Patel Consulting is a technology professional services company based in London (UK) solving business challenges with modern workplace solutions through Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Power Platform technology platforms.We thrive to provide high quality technical and professional services to drive customer desired outcomes and help maximise your existing investments to increase business performance, collaboration and productivity.Led by director Chirag Patel, he is a thought leader for Office 365 and SharePoint, regularly speaking at conferences and technical community events.Services include:- Design and Implementation of SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Office 365 apps and Power Platform services- SharePoint Upgrade and Migration- Workflow and Forms process automation including PowerApps, Microsoft Forms, Flow and PowerBI- Azure, Office 365, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Health Check service- Office 365 Project Online Implementation- Delivering Requirements workshops- Architecture Design & Governance Sessions- Driving Service Adoption programme for Office 365 Workloads- Feasibility Study & Proof of Concept Engagements- Lead Delivery Management- Providing Technology Consulting & Advisory services

I organise and host free mid-monthly online meetings on Wednesdays. This user group is for anyone interested in Microsoft 365 with a great focus on Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Yammer, Microsoft Stream, Mobility, Security & Compliance and related technologies. If you work or have interest in the Microsoft 365 then this is the user group to attend and follow our events to improve collaboration, productivity, knowledge management and business solutions.Join our meet-up group at https://www.meetup.com/m365uk to keep posted about all the new meetings. Looking forward to have you as a member!Please feel free to:Follow the updates on twitter @M365UK #M365UKSubscribe to our YouTube channel to view M365UK session recordings – https://techchir.ag/M365UKvideosAccess the M365UK session slides – https://techchir.ag/M365UKslidesYou are always welcome to speak at our M365UK User Group! It really doesn’t matter if you are new or seasoned speaker – content and your drive is the key to deliver the learning experience for our attendees!Go ahead and submit to speak to M365UK User Group meeting – https://sessionize.com/M365UK

I enjoy volunteering to speaking at Microsoft Technical Community Events and be able to share my learning and experiences for others so that they can make a difference 💯✅ https://sessionize.com/techchiragUPCOMING:European SharePoint Conference South Coast Summit2022CommsverseScottish SummitaMS BerlinTeams NationCollabDays Bletchley ParkESPC WebinarModern Workplace Conference Paris2021CommsverseSouth Coast SummitNYC Teams TuesdayPower SaturdayM365 ChicagoTeams NationMicrosoft 365 Virtual MarathonMicrosoft 365 Saturday PuneMicrosoft Ignite Ask the ExpertsScottish SummitCollabdays BirminghamM365 Friday California2020M365 Saturday BangaloreM365 Saturday AhmedabadaMS GermanyM365 ChicagoTeamsFest OctoberTeams Day Online 2M365 Saturday GurgaonTeamsCommunityDay - The TourM365 Philly VirtualCommsverse Online Microsoft Teams ConferenceCollab365 GlobalCon2Power Saturday ParisMicrosoft 365 Virtual MarathonModern Workplace Summit & Teams Day OnlineMidlands Microsoft 365 & Azure User GroupTeamsFest: Spring SessionsCollab365 GlobalCon1Scottish SummitPrevious YearsSharePoint Saturday Leicester (2019)Oktoberfest Teams Virtual Summit (2019)Power Saturday Paris (2019)SPS Events London (2015-2017, 2019)Microsoft Cloud User Group London (2019)Evolve Conference UK (2018)SPS Events Barcelona (2017)SPS Events Cambridge (2017)SharePoint Saturday Belgium (2016-2017)SPS Events Madrid (2016)Collab365 Summit (2016)SharePoint User Group Cambridge (2016)SharePoint User Group London (2015)Collab365 Global Conference (2015-2017)SPS Events Paris (2015)SharePoint User Group London (2014-2015, 2018))SPS Events UK (2014)SharePoint Saturday UK (2011-2013)SharePoint Saturday India (2012)SharePoint Saturday EMEA (2011) Ark Group’s third annual: Measuring and maximising the business value of your intranet (2008)Ark Group’s sixth annual: Redesigning, refreshing and improving your intranet (2008)Knowledge & Content UK (2007)

Microsoft 365 SME leading the design, implementation, validation, adoption & support and enduring management of the Microsoft 365 service workloads covering EndPoint Manager, AzureAD, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.

