Hi, I'm Shakeer.
Microsoft 365 & Cloud Engineer.

I keep identity, mail and migrations running in Microsoft 365, and automate whatever repeats. Getting deeper into Azure.

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Shikamaru just wanted to be a cloud.
I became a cloud engineer instead. Close enough.

A bit about me

I’m a Microsoft 365 Engineer, currently learning Azure and working toward becoming a Cloud Engineer. Most days, it’s identity, mail, and migrations. If I do something once, I’ll probably automate it the next time. Off the clock: anime, above all.

  • 50+users supported
  • 3+tenant migrations, zero data loss
  • ~80%less manual ticket work
  • AZ-900certified, AZ-104 next

What I work with

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Microsoft 365

  • Exchange Online
  • SharePoint Online
  • OneDrive
  • Teams
  • M365 Admin Center
  • Dynamics 365 Customer Service

Identity & Security

  • Entra ID
  • Conditional Access
  • MFA
  • RBAC
  • Intune
  • Access reviews

Migrations & DNS

  • Cross-tenant migration
  • Google Workspace → M365
  • AvePoint Fly
  • MX / SPF / DKIM
  • DNS cutovers

Automation

  • PowerShell
  • Power Automate
  • Copilot Studio
  • GitHub Actions
  • Python
  • Bash

Azurestudying for AZ-104

  • Virtual Machines
  • Availability sets & zones
  • Scale sets
  • App Service
  • AZ-104 labs

AWSthis site runs on it

  • S3
  • CloudFront
  • IAM
  • ACM
  • Route 53

Where I've worked

M365 Engineer

Princeton IT Services, Gudivada

Oct 2025 to now · 1 yr

  • Mail-to-ticket systemDynamics 365 and Power Automate
  • Exchange OnlineAdmin for 50+ users
  • Cross-tenant migrationsIncluding US to India
  • Entra IDMFA, Conditional Access, access reviews

2020 to 2024

B.Tech, Information Technology

R.V.R. & J.C. College of Engineering

Things I've built & delivered

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Automation (flagship)

Mail-to-Ticket System

Support emails become Dynamics 365 cases automatically, routed and acknowledged.

  1. Email arrives
  2. ARC rule
  3. Case created
  4. Power Automate routes
  5. User gets reply
  • ~80% less manual work
  • <10 min first response
  • Dynamics 365
  • Power Automate
  • Exchange Online
Migration

Cross-Tenant M365 Migrations

Mailboxes, OneDrive and SharePoint moved between tenants, including US to India, with no data loss.

  • 3+ tenants migrated
  • 0 data loss
How it works
  • Staged mailbox migrations with pre-sync and a controlled cutover.
  • MX, SPF and DKIM updates during domain transfer.
  • Users, groups and licences recreated with matching permissions.
  • Delta sync plus post-migration validation.
  • AvePoint Fly
  • Exchange Online
  • SharePoint
  • DNS
Migration

Google Workspace → Microsoft 365

40 users' mail, calendar, contacts and files moved with no break in email delivery.

Details
  • Gmail, Contacts and Calendar moved into Exchange Online.
  • MX transition planned so mail kept flowing during cutover.
  • Drive files moved to OneDrive and SharePoint.
  • Exchange Online
  • OneDrive
  • DNS
Automation

Princeton Engage: Employee Engagement Bot

Birthday and anniversary recognition through Teams posts, HTML emails and a Copilot Studio bot.

Details
  • Scheduled Power Automate flows read a SharePoint list daily.
  • Teams announcements plus branded HTML emails.
  • Bot answers milestone questions without exposing birth years to employees.
  • Copilot Studio
  • Power Automate
  • SharePoint
  • Teams
Cloud

This site: CI/CD on AWS

Static site on S3 and CloudFront, deployed on every push through GitHub Actions.

Details
  • CloudFront with Origin Access Control in front of a private bucket.
  • Least-privilege IAM user; credentials in GitHub Secrets.
  • Custom domain, www redirect and DNS configured end to end.
  • S3
  • CloudFront
  • GitHub Actions
  • IAM
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More details

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Work experience Projects, step by step

Credentials

Earned

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

AZ-900 · Microsoft

Cloud concepts, Azure architecture and services, security, governance and cost management.

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In progress

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

AZ-104 · Microsoft

Identity & governance, storage, compute, virtual networking, monitoring and backup in Azure.

Preparing with hands-on labs

Let's talk.

Hiring for a Cloud role, or just want to connect? Send a message. I usually reply within a day.

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