Shankar D has over 8 years of experience in IT consulting services including designing, implementing, and supporting Microsoft infrastructure solutions such as Exchange Server, Lync Server, Active Directory, and Azure. He has extensive experience migrating on-premises environments to Office 365. Some of his project experience includes migrating Exchange 2007 to Office 365 for 800 users, implementing Exchange 2013 with high availability, and deploying Lync 2013 with integration to Skype.

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Lead Consultant
Shankar D
Hyderabad, India
Lead Consultant – MS Practices
Mobile#:+919849192266/+919884722776
EMAIL#: dshankar85@hotmail.com
SUMMARY
8+ Years of experience in IT Infrastructure Consulting services, Design, Migration, Implementation and
support services includes Office 365 Migration (Wave 14 & 15) Microsoft Exchange Server
2013/2010/2007/2003, Microsoft Lync Server 2010/2013, Active Directory 2003/2008/2012 Services,
Microsoft Azure, MS Enterprise Mobility Suite (IAAS, PAAS & SAAS), Windows ADFS (SSO), SQL Server
2008 R2 Enterprise Clustering, VMware Virtualization, and Windows Server Role Hyper-V.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Consulting IT Services & migration of Active Directory 2003 to 2008/2012
• Specialist in Designing Solution for Exchange/Lync Servers (HLD & LLD Docs)
• Specialist in providing proposal documents with respect to solution architecture designed
• Prepare project plan & estimate scope of work
• Monitor project plan & deployment status follow-ups for projects
• Implementation & migration of Exchange Versions 2003 to 2007/2010/2013
• Implementation & migration of Lync Versions Lync 2010/2013
• Implementation & migration of Windows Server 2003 to 2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2
• Implementation & migration of Hyper-V Servers from 2008 to 2008R2/2012/2012R2
Work Experience
• Working as a Technical Lead (MS Practices team) at Locuz Enterprise Solutions Ltd, Hyderabad
(October 2012 till now)
• Worked as a Technical Consultant in HCL Infosystems, Chennai (August 2010- October 2012)
• Worked as Senior System Engineer in GAVS Technologies Private Limited, Chennai (February
2010 – August 2010)
• Worked as a System Administrator in Zylog Systems Private Limited Chennai (August 2007 to
February 2010)

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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
• 8+ Years of experience in Information Security, IT Infrastructure Design, Implementation and
Support.
• Good experience in Microsoft Products as Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010/2013, Microsoft Lync
Server 2010/2013, ADRMS, Active Directory 2003/2008/2012, DNS, DHCP, Office 365 Migration
& Configuration and Networking.
• Strong Hands on Experience in Microsoft Exchange & Lync platform and Microsoft Certified
specialist under Unified Communication (Messaging & Lync Collaboration).
• Adept at determining requirements, project scheduling and technology planning along with
excellent team managing capabilities.
• Proficient in analyzing information system needs, evaluating end-user requirements, custom
designing solutions, troubleshooting for complex information systems management.
• An effective leader with proven abilities in leading teams during the project phase, training &
guiding team members and enabling knowledge sharing among the team.
• Good Experience & Certified administrator in VMware Virtualization
• Strong Knowledge on IT Process and Excellence.
• Strong understanding on Customer relationship.
• Easy adoptability and accessibility to any environment.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
• 074-335: Lync Network Readiness Assessment
• 074-338: Lync 2013 Depth Support Engineer
• 070-337: Enterprise Voice Online Services with Microsoft Lync Server 2013
• 070-336: Core Solutions of Microsoft Lync Server 2013
• 070-342: Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
• 070-341: Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
• 070-414: Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure
• 070-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure
• 070-417: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012
• 070-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
• 074-324: Administering Office 365 for Small Business
• 070-662: TS: Microsoft Exchange 2010, Configuring
• 070-663: Designing & Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange 2010
• 070-664: TS: Microsoft Lync 2010 Configuring

