PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018: Full Schedule

We urge you to download the event brochure, which is full of useful information and details!

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit is the gathering of PowerShell + DevOps professionals and enthusiasts. More than just a conference, it’s a true in-person gathering of a vibrant commuity - we learn from each other, we develop practices and standards, we share challenges and solutions, and we drive our industry forward. If you’re working with PowerShell, Desired State Configuration, and related technologies, and especially if you’re moving your organization toward a DevOps footing, then this is the 400+ level event you’ve been looking for. Be sure to grab our event app for your iOS or Android device!

Once you’re registered (use the Tickets tab, below), you’ll be authorized to this site, and be able to build and maintain your personal agenda for the event. Check back often as the event draws near, as this is where we’ll publish any last-minute session changes or other agenda updates. If you already registered and didn’t receive your invite email to Sched.com, just go here and use your registered email address and EventBrite order number to gain access.

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9:00am PDT

Be the Master

Limited Capacity filling up

Ever wonder why the old "Master/Apprentice" relationship existed back in the day - or why it's more or less fallen by the wayside in our modern world? Ever wonder if you were ready to "Be the Master," to find an apprentice, and help them toward their own success? Ever think about what it would take to achieve the personal success needed for you to serve as a confident "Master" to the apprentices around you? Don's thought a lot about it, and in his book, Be the Master, he outlines his own approach, learnings, and life lessons. In this Side Session, Don will lay out the broad strokes for you, and open the floor to questions about how you can attain your own Mastery. A limited number of print books will be available for sale ($5).

Speakers

Don Jones

President & CEO, DevOps Collective, Inc.

Don Jones is the President and co-founder of PowerShell.org, an MVP Award recipient since 2003, and the author of more than a half-dozen books on PowerShell. He's worked with PowerShell since before its 2006 release, is an Honorary Scripting Guy, and was named PowerShell's "First... Read More →

Tuesday April 10, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
407 - Meydenbauer Center

Side Session

2:00pm PDT

The Ins and Outs of planning a PowerShell Saturday

Limited Capacity seats available

So you want to plan a PowerShell Saturday but have no idea where to start. How do I get speakers? How do I get people to attend? Should it be free? We will go over what you will need to plan your own PowerShell Saturday and learn how the DevOps Collective PowerShell Saturday booster pack can help you be successful.

Speakers

James Petty

PowerShell enthusiast with an interest in automation and making everyone's life easier.

Tuesday April 10, 2018 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT
407 - Meydenbauer Center

Side Session

9:00am PDT

Lean Coffee - Is that just decaf coffee with fat free milk?

Nope! "Lean Coffee is a structured, but agenda-less meeting. Participants gather, build an agenda, and begin talking. Conversations are directed and productive because the agenda for the meeting was democratically generated."

Lean coffee style meetings are used in many meetups. But it could be a useful tool for hackdays or just to try something different.

In this side session, we'll layout how a Lean Coffee meeting works and then get straight into a Lean Coffee meeting (BYO coffee)

If you want to read up ahead of time have a look at http://agilecoffee.com/leancoffee/

Speakers

Glenn Sarti

Senior Software Developer, Puppet

Wednesday April 11, 2018 9:00am - 10:45am PDT
407 - Meydenbauer Center

Side Session

11:00am PDT

Literate DevOps (Jupyter, PowerShell, & logging)

By Joel Bennet: I'll do a demo of Jupyter and the PowerShell Kernel that I've created, and talk briefly about literate programming and what literate DevOps is and could be.
I hope we can have a conversation about how we can get significantly better documentation of our automation and processes, including better logging of outcomes.

Wednesday April 11, 2018 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
407 - Meydenbauer Center

12:00pm PDT

So you want to speak at Summit?

Limited Capacity seats available

You might have done a Lightning Demo or spoken at your user group and now you're thinking about maybe speaking at Summit.
Join this session to discover what you need to know before submitting sessions. We'll talk about:
- the types of sessions we look for
- how to get your session noticed
- what we expect from speakers
- what our attendees expect from sessions and speakers

This will be a discussion session so be prepared with your questions and to contribute. We'll try and get a few of this years new speakers to share their experience as well

Speakers

Jason Helmick

CFO and Treasurer, The DevOps Collective, Inc.

Richard Siddaway

Director of Summit Events, The DevOps Collective, Inc.

Wednesday April 11, 2018 12:00pm - 12:45pm PDT
407 - Meydenbauer Center

Side Session

2:00pm PDT

Building Better Bricks: Module design and development best practice

with Chris Gardner: There are a number of ways to design and develop a PowerShell module but each has its pros and cons. This talk will look at the main approaches that are used, common pitfalls, and some of the best practices that should be used to make developing the module and its functions as low effort as possible, with a look at how this can then be extended to make publishing the module easier.

Wednesday April 11, 2018 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT
407 - Meydenbauer Center

Side Session

3:00pm PDT

Helping to put on Summit

Limited Capacity seats available

Summit takes a lot of work to put on. We're already planning the 2019 Summit! Everyone involved with organising Summit is a volunteer. We're looking for people to help with a number of things including:
- Content - reviewing sessions for possible inclusion
- Content - deciding on sessions and creating the agenda
- Speaker administration
- Iron Scriptrer - prequels
- Iron Scripter - prelide challenges
- Iron Scripter - main event
- Community Lightning Demos

If you're interested in helping organise Summit - come along to this session to learn what we do and ask your questions

Speakers

Richard Siddaway

Director of Summit Events, The DevOps Collective, Inc.

Wednesday April 11, 2018 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
407 - Meydenbauer Center

Side Session

4:00pm PDT

Managing AD/ Powershell security - ways that don’t break ur bank.

Limited Capacity seats available

By YP Chien

Wednesday April 11, 2018 4:00pm - 4:45pm PDT
407 - Meydenbauer Center

Side Session

9:00am PDT

How to Start a PowerShell User Group in Your City

Limited Capacity seats available

Thursday April 12, 2018 9:00am - 9:45am PDT
407 - Meydenbauer Center

Side Session

11:00am PDT

Summit feedback

Limited Capacity seats available

The PowerShell Summit has grown and evolved over the last six years. We're always looking at what we do to ensure that we meet the needs of the attendees. We have some ideas for 2019 and beyond but this is your opportunity to provide feedback direct to the organising group. We're specifically interested in what you think about:
- Content. Is the level correct? is the topic balance correct? Are there topics we're not covering and should cover
- What do want the PowerShell team to present on?
- Are the Community Lightning Demos a good idea?
- What do you think about iron Scripter?
- What do you think of the social events?
- What about the size of the event? is it too small? Too big?

Speakers

Richard Siddaway

Director of Summit Events, The DevOps Collective, Inc.

Thursday April 12, 2018 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
407 - Meydenbauer Center

Side Session

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018

9:00am PDT

Don Jones

2:00pm PDT

James Petty

9:00am PDT

Glenn Sarti

11:00am PDT

12:00pm PDT

Jason Helmick

Richard Siddaway

2:00pm PDT

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Richard Siddaway

4:00pm PDT

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11:00am PDT

Richard Siddaway

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