Microsoft 365 & Azure migration
Assessment, design, execution or supervision, turnkey handover.
Based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire · remote, all time zones
Bernard-Emmanuel KERHOZ
Microsoft 365 Architect | Migrations, SharePoint, Exchange & Microsoft Graph | Business Apps & AI-Assisted Engineering
Microsoft 365 architecture and migrations: SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Exchange Online and Microsoft Graph — scoping, technical diagnosis, document organisation and handover to the teams.
More than 40 years in IT, including nearly 15 years at Microsoft (1987–June 2002) in enterprise systems engineering, OEM architecture and the European development of eHome. Independent consulting since 2007: more than 1,000 organisations whose migrations were overseen or directly delivered over the course of engagements.
AI-assisted development of business applications complements this expertise when it answers a defined operational need.
- 1,000+organisations — migrations overseen or directly delivered
- 40+years in IT, since 1983
- ~15years at Microsoft (1987–2002)
- 3published business applications
Expertise
Document governance
Classification, naming, remediation, migration readiness.
SharePoint, Exchange & Microsoft Graph
Architecture, permissions, troubleshooting and integration.
AI-assisted business applications
Requirements, architecture, human review, scoped testing, documentation.
Systems architecture
Security, resilience and data recovery.
Data protection (GDPR)
Processing records, impact assessments, compliance plans — background experience.
AI-assisted engineering — the method
AI supports implementation; architectural decisions and acceptance remain human-led. The client buys a useful, maintainable solution — not a volume of prompts or lines of code.
- Requirements and acceptance criteria
- Architecture, data and access contracts
- AI-assisted iterations with human review
- Tests actually run — and their limits
- Functional acceptance
- Deployment, versioning, documentation and handover
This is the target standard for new work; each product below states what has actually been demonstrated.
Portfolio
Anonymised migration cases
Email migration to Microsoft 365
Multi-project experience moving mail from Google, Exchange, IMAP and Lotus Notes to Exchange Online: requirements check, briefing, migration execution or supervision, validation, documentation and handover.
Illustrated example (anonymised): Lotus Notes to Exchange Online, with a separate document stream through Azure staging to SharePoint and OneDrive. The Azure transit belongs to this example only.
Document migration to SharePoint Online
Moving documents from NAS, file servers, local sources and SharePoint Online to SharePoint Online: readiness, structure and permissions, post-migration log analysis, exception handling with the teams and administrator handover.
Illustrated example (anonymised): NAS to SharePoint. SharePoint-to-SharePoint migrations are not assumed to be cross-tenant.
Business applications
Exorcist 365
Audits SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Groups, Exchange and Entra, within the permissions and scope granted. Findings stay in the browser or in the client’s own SharePoint.
Limits: Results depend on the tenant permissions granted; “not measured” is not “zero”.
Visit Exorcist 365 →
CaseMaster 365
Cases, clients, contacts, statuses, resolution and time indicators, on a Microsoft 365 architecture (Entra, SharePoint Online).
Limits: Automations (intake, suggestions, multichannel) must be accepted in each tenant and scope.
Visit CaseMaster 365 →
Surveyor
Radar, press review and newsletter. Local browser storage by default; personal or work OneDrive and SharePoint Online are optional.
Limits: Background collection relies on a local extension with the PC awake and the browser running — not a 24/7 cloud service.
Visit Surveyor →Covers are original illustrations, not interface screenshots or client deliverables.
Experience
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Dec 2022 – present (scheduled end 1 November 2026)
Microsoft 365 Ambassador
Microsoft 365 Ambassador · Freelance engagement via Upwork
- Ongoing freelance engagement, scheduled to end on 1 November 2026.
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2018 – present
Founder — Microsoft 365 cloud architect, DPO, AI orchestration
ValorCloud OÜ · Estonia · remote
- Microsoft 365 and Azure architecture and migrations: scoping, partner coordination, hands-on interventions and handover to the teams.
- Business applications and AI-assisted workflows: architecture, human review, scoped testing and documentation.
- Information-system audits covering document organisation, governance, processes and compliance.
- Structured technology watch: source qualification, press reviews and newsletters.
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2010 – 2018
President, CTO and cloud architect
ValorConseil SAS · Viroflay, France
Systems and software consulting, specialised in the transition to Office 365 and Azure.
- Founded and led the company on the Microsoft cloud transition niche: design, deployment and team enablement.
- Turnkey migration projects, from design to deployment, with long-term support and maintenance.
