Session 1

Google Cloud PowerShell 101.

Jonathan Medd (@jonathanmedd) will examine how Google Cloud compares to other public cloud providers, then take an introductory look at the Google Cloud PowerShell module.

Jonathan is a Cloud Automation Engineer at Atos. A PowerShell MVP since 2010 and VMware vExpert since 2011, he is the co-author of VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference 1st and 2nd editions and co-organiser of both PSDayUK, a PowerShell one day conference in the UK, and PowerShell Southampton.

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Session 2

Multi-threading in your PowerShell scripts using Runspaces - a “real world” use case.

Nigel Boulton will show us on a “real world” use case, learn how to make use of PowerShell Runspaces (an alternative to PowerShell Jobs) to enable multi-threading in your scripts, and discover some tips and techniques to overcome some of the hurdles that this approach brings.

Nigel Boulton is a Senior Infrastructure Consultant at Hampshire County Council, and a co-organiser of the PowerShell Southampton User Group. He has worked in IT for almost 25 years, primarily with Microsoft, Citrix, VMware and now Nutanix products. He is a long-time scripter and has been using PowerShell since its launch in 2006. He also blogs very occasionally at https://nigelboulton.co.uk.

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Schedule

19:00 - 19:30: Arrival, and welcome / User Group introduction
19:30 - 20:15: Google Cloud PowerShell 101 with Jonathan Medd
20:15 - 20:45: Break / Pizza / Refreshments
20:45 - 21:30: Multi-threading in your PowerShell scripts using Runspaces with Nigel Boulton
21:30: Close up