Microsoft Windows Experts in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used Microsoft Windows
Georgi S.
Last position:
Founder & Executive Advisor | Transformation, Governance & Interim Management at STOEV Enterprises
- Established and lead STOEV Enterprises as an independent management and strategic advisory firm
- Advisory focus on transformation, governance, organizational development, program management and interim management
- Structuring complex situations and developing clear decision-making foundations for management and leadership bodies
- Developing and further enhancing governance, organizational and operating models
- Executive sparring and management advisory on strategic, organizational and operational issues
- Managing and supporting complex transformation, change and implementation initiatives
- Supporting program and portfolio management, prioritization, roadmaps, risks, dependencies and management reporting
- Taking on interim management and leadership responsibilities to stabilize and further develop organizations and initiatives
- Combining a strategic management perspective with a pragmatic, execution-focused approach
- Focus on customer orientation, service excellence and alignment between management, business units, IT, customers and external partners
- Advisory services in IT transformation, IT governance, service & operations management, infrastructure and platform services, as well as sourcing and supplier governance
- Experience in complex, technology-driven and regulated organizations, as well as in the Swiss federal environment
Mike B.
Last position:
Freelance UX-Researcher, Designer at Bodensee Schiffsbetriebe; Labhard-Medien
- UX research, UX concept development, and UX design for an AI dialogue system with information on events, locations, public transport timetables, and special trips. Observations, remote user tests, session recordings, analytics evaluations, RapidUserTests, prototyping, etc., using Figma/Figma Make, Claude Design, and OpenAI Codex (Design)
Gwang Jin K.
Last position:
Data Scientist / Applied AI, Automation & Data Systems Researcher at Independent
- Built and explored applied GenAI, RAG, GraphRAG, local LLM, agentic AI and document-intelligence prototypes for structured analysis, evidence extraction, semantic search, technical reasoning and decision-useful reporting
- Developed private local-LLM workflows and AI system patterns focused on privacy, reproducibility, reviewability, low-cost inference and practical user control
- Built reproducible Python/R workflows for data analysis, automation, API-driven tooling, validation logic, technical documentation and AI-assisted software development
- Designed workflows around explicit assumptions, traceable inputs, reviewable outputs and failure-mode awareness rather than black-box “looks good” demonstrations
- Supported RAHN AG in a chemical/regulatory environment with data extraction and processing around WERCS, a regulatory application for chemical product and compliance data
- Explored complex application/database schemas and wrote nested SQL queries to extract information for mixture calculations, component relationships, regulatory rules and reporting logic
- Continued hands-on development in Git/GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket, Docker/Linux deployment patterns, REST/API workflows, error handling, technical writing and fast AI-assisted prototyping
- Built technical writing and documentation workflows that turn complex systems into clear runbooks, checklists, decision notes and user-facing explanations
Urs S.
Last position:
CargoMonitor App at MSR Electronics GmbH
MVP app for shock logger to monitor and analyze transport data via BLE as a Kotlin Multiplatform solution for Android and iOS.
Falk S.
Last position:
Freelancer at SOL4ERP SAP Consulting Schlüsener
Self-employed Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
- Support services for SAP transformations
- Support services for SAP FI projects (based on ECC and S/4)
Detlef W.
Last position:
Sourcing Manager at BEDAG Informatik AG
- Solely responsible for managing procurement operations
- WTO tenders in an open procedure
- Invitation process
- Direct call-offs and mini-tenders from framework contracts
- Simap.ch, SuisseOffer.ch, Confluence, Jira, Microsoft 365 applications
Michael R.
Last position:
Project Manager, Hustler, & Hound "Project Metrics on the Internet" at Global-KPI
- Project management, hustler (identifying the full financial picture including sales, pitching, financial analysis, & business models) and hound (identifying real customer needs including research & analysis) to build a project metrics system on the Internet.
- The system allows users to make informed decisions to keep projects on track according to key data or to realign them when they deviate negatively from the plan.
- Providing a forecast alongside the current status.
- Automatic calculation and display of metrics based on user-entered project key data.
- Skills: project management, project metrics.
- Problem space: Co-Innovation Builder (CIB), corporate innovation team setup, team profile / team canvas, design thinking, highlighting people, creating customer personas, market exploration, defining the problem.