Contract role with Lightsource BP (owned 50% by BP) global renewable energy (solar power) company in 10 countries. As part of the IT team am responsible of delivering enterprise collaboration services through Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online and Yammer.- Carried out Microsoft 365 platform with service workloads health check and documentation- Responsible for gathering & analysing business and project requirements- Delivered Microsoft Teams planning, architecture and governance sessions- Deployment and configuration of Microsoft Teams admin centre- Developed PowerShell scripts for creating teams, administration and maintenance reports- Responsible for carrying out pilot engagements for solar project teams- Established Champions network and responsible for managing and running meetings- Upgraded Skype For Business to Microsoft Teams- Co-ordinated change management and adoption activities- Delivered Microsoft Teams training to IT staff- Delivered Microsoft 365 security and compliance policies design session- Deployed and configured Microsoft Learning Pathways SharePoint solution for organisation help site- Planning, Deployment and configuration of Yammer network for company wide collaboration- Planning, Deployment and configuration of Microsoft Stream to encourage meeting collaboration, social classes, demonstration videos and live events

Short contract role with Microsoft Gold Partner responsible for delivering a room booking solution to their large public sector client.- Responsible for gathering & analysing requirements- Designed and implemented PowerApps application interacting with Exchange Online room resources and SharePoint Online lists to enable users to book meetings from mobile- Documented the solution and delivered training- Deployment & configurations of PowerApps environment

Contract role with NHS Property Services comprising more than 3,000 properties with a total value of more than £3bn. As part of the Information Management Team am responsible of delivering Fileshare migration to SharePoint Online.- Responsible for gathering & analysing department requirements,- Lead information design & implementation of SharePoint sites.- Introduced and implemented SharePoint PnP scripts to help accelerate the project in developing sites, libraries, document sets and metadata.- Authoring training and adoption guidance materials and delivered training.

Contract role with a McArthurGlen Group, Europe's leading owner, developer and manager of designer outlets based in 9 countries across Europe and Canada. Engaged in various workstreams for Global Office 365 and SharePoint operations management with a particular focus on driving adoption, improving service management practices and data migration programme.- Delivered Office 365 health check findings & remediation efforts- Mentoring & managed 3 SharePoint direct reports- Delivered Office 365 Service Roadmap- Produced Office 365 work packages plan and overseeing the work being implemented- SharePoint Migration Lead working with technical team to deliver on completing migration plan for business team sites- Working with 3rd party vendors to follow up on proposals for Office 365 related services

Contract role with a Top track 100 Global Renewable Energy organisation based in 10 countries and engaged in various workstreams for Global Office 365 deployment and enabling apps and services.- Providing subject matter expertise for the Office 365 SharePoint and OneDrive service in support of business collaboration projects- Developed SharePoint support model and site owner roles and responsibilities- Designed and implemented Office 365 adoption centre solution- Supporting Office 365 change champions to help support business with adoption of Office 365- Delivered presentations to senior management- Delivered Pre & Post Go-Live planning and support activities- Developed and delivered Office 365 apps and services webinar series topics to all countries- Assisted Testing Manager to develop SharePoint test scenarios and scripts- Traveled Australia to deliver Office 365 training to super users- Contributing to projects, service enhancements and new services- Validated and provided advice on issues and escalations related to the service performance- Working with local teams in the various countries to ensure delivery of the locally provided services is in alignment with the group- Trusted advisor and subject matter expert with all stakeholders and also Office 365 Global Administrator- Responsible for devising & conducting technical interviews for Office 365 SME job application candidates

Delivered migration services as a SharePoint Architect at the SharePoint Centre of Excellence in Agilisys. This contract role involved working across public sector clients with SharePoint 2007 to Office 365 SharePoint Online.Working with Local Authorities to analyse MOSS 2007 deployments using PowerBI and designing Office 365 SharePoint Online team sites, intranet and business process solutions.

Contract role delivering SharePoint consultancy, architecture guidance and Office 365 implementations and migrations for EEC Services clients.- Delivered Office 365 tenant to tenant migrations of M&A Project for a large retail company in the UK and Australia. This included customised intranet, business critical SharePoint Online site collections, OneDrive For Business (1200), Office 365 Groups and Office 365 Video.- Delivered Project Management & Supplier and Customer Extranet SharePoint Online solutions for a Consumer Goods organisation.- Managed direct report for SharePoint migration resource and capacity planning- Prepared and delivered SharePoint summary status reports for tracking project progress- Appraisal of migration tools to achieve optimum migration results- Coordinated several third-party service provider activities and project dependencies with aligned expectations.- Lead and won SharePoint Pre-Sales activities for prospective clients.

Short term contract for a major Non-Ministerial UK Government Department with responsibility of delivering the design and implementation of High Availability SharePoint 2013 Server Farms.This included the following:- Delivering High Level Designs for SharePoint Farms- Build of High Availability SharePoint 2013 Server Farms consisting of Test, Acceptance and Production Environments.- Upgrade of SharePoint 2010 Server Farm hosting Team Collaboration sites, Business Applications and Full Trust Code solutions.- Migration of existing SharePoint 2013 hosting intranet.

