Group Policy Experts in Munich
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Munich, who have recently used Group Policy
Mohammed N.
Last position:
IT System Manager at Corporate Network Solution Provider
- Architected, Deployed and Supported hosted email solutions in Linux and Windows environments with enterprise-grade anti-spam and security architecture for service-provider environments.
- Managed Microsoft Azure environments including Virtual Machines, VNets, Storage, VPN, and Firewall configuration.
- Administered Microsoft Exchange Server (2010-2019), Microsoft Exchange Server SE, Active Directory, PKI, Hyper-V and Zimbra environments with disaster recovery planning and operational support.
- Led Microsoft 365 onboarding and migration projects from Exchange, IMAP, and Zimbra platforms to Microsoft 365.
- Prepare security and compliance to support Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- Implement information protection and data loss prevention by using Microsoft Purview.
- Implement retention, eDiscovery, and communication compliance in Microsoft Purview.
- Integrated Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), and Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).
- Delivered secure hybrid infrastructure solutions integrating Microsoft Windows Server and Linux-based enterprise environments.
- Supported enterprise integration projects involving Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat, Barracuda ESG, Qmail and Zimbra Platforms.
Alexander A.
Last position:
Onsite Support Administrator at Sana Kliniken AG
- Processing and coordination of IT tickets (Helix, Omnitracker) incl. VIP support and remote support (Microsoft Teams, RDP, FastViewer)
- Onsite support at the main location as well as support for modern conference and meeting room technology (e.g. MeetingBoard 75 Pro)
- User and rights management in Active Directory (Active Roles), Azure AD, Exchange and MDM
- VDI support and monitoring with Citrix Director and Aruba Networking
- Endpoint management and policy administration via Ivanti
- Deployment, configuration and lifecycle management of clients (Dell notebooks, iPhones, iPads)
- Hardware rollouts for new employees incl. shipping across Germany
- Asset and license management as well as organization of site migrations
Mohamad D.
Last position:
Project Engineer at BMW Group AG
- Designed and implemented Azure Kubernetes Clusters, and managed DNS and Firewall solutions, enhancing network security and reliability.
- Led projects using Agile Scrum methodologies to streamline development cycles and improve project efficiency.
- Fostered and maintained relationships with suppliers to ensure timely project deliverables and resource availability.
- Managed continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins, Sonar, GitHub, Bitbucket, and Terraform within the BMW Azure Cloud environment.
- Utilized Fortify SSC and Contrast AST for robust application security testing.
- Directed DevOps engineering initiatives on the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), focusing on streamlining development and deployment processes.
- Service Now governance, risk und compliance (GRC&IRM).
Konstantinos M.
Last position:
IT-Fly Specialist – Global Rollout at Lufthansa Group
Plan & Prepare (Site Design & Readiness): Inventory & Design: Dell PowerEdge R-Series, Aruba Switches (L2/L3), Notebooks/Peripherals; Serial Numbers/Asset Tags, IPv4/IPv6 Addressing, VLAN/DHCP/DNS Plan
Runbooks/MOPs: Site Rollout Runbook, Backout Strategy (<15–30 min), Risk Register, Communication Matrix; Approvals via CAB/Change
Images/Packages: Golden Image (Win10/11), Driver Packs, BIOS/UEFI Baseline; O365/Teams/OneDrive-KFM; BitLocker Policies; MECM/SCCM, Intune/Autopilot, MDT/WinPE
Logistics: Shipping/Customs Clearance, RMA/DOA, On-Site Spares; Tools (Barcode Scanners, Label Printers), "Go-Bag" (Cables, SFPs, Console Cables)
Deliver (On-Site Implementation): Endpoints: Swap & Migration (USMT/OneDrive KFM), Peripherals (ATB/BT Printers, Scanners, Boarding Gate HW); Domain Join, Compliance Checks, O365 Activation, Printers/Queues, Network Drives
Acceptance: Functional Tests for DCS/CUTE/CUPPS/CUSS Stations, Ticketing/Check-in Workflows, Boarding Gates
