Microsoft Windows Experts in Hamburg
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Mahmoud Q.
Last position:
Information Security & GRC Expert at GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group)
As a Council Member at GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group), the world’s leading expert network, I provide organizations, investment firms, and consulting companies with expert discussions on demand – wherever specialized knowledge in information security, IT governance, and regulatory compliance is needed.
My assessments are based on many years of practical experience in highly regulated industries: from building and implementing information security management systems (ISMS according to ISO 27001), IT risk and vulnerability management, and business continuity (ISO 22301) to the practical implementation of European regulations such as DORA, NIS2, BAIT, and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).
The cooperation is project- and discussion-based. I provide decision-makers with a practical perspective gained from real-world experience on cyber risks, security governance, and operational resilience – exactly when it is needed.
Guido B.
Last position:
Self-employed Management Consultant and Interim Manager at BCTC Unternehmensberatung Guido Bäcker
Consulting, training and coaching in the financial sector on strategy, organization and IT topics
MorgenFund: Advising the operator of a fund platform on software selection for a sub-ledger "Cash Accounts" based on virtual IBANs (VIBAN)
Structuring requirements, market screening, preparing RfIs, communicating with vendors and conducting the selection process
UniCredit/HypoVereinsbank: Workstream Lead "Booking and Customer Reporting" in the payment transformation project "PULS"
Business analysis, preparing business requirements and coordinating the solution items as part of the functional specification with the bank's IT service providers
Business analysis of SEPA CT and SWIFT MX (.camt-, .pain- and .pacs- formats), change management, team leadership for a virtual team of fifteen line experts and stakeholder management
equensWorldline Germany: Program management for three projects of the SWIFT Service Bureau (CBPR+, ESMIG and Euro1Step1 migration) as part of the SWIFT MX migration
Managing individual project leads with regard to cross-project goals and requirements; reporting to internal and external committees and stakeholders; coordination with dependent projects and programs
Project management/PMO: Interim project management, deputizing for project leads, resource planning, budget and cost management, general PMO activities
Huy N.
Last position:
Modern Workplace & Dynamics 365 Consultant at Thinformatics
- Administration and further development of the M365 environment, including Teams, Exchange Online, Intune, and SharePoint Online
- Development of dashboards for performance monitoring with Microsoft Power BI
- Implementation of user requirements and processes with low-code/no-code technologies (Power Apps, Power Automate)
- Use of Jira and Azure DevOps to plan and implement user stories in an agile project context
- Participation in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives as the technical point of contact
- Planning and implementation of security policies using Azure Conditional Access and multi-factor authentication
- Configuration and deployment of clients and applications via MECM (SCCM) and Baramundi
Manfred P.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager EfA / OZG Online Services at Senatskanzlei ITD Hamburg, Dataport, Police Hamburg
The online service "Special Use of Streets and No-Parking Zone" was in a partially completed state. The following tasks had to be carried out to reach final completion:
- Preparation of an expert report on the status of the online service, and recommendations for action
- Ensuring that all LEIKAS to be used are available (service catalog / service descriptions of the authorities)
- Creating and aligning concepts for complex IT projects (business/IT concepts, architecture, interfaces, roadmaps)
- Requirements management
- Multi-project management with 3 stakeholders (Police, Dataport, development company)
- Determining resource needs
- Coordination to identify technical requirements through the IT architects
- Creating use cases and test cases
- Creating action items
- Managing external IT service providers
- Coordination and management of all activities
- Conflict resolution / business mediation
- User Acceptance Test (UAT) and acceptance by Hamburg Police (Traffic Directorate, Policy Department, Central Road Traffic Authority)
Technical environment: .NET, EfA minimum requirements, Leikas, Administrative Procedure Act (VwVfG), HWG (Hamburg Roads Act), Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office
Niko S.
Last position:
Developing Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics" at HH Energienetze
- Building a data integration platform for high, medium, and low voltage assets for contextual analysis of time series with master data from the SCADA control system (IEC 60870 104), INIS, and SAP.
- Responsibility for the architecture and implementation of the solution, as well as sparring partner for the Product Owner.
- Use of Kotlin, Spring Boot, Maven, TimescaleDB, PostgreSQL, liquibase, Elements IoT, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, Python, jupyter, and various API gateways.
Michael M.
Last position:
IT PROJECT MANAGER (MS Exchange) at Statutory health insurance fund on behalf of Randstad Digital Germany (formerly AUSY Technologies Germany)
Migration from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 and Exchange Online, as well as the introduction of a backup solution and an archiving solution. The goal was to securely modernize the email and archiving infrastructure in compliance with legal requirements and ensure high performance.
