability, Network, etc.)
Lead Consultant
Migration of the Exchange and Active Directory Infrastructure to 2016 Build including Symantec Enterprise Vault
Senior Consultant, Architect, Engineer
Support to design a new Intranet based on SharePoint 2013, Deployment of Staging-, Test- and Production SharePoint Farm. Deployment is based one PowerShell scripting
Senior Consultant, Engineer
Migration of more than 20k users from Lync 2010 to Skype for Business, Implementing Voice and Video Conferencing Service incl. Mobile Access, Conference Dial-In and connectivity to PBX systems
Senior Consultant
Migration of more than 20k mailboxes from Exchange 2007 to 2013
Consultant, Architect, Engineer
Designing a SCCM 201x Infrastructure for managing public area devices in retail stores. Also implement Intune as a short term solution until SCCM is ready
Architect and Consultant
Operate and extend the the Collaboration Infrastructure incl. Exchange 2010 / 2016, SharePoint 2013 and Lync 2013
Lead Architect, Lead Consultant, Manager of Operations
Migration of Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016, SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2016, Lync 2013 to Skype for Business
Architect, Consultant, Engineer
Start designing and piloting Windows vNext as the next Windows version for the Elabs AG managed service provider infrastructure, member of the Microsoft CCEP Programm (Windows and System Center)
Architect, Consultant, Project Lead
Upgrade the current infrastructure to 2012/2013 build of Microsoft infrastructure products incl. Windows 2012 R2, Windows 8 (8.1), Exchange 2013, Lync 2013, SharePoint 2013, System Center 2012 products etc. based on virtualized server (Hyper-V, ESXi), Creating Concepts, build up test environment, migrate data, rollout coordination for 4000 users
Project Lead, Design Lead, Lead Engineer
Planning and update of the Elabs AG infrastructure to the newest builds (System Center 2012 R2, Windows 2012 R2, SQL, Exchange 2013, SharePoint 2013 etc.)
Lead Consultant, Lead Architect, Lead Project Manager
Member of the Exchange 2013 / 2016 TAP program
Lead Engineer, Lead Consultant
Design and deployment of a virtual desktop infrastructure for a client. Target count of virtual machines will be 50.000 and more if the project will be finalized. Currently we are doing the evaluation together with the customer. The desktops will be based on Hyper-V and Windows 7 images. One of the challenges is the correct licensing
Project Lead, Design Lead
Designed and implementation of a service infrastructure for a managed service provider company based on Hyper-V 2008 R2, managed via SCVMM. The environment does include multi-node Hyper-V Clusters and single Hyper-V nodes, hundreds of virtual servers incl. virtual clusters with iSCSI connection. The environment is monitored by SCOM 2007 R2 and the main backup solution is SC DPM 2010. Also the migration from
existing VMWare servers to Hyper-V via SCVMM is part of the project.
Design and Implementation, Project Management
Implementation of thousands of web servers based on Hyper-V 2008 R2. Setup based on round about 300
Servers per Hyper-V host including PowerShell script automation
Senior Consultant and Engineer
Create infrastructure design and plan upgrades for several other customers like Wrigleys, Deutsche Bank, Audi, MAGNA, Unilever Best Foods,...
Developing Design Guides for Siemens internally and other enterprise customers based on new Microsoft
Technologies. Attending in TAP programs (Office/SharePoint 2010 TAP, Exchange 2010 TAP and TAP´s regarding System Center, Windows, etc.)
Exchange Team Lead – Responsible for global Exchange Design at Siemens AG
Consulting regarding DMS, Collaboration and Application platform based on SharePoint 2007 (later SharePoint 2010) for BBC in London
Senior Consultant
Consulting regarding DMS and CMS implementation based on SharePoint 2007 incl. development of
customized applications and Workflows, Migration from Lotus Notes to SharePoint with Quest Migration Tool
Senior Consultant, Technical Project Manager
Migration of a few thousands mailboxes from Lotus Notes to Exchange 2007
Technical Project Manager, Lead Consultant, Architect, Lead Engineer
Planning and support during the migration of a few thousand users and mailboxes in a complex infrastructure; Windows and Exchange Migration is part of the project as well as the migration from db2 to
oracle databases
Lead Consultant
Migration of a few hundred mailboxes from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003
Planning and executing of the whole migration including SAP connector and Blackberry
Senior Consultant and Engineer
As a consultant for Office Communication Server I support Microsoft during the test and implementation phase for the worldwide largest planned OCS installation at this time; project was focusing on IM, conferencing
as well as connection to current PBX infrastructure
Senior Comnsultant
Migration of roundabout 1000 Mailboxes from a few Groupwise server to a centralized Exchange 2003 environment.
Senior Consultant and Architect
Planning and implementation of Exchange 2007 and OCS 2007. Migration of the first few Mailboxes. 2nd level support
Consultant
For one of the largest labor unions of the world with 2,5 million members a design for a new Microsoft based infrastructure was made and implemented
Technology: Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP, Office 2007, SharePoint 2007, SCOM 2007, ISA 2006 etc.
Technical Project Manager - coordinating 8 subprojects
Lead Architect and Consultant
design for company data exchange between getrag and gft (ford internal
network)
Consultant
Consulting regarding DMS system based on SharePoint for parts of Airbus Europe
Consultant
Implementation of a Citrix Server farm
Decision memo, conception implementation
Locations: Nordenham (Germany), Hamburg (Germany), Varell (Germany), Bremen (Germany)
Consultant, System Architect, Engineer
Migration of 8500 Mailboxes from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 with ADC incl. concept construction
Consultant, Engineer
Migration of 10.000 Mailboxes Lotus Notes to Exchange 2003 Migration tools: Lotus Notes Migration Wizard (Microsoft) and additional Tools which are
developed only for the project.
Responsible for migration concept and mail migration (part of a 4 men
migration team)
Locations: Lincoln (UK), Finspong (Sweden), Brno (CZ) and Germany
Technical Consultant and Engineer
email migration from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 with Aelita/Quest Exchange Migration Wizard
Technical Consultant and Engineer
Design Review and Performance Analyses at SAP Exchange Environment
Evaluation SAP R3 <-> Exchange Connector
Consultant
Exchange Migration Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 Volume: 30.000 Mailboxes Multi Site Environment, Multi Domain Environment Migration with Quest / Aelita Exchange Migration Wizard
Technical Consultant and Engineer
Building a Datacenter infrastructure for the district Groß Gerau to connect
all schools from the district to a Citrix Metaframe server farm (
25 terminal Server - Blade technology) with Novell NDS as directory
Technical Project Lead
Lead Engineer
Planning and execution Exchange DataCenter move
Rollout from Server and Client on all german location of Gothaer Insurance
Team lead of an implementation team for clients and server, contact person suburb, transportation management, escalation management, technical reasonable suburb
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