Brandon Hughes

About Brandon Hughes

Experienced Microsoft 365 and Windows System Administrator with a proven track record of…

Experience

1. Microsoft 365 Consultant

   Pacific Life

   Mar 2020 — Present · Lynchburg, VA, US

   Serve as the Subject Matter Expert and provide expert-level experience with the design and implementation of Office 365 and M365 applications in a global environment.Play a key role in M365 Governance Program and provides expert guidance in decision-making processes.Maintain up-to-date and deep knowledge of Office 365 and broader Microsoft 365 services, security features, and licensing entitlements.Serve as a Line 1 security expert for Office 365. Design and implement solutions that exceed Pacific Life\'s security requirements.Monitor service updates and roadmaps to evaluate and test new solutions for changes and improvements.Communicate and educate the technical and business communities on current architectures, technologies, and industry trends.Key Achievements:Helped strategize the planning and enablement effort for Microsoft Copilot for company-wide rollout.Helped Pacific Life receive consistently high scores in an annual Security Optimization Assessment done with Microsoft.Played key role in defining guest access policies for OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams while aligning external collaboration capabilities with Pacific Life\'s data protection policies and regulatory standards.Rolled out Sensitivity Labels for emails and files to the entire companyHelped transition from Symantec DLP to Microsoft Purview DLP for email.Led the transition from AirWatch to Microsoft Intune for mobile device management as well as defining the policies and data protection strategy for mobile BYOD.

Education

• Heritage High School

  Diploma

  1993 — 1997

• University of Lynchburg

  BS

  1999 — 2002

• Central Virginia Community College

  AA&S

  1997 — 1999