Microsoft 365 & Azure
I design, secure, and operate Microsoft cloud environments—balancing cost, performance, and security. Below is an overview of what I deliver across Azure and Microsoft 365.
Azure Infrastructure
- VM design & hardening (Windows/Linux), images & baselines
- Storage (Blob/Files/Disks), tiers, lifecycle & immutability
- Networking: VNets, peering, NSGs/ASGs, Azure Firewall
- Load balancers, Application Gateway, WAF & SSL offload
- Private endpoints, service endpoints & DNS design
- Availability sets/zones, scale sets & auto-healing
Identity & Access (Entra ID)
- Tenant architecture, directories, cross-tenant access
- Conditional Access, MFA, risk policies & Identity Protection
- Privileged Identity Management (PIM) & least-privilege RBAC
- App registrations, SSO (SAML/OAuth/OIDC) & provisioning
- Hybrid join / cloud PC identity strategies
Operations, DR & Automation
- Backup/replication with Azure Backup & Site Recovery (ASR)
- DR runbooks, RTO/RPO targets & failover testing
- Azure Monitor, metrics/logs, Alerts & Action Groups
- Log Analytics workspaces, KQL dashboards & reports
- Automation: PowerShell/CLI/Bicep/Terraform pipelines
Security & Cost Management
- Defender for Cloud: recommendations, hardening, just-in-time
- Key Vault, disk encryption, secret rotation & CMKs
- Policy & Blueprints for guardrails and governance
- Budgets, cost alerts, rightsizing & reservation planning
- Secure landing zones & Zero Trust design
Azure Virtual Desktop
- Host pool design (pooled/personal), autoscale & FSLogix
- Profiles, app delivery & Teams optimizations
- Identity, Conditional Access & device compliance
- Monitoring, cost control & image pipelines
App & Data Services
- App Service, Functions, Containers & AKS basics
- Databases (SQL MI/SQL DB), backup & performance
- Private access, networking & secret management
- Dev/Test subscriptions & governance separation
Exchange Online
- MX/DKIM/DMARC, SPF alignment & secure mail flow
- Anti-phish/anti-spam policies, transport rules
- Shared mailboxes, resource mailboxes & delegation
- Archiving, retention & litigation hold
SharePoint & OneDrive
- Information architecture & site design
- Permissions model, external sharing governance
- Data lifecycle, retention/labels & DLP
- Sync health, migration & adoption guides
Microsoft Teams
- Policies, templates, lifecycle/expiry & naming rules
- Compliance: eDiscovery, retention & auditing
- Meetings/voice readiness & device standards
- App governance & third-party integrations
Intune / Endpoint Manager
- Enrollment (Autopilot/DEP), baselines & configuration
- Compliance policies, Conditional Access & remediation
- Win/Mac/iOS/Android app deployment & patching
- BitLocker/FileVault, device control & reporting
Defender for Office 365
- Safe Links/Attachments, anti-phish & impersonation
- Threat investigation & automated response (AIR)
- Attack Simulation training & insights
- Secure Score improvements & reporting
Compliance & Governance
- Purview: DLP, sensitivity labels & information protection
- eDiscovery (Standard/Premium), audit & insider risk
- Records management & retention schedules
- POPiA/GDPR alignment & access reviews
Migrations & Hybrid
- On-prem → M365: mailboxes, files & SharePoint
- AD → Entra ID sync, cutover/staged/hybrid flows
- File servers → OneDrive/SharePoint planning
- Tenant-to-tenant migration planning
Licensing, Adoption & Support
- License selection & cost optimization
- User enablement, quick-start guides & training
- Runbooks, SOPs & documentation
- Managed service & support options
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Whether you need a secure Azure landing zone, a clean Microsoft 365 rollout, or help tightening identity and compliance—let’s plan it clearly and deliver it right.
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