Steffen Hoppe – Infrastructure & Automation

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I’m Steffen Hoppe, an infrastructure architect and developer with deep expertise in PowerShell and C#, and more than two decades of hands-on experience in enterprise-scale IT.

This blog is a place to share the hard-earned insights and custom tools I’ve developed while managing 1,000+ Windows systems, designing configuration platforms, and turning legacy chaos into structured, scalable infrastructure.

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Over the years, I’ve solved countless infrastructure problems the hard way — by living through them.> This blog is my way of sharing that experience in a form I wish I had access to earlier.

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📤 Share knowledge
Real-world solutions to infrastructure, automation, and observability challenges — the kind that don’t come with polished documentation.
🧭 Make myself visible
I’ve spent years building tools and fixing platforms. It’s time to share what I’ve done and connect with others who are solving similar problems.
🛠 Give back to the community
I’ve benefited from countless open source tools, blog posts, and shared scripts. This is my way of paying it forward.
🔍 Reflect and improve
Writing helps me clarify my thinking, document lessons, and discover recurring patterns in my work.
💬 Start conversations
If you’re struggling with WCF performance, Kerberos headaches, or automating DSC configurations — maybe something here will help you. Or maybe you’ll show me a better way.

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Stories from large-scale infrastructure projects
Deep dives into the tools I’ve built (like DscConfigIt, ConfigMonger, etc.)
PowerShell and C# tips from daily operations
Reflections on legacy modernization, observability, and automation

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Just follow the white rabbit…

🛠️ Featured Tools Link to heading

DscConfigIt – Modular Windows configuration management using PowerShell DSC
ConfigMonger – Telemetry data collection from remote Windows systems
ComHub – Event-driven messaging across multiple providers
EasyInventory – Web-based registry for device metadata
SecretVault – Lightweight, secure secret storage

Thanks for reading — and feel free to reach out: starttalking@sh-soft.de
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