Ian Halford

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About Ian Halford

Tenacious, passionate, high energy IT professional with experience in IT helpdesk roles, as well as programming. Working in small business and government funded facility. Achievements* Small Business Server migration, PC upgrades from Windows XP to Windows 7 and Office 2003 to Office 2010.* Installation and management of multiple shopping centres and business park offices around the U.K (PC's, printers, broadband, Office365 and web filtering).* Helped develop electronic form for use on tablets for renowned automotive company, allowing the client to work more efficiently, whilst also reducing costs and waste. Configuring iPad's through Apple Configurator to align with network policies.* Office moves for various clients including organisation of cabling and hardware.* Diagnosing and replacing various hardware, UPS batteries and units, backup tape drives, RAM memory.Specialties: Windows Small Business Server and Windows Server, Hardware issues, Windows 7/8.1, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, Active Directory, Symantec Backup Exec, Microsoft Office, Office365, Tablet and Mobile devices, CRM, SharePoint, Python, Plone, CMS website construction. Good understanding of VPN, DNS, HTTP, FTP, Hyper-V and VMWare (Virtualized environments) and Group Policies.