Exchange – Desclos Consulting

Experience with Exchange

Microsoft Exchange Server is a mail server and calendaring server developed by Microsoft. It runs exclusively on Windows Server operating systems.

The first version was called Exchange Server 4.0, to position it as the successor to the related Microsoft Mail 3.5. Exchange initially used the X.400 directory service but switched to Active Directory later. Until version 5.0, it came bundled with an email client called Microsoft Exchange Client. This was discontinued in favor of Microsoft Outlook.

Exchange Server primarily uses a proprietary protocol called MAPI to talk to email clients, but subsequently added support for POP3, IMAP, and EAS. The standard SMTP protocol is used to communicate to other Internet mail servers.

Chief Technology Officer - [4 Months]

Interim Management

Deployed technologies : Active Directory, Azure, Exchange, Windows

Used language : French

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Programme Director - [14 Months]

Definition and implementation of a DRP plan for Coliposte

Direct management of a team of 6 experts and architects,
Management of SAN overhaul projects, disaster recovery plans and replacement of obsolete servers,
Complete review of the IS with a view to ensuring its resilience,
Managing the relationship with the outsourcer and the back-up infrastructure provider, including contract negotiations.
- Successful technical DRP test on the backup site,
- Validation of the consistency of replicated data.

Deployed technologies : Active Directory, Backup Exec, EMC, Exchange, ITIL, Linux, Lotus Notes, Sun, V-Tom, Windows

Used language : French

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EMEA IT Regional Technologist Senior Manager - [55 Months]

Architecture, design and implementation of an in-house disaster recovery solution for the EMEA and APAC regions, covering 28 industrial sites in 12 countries and representing total annual savings of USD 450,000 over a three-year period,
Level 2 support for EMEA industrial sites, including system architecture, security and regional management of corporate projects,
Direct management of an international team of 3 systems engineers.
- Definition, architecture and implementation of a 100% open source monitoring solution for around 1,000 servers,
- Definition and implementation of standards in liaison with the Corporate teams in the USA:
  - Design Active Directory,
  - Implementation of SOX 404 [ COBIT ],
  - Linux Desktop study.

Deployed technologies : 3com, Active Directory, Alcatel, Cisco, Citrix, Dos, Exchange, HP, IBM, ITIL, Nagios, Sun, VMWare, Windows

Used languages : English, French, German

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