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• 070-665: Microsoft Lync 2010, Administrator
• 070-284: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
• 070-290: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
• 070-291: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a MS W2K3 Network Infrastructure
• 070-270: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional
• VCP510: Completed Training & VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5.0
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
• Seed InfoTech: Designing & Services in Microsoft Lync 2010/2013
• Impact Marketing Services: Microsoft Exchange 2013/2010
• UC Architects Webinar: Office 365 on Lync Services & Lync 2010
• Matt Landis WBT: Designing & Migration of Lync 2010
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, 72% from Saranathan College of
Engineering - Anna University, Trichy. (2003 to 2007)
• H.S.C – Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School, Trichy, 83%. (2002-2003)
• S.S.L.C – Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School, Trichy, 93%. (2000-2001)
Major Project Experience
Project under Locuz Customers
Vodacom, Tanzania (Duration: 20 Days)
Project Scope: Implementation of Email Archiving & Journaling for 2500 Users
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Get Customer requirement & user Archive Quota Limit
• Use MS Storage Calculator tool to design the Storage LUN
• Plan & Design LUN space for the requirement
• Plan Retention Tag/Policy as per the customer requirement
• Configure & Create Database as per the sizing
• Add created databases into DAG if needed HA
• Configure quota limit for the Database
• Configure Archival & Compliance Policies (as per the requirement)
• Enable online archiving for all users

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• Test the archive policy created for sample users
• Create Distribution list as per the requirement
• Create Journal Rule & Mailbox as per the requirement
• Enable Journal Rule for Pilot testing
• Monitor for Pilot Testing Configuration
• Search for Journal mails using Autodiscover mailbox search
• Administrator Training & Project Handover
Y-Axis Overseas Ltd, Hyderabad (Duration: 4 Months)
Project Scope: Migration from MS Exchange 2007 to O365 Wave 15 Tenant for 800-900 users
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Understanding Office 365 requirement & O365 User Profiling
• Design & Implementation of Staged Migration Methodology with ADFS Authentication (SSO) to
migrate mailboxes from On-Premise to O365
• Execution of migrating endpoints for mailboxes, configuring email flow On-Premise server to O365
• Configure Autodiscover services, SMTP mail flow, End user management etc.
• Configure Compliance & Archival Policies, In-Place hold, DLP Templates etc.
GVKBIO Sciences Ltd, Hyderabad (Duration: 2 Months)
Project Scope: Migration from MS Exchange 2010 to O365 Wave 15 Tenant for 200/2500 users
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Migration to Office 365 Exchange Online from the customer’s hosted Exchange 2010 SP3 Server
solution. (Hybrid Deployment)
• Migrate Lync Online Services. (Hybrid Deployment)
• Deploy Yammer Services. (Office 365)
• Deploy Directory Synchronization for the migration.
• Deploy Office Pro Plus to end users using Click-to-Run.
• Enable Password Synchronization with DirSync option. (Sync existing Exchange password to O365)
• One Drive for Business, ADRMS Online, Compliance & Archival Policies, DLP Templates etc.
NFTDC, Hyderabad (Duration: 1 Month)
Project Scope: Migration from MS Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2013 (DC-DR) for 500 users
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Complete planning of the required architecture for MS Exchange 2013
• Storage capacity planning, Building of separate AD Forest & Exchange 2013 environment
• Creation of fresh mailboxes (500 users)