Responsibilities as IT PROJECT MANAGER: Overall project management and operational coordination / Ensuring compliance with budget and resource limits / Ensuring project objectives are met / Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and policies, including ISMS, ITIL, and data protection requirements / Preparing and presenting management reports for the project sponsor and steering committee / Coordinating cross-functional teams across Exchange, network, data protection, and IT security / Planning and carrying out the migration from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 / Planning and carrying out the migration from Exchange 2019 to Exchange Online / Planning and introducing a backup solution for Exchange Online / Coordinating an EU-wide tender for an archiving solution, including market research with potential suppliers / Planning and introducing an archiving solution for Exchange Online / Coordinating and preparing the BAS notices required for the project / Coordinating and aligning with stakeholders (for example, business units, external service providers, and suppliers) to define requirements and deliver solutions
Technical environment: MS Exchange 2016, MS Exchange 2019, MS Exchange Online, MSOffice, MS Planner, MS Powerpoint, MS Project, MS Teams, CodeTwo, Hornet Security
Udo N.
Last position:
Project Manager / Rollout Coordinator at BWI
Rollout of printers and PCs
- Effective management of external service providers to ensure smooth operations.
- Planning and implementation of a global rollout for 150,000 clients.
- Carrying out a comprehensive risk analysis, including overall risk, site-specific risks, and security risks.
- Successful consolidation of two existing ServiceNow systems to optimize service management.
- Close coordination with program management to achieve the project goals.
Stephan M.
Last position:
Product Owner at Self-employed
- Industry: Health Care/ IT
- Tools: Internet, telephone, email, Confluence, Azure DevOps, DISweb, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office, FHIR
- Requirements engineering for implementing the e-prescription in an existing PVS and a web-based dialysis monitoring system
- Implementation of the archive and exchange interface of the KBV
- Creation and maintenance of user stories and backlog maintenance
- Stakeholder management and support for developers in implementing the user stories
- Reporting to management and conducting refinements
Ilka S.
Last position:
Interim Accounting Manager at Eppendorf Group SE & Co. KG
- General ledger accounting
- VAT
- ZM reports
- Z4 reports
- Z5a reports
- Intercompany reconciliations
Florian W.
Last position:
Software Engineer at micimo GmbH
- Developing a professional appointment planner for organizations with specific, detailed requirements
- Evaluating various existing software solutions
- Creating a list of technical requirements
- Implementing these requirements
- Technologies under consideration: WebDAV, CalDAV, Rust, Baikal, OAuth, Keycloak
Martin W.
Last position:
Security Auditor at MissionMe
- Environment: AWS, Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, React Native
- Penetration test for Backend, Android-App and iOS-App
Hartmut U.
Last position:
Freelancer at Freelancer
Projects at Raiffeisen Software Group (RSG), Linz from 2022-01-01 to 2025-03-31: application development on mainframe with PL/1, DB2, JCL, Tabex; development environment with idz, Jira, Dimensions, Confluence; execution of projects in banking reporting (own funds, capital requirements, large exposures, leverage ratio)
Project at Airbus, Hamburg from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31: mainframe system enhancements (TAKSY) in agile environment (Scrum, SAFe); business analysis; technical design; implementation (PL/1, DB2, IMS, JCL); test management; deployment
Rainer D.
Last position:
Enterprise Architecture Management / Backend Software Developer at Polizei Hamburg
- Several projects in a police context
- Model and document police procedures/projects with Archimate (as-is/to-be) in the context of P20 (BKA)
- Create software architectures with microservices
- POC development with Springboot/Docker/Kubernetes
- Project size: 10 people
- Enterprise architecture management with Togaf and Archimate
- Backend software development Springboot
- DevOps with Kubernetes
- Implemented using: Java 17/21, Springboot 3, P20 architecture, Togaf, Archimate
Alex O.
Last position:
Contractor at Telefonica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
- Data-analysis, Preparation, gathering and coordination of business requirements for retrieval of monthly- and long term (CLV – relevant) cost- and revenue-components per contract for a customer–base–grouping project (HUB–Project) for B2C-Postpaid-Controlling
- Concept and Implementation of cost- and revenue-KPIs calculation and corresponding CLV–reports (Oracle, Perl, SVN, MS SQL Server, MS Power BI, Serviceware Performance Analytics)
- Operational support of the HUB-Project – various ad-hoc reports, deployments, job-scheduling etc. (Oracle, SVN, BICSuite–Scheduler, DWSODA etc.)
- Analysis, implementation, retrieval and reporting of various physical and financial KPIs for B2P-Prepaid Business on an existing data-mart (Oracle, Perl)
Niels H.
Last position:
certified energy consultant at Vosstech GmbH
As an energy consultant, I have many years of experience advising on, planning, and carrying out renovation projects. I support you throughout the entire process, right through to the project acceptance.
We offer you the following services:
- Preparation of energy demand and consumption certificates
- Individual renovation roadmap (iSFP)
- Applications for funding under BEG EM
- Energy concepts (photovoltaics, storage, energy management systems, electricity providers)
- Heating technology (including heat pumps)
- Renovation (windows, roof, building envelope, etc.)
