Petri Paavola
CEO Founder at Microsoft MVP Programme
Espoo, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolPetri Paavola is a cloud and endpoint management expert with 24 years of deep Microsoft-centric experience, combining hands-on deployment of thousands of devices with leadership in both on-prem Active Directory/ConfigMgr environments and modern Intune/Autopilot workflows. As CEO and founder of Yodamiitti Oy and a 14-year Microsoft MVP, he blends consulting, training, and tooling—often automating solutions with PowerShell—to help organizations simplify device lifecycle and security. He ran Aalto University’s workstation service, overseeing 8,500 mixed-OS clients and shaping domain operations and team practices at Finland’s largest technical university. A seasoned conference speaker and community builder, Petri co-owns the Workplace Ninja User Group Finland and frequently presents internationally on practical modern management techniques. Known for translating complex technical problems into clear “how and why” guidance, he repeatedly turns operational pain points into reusable scripts and community tools. Based in Espoo, he brings a pragmatic mix of engineering, teaching, and product-minded consulting to large-scale device management challenges.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Aalto UniversityTeknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
English, Finnish
Github Skills (10)
ime9
intune9
windows9
eventlog8
logfile8
guid7
html7
powershell7
microsoft1
database1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
petripaavola/Yodamiitti_IntuneManagementGUI_CommunityEdition
Mar 2019 - Apr 2020
Advanced Powershell based GUI for Intune management
Contributions:10 commits, 7 pushes in 1 year
intunepowershell
petripaavola/Intune
Nov 2017 - Nov 2022
Scripts and tools for Cloud Managed Windows 10
Contributions:84 commits, 162 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
windows
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