- Contract role leading the SharePoint function to design, enhance, develop, document and maintain the Office 365 technology platform.- Delivery lead for migration from fileshares to Office 365 SharePoint Online.- Day to day environment monitoring, including reconfiguration as necessary.- Handling incoming project requests, to include solution design and project scheduling according to priority.- Implementing solution designs according to SharePoint best practices

Contract role providing Office 365, SharePoint Online & Project Online technical services to 50,000 users.- Responsible for conducting Project Online Health Check Assessment and Remediation Plan- Technical Lead and co-ordinator for SharePoint Online and Project Online solution implementation and support- Working with 3rd party to iron out any bugs and inconsistencies with Project Online around custom add-ins. - Reverse engineering and standardising project online platform for wider rollout to the university- Building and configuration of Office 365 Project Online staging environments.- Delivery lead for design and implementation of IT knowledgebase system on SharePoint Online platform.- Technical lead for Library services file share migration to SharePoint Online.- Technical support responsibility of SharePoint Online Platform, Project Online, Power BI Dashboard Deployment and SharePoint Business Applications.

Short term contract in providing SharePoint consultancy and technical services to a Global Insurance Organisation.- Assessed and analysed SharePoint search issues- Documented the configuration of SharePoint 2013 server farms- Analysed and resolved the SharePoint code causing page load performance issues- Reviewed the current intranet capability for upgrade purposes- Recommended the fixes to search issues- Documented the plan for SharePoint upgrade and migration

- Responsible for development of SharePoint sites across the organisation supporting business needs.- Delivering the Council’s team collaboration platform through the effective rollout and delivery of SharePoint 2013 to 2000 users.- Leading SharePoint health checks, Governance and Adoption programme together with documentation of procedures.- Engaged with User Acceptance Testing and liaising with both internal and external stakeholders.- Troubleshooting SharePoint 2013 platform, services and custom solutions.- Contributing to communication and engagement activities.- Working with business and user requirements to drive desired results.

Senior client-facing SharePoint Consultant with Global Microsoft Gold Partner and majority owned by Accenture, responsible for delivering:- SharePoint Architecture Assurance in variety of SharePoint projects and technical support for Europe’s biggest Oil Supermajor client.- Delivered feasibility study for SharePoint migration from external content source- Supported Delve technology appraisal and review- One of the Top 5 fundraisers in Palace to Palace Bicycle Ride Challenge supporting The Prince's Trust Charity.

Responsible for recommending SharePoint Solution Architecture High Level Design approvals targeted for SharePoint 2013 On-Premise Farms and Office365-Dedicated Farm.Delivered Terms of Reference documents through gathering broad business requirements.Validated and reviewed Solution Architecture Designs for various SharePoint Projects.Valuable contributions from Architecture perspective to Project Advisory Board meetings.Conducted risk assessments for proposed solutions to enable SharePoint functionality.Communicated regular status updates to Architecture team and Project teams.Technical Advisory to customers and within project teams for both functional and non-functional requirements.Carried out ITIL Service Design content analysis and alignment to corporate Solution Architecture High Level Designs.Reviewed business requirements and Office365 feature capability Proof of Concept Statement Of Work.Conducted analysis with business requirements and third party product capabilities.Technical impact analysis of proposed solution to improve SharePoint performance problem from interfaces, architecture perspectives.Validation and reviews of SharePoint Test Strategy and Test Plans.Lead Livelink to SharePoint Migration Feasibility Study.

Design and Implementation of SharePoint Business Solutions through workflow tools such as SharePoint Designer, K2 and Nintex.Installation, Configuration & Upgrades of SharePoint 2013, 2010 and 2007.Managing and Implementing On-premises SharePoint Migrations to Office 365 platforms.Delivering intranet solutions on SharePoint on-premise and Office 365 platforms.Performing SharePoint Health checks and migration appraisals.Troubleshooting SharePoint configuration, upgrade and feature issues.Configuring SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn High Availability for SharePoint databases.Conducting requirements workshops and interviews with key business stakeholders.Creating functional and technical specifications using lightweight agile methods.Configuration of Windows Azure and Cloud Services.Delivering SharePoint presentations and training.Contributing author to various SharePoint related blog websites.

SQL Server database administration & development, SharePoint farm administration & configuration. Qlikview business intelligence dashboards & reports. Successfully designed and implemented a corporate intranet and collaboration solutions for 5000 users. Responsible for analysing requirements, system design, development, deployment and support of web based business applications such as client management system meeting the UK Government compliance requirements. Provided support for Line-of-Business systems and upgrade projects. Experienced speaker to large audiences, deliver technical presentations regularly at conferences, such as SharePoint Saturday and Ark Group.

Designed and developed SQL server databases supporting client requirements. Developed access database front-end application and reports.Contracted to support client IT department as database developer. Successfully managed the implementation of HR & Payroll and Financial system and developed other in-house systems.