Harri Jaakkonen

Leading Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Wrecked the legacy ๐Ÿ’พ secured the cloud โ˜๏ธ now taming the AI ๐Ÿค– Azure Badass & Microsoft MVP (Security โž• Identity) ๐Ÿ’ฏ

Uusimaa, Finland

About

First and foremost I'm a Dad for three and husband for one โค๏ธ And also a solid professional with a twist of social sense and good teamwork skills. I'm focused on Microsoft-technologies, but also deal with networks devices, load balancing, disaster recovery and other non-Microsoft solutions. I have Microsoft Valuable Professional award with Security category and target on Identity, Defenders, Data and AI Security Specialties: * M365 and Azure services and identity * Exchange in all it's forms * Azure infrastructure and security solutions * Cloud security solutions * Cloud governance and compliance * Open ID Connect and SAML Federation and SSO * Device and data management * PowerShell, PowerShell and PowerShell! * Microsoft Graph * API Automation Microsoft 365 And Azure Entra ID*.* and B2C Azure Functions and Logic Apps Windows Servers (Clustering, AD -design and analyzes) Virtualization (Microsoft and VMware) Azure Web Apps and IIS (usage optimization, shared configuration and advanced troubleshooting) Microsoft Exchange (Planning, migrations, hybrids) Teams and SFB (Enterprise voice, direct routing, Hybrids, enterprise scalability and automation with PowerShell) Microsoft SharePoint (Migrations, designs) Microsoft SQL Server (Advanced troubleshooting, Migrations, Clustering) and SQL databases in Azure Okta and Auth0 Identity Management Red Hat Keycloak IAM ZScaler Zero trust framework

Experience

  • Fortytwo (Remote)
    • Head of Finland
      Jun 2026 - Present ยท 2 mos

      I lead Fortytwo's presence and growth in the Finnish market, owning go-to-market, building customer relationships, and staying hands-on with delivery myself. Fortytwo is a Nordic cybersecurity consultancy specialising in Microsoft identity, Zero Trust, and agentic AI security, operating across Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. We're the only Nordic company in the Microsoft Entra Verified ID Service Partner Gallery. We also did the first deliveries in the Nordics for Agentic AI Security. My work spans customer advisory, architecture, and delivery across Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365 security, Defender XDR, Sentinel, Security Copilot, and agentic AI security. I'm also a Microsoft MVP in Security. I care about better security, less complexity, smarter use of AI without slowing the business down.

    • Principal Cloud Security Engineer
      Aug 2025 - Present ยท 1 yr

      At Fortytwo, I design and build secure identity and access architectures with Microsoft Entra ID at the core. My focus is on making Zero Trust real โ€” not just slides. I dive deep into Conditional Access, PIM, app registrations, workload identities, and automated guardrails using Microsoft Graph, Graph API, and Microsoftโ€™s cloud defense stack. I live in the world of: * Entra ID, Defender, Sentinel * SAML, OIDC, OAuth2 โ€” all day * B2B, cross-tenant, hybrids and EEID * Least privilege, not least effort I support presales and delivery, mentor engineers, and stay wired into the Microsoft security ecosystem. Iโ€™m not here to maintain โ€” I'm here to evolve.

  • Co-Founder and organizer at Microsoft Security User Group Finland (MSUGFI) at Freelance
    Sep 2024 - Present ยท 1 yr 11 mos

  • Dad at Home
    Apr 2009 - Present ยท 17 yrs 4 mos

    Biggest and greatest thing in my life so far โค๏ธ

  • Avanade (Full-time ยท 4 yrs 2 mos)
    • Nordic Security Practice Lead
      Oct 2023 - Aug 2025 ยท 1 yr 11 mos

      In my current role I will concentrate on the creation of a robust and secure foundation for strategic Cloud platforms and applications. Employ advanced security measures to safeguard clouds, platforms, and applications against both internal and external threats while ensuring compliance.

    • Senior Security Consultant
      Jul 2021 - Oct 2023 ยท 2 yrs 4 mos

  • MPY Palvelut Oyj (9 yrs 8 mos)
    • Architect, Cloud, Tools & Technology
      Sep 2018 - Aug 2021 ยท 3 yrs

      Technical Keywords are Office 365, Azure, enviromental audits, service design, consulting IT-leaders with long-term solutions.

    • System Architect
      Jan 2012 - Aug 2021 ยท 9 yrs 8 mos

    • Lead Architect - Cloud, Tools & Technology
      Apr 2019 - Jun 2021 ยท 2 yrs 3 mos