Samuel Drey
Pod Lead & Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolSamuel Drey is a Pod Lead and Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft with over 8 years of experience architecting and operating large-scale Microsoft 365 and Azure solutions, especially for Canadian federal customers like Shared Services Canada and the RCMP. He combines deep messaging and Active Directory expertise with modern collaboration, Power BI and PowerShell skills to lead migrations and run environments of hundreds of thousands of mailboxes. A multilingual engineer who’s worked across Europe, the Indian Ocean and Canada, Samuel pairs hands-on technical leadership with people management—coaching a pod of engineers to grow alongside customer engagements. He’s also pursuing a Commercial Pilot License, a detail that hints at his discipline for complex systems and situational awareness beyond IT.
8 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
High school, Mathematics, High school, Mathematics at Lycée la Bourdonnais MauritiusPlane pilot student, Aeronautics, Plane pilot student, Aeronautics at Aéro-club de HaguenauMath Spé, Advanced mathematics, physics and chemistry - equivalent of B.Sc., Math Spé, Advanced mathematics, physics and chemistry - equivalent of B.Sc. at Lycée ORT StrasbourgFinished High School, Mathematics, Finished High School, Mathematics at Séminaire de WalbourgMath Sup, Advanced mathematics, physics and chemistry, Math Sup, Advanced mathematics, physics and chemistry at Lycée Fustel de Coulanges, StrasbourgAviation, Aviation at Aéro Club Paris EstCommercial Pilot License (2026), Aviation, Commercial Pilot License (2026), Aviation at Rockcliffe Flying ClubMaster of Engineering - M.Eng., Computer Science and Networking, Master of Engineering - M.Eng., Computer Science and Networking at EFREI - Grande école du numérique
English, French, German, alsatian, Malagasy, québécois, créole mauricien, créole reunionnais
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Github Skills (16)
outlook10
mapi10
stopwatch9
technet9
exchange-online9
exchange9
pnp8
exchange-server7
sharepoint7
microsoft6
scripting6
python5
search-engine5
powershell4
automation3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SammyKrosoft/Export-ExchangeURLs.ps1
Jun 2018 - Nov 2021
Contributions:5 releases, 72 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
SammyKrosoft/Export-Import-Full-Access-SendAs-SendOnBehalfTo
Jun 2019 - Jan 2022
Contributions:22 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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