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• Migration of all the “PST” files from old to new Exchange 2013 box
• Creation of Compliance & Retention policies as per requirement
• Administrator training & Project Sign-Off
Biocon, Bengaluru: (Duration: 3.5 Months in 2 Phases)
Project Scope: Migration from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 (DC-DR) for 5000 users
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Understanding of MS Exchange 2013 architecture
• Creation of DAG & mailbox databases in DC-DR architecture
• Migration of user mailboxes (5000 users) from MS Exchange 2007 to 2013
• Creation of Compliance & Retention policies for all mailboxes
Alliance Global Services, Hyderabad (Duration: 1.2 Months)
Project Scope: Migration from On-Premise MS Exchange 2010 to MS Office365 Wave 15 Tenant for
around 1000 users
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Understanding of the customer Office 365 requirement
• Followed cut-over migration methodology to migrate mailboxes from On-Premise to O365
• Creation & execution of migrating endpoints for mailboxes
• Assisted customer to change their relative DNS records from On-Premise to O365, Configuration
of SMTP Relay server from On-Premise to O365
SoCtronics, Hyderabad (Duration: 1.5 Months)
Project Scope: Migration of users in a Hybrid fashion from O365 to On-Premises Exchange Server 2013
Roles and responsibilities
• Understanding of MS Exchange 2013 Hybrid architecture for O365
• Creation of DAG & mailbox databases in DC
• Migration of user mailboxes (500 users) from O365 to On-Premises Exchange 2013
• Creation of new mailboxes
• Compliance & Retention policies for all mailboxes
• Migration of O365 users to On-Premises Exchange Server 2013
Polycom R&D Division, Bengaluru (Duration: 20 Days)
Project Scope: Building Lync 2013 & integration with Skype
Roles and responsibilities
• Collected Project specific requirements from customer
• Designed Project requirement components via Lync Capacity Planning Tool

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• Installed Lync Server 2013 as per MS recommendation
• Enabled Front End roles for Lync Server 2013
• Configured the IM, Presence, Audio and Video Conferencing
• Configured Office Web App Server
• Created and Configured users for the Microsoft Lync 2013
• Microsoft Lync 2013 Integration with Microsoft Exchange 2013
• Configured Lync 2013 Edge Server & Integrating with Lync FE
• Configured IISARR Reverse Proxy for Lync Server 2013
• Configured Federation with Public IM Google Chat and Skype
• Assigning IP's for Access Edge, WebConf & A/V according to best practices
• Installation of Public Certificate in Edge Server for External connectivity
• Validated & Tested Public IM Google Chat and Skype federation
• Trained Customer on Lync 2013 basics and project Sign-Off.
Project under HCL Infosystems Customers
IIMB, Bengaluru (Duration 6 Months)
Project Scope: Migration from MS Exchange 2003 to O365 Wave 14 Tenant for 7000 users. End to End
Project Management was done by HCL Infosystems.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Migration to Office 365 Exchange Online from the customer’s hosted Exchange 2010 SP3 Server
solution. (Hybrid Deployment)
• Migrate Lync Online Services. (Hybrid Deployment)
• Deploy Directory Synchronization for the migration.
• Deploy ADFS 2.0 SSO for user authentication.
• One Drive for Business, ADRMS Online, Compliance & Archival Policies, DLP Templates etc.
Avantha Power, Gurgaon (Duration 1.5 Months)
Project Scope: Implementation of Exchange/Lync 2010 on VMware ESXi 5.0 Hypervisor from the scratch
Roles and responsibilities
• Implementation & Support for Exchange 2010 & Lync 2010
• Design has been proposed as per Microsoft best practices and client requirements.
• Design has been proposed on VMware platform.
• Proposed the design document for migration as per Microsoft Best Practices.
• Installed HUB/CAS Server roles on proposed servers and configured NLB for HA.

