Cloud Migration & Identity

Cloud Migration & Microsoft 365

Move identities, mail, devices, and collaboration into Microsoft 365 the way it should have been done the first time — with Entra ID, Intune, and Conditional Access wired up properly from day one, zero downtime, and a licensing posture that actually fits the business.

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Cloud migration illustration: identities and workloads flowing into a Microsoft 365 cloud. M365
// Overview

The Approach

Most M365 estates I inherit were stood up as projects rather than platforms — tenants spun up in a hurry, identity bolted on as an afterthought, devices joined by hand, and licensing growing on autopilot until the bill is the only thing keeping leadership awake. The result is a cloud that looks modern on the surface and behaves like the on-prem mess it replaced.

My approach treats the tenant as production infrastructure. Identity comes first: Entra ID as the source of truth, Conditional Access policies that match how the business actually works, and a device estate moved into Intune so every laptop in 11 countries answers to the same compliance baseline. From there, the migration becomes a measured cutover — Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Defender — staged, validated, and reversible.

I deliver the same outcomes every time: predictable cost, defensible security posture, and an operations team that can actually run what they own. The platform stops being a project. It becomes load-bearing.

// What's Included

Capabilities In Scope

  • Entra ID & Identity Foundation

    Tenant architecture, hybrid sync, group strategy, and Conditional Access policies designed for how the business actually operates.

  • Intune Device Management

    Autopilot enrollment, compliance baselines, app deployment, and a single device posture across countries and OS estates.

  • Exchange Online & Collaboration

    Mailbox cutovers without lost mail, shared resources, Teams voice/meetings, and SharePoint structured for the long run.

  • Defender for Identity & Endpoint

    EDR, anti-phishing, attack-surface reduction, and the alert hygiene needed to keep a SOC working instead of drowning.

  • Conditional Access & Zero-Trust

    Risk-based sign-in, MFA done well, session controls, and the granular policies that pass an audit instead of barely surviving one.

  • Licensing Optimization

    License audits that recover real spend — right-sized SKUs across entities, with a renewal cycle that actually negotiates.

  • Multi-Country Rollout

    Sequenced cutovers across 11 EU jurisdictions — local data-residency handled, change windows respected, end-users kept productive.

  • Continuity & M365 Backup

    Third-party backup for Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams — because retention policies are not a backup strategy.

// Process

Engagement Roadmap

  1. 01

    Discovery & Assessment

    Audit the current tenant, identity, devices, mail, licenses, and security posture. Map what exists against what the business actually does.

  2. 02

    Target Architecture

    Design the destination — identity, Conditional Access, Intune compliance, naming, group strategy, license model — and agree it with leadership before anyone touches a knob.

  3. 03

    Pilot & Validation

    Cut over one country or one department first. Validate end-user experience, mail flow, device compliance, and security telemetry before scaling.

  4. 04

    Phased Rollout

    Sequenced country-by-country migration with change windows, communications, and rollback paths. Zero downtime, measured at the SLO level.

  5. 05

    Hardening & Optimization

    Tighten Conditional Access, refine Defender policies, right-size licenses against real usage, and remove the temporary scaffolding.

  6. 06

    Handover & Runbook

    Documented runbooks, on-call procedures, and internal training so the platform survives long after the engagement ends.

// Outcomes

Measurable Impact

Numbers from real engagements in this domain.

  • 0 Migrated Mailboxes

    Corporate mailboxes cut over with zero loss of mail or calendar continuity.

  • 0 Cutover Downtime

    End-user downtime budgeted and delivered against — measured per region.

  • 0 License Spend Recovered

    Average license rationalisation after the first audit cycle.

  • 0 Countries Rolled Out

    Sequenced cutovers across EU jurisdictions with local compliance honored.

// Relevant Tech

Stack & Tooling

  • Microsoft 365
  • Azure
  • Entra ID
  • Intune
  • Conditional Access
  • Defender
  • Exchange Online
  • SharePoint
  • Teams
  • PowerShell
  • Graph API
  • BitLocker
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