- Construction supervision and advice on all energy-related questions concerning your construction project
Please feel free to call us for more information.
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft Windows
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years (Germany: 24 years)
Position duration
2.5 years (Germany: 5.2 years)
Positions per freelancer
16 (Germany: 15)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
72% (Germany: 78%)
Master's degree or higher
40% (Germany: 48%)
Doctorate
4% (Germany: 9%)
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
96% (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 Hamburg 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.
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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.
Microsoft Windows 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 (80%)
- Professional Services (52%)
- Banking and Finance (50%)
- Manufacturing (50%)
- Healthcare (39%)
- Retail (38%)
- Education (34%)
- Transportation (32%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Windows foundation
Microsoft Windows is the desktop and server operating system behind business workstations, applications, file services and identity environments. Companies use Windows for office productivity, specialized software, end-user computing and infrastructure that connects people, devices and business systems.
Where it runs
Windows supports corporate desktops, remote workspaces, point-of-sale systems, engineering software and operational applications. Windows Server provides services such as Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, file storage, virtualization and application hosting. In Hamburg, it is common to find Windows environments across logistics, manufacturing, professional services and public-facing organizations.
- Windows 11 workstation rollouts
- Windows Server infrastructure
- Active Directory and Group Policy
- Microsoft 365 and endpoint integration
Ecosystem and tools
Strong Microsoft Windows specialists understand the wider Microsoft ecosystem, not only the operating system. Their toolkit may include PowerShell, Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, Entra ID, Defender, Hyper-V and Windows Autopilot. They also work with identity, networking, backup, monitoring and service management tools that keep the environment reliable.
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance expertise for migrations, office openings, acquisitions, security improvements and support backlogs. External professionals can assess an inherited environment, document risks, standardize devices or deliver a controlled rollout without slowing internal teams.
- Migrate users, devices and profiles
- Harden endpoints and server roles
- Replace manual administration with PowerShell
- Prepare hybrid or remote work environments
Choosing a specialist
Look for professionals who can connect technical changes with user impact, operational constraints and security requirements. Useful evidence includes clear migration plans, reliable automation, concise documentation and experience troubleshooting authentication, policy, networking and application compatibility issues.
They should also explain decisions in language that business stakeholders can use. For Hamburg teams, ask how they collaborate on site, remotely or in a mixed setup and whether they can work effectively in the languages your organization needs.
Quality in delivery
A dependable Windows engagement has defined scope, tested changes, rollback options and measurable acceptance criteria. Strong professionals separate urgent incidents from structural fixes and leave behind repeatable procedures rather than undocumented knowledge.
Quality also shows in the details: least-privilege access, secure configuration, patch planning, backup validation and careful handling of legacy applications. The best outcome is a stable environment that internal teams can operate confidently after the engagement ends.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about Microsoft Windows — answered in short.
Microsoft Windows provides the desktop and server foundation for business applications, user devices, file services, identity management and operational systems. Companies may use Windows 11 for workstations and Windows Server for infrastructure, application hosting and directory services.
Windows is often chosen for its broad business software support, Active Directory integration and compatibility with Microsoft 365. macOS can suit Apple-focused creative environments, while Linux is common for open-source, cloud and specialized server workloads; the right choice depends on applications, security needs and existing skills.
A strong Microsoft Windows professional may also work with PowerShell, Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, Defender, networking, virtualization and backup. Knowledge of Microsoft 365 is valuable when identity, devices and collaboration services must operate together.
The needed experience depends on the environment and the risk of the change. A workstation rollout may need focused delivery skills, while a Windows Server migration, directory redesign or security remediation calls for a professional who has planned, tested and documented comparable changes.
Windows work is often suitable for remote collaboration when secure access, documentation and an agreed change process are available. On-site support can still matter for hardware, network equipment, warehouse devices or issues that cannot be reproduced remotely; Hamburg teams should clarify access and language expectations early.
Ask for a clear approach to discovery, testing, rollout, rollback and documentation. A capable Windows specialist will explain risks, use least-privilege access, validate backups and show how internal teams will operate the resulting environment.
External expertise is useful for migrations, acquisitions, security hardening, device standardization, office launches and persistent support backlogs. A Windows professional can also provide an independent assessment when internal teams need a practical plan before committing to a larger change.
Freelancers working with Windows should expect a mix of legacy applications, Microsoft cloud services, endpoint controls and business-critical infrastructure. Clear communication, careful access handling and the ability to collaborate remotely or on site are important when supporting organizations in Hamburg.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects is 96 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 766 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects, 72% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 40% hold at least a Master's degree, and 4% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects are German (100%), English (96%), and French (16%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects are Information Technology (80%), Professional Services (52%), and Banking and Finance (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Project Management (75%), and Product Development (63%).
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