Working with EMEA and US Enterprise Customers allowing for seamless onboarding and adoption of their M365 services, this includes guidance, best practice, and governance of the Microsoft 365 stack. Onboarding of EMEA and US enterprise customers into Microsoft 365 including: Exchange Online / Hybrid / IMAP / Gmail Migrations , Azure Active Directory / On-prem Active Directory, Azure SaaS and IaaS, Azure Design and Architecture, Azure Active Directory Connect (AADC), Network Assessments and improvements, Endpoint connectivity guidance / VPN Split-tunnel, Enterprise Proxy Access, Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS) / Pass Through Authentication (PTA), Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Defender for Office - MDE/MDO – previously known as Advanced Threat Protection (ATP/OATP), System Centre Configuration Manager (SCCM) and Azure AD joined and co-managed devices, M365 Apps (MS Office ProPlus), Microsoft Teams / Skype for Business, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online (SPO), Google Drive/Box/SMB Migrations, Azure Active Directory Identity Protection (AADIP), Microsoft Defender for Identity with Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) and Intune (MAM/MDM).

RedPixie’s mission is to go beyond technology, building and managing Azure hybrid solutions to create new capabilities and better business outcomes for their clients. Typical projects help clients migrate legacy systems to the cloud, speed up big data workloads, deliver services and more.I joined RedPixie as a Senior Consultant to assist with an Active Directory extension into the Active Directory Azure Services (AD AS) for one of their clients. This entailed me leading the Low-Level Design (LLD) of the IaaS services into Azure. I was tasked with looking at their current Role Based Access Control (RBAC) as well and had to understand how they currently worked and how they should be working in the future. I led the creation for the LLD for the client and implementation thereof. I also lead an Office 365 Hybrid Migration of a client from the global tenant in the German tenant.• Microsoft Azure Cloud - Azure IaaS/PaaS/SaaS design and deployment, Office 365 Cloud Migration, Hybrid Deployment and Azure Infrastructure Deployment (planning (roadmap), design (LLD / HLD), governance (business requirements), documentation and training).• ADConnect (DirSync) design, custom rules, attribute filtering and management including PTA (Pass through authentication).• Active Directory extension / Read Only Domain Controllers (RODC) into Azure Cloud Deployment (IaaS), infrastructure Design and Deployment.• RBAC Design and Implication• German tenant management / migration and Licensing (E3-DE)• DNS redesign and split-brain configuration• Active Directory redesign and remediation• GPO health check and clean-up• Forrest and Domain function level uplift• Skype Online, custom ISP domain management and Lync migrations• SharePoint deployment• Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008 R2, 2012 R2, 2016

Arriva is one of the largest providers of passenger transport in Europe, employing more than 65,000 people and delivering more than 2.2 billion passenger journeys across 14 European countries each year. I joined Arriva to assist in an 40,000 mailbox migration across 14 countries. Each Train Operating Company (TOC) was unique and had to be assessed and planned individually, based on their infrastructure, business needs and business hours. Each of them had their own set of stakeholders and IT Teams, who all had to engaged and managed to get over the line in the required time. I personally successfully migrated over 12,000 mailboxes across 5 Train Operating Company’s in 2 countries. Office 365, Exchange Online – Cutover Migrations and Microsoft Azure (planning, design, governance, documentation and training)Exchange 2010 – Migration completion and Legacy Exchange decommissionEOP (Exchange Online Protection) via Symantec.Cloud / MimeCastOME (Office 365 Message Encryption)Office ProPlus (E3 Plan) and Shared ActivationPowerShell (Exchange, Microsoft Azure Active Directory, Active Directory and Microsoft Online Services)Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect (DirSync / ADSync) - Password SyncExternal DNS Management / Vendor Management – DNS, SPF, TXT, CNAMEAzure VPN and Barracuda VPN Services to sync all TOCs AD Objects into Microsoft Azure ADBitTitan – MigrationWiz / DeploymentPro / Archive Mailbox MigrationActive Directory Federated Services 3.0 – ADFS3.0 – Single Sign On (SSO)Citrix ZenApp 7.6 / ZenDesktop VDI – and Microsoft Office Shared ActivationAppSense - Application Virtualisation 8.5Microsoft Intune Pilot – Mobile device, Desktop Management and Application ManagementActivity, process scheduling and engagementTime scale management and setting expectationDesigned, implementation, documentation and handoverStakeholder and client engagement including management and steeringVendor and third party engagement and management

