Commercial Real Estate Investment · Full Microsoft 365 Migration
2022 – Present · Los Angeles, CA
Sentinel Net Lease approached me with a critical need: migrate their entire technology infrastructure from a fragmented Google Workspace and Dropbox environment to Microsoft 365. As a growing commercial real estate investment firm, they needed a unified platform that could scale with their business while meeting the security and compliance standards appropriate for financial services.
Sentinel was operating with a technology stack that created friction, redundancy, and security gaps across the team:
Conducted a comprehensive audit of existing systems, data structures, and user workflows to design the full migration strategy with clearly defined milestones and risk mitigation.
Configured the tenant, security policies, and user accounts with appropriate licensing for a real estate investment firm — including roles, groups, and conditional access from day one.
Transitioned the team's email from Google Admin to Microsoft Exchange using Office and Google API integrations, preserving all historical mail with no service interruption.
Migrated all file storage from Dropbox and Google Drive to SharePoint and OneDrive via Office and Dropbox API, eliminating duplicate storage and establishing a single source of truth.
Deployed Microsoft Defender security policies, conditional access rules, and advanced threat protection — bringing the environment up to financial-services security standards.
Implemented Power Automate workflows for business process automation, provided comprehensive user training, and established ongoing support procedures to ensure smooth adoption.
Seamlessly transitioned the team's email from Google Workspace to Microsoft Exchange with full historical mail preserved and zero service interruption for the firm.
Eliminated the Dropbox/Google Drive silo problem by consolidating all file storage into SharePoint and OneDrive — a single, permission-aware system with proper version control.
Deployed Defender for Endpoint, conditional access policies, anti-phishing protection, and centralized Intune device management across the full team.
Implemented Power Automate flows to replace manual processes — notifications, approvals, document routing, and reporting automation appropriate for a real estate investment operation.
Used PowerShell scripting for bulk user provisioning, license management, Exchange configuration, and SharePoint site setup — ensuring consistent, repeatable administration.
Guided the team through the transition with structured training and support, achieving strong user adoption without the productivity dip that often accompanies major platform migrations.