- Solution space: narrowing the problem, how to turn ideas into solutions, how to turn solutions into a concept, customer journey, business model canvas, value proposition canvas, prototyping, refining the prototype and business model canvas, final pitch.
Ulysse Brice M.
Last position:
Agile Quality Engineer & Quality Master at Die Mobiliar
- Test strategy design
- Continuous defect tracking and documentation
- Test case creation and execution for performance and end-to-end tests as well as mass tests
- Responsibility for all test activities in the team
- Requirements and documentation analysis
- Agile testing based on stories, epics and features
- Test management and coordination
- Use of SAFe (PI planning, PI preparation, sprints, daily meetings, Kanban board, retrospective, review)
- Use of GitHub, Tortoise, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Splunk, Swagger UI, Tosca, Rocket.Chat, Visual Studio Code, Oracle SQL Developer
- SAFe framework and project abroad
Peter W.
Last position:
IT Consultant at WYP-Consulting
Ralf R.
Last position:
Security Architect at Federal Employment Agency
Responsibility for the design, migration, and integration of a security- and audit-critical HashiCorp Vault platform in the trust center of a nationwide authority with system-critical importance.
Analysis and realignment of the existing HashiCorp Vault landscape, including production and planned use cases
Design, proof-of-concept, migration, and integration of HashiCorp Vault Enterprise, taking into account the authority's PKI and operational processes
Design and implementation of an automated certificate and secrets management system for 300 Kubernetes clusters and several thousand certificates in the trust center
Securing the Vault platform using hardware security modules (HSM)
The solution enables a highly available, audit-compliant, and automated operation of certificate and secrets use cases in a highly regulated environment.
Technologies used: HashiCorp Vault Enterprise, Terraform, Ansible, OpenSSL, PKI, HSM
Hanspeter J.
Last position:
Lead Salesforce Consultant DACH at DXC Technology
- Recording, validating, and coordinating customer requirements
- Analyzing customers' business processes, and designing and implementing solutions in Salesforce
- Designing and developing Salesforce architectures using Sales and Service Cloud
- Maintaining and expanding my skills to stay current with Salesforce's new features
- Taking an active role in the pre-sales phase and working closely with sales and pre-sales teams
- Building and strengthening the team's expertise in new areas
- Actively helping to define and align my role within DXC's best practices
- MC Growth implementation
- AI Agentforce Agents Builder
- Agent Designer with elements.cloud
- Salesforce org assessments
- Process configuration mining
- Serving as a single point of contact for global SFDC contacts
- Coordinating projects with the EMEA and global headquarters
- Preparing proposals and presales work with Salesforce Account Executives and client partners for global accounts
Bojan A.
Last position:
Full Stack Developer with Angular at Further Education
- Highest level achieved: Certified Mid-Level Angular Developer
- 13 technologies newly learned or refreshed with (re-)certifications
- Current: Docker, Azure, Quarkus
Philipp S.
Last position:
Equity Portfolio Manager - Digital Wealth Management at Interactive Brokers LLC
- Solely responsible for two portfolios totaling USD 1 million with an average monthly performance of 2%
- Responsible for the investment strategy, specializing in US equities and ETFs (exchanges: NASDAQ and NYSE)
- Market, trend, data, and technical chart analysis
- Risk management – diversification, daily/weekly risk mitigation measures (rebalancing) to ensure optimal portfolio profitability
Reinhold S.
Last position:
Senior Software Developer at Hitachi Energy
- Support and further development of the Leegoo Builder
- Handling ad hoc requests
- Definition of rules/attributes and their rules
- Optimizing and managing SQL queries
Roland A.
Last position:
Project Manager and Senior Business Analyst at Init Services GmbH
- Project management: Implementation of SAP & EBX integration for master and reference data management and led development of AI supported services for data management and privacy-oriented solutions
- Business analysis: Executed in-depth requirement gathering and data analyzes for MDM implementation, supported service integration using REST APIs to enhance service interoperability, led the requirement gathering, analysis, and implementation of agent-based AI services
- Technologies: SAP BP & FICO & MM, Tibco EBX, n8n, custom AI development in Java, Python, RDBMS, cloud
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft Windows
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
69%
Master's degree or higher
44%
Doctorate
13%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Switzerland are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
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Explore rate insightsAverage rates of experts in Switzerland using Microsoft Windows
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 19 Sep 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 (87%)
- Banking and Finance (65%)
- Manufacturing (56%)
- Government and Administration (55%)
- Professional Services (51%)
- Telecommunication (47%)
- Insurance (44%)
- Transportation (36%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Windows in the workplace
Microsoft Windows is the desktop operating system behind business workstations, laptops and specialist devices across many industries. Companies use it for secure user access, office productivity, line-of-business software, device management and remote work. Windows Server extends the same ecosystem to identity, file services, applications and virtual infrastructure.
