Consulting Engagements

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Structured engagements with defined outcomes, evidence packs and rollback plans. Remote delivery, sprint-based.

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Microsoft 365 Security & Tenant Hardening

2-week remote hardening sprint with evidence pack and rollback plan.

Key Outcomes
  • Reduce identity attack surface fast
  • Standardise Zero Trust controls
  • Leave with an evidence pack and rollback path
View Engagement Details→ See it in practice: Ericsson — Defender XDR→ Explore architecture: Security ArchitectureIncludes 8 deliverablesFixed 2-week sprint
Deliverables
  • Conditional Access baseline
  • MFA enforcement
  • Legacy auth eradication
  • PIM for admin roles
  • Defender for Office 365 presets
  • Secure Score uplift
  • Evidence pack + runbook
  • Rollback plan

Hybrid Identity & Entra ID Architecture

Entra ID Connect / Cloud Sync, UPN normalisation, PIM and identity governance.

Key Outcomes
  • Stabilise hybrid identity architecture
  • Reduce admin risk and access sprawl
  • Create a governable Entra ID operating model
View Engagement Details→ See it in practice: European Commission — Hybrid Identity→ Explore architecture: Identity ArchitectureIncludes 6 deliverables2–4 week engagement
Deliverables
  • AAD Connect / Cloud Sync design
  • UPN normalisation
  • Hybrid join strategy
  • PIM configuration
  • Identity governance framework
  • Rollback + comms kit

Migration Services

Exchange, Active Directory, SharePoint, and Tenant-to-Tenant migrations with throttle-aware batch scheduling and zero-data-loss planning.

Key Outcomes
  • Cut migration risk before cutover
  • Keep projects moving despite throttling constraints
  • Give stakeholders a controlled path from pilot to validation
View Engagement Details→ See it in practice: Richemont — Exchange Hybrid→ Explore architecture: Migration ArchitectureIncludes 7 deliverablesScoped per programme
Deliverables
  • Migration assessment + risk register
  • Throttling and batch plan
  • DNS cutover runbook + rollback
  • Post-migration validation pack
  • AD consolidation design
  • SharePoint permissions mapping
  • Tenant-to-Tenant project plan

Intune Endpoint Management

Autopilot staging rings, compliance profiles, Defender policies, and build book across the full endpoint estate.

Key Outcomes
  • Move from pilot to controlled device rollout
  • Raise endpoint compliance and security posture
  • Hand over a repeatable operating model
View Engagement Details→ See it in practice: Körber — Intune & Defender→ Explore architecture: Endpoint ArchitectureIncludes 7 deliverables3–4 week rollout
Deliverables
  • Autopilot staging rings
  • Compliance + config profiles
  • App packaging
  • BitLocker + key escrow
  • Defender policies
  • Update rings
  • Build book

Infrastructure Architecture

On-premises and hybrid infrastructure design spanning Active Directory, Exchange Server, Windows Server, virtualisation, PKI, and segmentation.

Key Outcomes
  • Clarify the target-state platform
  • Remove gaps in resilience and control
  • Document the stack for delivery and handover
View Engagement Details→ See it in practice: Metro Lisboa — Exchange 2019→ Explore architecture: Identity ArchitectureIncludes 7 deliverables2–4 week design phase
Deliverables
  • Infrastructure assessment + gap analysis
  • Active Directory design
  • Exchange Server deployment
  • Windows Server roles (ADDS, DNS, PKI)
  • VMware / Hyper-V design
  • Network segmentation + firewall rules
  • HLD/LLD + runbooks

Architecture Advisory

Independent Microsoft 365 assessment, Zero Trust roadmap, licensing optimisation, and board-ready architecture documentation.

Key Outcomes
  • Identify the highest-value architecture moves
  • Prioritise security and platform investments
  • Leave with a roadmap stakeholders can act on
View Engagement Details→ See it in practice: Financial Services — Zero Trust Advisory→ Explore architecture: Security ArchitectureIncludes 6 deliverablesFixed 2-week advisory
Deliverables
  • Tenant architecture review
  • Zero Trust roadmap
  • Licensing optimisation
  • HLD/LLD documentation
  • Technical roadmap presentation
  • Risk register
// Custom Engagement

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Not every engagement fits a standard service. If your scenario involves tenant consolidation, security architecture, hybrid identity design, complex migrations, or something else entirely — bring the problem and I'll scope it with you.

Engagement modelDiscovery call → scoping document → structured sprint
DeliveryRemote · sprint-based · async via Teams
OutputDefined deliverables · evidence pack · rollback plan
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