Losang Jinpa, Ph.D, is an MCSE/MCT who specializes in Python DevOps, Django, Linux and DevSecOps.

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Losang has a Ph.D in Buddhist Ayurveda, is a former Buddhist Monk of the Nalanda Tradition of HH the Dalai Lama lineage.

He specializes in DevOps Cloud Computing as a Microsoft Certified System Engineer since 1995.

He has been practicing Ayurveda as an Ayurvedic Herbalist since 1997.

Losang has taught and developed numerous courses over the years.

• DevOps Cloud Computing - https://DevopsCloud.teachable.com – https://DevopsCloud.io

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Losang, is an Python “Automation First” DevOps Engineer

Losang Jinpa, PhD, MCSE, MCT, MCP, specializes in Cloud Infrastructure and Cloud Technologies such as the Microsoft Cloud Ecosystem – Azure, Office 365, Windows Server products and the Amazon Cloud Ecosystem. Before shifting his focus to the nascent public cloud arena, Losang spent more than 25 years focused on corporate private cloud network infrastructure architecting and support.

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• Microsoft Cloud Ecosystem - Focused on Office 360 Enterprise E5, SharePoint Online / SharePoint Server 2016, Exchange Online, Skype for Business, Azure and Bitnami

Among all of the 61 different Azure Services available Losang specialized in the following:

• Microsoft Azure Web Apps (formerly Microsoft Azure Web Sites)
• Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) – Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Intune, Azure Rights Management.

• Azure App Service Mobile Apps
• Azure App Service Web Apps
• Azure Automation

• Azure Active Directory
• Azure Active Directory B2C
• Azure Active Directory Cloud App Discovery
• Microsoft Azure AD Connect
• Azure Active Directory Connect Health
• Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management – on Azure Preview

• Azure Container Service
• Azure DNS
• Azure Backup
• Azure Batch
• Azure Cloud Services
• Azure ExpressRoute
• Azure Managed Cache Service
• Azure Media Services
• Azure Microsoft Intune – Azure Preview
• Azure Mobile Engagement
• Azure Multi-Factor Authentication - Azure MFA
• Azure Notification Hubs
• Azure Recovery Services
• Azure RemoteApp
• Azure Scheduler
• Azure Search
• Azure Security Center
• Azure Site Recovery
• Azure SQL Database
• Azure Storage: Azure Blobs, Azure Tables, Azure Queues, Azure Files
• Azure Traffic Manager
• Azure Virtual Machines - Azure VM - specializing in Azure VM security
• Azure Virtual Network - Azure VN

• Familiar with Cloud competitors to Microsoft Azure such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service, Google Cloud Platform, Apple Cloud Ecosystem

• Cloud collaboration via Office 365, Microsoft GigJam, SharePoint Online / 2016 and Outlook, Cloud security, Cloud storage (STaaS) - Cloud Backup: Azure Storage (Azure Blobs, Azure Tables, Azure Queues, Azure Files), Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Apple iCloud, Amazon Drive, DropBox

• Cloud Certifications In-Progress: Amazon Cloud Certification AWS Certified SysOp, CompTIA Cloud

Familiarity with virtualization, hypervisor / virtual machine monitor (VMM) technology.

• Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine

• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 and 2012 R2, Virtual Machine Manager, System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

• VMware Workstation 12.5, 12.1.1 (2016), 11.0 (2014), 9.0 (2012), 8.0 (2011), 6.5 (2008), 4.5 (2004), 3.1 (2002) 1.0 (1999)

• Oracle VirtualBox 5.14 (2016), 4.0 (2010)

• Parallels Desktop for Mac versions 2.5 (2007) to 11.2.1(2016)

MCSE-Level Specialist in Microsoft Network Infrastructure:

• Microsoft Exchange - Messaging / Cloud
  • Deploying E-Mail systems since 1985
  • Exchange Server 4.0 (1996), 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016
  • Email clients - Office 365 Pro, Business Premium, Enterprise, Outlook/MAPI, Webmail, IMAP4/POP, SMTP/MSA, Outlook.com, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Apple Mail, Email privacy, Mozilla Thunderbird, SquirrelMail, Horde, RoundCube

• System Center 2012, 2016 / Systems Management Server (SMS) since 1995 (versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0, 2003, 2007)

• Microsoft System Center (SC) - In order of experience:
  • System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
  • System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) - Physical-to-Virtual migration
  • System Center Essentials
  • System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
  • System Center Service Manager (SCSM)
  • System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM)
  • System Center Advisor (SCA)

• IIS versions 1.0 (1994) to 10 (2016): HTTP/2, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP and NNTP

• Familiarity with Apache HTTP Server 2.0 to 2.4.23, LAMP/WAMP, .htaccess, .htpasswd

• SNA Server since 1994, 3270, 5250 and SNA Gateways since 1985. Worked in France for IBM Mainframe Integration company Eicon Technology.

