Windows Server Experts in Austria
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Claus E.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager – Digitalization in Insurance & Telecommunications
Initiation, planning, management and completion of several digitalization projects
Requirements management including proposal preparation, business concepts & process analyses
Stakeholder management (internal steering, external service providers, business units)
Resource & capacity planning, controlling, budget responsibility
Claim and change management (including escalation handling)
Project marketing & knowledge management
Quality assurance & risk management in line with PMO standards
Implementation of a cloud-based solution in customer service (insurance)
Harmonization & digitalization of approval and contract processes
Reduction of processing times by >20 % through optimized workflows
Establishment of standardized project controlling with BI dashboard
Jira • Confluence • MS365 (Project, Teams, SharePoint) • ITIL • PRINCE2
Martin A.
Last position:
Project management for reorganization of the logistics department at Strebelwerk GmbH
- Analysis and optimization of goods receipt, storage, inventory management, order picking and shipping
- Documentation of individual business processes
Damir D.
Last position:
Senior IT Consultant at Dudakovic e.U.
- Consulting in national and international projects in various roles and sectors (banking and finance, public sector, telecommunications, data management, software development)
- Engaging in project management, requirements management, business analysis, process management, IT consulting and coaching
- Delivering sustainable value quickly and efficiently due to high complexity and diversity of projects and expertise
- Emphasizing collegiality and integrity and fostering a positive team atmosphere
Peter S.
Last position:
Lead Software Architect at Pritz IT GmbH
- Lead software architect in a greenfield MES project (Manufacturing Execution System / factory control system), responsible for architecture decisions, technology selection, and technical direction throughout the entire development lifecycle
- Designed and built the core framework from scratch, including several reusable Spring Boot starters (e.g., OPC-UA integration, messaging, security) that enable flexible composition of the individual system modules
- Introduced Keycloak as the central authentication and authorization system with SSO across all MES components
- Created and owns the full CI/CD pipeline covering Java, NPM and Docker – automating build, test, containerisation and deployment across all project components
- Set up the architecture documentation space in Confluence as the single source of truth for all architecture decisions, component designs, and integration patterns
- Defined and enforced naming conventions and coding standards to ensure consistency in the growing codebase
- Conducted regular code reviews for quality assurance, knowledge sharing, and adherence to architecture guidelines
- Created and maintained technology roadmaps to guide future development priorities and infrastructure investments
Raphael M.
Last position:
Team Lead / Head of Service Desk & Field Service at B&R Industrial Automation (ABB)
- Owned day-to-day IT operations for Service Desk, Field Service, and on-call support, ensuring business continuity for a multi-site environment
- Led the transition from Lotus Notes incident tracking to ServiceNow, defining process design, workflows, roles, and reporting
- Implemented a modern telephony system with integrated reporting, enabling real-time visibility of volumes, wait times, and SLA adherence
- Launched a customer self-service portal and on-site walk-in support model to improve first-contact resolution and user experience
- Designed, documented, and rolled out SLAs, delivering targeted training for engineers and stakeholders to drive adoption and compliance
- Acted as process owner for service operations, establishing operating procedures, request/change/incident interfaces, and quality controls
- Partnered with business and IS/OT stakeholders to prioritize demand, reduce operational risk, and improve service reliability
Joseph W.
Last position:
Freelancer Cloud / Solution Architect (AWS) at A1 Bank
- I am responsible for providing solution architecture and technical assistance for a migration initiative aimed at transitioning to a new core banking system.
- The project involves replacing in-house development with a commercially available off-the-shelf core banking system operated as SaaS on AWS.
- Duties encompass solution design, technical coordination, supporting development teams, and providing IT support and troubleshooting.
- Managing over 10 global vendors and partners is crucial to project success.