Business systems
Windows supports environments that depend on Microsoft applications, Active Directory, SQL Server, .NET software and Microsoft 365. It is common in manufacturing, finance, healthcare, logistics and professional services, including distributed teams and on-site operations in Switzerland. Specialists align the operating system with business processes rather than treating it as an isolated desktop tool.
Ecosystem and tooling
A strong Windows professional works across the surrounding Microsoft stack and can connect endpoint, identity and cloud services.
- Windows 10 and Windows 11 deployment, migration and configuration
- Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy and DNS
- Microsoft Intune, Autopilot and endpoint compliance
- PowerShell automation, patching and software distribution
- Azure integration, Entra ID and Microsoft 365
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance expertise during office rollouts, acquisitions, operating system migrations and security upgrades. External support is also useful when internal teams face recurring incidents, inconsistent device policies or a need to modernize legacy Windows Server workloads. Remote collaboration works well for planning, configuration and troubleshooting; on-site work may matter for hardware, factory and branch deployments.
What professionals deliver
Typical deliverables include a documented target architecture, deployment packages, Group Policy designs, PowerShell scripts, device baselines and migration runbooks. Professionals may also improve backup routines, endpoint detection, access controls and user onboarding. They should explain technical decisions clearly and leave behind repeatable procedures that internal teams can maintain.
How to assess quality
Look for hands-on work with the exact Windows editions, server roles and Microsoft services in scope. Strong specialists test changes in a controlled environment, plan rollback paths and distinguish user-impacting incidents from deeper identity or network faults. Ask for evidence of secure configuration, clear documentation and successful collaboration across remote and on-site teams.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Microsoft Windows.
Companies use Microsoft Windows for employee workstations, business applications, secure access, file services and specialist equipment. Windows Server, Microsoft 365 and Azure services extend the environment into identity, collaboration and hosted infrastructure.
Microsoft Windows is often chosen for its broad application compatibility, Active Directory integration and support for managed corporate devices. macOS can suit Apple-focused teams, while Linux is common for particular server and development workloads; the right choice depends on software, hardware, security and operational needs.
A strong Windows expert may also work with PowerShell, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, Microsoft Intune, Entra ID, Microsoft 365 and Azure. Knowledge of networking, endpoint security, virtualization and backup is valuable when the assignment covers more than desktop configuration.
The required depth depends on the scope. A workstation rollout may need focused deployment and troubleshooting skills, while a Windows Server migration or identity redesign calls for proven planning, testing, security and rollback experience.
Yes. Microsoft Windows projects involving planning, policy design, automation and remote support can often be handled remotely with secure access and clear change procedures. On-site presence may still be useful for device staging, factory systems, branch hardware or sensitive environments in Switzerland.
Bring in a Windows professional for a migration, acquisition, security improvement, large device rollout or recurring operational issue. External expertise is also useful when the internal team needs a documented design or temporary capacity without changing the long-term team structure.
Ask how the specialist would test changes, protect user data, manage privileged access and recover from a failed deployment. A capable Windows professional can describe comparable environments, explain trade-offs in plain language and provide clear documentation rather than relying on undocumented fixes.
A Windows freelancer should confirm the device estate, operating system versions, server roles, identity model, security requirements and access constraints. They should also clarify remote or on-site expectations, stakeholder responsibilities, change windows and the acceptance criteria for each deliverable.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects is 112 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 897 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects, 69% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 44% hold at least a Master's degree, and 13% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects are German (100%), English (95%), and French (45%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects are Information Technology (87%), Banking and Finance (65%), and Manufacturing (56%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Windows in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Project Management (78%), and Product Development (71%).
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