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2007 – present
Founder
Réseau Valor · Network of independent consultants
- Network of independent consultants around Microsoft technologies, still active.
- Technology-adoption seminars designed and delivered for the Institut pour l’Emploi and within MEDEF, distributed through ANPE Cadres.
- Talks on the impact of technology in the home for ADETEM.
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2002 – 2006
Founder and CTO
eMagium · Versailles, France
High-end consumer-electronics solutions, ten employees.
- Built the company up to working prototypes: biometrics, television and multimedia systems for a high-net-worth clientele.
- Led hardware and software teams of eight to sixteen people depending on the phase.
- Negotiated major agreements with Microsoft and Maxtor, then the world’s leading storage manufacturer.
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1999 – Jun 2002
Business Development Manager Europe, eHome division
Microsoft · Europe
- Established the eHome division in Europe from the US: industrial agreements with Siemens, EDF, Orange and Schneider.
- Bridged KNX standards with Microsoft technologies; contributions to Media Player, UPnP and Windows Media Center.
- Represented the company’s position to standards bodies and at French Senate hearings.
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1995 – 1999
Systems engineer & architect, OEM
Microsoft · Les Ulis, France
- Technical relationships with IBM, Gateway and Packard Bell; supervised OEM beta programmes for France.
- Home-of-the-future and connected-vehicle projects carried through to corporate communication.
- Home-automation education programme built with EDF.
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1987 – 1995
Senior systems engineer, enterprise accounts
Microsoft · Les Ulis, France
- Migrated major industrial accounts to Windows and Microsoft technologies, in pre-sales and technical support.
- Adapted and rolled out the MCP certification programmes for France.
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1983–1987
Early years
- Micro Age, Paris (1987) — CTO — mainframe emulation, LAN and WAN.
- Octet-Systa, Paris (1986–1987) — Project lead — first Reuters financial-terminal emulator on PC.
- Ryo Informatique, Paris (1984–1985) — Technical lead — introduction of early network and telecom systems.
- Logiciels Thèmes Applications, Paris (1983–1986) — Network pre-sales then network expert — enterprise connectivity, character-set converter.
Highlights
- Azure migrations for a national postal operator and an international insurance group.
- Represented Microsoft on the smart home for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
- Speaker at the French Senate on the vehicle of the future and at the Hourtin summer university on the home.
- Author of the first Reuters financial-terminal emulator on PC (1986).
- Co-founder of Netciné.com, with Pathé and CanalPlay.
- Technical expert to French high courts (tribunaux de grande instance); regular articles in the specialised press.
- Founder of several companies: eMagium (2002), Réseau Valor (2007), ValorConseil (2010), ValorCloud (2018).
Education
Degrees & titles
- 2009
- Technical Consultant professional qualification, Level I (French national register) — Institut pour l’Emploi (IpE), Paris
- 2001
- Master of Arts in Computer Information Systems — Los Angeles University
- 1999
- Bachelor of Arts in Computer Technology — Los Angeles University
- 1979–1981
- BTS (two-year French higher technical diploma) in Typesetting and Photoengraving — École des Gobelins, Paris
Certifications
- 2019
- CNIL — L’Atelier RGPD (certificate of completion)
Training completion, not a DPO certification. - 2013
- Microsoft Specialist: Administering Office 365 for Small Business (Exam 324)
Historical. - 2013
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Historical — programme since retired by Microsoft.
Data protection
- Appointed DPO for several organisations in 2018–2019.
- Impact assessments, security policy, breach management, processor agreements and compliance plans.
Teaching
- Institut pour l’Emploi — Consultant, trainer and technical coach.
- IIM / Pôle Léonard de Vinci, Paris — Lecturer in GDPR, digital law and digital transformation.
- Atelier Numérique de Versailles — Workshops on cloud, GDPR and digital transformation for entrepreneurs.
- IPMD Abidjan — Technical and digital-teaching coordination.
- Institut Ivoirien de Technologie — Digital & AI curriculum.
Languages
- French
5/5 Native - English
4/5 Fluent - Spanish
2/5 Reading
Beyond tech
VOXNOVA — composer, lyricist and producer: 21 albums released in three years and several hundred YouTube videos, with multilingual writing supported by an AI-assisted language-adaptation method.
YouTubeSpotifyApple MusicYouTube MusicRecent releases (YouTube playlist)
Contact
For a scoped consultation or a defined-scope project, in English or French:
emmanuel@valor.cloud LinkedInUpwork
Engagements contracted through ValorCloud OÜ (Estonia)