Servers (R-Series): Rack & Stack, Cabling (PDU Redundancy, Fiber/Copper), Labeling/Nomenclature; Firmware/RAID (PERC), Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC Network; Windows Server 2022/2025 + CIS/BSI Hardening; Agents (Backup/AV/EDR/Monitoring), Time Service/NTP Auth, Syslog/SNMPv3
Network (Aruba): VLANs, LACP Trunks, MSTP Root; Portfast + BPDU-Guard at Edge; QoS (EF/AF); Dual-Stack (v4/v6), DHCP Relay. NAC/802.1X with ClearPass/Radius/TACACS+, Roles + MAB Fallback; Guest Isolation, ACLs (Guest→Mgmt deny). Telemetry: sFlow, SNMPv3, Syslog→SIEM; LLDP→Inventory/CMDB
Airport-Specific: CUTE/CUPPS/CUSS Terminals; DCS/Amadeus/SITA Connectivity; FIDS (read-only); Bag Tag/Boarding Pass Printing; Changes During Off-Peak/Night Windows
Stabilize (Hypercare): First-Day Support, KPI Tracking (Login Times, Ticket Volume, Error Classes), QoS Fine-Tuning
Troubleshooting: Wireshark/iperf, Event Logs, Switch Counters, sFlow Flows; Fast Incident Handling as SPOC
Knowledge Transfer: Short Training Sessions for Station Teams, Mini-Runbooks (Incident/Recovery)
Close (Documentation & Handover): Documentation & CMDB: Final Configs (Switch/Server), Topology/Patch Plans, IP Tables, Serial Number/Asset Lists, Before/After Photos
Acceptance & Sign-off: UAT Protocols, Functional Evidence (Use Cases), Return/Reuse of Old Hardware
Lessons Learned: Risks, Standard Packages, Driver Freeze, "Known Issues"
Interfaces/Communication: Station IT, Airport IT, SOC/NOC, Ground Ops/Ramp/Check-in, Providers (SITA/Amadeus). ITSM: ServiceNow (Inc/Req/Change/KB), Handover to BAU
Tobias W.
Last position:
External Contractor at Government Agency
- Project support for VMware/Active Directory
- Operational support for administration, process execution
- Creation and review of documentation
- Active Directory, Powershell, VMware VSphere 7, Confluence, Jira
- Windows Server 2016/2019/2022/2025 GUI/Core
- Concept and rollout of Windows Update Services (approx. 500 client/server systems) and takeover of a central WSUS gateway company-wide
- Takeover and redesign KMS/RDS systems company-wide
Torsten W.
Last position:
Product Owner at Beyonnex
Initial technical analysis of the requirements for the two applications
Creating a system concept for the interim solution and for the final solution
Creating the product vision, customer journey, and story map for the interim solution in close cooperation with subject matter experts
Building a development team
Managing dependencies and interfaces with the other applications according to Domain Driven Design principles
Creating EPICs and user stories, and maintaining the product backlog in coordination with subject matter experts and developers
Running sprint reviews with relevant stakeholders such as subject matter experts and management
Analyzing the requirements for the final solution
The interim solution was built within 8 months and was successfully used for the 2022 heating cost billing
The interim solution has since been further developed to increase automation
A technical concept for the final solution was created
Handover to two internal Product Owners is currently in progress
Bernhard T.
Last position:
Project Manager at Law Firms / Tax Consultants
- Requirements gathering
- Budget planning and monitoring
- Scheduling and tracking compliance
- Revising the authorization concept
- Managing external service providers
- Quality assurance
- Handover to operations
Marco F.
Last position:
System Engineer–Vmware, Veeam at DCSO
- About 800 different server VMs, operation and lifecycle/asset management of about 40 ESXi hosts (Lenovo)
- Upgrade of all clusters to ESXi/VCSA 7.0U3 and 8. Planning patch management for all hosts
- Cleaning up the AD – many different domains that all needed to be migrated into the main environment. Planning/execution
- Veeam – check the configuration and migrate to a newer, partly virtual infrastructure to make the setup leaner and faster
- VMware – upgrades/updates, general maintenance
- Proxmox POC – evaluate if an alternative to VMware
- Documentation for Veeam/VMware/storage
- Implementation of the uniflow cloud solution
- NetApp migration to new storage, CIFS maintenance and administration of SVMs
Rick G.
