Cloud9 Community Channel- February 2026 Meetup

Warm welcome from Cloud9 Community Channel! We invite you to join us at the Community Meetup in February 28, 2026.

Cloud9 Community Channel is a community driven series of cloud events dedicated to educating and engaging members of the local technical community. The community meetup draws upon the expertise of Cloud, AI & cyber security based IT professionals, developers and solutions architects who come together to share their real-world experiences, lessons learned, best practices, and general knowledge with other like-minded individuals.

Come, join Microsoft technologist from the region as we explore how various tech solutions integrate to help business digitally transform to do more with less.

Date: February 28, 2026 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00am BST onwards
Venue: Added to the Meetup event page URL
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### Agenda Highlights

### Session 1 – Terraform 101: What, Why & How by Rajat Shrestha (DevOps Engineer)
🔗 Connect with Speaker on LinkedIn – https://uk.linkedin.com/in/shrestharajat
Rajat Shrestha, is a London‑based Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Learn Amp and a certified Azure and AWS certified Professional with strong DevOps experience. He has a background in both development and cloud. In this session, Rajat will guide you through Terraform 101 and walk you step‑by‑step through a live demo deploying Cloud infrastructure.

### Session 2 – Building Self-Healing Azure Virtual Machines Using Desired State Configuration (DSC) & Automation by Krushna Patil (Senior Azure Administrator)
🔗 Connect with Speaker on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/krushna-patil
Ensuring configuration consistency and system reliability can be challenging as cloud environments scale. In this session, Krushna will demystify how Azure Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Azure Automation work together to create truly self‑healing virtual machines. You’ll learn how to define state-driven configurations, detect drift automatically, and trigger corrective actions without manual intervention. Perfect for engineers looking to enhance VM reliability, enforce compliance, and reduce operational overhead through automation-driven healing.

### Session 3 – Save Time & Money with Azure Automation by Pradeep Kandel (Microsoft MVP)
🔗 Connect on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/PradeepKandel
Why pay for VMs that idle overnight? In this session, Pradeep will show how Azure Automation can automatically stop VMs during off-hours and start them again when needed. The session will highlight how this approach aligns with modern FinOps practices, reduces operational overhead, and ensures cloud resources follow predictable, policy‑driven utilization patterns.

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Community Support!
This Meetup is supported by Microsoft Tech Community. Would like to sponsor the community? Lets speak as we are looking out for potential sponsors! Thank you in advance!