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Daniel Petri is a world-known IT professional, technical trainer and creator of one of the world's largest IT knowledge bases – www.petri.co.il. Daniel consults to leading global Fortune 1000 companies in Microsoft IT Infrastructure and Engineering strategies.
For his contribution to the IT Pro community Daniel has received the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for the 6th time In a row.
He is one of a few select worldwide Windows Server System - Exchange Server MVPs, and currently the only one to hold this award from Israel.
Visit Daniel's public MVP profile at this link:
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Petri
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To read more about the worldwide MVP program please click on the MVP logo on the right or use this link:
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpexecsum
Daniel was given the position of leader for Israel's Unified Communication User Group. With Daniel's lead, this UG will focus on Exchange Server 2010, preparing Israel's IT Pros for the newest version of the product. During the UG's meetings, new sessions will be presented, and round table ask-the-experts events will take place.
http://www.petri.co.il/daniel-petri-to-lead-israels-unified-communication-user-group.htm
Daniel's professional certifications include Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified System Administrator and Microsoft Certified Trainer.
After spending over 12 years of training hundreds of students and IT professionals, Daniel was nominated by Microsoft to spearhead the Windows Server 2008 training in Israel, giving many first-time lectures on the topic and training other trainers and Microsoft certified partners. Daniel was also in charge of Microsoft's Rapid Deployment Project for Windows Server 2008, gaining important knowledge on the subject.
Daniel currently works as VP Technologies for ObserveIT, a company with an innovative product that allows recording and auditing of Terminal server, RDP and Citrix sessions. Read more about Daniel's new position at My new job - VP Technologies for ObserveIT – Enterprise Scale Window Session Recording.
You can read more about ObserveIT in the following link: www.observeIT-sys.com
In his spare time, Daniel rides a 1340cc 200bhp 2010 model Suzuki Hayabusa sports bike and manages the Israeli Bikers forum.
Prior to that, Daniel has worked as the Microsoft Infrastructure and Security Manager for John Bryce Training, Israel's leading CTEC and computer learning center, with branches in Israel, Europe and China. Daniel has been in charge of leading the companies technological vision, plus developing dedicated training solutions for various clients all over the world.
Read more about John Bryce Training at: www.johnbryce.co.il
In the past 10 years Daniel has provided high-quality training, management and consulting for Israel's leading computer and IT schools, and to a wide span of high-tech companies:
- Sivan computer college
- John-Bryce computer college (a Matrix company)
- Hi-Tech computer college
- Mediatek computer college
- The Tel-Aviv College
- The Ramat-Gan Law College
- The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- The Henrietta Szold Institute
- Orsus Solutions
- Pelephone Communication
- Maccabi Health Care
- Aminach
- Ankor Systems
- NCR
- Bank Leumi
- Bank Ben-Leumi
- Israeli Aircraft Industries
- Refael
- Amraz/Amgat (a Coca Cola company)
- IBM Israel
- Comverse
- Israeli Police
- iForex
- Tel-Aviv municipality
- Hertzelyia municipality
- Jerusalm municipality
- Various government agencies
and many others.
Daniel Petri is available on a contract basis for the following types of projects, schedule permitting:
- Technical training on Windows NT, XP, 2000, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7 and internetworking technologies, including customized courses;
- Messaging services consolidation and migration, including Exchange Server 5.5/2000/2003/2007/2010;
- Freelance authoring, including content and course development;
- Active Directory and domain migration planning;
- Short-term consulting projects;
- Technical training.
On the Net
You can always post your questions right here, on the Petri.co.il forums. You can be sure you'll get a quick answer.
You can find Daniel on these forums:
- Manager, administrator and moderator of the Petri.co.il forums with over 45,000 registered members worldwide
- Moderator of the IT Experts forums at Tapuz - Israel's largest online community
- Windows Server Exchange forums at Microsoft Support Forums
- Manager of the Microsoft Servers forum at John Bryce Israel
- Manager of the Exchange forum at John Bryce Israel
In his spare time, Daniel manages the Israeli Motorcycle Forum at Tapuz.
Events
You can meet Daniel at many live events. Here is a list of some of the past, present and (known) future events:
- Tech-Ed 2005 - Orlando FL, USA
- Global MVP Summit 2005 - Seattle, WA, USA
- Tech-Ed 2006 - Eilat, Israel
- Tech-Ed 2006 - Boston, MA, USA
- Tech-Ed (IT Forum) 2006 - Barcelona, Spain
- Windows Server 2008 Launch Events - Israel
- Global MVP Summit 2007 - Seattle, WA, USA
- Global MVP Summit 2008 - Seattle, WA, USA
- Tech-Ed 2008 - Eilat, Israel
- Global MVP Summit 2009 - Seattle, WA, USA
- Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 Launch Events - Israel
- Exchange Server 2010 Launch Events - Israel
- Global MVP Summit 2010 - Seattle, WA, USA
And many others
Contact Information
- Personal e-mail: daniel at petri dot co dot il
- Alternative e-mail: dpetri at gmail dot com
- Personal mobile phone number - 972-50-2151515 (Dial 050-2151515 from Israel)
- Webmaster: Admin at petri dot co dot il
Please respect Daniel's privacy. He'd love to hear about you and to listen to what you have to say, but please, no support calls here! Use the Forums instead.
- You can always use the Feedback page.




