Jean-Philippe Breton, (MCSE, MCTS, MCITP, MCT and Lync MVP) is an independent IT professional with over 15 years of experience.

Jean-Philippe is based in Montreal and specializes mostly in implementing Microsoft-based infrastructure solutions. Besides working on projects focusing on Active Directory and Group Policy optimization, he has helped many organizations provide standardized desktop deployments using System Center Configuration Manager and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. He has worked with SMS/Configuration Manager since version 2.0.

Over the last couple of years he has expanded his areas of expertise to include Office Communications Server and now Lync :-) and has worked with Microsoft to help customers design and implement Lync based solutions. In addition to consulting, Jean-Philippe is a speaker and instructor.

He frequently speaks on a variety of System Center and Lync related topics at local user group meetings and industry events.