I'm an IT professional building practical projects and home labs to develop hands-on skills in Windows Server infrastructure, networking, virtualisation, automation and Microsoft Azure.
This GitHub documents my progression into infrastructure and cloud engineering through practical, documented projects.
A multi-server Windows infrastructure environment built with Hyper-V, designed to simulate the core networking, identity, security and file services of a small organisation.
Windows Server 2025 Hyper-V RRAS Active Directory DNS DHCP Group Policy Windows LAPS PowerShell SMB NTFS
- Built a segmented multi-server Hyper-V environment with dedicated routing, domain controller, file server and client roles.
- Configured RRAS routing, NAT and DHCP relay across isolated server and client networks.
- Deployed Active Directory with structured OUs, security groups and AGDLP-based access control.
- Configured AD-integrated DNS, DHCP and Group Policy, including workstation security and Windows LAPS.
- Implemented SMB file services with group-based NTFS permissions and least-privilege access.
- Validated infrastructure services using Windows administration tools and PowerShell.
- PowerShell automation.
- Additional Domain Controller and AD/DNS replication.
- Backup and recovery testing.
- Centralised monitoring and logging.
- Extend the environment into Azure.
- Implement hybrid identity and networking.
- Introduce Infrastructure as Code.
Build and deploy a cloud-hosted portfolio using Azure services, automation and CI/CD.
Design and deploy a secure Azure infrastructure environment covering compute, networking, identity, monitoring and Infrastructure as Code.
Explore my repositories to see the projects and technical documentation I'm currently building.