Last position:
Interim IT Security Analyst at GLS IT Services GmbH
- Risk Management
- Incident Management
- Security Analysis
- Secure Coding
- Information Security Management System (ISMS)
Alexander S.
Last position:
Full-Stack Developer (Java/Kotlin/Angular) at Hypoport (Vergleich.de)
Further development of the vergleich.de website
Development of new and improvement of existing backend services as microservices
Deployment via TeamCity and GitHub Actions
Development of monitoring tools
Development of REST APIs
Database migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL
Java and Kotlin (including Spring, Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate)
Angular (TypeScript) and JavaScript
IntelliJ IDEA and WebStorm
Apache Maven
Oracle DB (and SQL Developer), MongoDB, PostgreSQL DB
Git (GitLab, GitHub, BitBucket)
TeamCity
Jira
Docker
JUnit, Mockito, jasmin
Philipp S.
Last position:
MS365 Consultant/Solution Architect at Self-employed
- Setup and configuration of an M365 tenant on a hybrid basis
- SSO integration of the existing app infrastructure like Metamost, Huhu, etc.
- License consulting, Entra ID initial configuration, MFA, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management
- Intune: initial configuration, Windows 11 Autopilot, iPhone AES
- Takeover of the tenant and preparation of a security audit
- Rollout of iPhones with AES (formerly DEP) as COPE (Corporate Owned, Business Enabled)
- Connecting external customers with enhanced security through Conditional Access
- Consulting on cloud-first strategy and migration to a cloud-only business
- Connecting various apps via SSO/SCIM (e.g. Atlassian, Personio, Adobe)
- On-premises AD: security audit and project management for replacing the local AD (migration of file servers, Navision2016, user clients joined to Entra ID)
- Copilot rollout with connection to external data sources and configuration via Intune
- Support for TISAX and ISO27001 preparation
- Setup and hardening of Entra ID, switching MFA to phishing resistant via Conditional Access
- Intune management for Windows and Apple clients, web enrollment switch to AES, introduction of Autopilot, app management, integration of Microsoft Defender
- Building a device baseline for Windows (COBO) and iOS/Android (BYOD)
- Teams/SharePoint Online: access concepts and integration into Teams
- Maintenance and backup of Entra ID and Intune tenants (drift management)
- M365 backup with Veeam
- Extending Conditional Access policies, introduction of Privileged Identity Management with hardware tokens and an on-premises admin tier concept
- Revision of existing GPOs regarding structure, security, and compliance
- Security audit and hardening of on-premises Active Directory and cloud tenant, SAML VPN, PIM introduction
- Support for the HR department in introducing a booking portal and general system engineering administration & security
- Introduction of Conditional Access and passwordless MFA, platform SSO, Defender for macOS/iOS, macOS compliance with Intune, Code2 signature configuration
Sebastian B.
Last position:
AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator at Continuing Education
Sebastian F.
Last position:
Managing Director System Administration & DevOps at Far Galaxy Networks
- Windows application migration using Windows Server 2022/2025, DHCP, Active Directory, directory trust and setup, GPO management
- Cloud service automation, firewall and network management, debugging
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Statistics of experts using Group Policy
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
18 years (Germany: 20 years)
Position duration
1.8 years (Germany: 3.3 years)
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
67% (Germany: 53%)
Master's degree or higher
44% (Germany: 33%)
Doctorate
11% (Germany: 8%)
Certifications per freelancer
4 (Germany: 5)
Most common languages
German, English, Italian
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 97%)
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Munich are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Munich using Group Policy
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Group Policy experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (100%)
- Manufacturing (69%)
- Banking and Finance (62%)
- Healthcare (46%)
- Professional Services (46%)
- Government and Administration (46%)
- Education (38%)
- Aerospace and Defense (31%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Group Policy does
Group Policy is a Windows administration framework for applying central rules to users and computers. It works mainly through Active Directory and lets organisations control security settings, software behaviour, desktop configurations and access across a managed domain. Policies can be linked to sites, domains and organisational units, then processed according to a defined hierarchy.