• Microsoft Host Integration Server 2004 (replacement for SNA Server).

• SNA Server since 1994, IBM SNA 3270 since 1984

• All Windows Servers and Windows Clients since 1990 - focused on Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 (July 2015) deployments and upgrades. Experienced also with Windows IoT, Windows Core and Windows To Go.

• Microsoft BackOffice Server 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 4.0, 4.5, 2000 from 1994 to 2001

• Microsoft Small Business Server 4.0, 4.5, 2000, 2003, 2008 from 1995 to 2009

• Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise, Business Premium - Microsoft Online Services
• Microsoft Office 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, XP, 2000, 97, 95, 3.0
• Microsoft Office for Macintosh 2016, 2011, 2008, 2004, X, 2001, 98
  • Office.com, Outlook, OneNote, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
• SharePoint Online and on-premise SharePoint 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, 2001
• Microsoft Office Mobile, Microsoft Office Online
• Microsoft Project and Visio
• Office Sway
• Skype for Business
• Microsoft GigJam
• Microsoft Exchange Public Folders

• SaaS - Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Forms versions 2007 to 2016
• Google Cloud and Google G Suite (formerly called Google for Work - Google Apps for Work) - Google Apps Directory Sync for integration with Microsoft Active Directory on Azure or Windows Server 2016
  • Gmail, Hangouts, Google Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Groups, News, Play, Sites, Google Vault and Android for Work

• LibreOffice 5.2.0 (2016), OpenOffice

• All major LAN/Switches and WAN/Router technologies since 1984 with focus on Cisco, 3Com and IBM.

Microsoft Certified Professional ID 29254

• MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer since 1995

• MCT - Microsoft Certified Trainer for Exchange, SMS, SNA Server since 1995

• Legacy certifications with 3Com, Novell, IBM

• In-Progress: Barracuda Engineer Certification, Amazon AWS Certification Certified SysOp, CompTIA Cloud, Cisco CCNA

Losang has worked in network architecting, design, deployment, IT support, and net admin roles with the following Network Operating Systems (NOS):

• Windows - Expert Level - Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Professional, Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Deployment and Management Lab Kit, Windows 8.1, Windows 7

• Currently studying for CCNA in Cisco IOS - from versions 12.14 to 15.4.

• Linux - Basic Admin level familiarity with:
  • Fedora - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.2 (2015), CentOS 7.2-1511 (2015), Fedora 23 (2015)
  • Debian - Ubuntu 16.04.1 (2016), Linux Mint 18 (2016), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SUSE) 12SP1 (2015), Tails 2.5 (2016)

• Macintosh - Apple OS X versions Mac OS X 10.0 (2001) to 10.11 El Capitan (2015) and macOS Sierra 10.12 (2016)

• Mobile Cloud Computing:
  • Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite
  • Android from version 1.5 (2009) to 7.0 (2016), AndroidWear 2.0 (2016)
  • Apple iOS from iPhone OS 1 version 1.0.2 (2007) to iOS 10.0.1 (2016), iCloud, watchOS 2.2.2 (2016)

• MCSE Certified on Microsoft BackOffice - Systems Management Server (SMS), SNA Server, Internet Information Server (IIS Web Server), SQL Server running on Windows Server

• Familiarity with PowerShell scripting automation, Windows PowerShell ISE
  • Windows Management Framework 5.0 (WMF) Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC), Windows Remote Management (WinRM), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
• Command line interface (CLI) for Windows, Linux and Cisco IOS.
• Currently learning Python and Node.js – the server-side JavaScript.

