September 2022 - South Coast User Group Meetup

South Coast User Group - monthly (in-person) Meet-up.

Time: Arrive for 18:45, 19:00 start.
Location: The Ageas Bowl, Southampton.
Meeting Room: Lakeview Bar, Upper Ground Floor, Hilton Hotel.

Food and Drink for all attendees will be served at 20:00.

19:00 - 19:30 - Introduction to PowerShell Azure Functions, Jess Pomfret

Azure Functions is a service that allows us to run our PowerShell code in the cloud, without worrying about the underlying infrastructure.

This session will teach us the basics, and then demonstrate a simple function that takes data from blob storage, processes it and puts it into a CosmosDB

19:30 - 20:00 - Dynamics 365 Customer Insights, David Sabat

Giving you an overview of Microsoft Customer data platform, Customer Insights and how it's being used to streamliner customer experiences.

This session will touch on:
- CI Overview
- Key principles
- Demonstration
- How customers are using the tool
- Q&A

20:00 - 20:30 - Food!

20:30 - 21:00 - Azure Blob Storage and Life Cycle Management - John Kilmister

Blob storage is one of the core Azure services and one that keeps getting new features. In this session, we will cover how we can review our storage options, look at storage tiers, and configure Life Cycle Management policies to optimize costs and save some money.

21:00 - Finish

If you would like to speak at a future User Group, please let us know!
[South Coast User Group: Call for Speakers/Papers @ Sessionize.com](https://sessionize.com/south-coast-user-group/)