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Hi, I am Tom

Thomas Kringel

Cloud Solutions Architect - Global Delivery at Microsoft Deutschland GmbH

I am an experienced Customer Engineer with more than 20 years of professional experience. I support our customers on their journey to the cloud and connecting the old and new worlds through hybrid solutions.

Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
Deutsch
English

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Experiences

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Cloud Solutions Architect
Microsoft Deutschland GmbH.

Jul 2019 - Present, Hamburg, Germany

Microsoft is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. The company is widely known for her Windows Operating System and the Azure Cloud.

Responsibilities:
  • Support customer on their way to the (hybrid) cloud
  • Guiding the customer in the integration and migration of legacy systems to the cloud
  • Preparing and holding workshops for new technologies and best practices
  • Trusted technical advisor for customer in Secure Infrastructure and Azure
  • Plan for and support during upgrades and migration to new hardware, operating systems and app versions
Sachbearbeiter IT
Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales M-V (LAGuS)

March 2018 - Jun 2019, Rostock, Germany

The LAGuS sees itself as a competence center for health and occupational safety as well as for central social tasks. It is the upper state authority in the portfolio of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Sport in the german State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Responsibilities:
  • IT Infrastructure Support for a government agency with 500 user
  • Supporting our Environment with VMware vSphere Cluster,Windows Server, Citrix XenApp, Microsoft SQL Server, Brocade Switches
  • Planning infrastructure upgrades and migration
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Senior IT Specialist
DNV - Digital Solutions

Nov 2012 - Feb 2018, Rostock, Germany

DNV (formerly DNV GL) is an international accredited registrar and classification society headquartered in Høvik, Norway.

Responsibilities:
  • Managing projects with external consultants, Corporate IT and various other departments located in Europe and Asia
  • Vendor and supplier management
  • Supporting our Hosting Environment with VMware vSphere Cluster, Windows Server, Citrix XenApp, Microsoft SQL Server and Dell Storage, Azure IaaS and PaaS services
  • Supporting Dev Teams with test environments and Go-live environment for our cloud solutions
IT Administrator
Suzlon Energy GmbH

Mar 2011 - Oct 2012, Rostock, Germany

Suzlon Energy Limited is an Indian multinational wind turbine manufacturer based in Pune, India.

Responsibilities:
  • Managing projects with external consultants and the Corporate IT located in Pune, India
  • Supporting VMware vSphere Cluster,Windows Server, EMC Storage and FortiGate Firewalls
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INR Informationssysteme Rostock e. Kfm.

May 2001 - Feb 2011, Rostock, Germany

INR is a family-owned IT company in Rostock, Germany, established in 1991.

IT Engineer

Feb 2007 - Feb 2011

  • Prepare service and hardware offers for the customer
  • Supporting VMware vSphere Cluster, Windows/Unix/Linux Server, HP Storage and Networking
Student Worker IT

May 2001 - Jan 2011

  • Supporting Linux, SUN Solaris, HP-UX, Windows Server, HP Server and Storage Systems

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Microsoft has a format requierement for large files (> 1TB) on NTFS. Details are found here. You might check this with the following Powershell snipit from Cody Konior 1. Get-CimInstance Win32_Volume | ForEach-Object { $fsutil = &fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo $_.Name $fsutil = $($fsutil -join ",$([Environment]::NewLine)" -replace '(.*?)\s*:\s*([^,]*)(,*)', '"$1" : "$2"$3') $fsutil = ConvertFrom-Json "{ $fsutil }" | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Name -Value $_.Name -PassThru if ($fsutil.'Bytes Per Cluster' -ne "65536") { "Fail: $($_.

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