Mastery of the following legacy Network Operating Systems (NOS):

• Windows NT versions 3.0 to 4.0 - from 1993 to 2000
• Mac OS versions - from 1984 to 2013
• Mac OS versions 1.0 (1984) to 9.2.2 (2001), OS X 10.0 (2001) to 10.10 (2015)
• Novell Netware version 1.02 to 4.01 - from 1984 to 1999
• IBM OS/2 Extended Edition versions 1.0 to 2.0 - from 1988 to 1993
• 3Com 3+ Open versions - from 1989 to 1992
• 3Com 3+ Share versions - from 1985 to 1990
• 3Com EtherSeries versions - from 1984 to 1985
• DOS 1.0 to 6.22 - from 1982 to 1996

Familiarity with the following Cloud security topics and products:

• Firewalls - Network address translation (NAT), Port address translation (PAT)
  • Virtual private network (VPN): Barracuda SSL VPN (Barracuda VPN), Open VPN Technologies HMA! Pro VPN, OpenVPN
  • Cloud firewalls: ThreatSTOP IP Firewall on Microsoft Azure, ThreatSTOP DNS Firewall on Microsoft Azure, Barracuda Web Application Firewall Azure (Barracuda WAF), Barracuda NextGen Firewall F Azure for Microsoft Azure Cloud (Barracuda NGF), Barracuda NextGen Firewall F AWS for Amazon AWS Cloud, Barracuda NextGen Firewall X-Series (Barracuda NGX, Barracuda Web Application Firewall AWS, Barracuda Web Application Firewall
  • Windows Server-based firewalls: ThreatSTOP DNS Firewall for Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Proxy Server, Microsoft ISA Server
  • Personal firewalls: Microsoft Windows Firewall, ZoneAlarm, Avast Internet Security, Comodo Internet Security, Kaspersky Internet Security

• DNS - Azure DNS, Windows Server DNS, DNSSec and DNSCrypt, Amazon Route 53, Google Public DNS, Cisco OpenDNS, DynDNS, Norton ConnectSafe

• HTTP - HTTP Secure/HTTPS: Barracuda Web Security Gateway (Barracuda WSG), HTTPS Everywhere

• High availability for Cloud data links:
  • Barracuda Load Balancer ADC (Barracuda ADC) for secure application delivery and Load balancing via Amazon AWS, Appliance and Virtual
  • Barracuda Link Balancer (Barracuda LB) for quality-of-service (QoS) via advanced Internet link Load balancing

• Internet security - Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)

• Key management - Kerberos, X.509, public-key cryptography

• Application layer - S/MIME, PGP, TLS/SSL

• Internet privacy - Adblock Plus, Firefox privacy extensions, Flashblock, Hushmail

• Browser security for Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Apple Safari - NoScript, Flashblock, Live USB, LiveCD
  • Barracuda Web Security Service Cloud-based Web Content Filtering and Malware Protection (Barracuda WSS)

• Antivirus, Anti-malware, Anti-spyware, Anti-keyloggers - Malicious Software Removal Tool, Windows Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), Norton Internet Security, Norton Security, Webroot Internet Security, Kaspersky, Spybot Search & Destroy, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

• Electronic mail security - Exchange Online Protection, Barracuda Essentials for Office 365, Barracuda Email Security Gateway (Barracuda ESG), Barracuda Email Security Gateway Vx, Barracuda Email Security Gateway vCloud Air, Barracuda Essentials for Email Security
  • Cloud security: Barracuda Email Security Gateway Azure, Barracuda Email Security Gateway AWS
  • Email encryption, Bitmessage, OpenPGP, GNU Privacy Guard, S/MIME, STARTTLS SMTP TLS/SSL, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
  • POP-IMAP4 security
  • Secure messaging
  • Enigmail for ThunderBird for PGP signing-encryption, GPGMail, GPGTools, HushMail for iOS End-to-end encryption
  • Email authentication
  • Email privacy - Dark Mail Alliance via Silent Circle, ProtonMail, Kolab Now, Hushmail
  • digital signing and message encryption using certificates

• Access control

• Cryptographic software - Microsoft BitLocker, VeraCrypt, TrueCrypt, Apple FileVault, Paranoia Text Encryption (PTE) for iOS, LUKS disk encryption for Linux

• Password managers - LastPass, KeePass, Apple iCloud Keychain

• Authentication and Directory Services
  • Active Directory Federation Services, Active Directory, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Microsoft Windows Hello, Microsoft account, NT LAN Manager (NTLM), OpenID, Facebook connect, Multi-factor authentication (MFA), Two-factor authentication (2FA), Time-based One-time Password Algorithm (TOTP), Remote Access Dial In User Service (RADIUS), Duo Security Authentication, Yubico YubiKey, fingerprint reader via Windows Biometric Framework or iOS, LastPass Authenticator, Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, Azure Multi-Factor Authentication

• IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6 - ICMPv6 Internet Control Message Protocol version 6, Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP), Secure Neighbor Discovery (SEND), Multicast Router Discovery (MRD)

CMS:

• Wordpress versions 1.0 (2004) to 4.6 (2016)
• Joomla version 1.5 (2008)
• Drupal version 5.23 (2010)

Losang has implemented and contributed to many Wikis since 2004 including the Cloud Computing Wiki:

• SharePoint Online and on-premise SharePoint 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, 2001
• DokuWiki versions Release 2004-11-10 (2004) to 2016-06-26a (2016)
• MediaWiki versions 1.3 (2004) to 1.27 (2016)

• Moodle Learning Management System version 1.7 (2006)

• cPanel versions 3 (1999) to 11.58 (2016), H-Sphere

Familiar with:

• System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) for continuous data protection, Barracuda Yosemite Server Backup (Barracuda YSB), Barracuda Backup (Barracuda BU), Barracuda ArchiveOne (Barracuda AO), Barracuda PST Enterprise, Backup Exec, Microsoft Windows Backup and Restore, Microsoft NTBackup, Mac Backup (MobileMe), Retrospect, Veritas NetBackup, 7-Zip, WinRAR, WinZip, StuffIt Expander, Nero Multimedia Suite, Roxio Creator, Roxio Toast

• Cloud backup service/Online backup service: Microsoft Azure Backup, Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service (Barracuda CAS), Barracuda Message Archiver (Barracuda MA), Barracuda Essentials for Office 365, Barracuda Essentials for Email Security, Azure Storage (Azure Blobs, Azure Tables, Azure Queues, Azure Files), Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Apple iCloud, Amazon Drive, DropBox, Box, Carbonite, CloudMe, Acronis, SugarSync, ASUS WebStorage

• Disk cloning software: Acronis True Image, Norton Ghost, Apple Software Restore, Clonezilla for Linux, Image for Windows

• Data recovery software - System Center Data Protection Manager, Microsoft System Restore, Microsoft Windows To Go SystemRescueCD, WinPE, Apple Time Machine (OS X), Norton Utilities, ISO Recorder

Remote desktop and Remote administration - Azure RemoteApp, Microsoft Remote Desktop, Terminal Services PcAnywhere, Secure Shell (SSH), Apple Remote Desktop (ARD), Screen Sharing, Novell NetWare Access Server, SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), FTP over SSH

• Familiar with VoIP Voice over IP technologies - Office 360 Enterprise E5, Skype for Business, Skype, Google+ Hangouts, Google Voice, Vonage, Yahoo! Messenger, WhatsApp

• Secure VoIP via end-to-end encryption - Apple FaceTime, Silent Phone via Silent Circle, Viber, WhatsApp

• VoIP protocols - H.263

• Apple Siri AI, Google Assistant AI, Google Now AI, Google Home AI, Microsoft Cortana AI, Amazon Alexa AI, IFTTT

• Skype, Yammer from Office 365, Google Hangouts, Google Talk, Apple iPhone Messages, Silent Text, ChatSecure for iOS

Domain Name Registration and DNS configuration and support:

• Cloud DNS - Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Route 53, Google Cloud DNS
• Traditional DNS - GoDaddy, DreamHost.com, Network Solutions, Bluehost, SiteGround

• Native English speaker and fluent in French having worked and lived in Europe and France for 4 years. Speak 500+ words of Mandarin Chinese. Speak 1000+ words of Indian Sanskrit.

Extensive vendor training since 1984. See Losang Jinpa's Classes Attended for MCSE MCT MCP MCSA CCNA Azure Cloud Exchange Windows Server Linux

Extensive library: Very well-read, keeping up with the latest releases. See Books Read by Losang Jinpa PhD for MCSE MCT MCP MCSA CCNA Azure Cloud Exchange Windows Server Linux

Ph.D - See Losang Formal Education

Past Clients includes:

• UCSF, CSAA, Wells Fargo, Oakland Raiders, France Telecom, SNCF, Axa Insurance, Warner Brothers, Hong Kong University, Microsoft Hong Kong, Microsoft London, Banque Populaire, Caisse d'Epargne, Credit Lyonnais, Bank of America, First Interstate Bank, East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), TriValley Growers, Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute, International Institute of Chinese Medicine, et al.

