Pre-ExpertsLive Australia Meetup

Please join us for a special edition of the Melbourne Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter Meetup. All the organisers will be presenting at ExpertsLive later in the week at Crown Conference Center - April 6-7 if you haven't got your tickets yet [use promo code MELMEETUP to get $200 off ticket price] we have invited some special overseas guests to present. We have our first speaker for the night and will be sharing more over the coming days.

Meetup Sponsor: Microsoft for Subway and drinks

Agenda

5:00pm - Arrival and networking

5:30pm - Food and drinks arrive

6:00pm - Opening and Updates - "What's New in Azure?"

6:10pm - Topic 1: Presented by Pete Zerger (USA). Pete is an author, speaker, and 11-time Microsoft MVP, co-founder of System Center Central and focuses on cloud security, architecture, process automation and DevOps. Pete has presented at popular technical conferences around the world and co-authored many whitepapers and books, including “Inside the Microsoft Operations Management Suite” and "Defending the New Perimeter". Pete currently operates as CEO and Managing Partner of Lumagate.

Abstract: Security Trumps politics...securing our sovereignty with Microsoft Cybersecurity

In this hands-on session, we'll unpack the most controversial security breach of this century, examining all the ways sensitive information was siphoned from Clinton's political machine…and how it might have been prevented with the Microsoft Cybersecurity Stack.

7:00pm - Topic 2: Presented by Marcel Zehner (Switzerland), Microsoft Cloud & Data Center Management MVP, Regional Director, Consultant, Author, Speaker.

Abstract: Tesla & Me – Best Friends

Come to this demo-heavy session and learn how Microsoft Technologies can be used to monitor, manage and control a real Tesla Model S.

7:45pm - Customer Spotlight / Sponsor Spotlight - TBA

8:00pm - Home time