Filip Heylen

Senior Microsoft 365 and SharePoint specialist with more than 20 years in Microsoft environments and over 15 years in SharePoint administration. Experienced in architecture, installation, configuration, troubleshooting and modernization of SharePoint On-Premises and Online, including hybrid environments and large-scale Microsoft 365 migrations. Technical lead and trusted advisor for platform operations, governance, security, compliance, incidents and changes.

Senior Microsoft 365 & SharePoint Consultant at Xylos NV (2021-06 – Present)

Consulting role covering Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server 2016, 2019 and Subscription Edition, with a focus on migrations, modernization, farm implementations, administration and managed services.

• Technical ownership of SharePoint Online, SharePoint Server and Power Platform environments.
• Technical lead for incidents, changes, platform operations and service improvements.
• Architecture, governance, security, compliance and collaboration advisory.
• Plan and execute SharePoint and file-share migrations to Microsoft 365 using ShareGate.
• Design modern SharePoint Online architectures, hubs and collaboration solutions.
• Automate administration and migrations with PowerShell and PnP PowerShell.
• Produce documentation and coach colleagues and customer teams.

Microsoft 365 Consultant / Migration at Farys (2025-11 – Present)

SharePoint 2016-to-Online migration, modern redesign, scripting and issue resolution.

SharePoint Engineer / Managed Services at Umicore (2023-04 – Present)

Ownership of SharePoint 2016/SE, SharePoint Online and Power Platform; governance, expert support and modernization.

SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Implementation & Migration at Umicore (2025-01 – 2025-12)

Installed and configured a new SharePoint Server Subscription Edition farm and migrated the existing environment to the new platform.

Migration Lead at Multipharma (2024-11 – 2025-03)

Restructured SharePoint Online into a modern hub architecture and migrated classic sites.

Migration Lead at Fluxys (2023-12 – 2024-05)

Tenant-to-tenant SharePoint Online migration using ShareGate.

Senior Consultant, SharePoint Migration at Umicore (2022-01 – 2023-06)

Installed a SharePoint 2016 farm in Azure and consolidated four worldwide farms and more than 15 TB.

Migration Lead at Carmeuse (2021-09 – 2022-07)

Migrated SharePoint 2007 sites to SharePoint Online and resolved migration issues.

Senior Consultant at B&R Bouwgroep (2021-08 – 2022-09)

Assessed and migrated file shares to SharePoint and Teams; supported adoption.

SharePoint Engineer & Microsoft Infrastructure Specialist at EDS / HP / HPE / DXC Technology (2004-01 – 2021-03)

Progressive career in Microsoft infrastructure and SharePoint engineering for the Flemish Government and international customers.

• Third-line SharePoint Server and Online support, including complex cases with Microsoft Support.
• Installed, configured, maintained and upgraded SharePoint 2013/2016 farms.
• Migrated SharePoint 2010/2013/2016 farms and sites, including migrations to SharePoint Online.
• Administered Windows Server, SQL Server and certificates supporting collaboration platforms.
• Defined and maintained SharePoint governance for On-Premises and Microsoft 365.

Bachelor in Applied Informatics – Thomas More (Kempen)