Employment history includes:

• Python DevOps “Cloud First - ”Mobile First“ Cloud Evangelist - from 2006 to Present

• Self Employed Consultant: Independent Consulting Network Engineer from 1994 to 2006. Both W2 and 1099 Contracting as MSCE/MCT for Microsoft Servers

• Eicon Technology France, 1992 to 1994, Pre-Sales Engineer for WAN Routers and IBM SNA, Paris

• David Corporation, 1989 to 1991, Senior Support Engineer for Networked Database Deployments

• Pacific Bell, 1988, Network Sales Engineer

• Businessland, 1985 to 1988, Product Marketing Manager for IBM Communications, National IBM Mainframe SNA Network Connectivity Specialist, Systems Engineer, Senior Technical Support

• Basic Computer, 1982 to 1985, Technical Support for LANs

References are available upon request in order to preserve the privacy of the individuals.

Losang has worked with apps that leverage social media such as Buffer and HootSuite.

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Cloud DevOps and Software Engineering Courses Completed by Losang

Java programming courses

• Learn Java Programming Crash Course by Tim Buchalka - 12.5 hours
• Java Programming Masterclass for Software Developers by Tim Buchalka - 80 hours

Losang strongly recommends learning the Spring Framework from BOTH:

• Spring Framework 5 - Beginner to Guru by John Thompson the Spring Framework Guru - 53 hours long course.
• Java Spring Tutorial Masterclass - Learn Spring Framework 5 by Tim Buchalka - 45 hours long course.

Android development courses - Android development

Kotlin courses - Kotlin

Python programming courses

Django Framework courses - Django Framework - Django

Flask courses - Flask

Jetbrains PyCharm courses - Jetbrains PyCharm - PyCharm by Jetbrains

PowerShell courses - PowerShell

Container courses - Containers

Docker courses - Docker

Kubernetes courses - K8S - Kubernetes

Cloud courses - Cloud computing courses

Azure courses - Microsoft Azure courses

• Courses on Microsoft Azure for Developers - https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/skills/microsoft-azure-for-developers

• Courses on Microsoft Azure Storage for Developers - https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/skills/microsoft-azure-storage-for-developers

AWS courses

AWS DevOps courses

AWS developer courses

Big data courses - Big data / Data science courses - Data science / Database courses - databases

• NoSQL: MongoDB-Amazon DynamoDB-Azure Cosmos DB
• MongoDB - MongoDB courses
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Azure Cosmos DB

SQL: SQL Server-MySQL-PostgreSQL‎-Oracle-Oracle Database

SQL Server courses - SQL Server

MySQL courses - MySQL

PostgreSQL courses - PostgreSQL‎

• DevSecOps - DevSecOps courses

These are the common areas that Losang has studied in the last 20 years:

• Software development, including Java-Kotlin-Scala-Spring Framework-Cloud Native-Maven-Gradle, JavaScript-TypeScript-Node.js-NPM-React-Angular-Vue.js, Python-Django-Flash, C#, .NET - .NET Core, Android-iOS-Swift, HTML-CSS, Ruby-Ruby on Rails.

• DevOps - DevSecOps

• IT ops, including Azure-AWS-GCP, Docker-Kubernetes-Containers, Office 365 - Microsoft 365, Windows Server, Windows 10, Cisco-CCNA-CCNP, Linux-Ubuntu-CentOS-RedHat, macOS, VMware-Hyper-V, CompTIA, MCSE

• Data science-Big data - Python data science. SQL: SQL Server-MySQL-PostgreSQL‎-Oracle-Oracle Database, NoSQL: MongoDB-Amazon DynamoDB-Azure Cosmos DB-Google Bigtable-MapReduce-Apache Cassandra-Oracle NoSQL Database-HBase-Apache CouchDB, Key-Value Cache: Memcache-Amazon ElastiCache-Redis, Graph database: Neo4j-Amazon Neptune. DB-Engines ranking - https://db-engines.com

• Security, including CISSP, CEH-Ethical hacking, CompTIA Security+, security auditing, penetration testing and digital forensics.

• Business professional, including leadership, project management-agile-scrum and Microsoft Office.

• Data professional, including SQL, Hadoop, MongoDB and Tableau.