Core ecosystem
Group Policy specialists work across the Microsoft ecosystem, including Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy Management Console, Windows Server and Microsoft Entra ID. They use PowerShell, Resultant Set of Policy, Group Policy Results and event logs to investigate processing issues. Related work often includes DNS, DHCP, domain controllers, certificate services, Microsoft 365 and endpoint management.
Typical delivery work
- Design and document Group Policy structures for new or existing domains
- Configure password, audit, firewall, browser and workstation policies
- Control software deployment, drive mappings, printers and folder redirection
- Analyse slow logons, policy conflicts and inconsistent settings
- Prepare policy changes, testing plans and rollback procedures
When companies need specialists
Companies bring in freelance Group Policy experts during domain migrations, security hardening, office moves and Windows rollout projects. They are also valuable when inherited policies have become difficult to understand or when users receive different settings across locations. In Munich, specialists may support industrial, financial, healthcare and public-sector environments where reliable Windows administration is central to daily operations. Remote work is practical for analysis and configuration, while sensitive changes may require on-site coordination.
Skills that distinguish experts
Strong professionals map the policy hierarchy before changing it and separate user settings from computer settings clearly. They understand security filtering, WMI filters, loopback processing, inheritance, enforcement and permissions. Good documentation matters as much as configuration: every change should be traceable, tested and explainable to service desk teams and system owners.
Choosing the right professional
Look for evidence of work with complex Active Directory environments rather than familiarity with isolated settings. Ask how the specialist approaches backup, staging, conflict analysis and recovery when a policy causes an outage. For German organisations, clarify language needs, access procedures and remote or on-site expectations early. The right expert leaves behind a maintainable policy model, clear documentation and practical guidance for internal teams.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Group Policy.
Group Policy is used to centrally configure Windows users and computers in an Active Directory domain. Companies apply it to enforce security rules, manage desktop settings, deploy software, configure network resources and standardise workstation behaviour.
Group Policy is closely tied to traditional Active Directory and domain-connected Windows devices. Microsoft Intune manages devices through cloud-based controls and is often preferred for remote or mobile workforces, while many organisations use both during a gradual transition.
A strong Group Policy freelancer should understand Active Directory, DNS, domain controllers, PowerShell and Windows Server. Experience with Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra ID, endpoint security, certificates and hybrid identity is useful for modern environments.
The required depth depends on the scope and risk of the change. A simple policy cleanup may need focused expertise, while domain consolidation, security hardening or widespread troubleshooting calls for someone who can assess dependencies, test safely and plan recovery.
Yes, much of Group Policy analysis, documentation and configuration can be completed remotely through controlled administrative access. On-site collaboration can still help with domain migrations, hardware-dependent testing, sensitive access procedures or workshops with local teams in Munich.
Ask the Group Policy specialist to explain how they identify inheritance, security filtering, WMI filters and processing order. Strong answers should include staged testing, backups, Resultant Set of Policy analysis, clear documentation and a rollback plan rather than immediate changes in production.
Common Group Policy problems include conflicting links, incorrect permissions, slow processing, unavailable domain controllers and settings applied to the wrong organisational unit. Event logs, Group Policy Results, modelling tools and careful comparison of expected and effective settings help isolate the cause.
Group Policy remains relevant where Windows devices are joined to Active Directory or need local domain controls. In hybrid environments, specialists often define which settings stay in Group Policy and which move to Intune, avoiding conflicts and keeping ownership of each control clear.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Group Policy in their recent projects is 96 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 768 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Group Policy in their recent projects, 67% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 44% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Group Policy in their recent projects have 18 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Group Policy in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Italian (15%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Group Policy in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Manufacturing (69%), and Banking and Finance (62%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Group Policy in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (85%), and Operations (69%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Group Policy
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