Cloud architecture & mission-critical support

Michele
Vigilante.

Cloud Solution Architect

Customer Lead in Support for Mission Critical Team @ Microsoft

Helping enterprises strengthen hybrid identity, recover critical infrastructure and build resilience.

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01 / About

Architecture.
Support. People.

I'm Michele, a Cloud Solution Architect and Customer Lead in Support for Mission Critical Team at Microsoft, based in Italy. My work focuses on hybrid identity: supporting critical Active Directory and Microsoft Entra workloads while improving the resilience of enterprise infrastructure.

From impact analysis and OS upgrades to security hardening and disaster recovery, I connect hands-on engineering with the needs of mission-critical environments.

Identity

Active Directory & Microsoft Entra

Resilience

Recovery & security hardening

Approach

Architecture & hands-on engineering

02 / Experience

From infrastructure
to critical workloads.

April 2021 – Present / Microsoft

Cloud Solution Architect

Part of Microsoft's Support for Mission Critical team, serving large enterprises with a focus on hybrid identity. Supporting Active Directory and Microsoft Entra workloads, assessing impact and performance, managing OS upgrades without service disruption, and strengthening security and Entra ID adoption.

Contributed to the development and ongoing enhancement of the Active Directory Forest Recovery Acceleration Package (FRAP) under Microsoft's Community Intellectual Property program. This work supports recovery from major AD incidents and resilient disaster recovery planning across banking, logistics, transportation, manufacturing and telecommunications.

March 2020 – April 2021 / Centro Computer

IT System Engineer

Member of the Cloud, Collaboration and Security unit. Delivered complex projects for medium-sized and enterprise customers across Microsoft 365, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, Azure, Windows Virtual Desktop and Windows Server.

April 2019 – March 2020 / BM Service

Head of IT Department

Managed and coordinated three team members supporting internal and customer IT activities. Responsible for company IT infrastructure and direct collaboration with suppliers and manufacturers.

October 2017 – March 2020

IT System Administrator

Designed, installed, monitored and supported IT environments for small and medium-sized companies. Managed Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, DNS, Hyper-V, VMware and Azure, alongside networking, firewalls, VPNs and endpoint security.

July 2017 – October 2017 / Unimatica

Help Desk Specialist – Digital Archiving and Preservation

Supported invoicing, digital signature and document preservation systems for professionals, companies and public authorities. Training included PL/SQL, public-sector invoicing and document preservation according to AgID standards.

October 2016 – May 2017 / IBM

Trainee

Training in hardware maintenance, installation and configuration across small and medium-sized environments and data centers. Developed experience in help desk support, Active Directory, VMware, Hyper-V and Citrix.

03 / Expertise

Identity. Cloud.
Resilience.

Hybrid identity & security

Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, identity and access management, security hardening and the Microsoft Defender suite.

Infrastructure & recovery

Windows Server 2008–2025, Hyper-V, VMware, networking, backup and recovery, and Active Directory forest recovery.

Cloud & workplace

Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Intune and Azure Virtual Desktop.

04 / Credentials

Learning that
supports the work.

Microsoft certifications

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Trainer membership

Membership badge issued by Microsoft.

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) 2026 View membership badge on Credly

Education

Scientific High School Diploma – I.I.S. Salvador Allende, Milan, Italy.

Languages

Italian: native · English: B2

05 / Connect

Let's connect.

Happy to exchange ideas about technology. Let's connect on LinkedIn.