With over 60 years of fashion retailing experience, River Island is one of the most successful companies on the British High Street. They have over 260 stores across the UK and Ireland along with international stores throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.I joined River Island as a Senior Lead Consultant to complete their migration into the Microsoft Cloud (Office 365), the objective was to save on Microsoft licensing, storage costs, backup costs and at the same time reduce infrastructure management and infrastructure BAU (patching and hardware failure). This would also give River Island employees the ability to work from anywhere and on any device.DFS Implementation and deployment - GlobalActive Directory Redesign and Clean up - GlobalMicrosoft Office 365 - Cloud Migration, Hybrid deployment and Windows Azure (planning, design, governance, documentation and training)Exchange 2010 / Exchange 2010 HybridDirectory Synchronization Upgrade– DirSync (Version 7020.0000)Skype for Business OnlineSharePoint OnlineEOP (Exchange Online Protection) – in conjunction with MessageLabs.CloudTLS (Cryptographic Protocol used for Email Encryption)External DNS Management – Domains, SPF / TXT RecordsSAN and SSL CertificatesMailbox Permissions ManagementDistribution List ManagementPowerShell (Exchange, Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Active Directory)Outlook Anywhere and Outlook Web AccessAutodiscoverMobile Device Access – ActiveSync, LyncMicrosoft IIS Relay Cluster for onsite appliances requiring mail relay.Microsoft StorSimple Implementation, Design and Deployment – All Corporate file data migrated to Microsoft Azure Cloud and backup in the Azure Cloud (Including DR).98% of all Servers at River Islands are Virtual and based on VMware.

NEKTAN operates in the highly regulated Online and Mobile Gaming industry. It produces and delivers new and unique gaming products and services for commercial operators and government lotteries. NEKTAN’s content and tools bridge the gap between social gaming and mobile gambling. NEKTAN is platform agnostic and provides products that can be played across a range of devices including PC, Tablets, Mobile, Betting Terminals, iTV and more.I joined NEKTAN as Lead Consultant to migrate NEKTAN in the Office 365 (Cloud). The objective was to save on Microsoft licensing, storage, backup costs and at the same time reduce management and infrastructure BAU (patching and hardware failure). This would also give NEKTAN employees the ability to work from anywhere and on any device. This has made NEKTAN a more nimble and flexible company in these challenging times.Complete Domain Controller Refresh (Global) - Windows Server 2003 - Windows Server 2012 R2Raised Domain Function and Forest Function Level - 2008 R2 (Added AD Recycle Bin)Redesigned DHCP and Scopes - GlobalRedesigned DNS - GlobalRedesigned DFS - GlobalMicrosoft Office 365 - Cloud Migration, Hybrid deployment and Windows Azure (planning, design, governance, documentation and training)Exchange 2010 / Exchange 2013 HybridADFS and ADFS Proxy (Version 2.0 RU3)Directory Synchronization – DirSync (Version 7020.0000)Lync OnlineSharePoint OnlineMicrosoft OneDriveEOP (Exchange Online Protection)TLS (Cryptographic Protocol used for Email Encryption)External DNS Management – Domains, SPF / TXT RecordsSAN and SSL CertificatesMailbox Permissions ManagementDistribution List ManagementPowerShell (Exchange, Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Active Directory)Outlook Anywhere and Outlook Web AccessAutodiscoverMobile Device Access – ActiveSync, LyncEDGE Sync / TMG 2010

RedPixie is an innovative & creative British technology company, passionate about ‘over’ delivery on the commercial outcomes jointly set for its customers. They have experience across End User Computing, Cloud, Data Centre and Virtualisation, as well as Data Analytics allowing unique insight and vision to address customers’ challenges.At RedPixie I was the Lead Consultant on all matters Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Exchange 2010 / Exchange 2013. This included Migrations to and from Office 365 and Exchange. During my contract at RedPixie I fine-tuned my Office 365 knowledge and skills allowing me further better my skills.Microsoft Office 365 - Cloud Migration, Hybrid deployment (planning, design, governance, documentation and training)Exchange 2010 / Exchange 2013 HybridADFS and ADFS Proxy (Version 2.0 RU3)Directory Synchronisation – DirSync (Version 6765.0006)EOP (Exchange Online Protection)TLS (Cryptographic Protocol used for Email Encryption)External DNS Management – Domains, SPF / TXT RecordsSAN and SSL CertificatesMailbox Permissions ManagementDistribution List ManagementPowerShell (Exchange, Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Active Directory)Outlook Anywhere and Outlook Web AccessMobile Device Access – ActiveSyncMicrosoft Intune and System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)Enterprise Vault Management and Migration planningTMG 2010

