Friedrich Weinmann
Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft
Kirchheim unter Teck, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolFriedrich Weinmann is a Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft with nine years of experience specializing in security, automation and PowerShell-driven infrastructure. He contributes to high-profile open source projects like dbatools—improving SQL Server automation and migration scripts—and has built Exchange Server security auditing tooling that helped detect exploitation patterns such as Hafnium. As an infrastructure architect for dbatools and a former DevOps consultant, he blends hands-on scripting with mentoring and systems design to make complex admin tasks repeatable and auditable. Based in Kirchheim unter Teck, he treats PowerShell coding as a form of relaxation, reflecting a genuine craftsperson’s attention to code quality and maintainability.
9 years of coding experience
Wirtschaftsinformatik / Business IT, Wirtschaftsinformatik / Business IT at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)
German, English
Github Skills (15)
sql-server10
audit10
powershell10
databases10
vulnerability-detection10
auditing10
code-auditing10
audit-logging10
scripting10
database10
exchange-server10
audit-trail10
mssqlserver9
database-administration9
microsoft-sql-server9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
dataplat/dbatools
Feb 2017 - Jan 2022
🚀 SQL Server automation and instance migrations have never been safer, faster or freer
Role in this project:
Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Database Engineer / Database AdministratorContributions:2 reviews, 139 commits, 251 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Friedrich primarily focused on modifying and updating PowerShell scripts within the dbatools repository. Their work centered around enhancing the functionality of existing database-related tools, such as `Find-DbaDependency` (renamed to `Get-DbaDependency`), `Restore-DbaDatabase`, and `Remove-DbaMasterKey`. They also implemented changes to improve the configuration system and address code analysis findings, demonstrating a focus on code quality and maintainability. These changes appear to be focused on SQL Server automation and database administration.
sqlserverbackupsaferserver-automationsql-server
microsoft/CSS-Exchange
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
Exchange Server support tools and scripts
Role in this project:Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 2 PRs in 5 days
Contributions summary:Friedrich's contributions primarily revolve around developing PowerShell scripts for security auditing and vulnerability detection within an Exchange Server environment. They implemented a script to detect signs of the Hafnium exploit by analyzing Exchange Server logs, including the HttpProxy and OABGenerator logs. Additionally, the user enhanced the tools by incorporating parallel processing capabilities and adding properties for specific vulnerabilities. The changes also include formatting and help documentation improvements.
exchangeexchange-serversupport-toolsmicrosoft
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