Cloud01
Azure landing zones, PAYG to CSP transfers, server migrations and Azure Virtual Desktop for small and mid-sized businesses. Built to policy, handed over with SOPs.
- Landing Zones
- Azure Migrate
- AVD + FSLogix
- Entra ID
- Intune
- Meraki vMX
Aakarshit Rathore — Cloud & DevOps Consultant and Microsoft AI Engineer
Cloud & DevOps ConsultantMicrosoft AI EngineerTechPlusTalent · Jammu
I build cloud platforms on Azure and Microsoft 365 that scale without giving up security — and the AI agents that put them to work.
Available for projects · open to roles
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Two years moving businesses onto Azure. Subscriptions under CSP, servers into the cloud, desktops onto AVD and identities into Entra. Now building AI agents with Copilot Studio, and shipping every project with the runbooks that keep it running.
Expertise
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DevOps02
Delivery pipelines and platforms where security and reliability are built in from the first commit. DevSecOps, MLOps and AIOps for systems that have to stay up.
- DevSecOps
- MLOps
- AIOps
- Azure Policy
- RBAC
- Azure SQL
AI03
Copilot readiness reviews, Copilot Studio agents and GitHub Copilot rollouts, so teams adopt AI knowing exactly what it can reach.
- Copilot Studio
- GitHub Copilot
- Azure AI
- Microsoft Fabric
- Purview
Selected work
Shipped end
Shipped end
to end
Client names are withheld. Each project ran from scoping document to handover.
Virtual desktopHealthcare
AVD for a medical centre
1 host poolall clinical & admin staff
Pooled Azure Virtual Desktop for clinical and admin staff, delivered through a partner MSP. FSLogix profiles on Azure Files and conditional access for remote sign-in.
Handed over with live training and an admin runbook.
- AVD
- FSLogix
- Azure Files
- Entra ID
Identity & networkMulti-site
Identity foundation
On-prem → Azureone identity plane
Domain controllers in Azure, Entra Connect and cloud Kerberos trust, with Meraki vMX and AutoVPN linking the on-prem office. Remote staff on Secure Client VPN.
Phase 1 of a staged move off legacy identity.
- Entra Connect
- AD DS
- Meraki vMX
- AutoVPN
PlatformSouth Central US
Azure landing zone
Reusedby later client builds
Management groups, hub-and-spoke networking, Azure Policy guardrails and RBAC, ready for workload migrations to land on.
A repeatable base later builds reuse.
- Landing Zone
- Hub-spoke
- Azure Policy
- RBAC
IntegrationStorage
Vendor SFTP exchange
2 optionscosted & tested
SFTP on Azure Blob Storage with local users and scoped containers, plus an OpenSSH-on-VM alternative protected by Azure Backup.
Two options, costed and tested.
- Blob SFTP
- OpenSSH
- Azure Backup
NetworkingRemote access
One IP for whitelisting
1 egress IPunblocks vendor apps
P2S VPN and AVD users needed a single egress IP for vendor apps that whitelist by address. Routed that traffic through a Linux proxy in Azure.
Solved without changing how users work.
- P2S VPN
- Linux proxy
- AVD
AI readinessMicrosoft 365
Copilot readiness reviews
4 surfacesaudited pre-launch
A checklist across Entra, Teams, SharePoint and M365 that finds oversharing, stale access and missing labels before Copilot is switched on.
Copilot rolled out knowing what it can reach.
- M365
- SharePoint
- Purview
- Copilot
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Where I've worked
- Apr 2025 — NowMicrosoft AI EngineerTechPlusTalentCopilot Studio · GitHub CopilotFull-time
- Dec 2024 — NowAssociate ConsultantTechPlusTalentAzure & Microsoft 365 projectsFull-time
- Sep — Nov 2024Azure Associate EngineerTechPlusTalentApprenticeship
- Jun — Sep 2024DevOps InternDevOps InsidersRemoteInternship
- Jan — May 2024Data Science InternFuturense TechnologiesBengaluruInternship
- EducationJain UniversityJain (Deemed-to-be University)
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something secure
Available for Azure & Microsoft 365 projects · open to Cloud/DevOps roles