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• Installed Mailbox Server roles on as per the requirement.
• Configured CAS array for client connectivity on CAS nodes.
• Created databases as per the design on Mailbox Servers.
• DAG has been created & configured as per Microsoft recommended practice. Kept heart beat
network is on different subnet.
• Installed of Lync 2010 as per Microsoft Best Practices.
• Configured of necessary AD / DNS Services and the internal PKI for certificate management.
• Configured the IM & Presence, A/V and Enterprise Voice.
• Configured Integration with Exchange OWA.
• Created & Configured Edge Server with Lync 2010 Front End Server
• Created and Configured the users for the Microsoft LYNC 2010
• Customer Training and Project Sign-Off
Dena Bank, Mumbai (Duration: 4.5 Months)
Project Scope: Migrate Exchange 2003 to 2010, Implement DPM 2010 & ADRMS Deployment DC-DR
with 5000 users.
Roles and responsibilities
• Studied the existing Exchange Architecture of Exchange Server 2003 and gathered the pre-
requisites required for migration.
• Performed the OS hardening, Pre-requisites & extended the schema for Exchange 2010 Servers
installation.
• Proposed Capacity planning for users Primary & Secondary mailbox Quota.
• DAG has been created & configured as per Microsoft recommended practice. Kept heart beat
network is on different subnet.
• Moved the mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010.
• Moved the offline address book server from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server.
• Moved free/busy information from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010.
• Configured the email address policy from Old Exchange 2003 server to new one.
• Installed Public Certificate on new Exchange 2010 Servers.
• Migration of existing MX record to new MX configuration setup as per the client requirement
without email loss & made DC Site as Primary MX record configuration.
• Since Bank has branch offices in 125 remote locations with a MPLS link connected to Mumbai Data
Centre & has different VPN across India, I have given the exact port requirement with the network
team required for connectivity of Outlook.
• Installed DPM 2010 for Exchange DAG Backup as per the Microsoft Best Practices.
• Configured the backup for both Long & Short Term.

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• Configured the backup for LUN & Tape Drives.
• Installed & Configured Exchange 2010 DR setup as per Microsoft Best Practices.
• Configured the LUN Size for Exchange 2010 DR setup as proposed.
• Customization of Exchange 2010 Servers in DR as of in DC.
• Exchange 2010 Databases has been replicated from DC to DR.
• DC-DR drill demo to customer.
• Uninstalled Exchange 2003 SP2 servers from the setup.
Other Major Customers on MS Exchange & Lync:
• Laurus Labs, Hyderabad
• Visaka Industries Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad
• Kony Hyderabad
• Autorobotics, Hyderabad
• Collabra Ltd, Bangalore
• Premier-Inn, NewDelhi
• Indraprastha Gas Limited, NewDelhi
• NFTDC, Hyderabad
• Viraj Steels, Mumbai
• Siva groups, Chennai
• Indian Institute of Business Management, Bangalore
• Microinks Pvt Ltd, Vapi
• Olam Information Services Pvt Ltd, Chennai
GAVS Technologies Private Limited, Chennai (March 2010 – August 2010)
Job Role: Senior System Engineer
Maintain AD, Exchange 2007, VMware, DHCP, DNS, DPM 2007, FTP, and File Server Maintenance.
Zylog Systems Private Limited, Chennai (August 2007 – February 2010)
Job Role: System Administrator
Maintain AD, Windows OS Installation, Exchange 2003, VMware, DHCP, DNS, and File Server
Maintenance.
Roles & Responsibilities
• Installation and Troubleshooting of Windows XP, Vista, 2000 and 2003 Server.
• Troubleshooting issues in systems, Network printers, scanners.
• Installed Software’s required by the development team.
• Responsible for supporting VOIP infrastructure for BPO division.

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• Asset management and software license management.
• Monitoring bandwidth utilization and generating monthly reports using OPManager tool.
• Configuring Exchange server clients like MS Outlook, Outlook Express and troubleshooting issues
related to mails delivery and backup.
• Network printer (HP 2420, 1320, 1022, 3390, 3600, Ricoh 1600D installation, configuration and
troubleshooting).
Personal Info:
Name Shankar. D
Fathers Name Durairaj. M
Date of Birth 30-08-1985
Sex Male
Marital Status Married
New Passport No M2976450
Old Passport No G2598342
Nationality Indian
Languages known English & Tamil
Declaration:
I do hereby declare that the information given above are true and correct to the best of my Knowledge
and belief.
Place: Hyderabad
Date: 3rd August 2015 Signature
(Shankar Durairaj)