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David Lachari

Expert Active Directory | Tiering | Security

€700/day
1 project
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About David

Your Microsoft infrastructure is at the heart of your business.

But between technical debt, scaling, availability issues, cybersecurity, complex migrations, or lack of internal resources, risk is never far away.

I am David Lachari, a Microsoft Expert specializing in Active Directory & Hyper-V Virtualization, with 22 years of experience in critical infrastructure projects.

Former Microsoft MVP Hyper-V for 7 years, author of the reference book published by ENI, I have supported CIOs, IT architects, and large organizations on sensitive, distributed, hybrid, or highly available environments.

Hyper-V & SCVMM Virtualization
  • Architecture, design & industrialization of Hyper-V platforms
  • Deployment, clustering, high availability, Disaster Recovery
  • Performance optimization, storage, network, backup
  • Complex incident resolution & advanced troubleshooting
  • Support, coaching, skills transfer
VMware / Hyper-V Migrations
  • Environment audit & cutover strategy
  • Phased, secure, and reversible migration plan
  • Cost optimization & license rationalization
  • Change management & IT team support
Active Directory
  • Architecture audit, governance & GPO
  • Security hardening (Kerberos, LDAP, Tiering, Zero Trust)
  • Redesign, consolidation, multi-site, M365 integrations
  • Post-incident / post-cyber attack remediation
  • Implementation of best practices & documentation
Automation & Operations
  • PowerShell scripting, monitoring, supervision
  • Operational documentation and processes
  • Support for architects, admins & CIOs
Why work with me
  • Sharp & proven Microsoft expertise in the field
  • Pragmatic vision focused on results, costs, and risks
  • Intervention possible in sensitive environments
  • Structured knowledge transfer to make your teams autonomous

Describe your context, and I'll get back to you quickly with a tailored approach.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Servier
    HYPER-V AND SCVMM ARCHITECT
    April 2024 - June 2025 (1 year and 2 months)
    Within the Architecture team, I am responsible for migrating SERVIER's virtual infrastructures from VMware to Hyper-v, implementing new Hyper-v cluster platforms associated with SCVMM 2022.

    • Definition of Hyper-v / SCVMM architectures for Test and Production environments
    • Migration of Pre-production virtual machines (480) from VMware to Hyper-v using Veeam
    • Writing all DAT + Operating Procedures + Installation Documents
    • Installation and configuration of the SCVMM 2022 solution (converged network...)
    • Installation and configuration of Hyper-v 2022 virtual environments
    Hyper-V SCVMM Clustering Veeam Backup & Replication Windows Server 2022
  • ARVAL
    HYPER-V AND SCVMM ARCHITECT
    December 2022 - March 2024 (1 year and 3 months)
    Within the Infrastructure team, I am responsible for managing the entire virtual infrastructure, composed of over 100 Hyper-v hosts and approximately 2,300 Virtual Machines.
    Hyper-V SCVMM Clustering windows server 2019 SAN
  • Accor Tech
    ACTIVE DIRECTORY AND SECURITY ARCHITECT
    HOSPITALITY
    April 2022 - November 2022 (7 months)
    Évry-Courcouronnes, France
    Within the Active Directory team, I am responsible for securing directory services and remediating blocking points using PingCastle and ALSID tools + CIS recommendations.
    Active Directory Pingcastle Tenable

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Education

  • Management Information Systems Technician Degree
    Plus Values
    2005
  • Master of Science in IT
    ESI SUPINFO
    2008

Certifications

  • Microsoft Certified Professional
    MICROSOFT
  • Microsoft Specialist: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-v and System Center
    MICROSOFT
    Hyper-V Virtualization Networking Windows Server Powershell SCVMM Bare Metal Clustering

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