- Technologies: VMWare ESXi, AWS, EKS Kubernetes, Mastercard Payment Transaction Service, Avaloq, A1 Telekom Austria infrastructure, CheckPoint FW, F5, Site-to-Site VPNs, PingID, Futurae SDK, Airlock, UC4/Automic, Firebase, iOS/Android lifecycle management, AWS IAM, AWS AppStream, AWS S3, AWS Transfer Family, QlikView, OpenAPI.
Walter R.
Last position:
Management Consultant & IT Consultant at Self-employed
- Advising companies and leaders with a focus on organizational development, process clarity, decision-making, and guiding change processes.
- Analyzing existing structures, identifying optimization opportunities, and developing sustainable solutions at the intersection of people, processes, and IT, with tailored support as needed.
Christian M.
Last position:
Principal Consultant at Theo Förch GmbH & Co KG
- Industry: Wholesale
- Role: Implementation, Design, Strategy Consulting, Support, Troubleshooting, Performance Tuning, Architecture
- Scope: Company-wide
- Activities:
- Migration/upgrade execution and support for IBM Cognos Analytics and IBM Cognos Controller, Planning Analytics 2.1 (Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), Planning Analytics Excel (PAFE), Cube Views, Multidimensional Expressions (MDX))
- Operational and Strategic Consulting and Support for the internal IT team in Installation, Configuration, Performance Tuning and Architecture, Security and Compliance
- System Environment: IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1x, IBM Planning Analytics Workspace 2.1, IBM Planning Analytics Excel 2.1, IBM Cognos Controller 11.1, Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2022
Fadil K.
Last position:
Self-employed IT Service Provider at HG46-IT e.U.
- Setup of server and application infrastructures
- 3rd-level support for issues
- Consulting for application software and hardware
- Website design
- Network setup and conclusion of maintenance contracts
Kevin L.
Last position:
Data Consultant at VBV Pension and Provident Fund Austria
Development of a structured framework and comprehensive guidelines for documenting business and audit processes in a regulated financial environment. Support for the standardization of process documentation to improve transparency, consistency, and traceability across all operational workflows. Contribution to defining documentation standards, templates, and governance principles for internal process management and audit readiness.
Christian F.
Last position:
Project Manager at EVVA Sicherheitstechnologie GmbH
- Lead the SPG team
- Coordinate teams and activities across company boundaries
- Intensive time and cost controlling
- Monthly reporting to the CIO/CDO
- Contributing to the technical solution concept and sprint planning
- Responsibility for rollout planning
- Involvement in testing
Simon S.
Last position:
Owner at Simon Söllinger e.U.
Lulzim B.
Last position:
Centralized monitoring
- Setup and maintain Prometheus and Grafana via Docker for more than 2.000 services.
- Setup CI/CD with Ansible to provision and maintain Prometheus and Grafana.
- Metrics visualization and segregation in multiple dynamic dashboards.
- Setup of real time alerting for critical services.
Karl S.
Last position:
Freelancer
- Implementation of a Blazor application and Windows services with RabbitMQ, MS Orleans, SignalR and Powershell to manage automatic deployments and updates in VMware
- Development of a WPF application with C# and REST API integration (object annotation) for a German automotive company in distributed teams (Austria, Germany, Russia, India) with the following tasks:
- Requirement analysis, design, implementation, branching/merging, code reviews, optimizations, testing, bug fixing
- Integration of payment terminals and card readers into a vending platform using .NET Core
- Frontend development in Angular & AngularJS (SignalR and REST API integration, TypeScript, HTML, CSS)
Nehat A.
Last position:
IT Application Manager at Self Employed - BM.I
- .net C# - IIS Application Management
- Graylog, MS Windows Server AD, DNS, DHCP, Failover Cluster Manager, Ansible Linux for Deployment, MS SQL Server
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Statistics of experts using Windows Server
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
3.9 years
Positions per freelancer
9
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
56%
Master's degree or higher
39%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, Bosnian
Speak two or more languages
100%
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 Austria 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 Austria using Windows Server
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.
