Patch My PC sponsors PowerShell Southampton’s first in-person meetup since the pandemic!

** Only RSVP if you can physically attend ** I am using the number of attendees RSVP’ed as a means to determine how many to cater food for.

Three speakers are lined up, sandwiches, tea, and coffee will be served, and 3 raffle prizes to be won at the end (see below)!

This event is in-person only and will not be live streamed. The sessions might be recorded - to be decided! If they will be, they will be uploaded to our YouTube channel!

Location

The venue is Holiday Inn Southampton-Eastleigh M3,Jct13, an IHG Hotel, on Leigh Road, in the Maple meeting room.

Go to the reception and you’ll see “The Academy Meetings and Conferences”. Walk through and find the the Maple room.

If you’re travelling via train, the venue is 1 mile from, it’s 1 mile from Eastleigh train station.

If you’re travelling via car, it is literally just off of the M3 at junction 13. There is plenty of parking on-site. If you park in the hotel’s car park, give your registration to the reception to avoid charges.

Speakers

Adam Bacon (@psdevuk) - Documentation with Retype and PowerShell! Adam will walk us through on how to get started writing documentation with Retype. Learn how to use Adam’s Retype PowerShell module and how he made this website, using PowerShell!

Jaap Brasser (@Jaap_Brasser) - Azure Functions, the DevOps way! You’re using Azure Functions, now the next step is… how can we make sure that everything runs as intended when it’s deployed. Using proper CI/CD pipelines can be beneficial but hard to setup. Join us in this session to learn about the power of automated pipelines to create PowerShell Azure Functions, faster, more efficient and with more power!

Brett Miller (@BrettMiller_IT) - Migrating the Unmigratable! What do you do when you need to migrate and modernize a ton of Azure resources with zero downtime? You’ve probably heard of Azure functions, but maybe you’re not sure where to get started or what you can do with them. Maybe you use Azure functions but aren’t using them to their full capability. This session will show you how you can use PowerShell and Azure functions to manage your Azure resources. From there, we will dive into an advanced real-life migration scenario utilising Azure Functions and PowerShell to automate the migration of thousands of Azure resources with zero downtime.

Schedule

17:00 - 17:30: Welcome & setup
17:30 - 18:30: Brett Miller - Migrating the Unmigratable
18:30 - 19:30: Jaap Brasser - Azure Functions, the DevOps way!
19:30 - 20:30: Adam Bacon - Documentation with Retype and PowerShell!
20:30 - 21:00: Raffle and wrap up

Raffle

Prizes to be won at the end:

  • Keychron K4 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard (UK ISO Layout) Version 2 with Keychron Keyboard Carrying Case
  • Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless Mouse
  • Mastering PowerShell Scripting: Automate and manage your environment using PowerShell 7.1, 4th Edition book, written by Chris Dent

RSVP

RSVP to the event on our Meetup page.

The event is sponsored by Patch My PC.

Patch My PC helps you extend Microsoft Endpoint Manager (ConfigMgr and Intune) capabilities by seamlessly integrating third-party patching and application management. The average customer saves about 6,000 hours per year and publishes over 1,329 updates and applications. This saves administrative time by eliminating the manual packaging of third-party products.

One of the most common ways computers are exploited is vulnerabilities in outdated third-party applications or libraries. A primary benefit of our product is improved security through patching vulnerable third-party applications. In 2020, we released a total of 2,915 third-party updates, which addressed 1,530 CVEs. By only focusing on application management, you can ensure you receive a team dedicated solely to this problem.