Akshay Krishnan, M365 Core & Collaboration Specialist (Global Role)

Akshay Krishnan

M365 Core & Collaboration Specialist (Global Role)

Hitachi Energy

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
16 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months

M365 Core & Collaboration Specialist (Global Role) at Hitachi Energy
  • India - Bengaluru
  • My current job since October 2021

Developing IT Strategy as per Enterprise Architecture guidelines by identifying, planning, business Roadmap, Technology Roadmap, migration, and transformation) for M365 Solutions.
• Collaborating with global stakeholders to formulate the vision and strategy to increase the adoption of M365 Modern Workplace.
• Work together with technical leads to carry out Pilot and Production rollout like MFA, Conditional access, Intune (MDM & MAM), Data Classification (AIP), Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud, Insider Risk Management, and Information Governance & Protection.
• Partner with the Digital Adoption team to document and communicate with the end-user on M365 capabilities.
• Responsible for the introduction of new features and updates to M365 (Teams, Exchange, SharePoint, One Drive) as part of monthly
Global IT meetings.

Cloud Architect at Crayon Software Experts India Pvt Ltd
  • India
  • November 2020 to September 2021

Managed pre-sale for M365 Solutions for the whole Southern region (India).
• Provide technical architecture for a broad spectrum of M365 products and
services including Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Device
Management, Threat Protection, Security, Compliance Identity and Access
management.
• Responsible for technical sales calls and assist the sales team in converting
opportunities into business.
• Worked as an

Consultant at Sonata Software
  • India
  • January 2017 to November 2020

Execute, manage, and drive Proof of Concept (POC) for Enterprise customers
and SMBs on Azure AD, Intune, Data classification, OneDrive & Exchange
Online protection.
• Implemented Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) & M35 Security
solution for a manufacturing/ financial & IT industry. (Approx. 20K users).
o Azure Active Directory security - Conditional Access, MFA, SSO, SSPR
and Azure AD Connect, Identity Governance & Protection.
o Enrolled Android/ iOS & Windows devices to Intune and set up MAM &
MDM configuration policies. (Autopilot, Always On VPN, BitLocker)
o Azure Information Protection for labelling, classification, and
protection of documents.
o Microsoft Compliance - DLP, DLP for Endpoint, Information
Governance & Protection, Unified Labeling.
o Set up Exchange Online Protection - Anti-malware, Anti -Spam, Anti-
phishing, Anti-spoofing.
• Delivered cloud security workshops and security threat workshops as part of
Microsoft adoption programs.
• Designed, Implemented, and migrated SCCM 2007 / 2012 to SCCM 1906 for
approx. 30K Clients with Cloud Management Gateway Solution

at CMS IT Services Pvt Ltd
  • India
  • November 2014 to December 2016
Customer Support Engineer at Vays Infotech
  • India
  • October 2010 to November 2014

Desktop and Server Support Engineer.
• Support Engineer for Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration

Associate Consultant
  • January 2008 to January 2012

Worked on Microsoft data center products.
o Active Directory

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
  • June 2010

BE in Computer Science

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Servers
Endpoint Security
Windows Security
Windows Azure
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
MICROSOFT WINDOWS
MIGRATION
INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
MICROSOFT ACCESS
MICROSOFT EXCHANGE
NETSCAPE ENTERPRISE SERVER
ADVERTISING
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Training and Certifications

70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure solutions (Certificate)
MS-101: Microsoft 365 Mobility and Security (Certificate)
MS-500: Microsoft 365 Security Administration (Certificate)
MS-100: Microsoft 365 Identity and Services (Certificate)
MD-101: Managing Modern Desktops (Certificate)
MD-100: Windows 10 (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Cricket, Gym, Avid Reader, Technology geek