Windows Server 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 (95%)
- Manufacturing (42%)
- Professional Services (42%)
- Retail (42%)
- Banking and Finance (37%)
- Telecommunication (37%)
- Healthcare (26%)
- Insurance (26%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Windows infrastructure
Windows Server is Microsoft’s server operating system for identity, file services, applications, virtualization and network management. Companies use it in corporate data centers, branch offices and hybrid environments alongside Microsoft 365, Azure and on-premises systems. The platform is also known through the broader Microsoft Windows Server ecosystem and its former Windows NT Server name.
Core services
A Windows Server environment can provide centralized authentication, policy control, DNS, DHCP, file storage and print services. Experts configure these services to support reliable access across offices, devices and business applications. They also plan permissions, naming structures and redundancy so daily operations remain manageable as the organization changes.
Tools and ecosystem
The work often combines Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy, PowerShell, Hyper-V and Windows Admin Center. Depending on the environment, specialists also work with SQL Server, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Arc, Microsoft 365 and backup platforms. Familiarity with networking, certificates, endpoint management and security monitoring is essential for complete solutions.
Common project work
- Design or restructure Active Directory domains, forests and organizational units
- Migrate file servers, workloads and identities with controlled downtime
- Build Hyper-V clusters and connect on-premises systems with Azure
- Automate administration, patching and reporting with PowerShell
- Harden servers, review permissions and prepare recovery procedures
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance specialists during migrations, acquisitions, audits, data-center changes and cloud transitions. External expertise is useful when internal teams need additional capacity without committing to a permanent structure. In Austria, remote collaboration often works well for planning and administration, while on-site work can help with hardware, legacy systems or tightly controlled facilities.
What strong experts deliver
Strong professionals begin with an inventory of identities, dependencies, applications and network paths. They document decisions, test changes and create rollback plans before touching production. They communicate clearly with security, application and service teams, and leave behind repeatable PowerShell automation, useful diagrams and operational guidance. German-language collaboration may be important for local stakeholders, while many technical environments also rely on English documentation.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Windows Server.
Windows Server provides services that organizations need to run internal applications and networks. Common roles include Active Directory authentication, DNS, DHCP, file and print services, Hyper-V virtualization, web hosting and centralized policy management.
Windows Server is often chosen where Microsoft identity, desktop, application and management tools are central to the environment. Linux can be a strong alternative for many web, container and open-source workloads, so the right choice depends on application support, operational skills, licensing and integration needs.
A strong Windows Server specialist should understand networking, Active Directory, PowerShell, virtualization and backup design. Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, Microsoft 365, SQL Server, certificates and security monitoring is valuable for hybrid environments.
The required background depends on the risk and scope of the work. A focused policy or PowerShell task may need a narrower skill set, while domain restructuring, disaster recovery or a hybrid migration calls for a professional who has planned, tested and documented comparable changes.
Much of Windows Server administration can be performed remotely through secure management channels, including configuration, monitoring, automation and documentation. On-site collaboration may still be useful for physical servers, legacy equipment, disconnected networks or strict access procedures in Austrian facilities.
Companies often engage a Windows Server expert for migrations, identity redesigns, security reviews, urgent capacity needs or complex troubleshooting. External support can also provide an independent assessment before a cloud transition or data-center change.
Ask for a clear explanation of dependencies, risks, testing steps and rollback options. A capable Windows Server professional documents the environment, uses least-privilege access, automates repeatable work where appropriate and explains operational decisions in language your team can use.
A well-run Windows Server project should produce an agreed design, change plan, configuration records and security considerations. Depending on the scope, it may also include migration runbooks, PowerShell scripts, network and identity diagrams, monitoring rules, recovery tests and handover documentation.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Windows Server in their recent projects is 101 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 807 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Windows Server in their recent projects, 56% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 39% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Windows Server in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Windows Server in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Bosnian (11%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Windows Server in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Manufacturing (42%), and Professional Services (42%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Windows Server in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Operations (63%), and Project Management (53%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Windows Server
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
Vienna Graz 
Vienna Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
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