This is my personal website.
Also a place to link my various other sites on the net, and share some of my software tools.
Most of the contents here are about Information Technology, based on the experience I have developed through time.
You can find my detailed CV on my LinkedIn page.
Here is a very brief summary if you are in a hurry:
- freelance web designer
- freelance programmer
- system administrator - Windows Server and Active Directory environments
- MS SQL Server DB administrator, T-SQL programmer
- application/Web developer - MS Visual Studio and Ruby on Rails
- MS Office (VBA) developer
- Lotus Notes/Domino mail system administrator.
Besides my main specialized software projects, I have developed some tools that I think would be interesting for companies which prefer to avoid expensive and complex enterprise tools.
They are made for Active Directory environments, and designed to make a sysadmin's life simpler.
Take a look at their dedicated site for all the details, features and screenshots.
- inactive/disabled users and computers;
- computers grouped by OS;
- locked users, expired/expiring users and passwords;
- groups by type, empty groups.
- retrieve any information about a computer (hardware/software inventory, logged user, running processes, services);
- connect to it remotely (via RDP or VNC);
- manage it remotely (via management console or registry);
- retrieve any information about a domain user (creation date, last logon, last password change, expiration, group membership);
Features:
- entirely managed by the system administrator;
- no installation necessary, it can be copied on a network share to be accessible to all users;
- backup is compressed and moved to a predefined network share;
- setup is made via a simple centralized text file.
My technical blog, formerly called Alex's Vault, contains a series of articles regarding my experiences with Active Directory domains, Terminal servers, programming, and more.
You can find it at pianaro.wordpress.com.
Its goal is to discuss, in a simple and practical way, techniques and information that I consider poorly documented or particularly interesting. I try to follow a clear and direct approach.
Feel free to explore it and leave your (constructive) comments.
I hope you can find it useful.
Email
alex@pianaro.com
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/alessandropianaro
No Facebook, no Twitter, sorry.
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