I'm currently a Level 3 Technical Analyst in the System Management Team, we are a team of 9 people who maintain and design platforms for the core systems of the business. We maintain all corporate and web servers for the entire company, this is a list of technologies I work with on a daily bases, Active Directory, Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2,Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Migration (technical lead, admin, design, training and documentation) from Exchange 2003 SP2 to Exchange 2010 SP2 RU2 and then to the Cloud (Users 6500 UK/USA/Netherlands/Singapore/China) Microsoft Exchange Server 2010/2003 administration and designActive Directory Federated Services (ADFS) for Microsoft Office 365 Project, Google Mail Pilot Administrator, 80 Users on pilot (Corporate Gmail)Citrix XenApp Server 4.5 & 6.0 - 26 server farm (Application Publishing/ Thin Client/Published Desktops), Global Farm – US,UK, EuropeBlackberry Enterprise Server – Implementation, Design and Support (BES ver. 4.1.6 & 5.0.1).McAfee EPO ver4/4.5/4.6 - Implementation, Design and Support, Extensive MSSQL 2000/2005/2008IIS6 & 7 knowledge including ApacheNetbackup 6.5.4 & 7.1Backup Exec 12.5ISA Server 2006 running load balance with Microsoft Outlook Web AccessVMware ESX (NetApp support, fabric and CIFS support)MIMESweeper (spam filter and black list) and Implemented and designed, IronPort (bulk e-mail), DNS (internal and external), DHCP, VPN, Wan and Gateway Support,RSA, (2FA) 2 factor authentication,Phonefactor, (2FA) 2 factor authentication,Patchlink/LEMSS (server and workstation patching), Rightfax ( bulk faxing) designed and implemented, Tripwire (change control/PCI 1.2/appliance/Windows/Linux/Unix Monitoring) designed and implementedNetIQ (Network and server monitoring) IPMonitor (Network and server monitoring)Netgear Firewall and Switch SupportRedhat Enterprise Linux 6 knowledgeAdministrator for Multiple Amazon Web Domains (AWS)

Product support for Condeco - It's a Web based meeting room (IIS 5.0 and 6.0), parking and hotdesking solution. The backend runs on SQL 2000 or 2005 database. This includes client site visits to install and update Condeco. Training and technical meetings with clients. This also includes infrastructure issues i.e. proxy issues etc.IT Support for three companies in the building Axia FX, 3D Currency Management and RNM Systems. 3D Currency Managements network was build from the ground up by myself this includes; Microsoft Exchange 2003 install and configuration, Microsoft Outlook Web Access, SSL securing, registering of domain name, Active Directory setup, Group Policy Configuration, network printer scripts for automated mapping, user accounts and mailboxes. Installed and Scheduled Backups using VERITAS. Installed, managed and configured VMware and Microsoft Virtual Sever environments for live and UAT. The servers across all the environments rang from HP to Dell Servers including both HP and Dell Backup drives.Managing Custom built CRM for client including IRIS, Bloomberg and Reuter's related connections and software.Management of the firewall at our external hosted environment, (Redbus) for client sites and both 3DCM and Axia FXFTP server management.Citrix publication of CRM apps and Office 2003 for clients from Redbus (external host environment). Blackberry management and configuration.Installed and configured new McAfee Enterprise Server, client role out of McAfee AV and Groupshield for exchange

IT Support for 150 users in the London UK and in Finland Kuopio.Microsoft Exchange 2003 migration and Outlook Web Access configuration and setup, including Windows Mobile 5.0 PDA role out for Exchange Mobile Mail. VeriSign Certificate order and installation into Exchange 2003 SP2 for 128bit encryption.PDA management Software (SOTI) for fully fledged remote support including Remote Desktop and full statistics.Configuration and maintenance of WatchGuard Firebox 700 firewall and Juniper Networks Secure Access 2000 with all access, routing, IP/Port forwarding and VPN connection for all the Users in conjunction with MessageLabs, spyware, website blocking and virus scanning.Remote desktop support with WebEX, PC Anywhere and Microsoft Remote Desktop for all 11 Servers and Users.Support, Installation and Configuration of Citrix Client 9.230 and Presentation Server 4.5 including application publishing there in e.g. Cognos Contributor/Analyst, Jet Reports and Navision. Performance and printer management in Citrix and all UsersMicrosoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 management and support.JetReports Support, Configuration and licensing.Cognos 7 maintenance and support including Contributor andMicrosoft Exchange 2003 SP2, Outlook Web Access for Exchange and Outlook Mobile Access on Windows Mobile 5.0 Devices.Microsoft Active Directory configuration and support for all users and mailbox management.VERITAS Backup Exec 10d and configuration of all schedules. McAfee Anti-Virus 8.1, McAfee Group Shield for Exchange, McAfee Spyware application and EPolicy Orchestrate.Adobe Professional 7; Image creation for all workstations and laptops across the company.UPS Installation and Configuration of APC Symmetra LX 16KVA, configuring of Power Chute and temperature and humidity monitoring, included arranging it being Hardwired to Server Room in order support telephones, switches, servers etc.

Production Company) and Loux Modelling Agency (Cape Town)Maintained and setup network with internet sharing.Customer support was a big part as new clients arrived on a daily basis.Installed a wireless ADSL Network with DHCP for clients with a PC or Macintosh.

I was the Head Graphic designer for the Company Oversaw all artwork before pressing or printing.

I setup and maintained the network with internet sharing for the PC.I was responsible for the handling of the payment and timing software.