Past Events
Check out our past events below
Current Month
june 2019
21jun8:00 am5:00 pmInsider Dev Tour
Event Details
The Insider Dev Tour is for developers interested in building Microsoft 365 experiences today, using the latest developer technologies, as well as for those who want a peek into the
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The Insider Dev Tour is for developers interested in building Microsoft 365 experiences today, using the latest developer technologies, as well as for those who want a peek into the future. If you can read code, this is for you, regardless if you are a beginner, expert, student, or hobbyist developer!
The morning anchor session will give you a demo and code-focused overview of the new developer technology coming out of Redmond. We’ll cover Windows, Azure, Office, AI and more, so that you are up-to-date and able to make informed decisions when picking from the latest technology for your next project.
In the afternoon, we will drill down into the code. You will learn to build native Win32/XAML apps and Progressive Web Apps, and take advantage of the latest Windows 10 capabilities. You’ll learn how to add AI (Artificial Intelligence) into your projects, how to connect with new ecosystems using the Microsoft Graph, and how to bring your experiences into the next dimension through Mixed Reality.
The tour is an opportunity to connect directly with leads and engineers from Redmond, as well as regional industry leads and Microsoft Developer MVPs. We’re excited to meet you in person! #InsiderDevTour
Time
(Friday) 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Xello Office
Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
july 2019
Webinar: Accelerating Your Workload Migration to the Multicloud
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Xello Office
- Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
10jul11:00 am12:00 pmWebinar: Accelerating Your Workload Migration to the Multicloud
Event Details
The question for most organisations is no longer ‘should we go to the cloud’ - but ‘when’ and ‘how’. Ensuring your digital transformation strategy is aligned with your multicloud initiatives first
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The question for most organisations is no longer ‘should we go to the cloud’ – but ‘when’ and ‘how’.
Ensuring your digital transformation strategy is aligned with your multicloud initiatives first and foremost, while evaluating large scale workload migration efforts can be a daunting task, if not done right.
In this webinar, we will demonstrate the value of migrating Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) workloads between public clouds, leveraging the best of Zerto replication technology to help achieve the best business outcomes with the multicloud.
Join our webinar to learn:
- How a multicloud strategy can make a huge difference to your success
- How to start an actionable plan to migrate your workloads from cloud-to-cloud
- How process automation (Zerto) is changing the game for completion time, risk and cost in migration & modernisation
- Demonstrate how to migrate a workload from AWS to Azure
- Demonstrate how to migrate a workload from Azure to AWS
Time
(Wednesday) 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location
Xello Office
Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
august 2019
06aug9:00 am5:00 pmDAX & Power BI Data Modelling: Hands-On Training
Event Details
The best reports don’t just show data - they both contain and tell a full story with it. End users might only judge reports on appearance, but
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The best reports don’t just show data – they both contain and tell a full story with it.
End users might only judge reports on appearance, but as the data expert, you know the underlying data model and its calculations are the core foundation to a successful BI solution.
Xello’s data analytics training course is focused on helping you learn the key technical skills around data modelling and DAX in Power BI. With hands-on demonstrations and interactive workshops, we will break down complex topics into smaller understandable pieces to help you solve complex real-life problems, and design reports that are both visually stunning and follow best practices.
The team at Xello is dedicated to helping you become more data savvy and produce better reports and timely insights. Leverage the technical expertise of our resident DAX guru Hunter Shen and sharpen your data knowledge across the following key topics:
- Fundamental skills around data modelling and visualisation with DAX & Power BI
- Best practices around data model design
- Effective DAX formulas, calculated columns and measures
- How Syntax, Functions and Context work in DAX
- Table relationships and filtering with DAX
- Understanding of how DAX can solve many types of analytical challenges
What will this course cover?
- Module 1 – Overview of Power BI & BI development cycle
- Module 2 – Connect to a sample dataset & calendar table
- Module 3 – Working with DAX: Calculated column & Measures
- Module 4 – Working with DAX: Time intelligence Function
- Module 5 – Working with DAX: Role Playing Dimension
- Module 6 – Build a dashboard on sample dataset (Hands on Lab 1)
- Module 7 – Data modelling: Fact & Dimension Table
- Module 8 – Advanced data modelling: Type 2 Slowing Changing Dimension
- Module 9 – Build a second dashboard on Fact & Dimension tables (Hands on Lab 2)
Who is this course for?
- Intermediate business analysts who want to have a better tool for playing with the data and learn how to produce actionable insights easier.
- Developers and consultants who want to know how to develop solutions with Power BI.
- BI architects and decision-makers who want to use Power BI in their BI applications.
- Passionate data experts who want a deeper dive into DAX & Power BI’s capabilities.
Training Pre-requisites
- BYOL (Bring your own laptop)
- Power BI Desktop Installed (we can help you with this if not)
- SQL Server Management Studio (Optional)
About Our Trainer
Hunter Shen is a Business Intelligence Consultant at Xello. He has a master’s degree in BI and Data Warehousing and has worked with Microsoft Power BI and its data modelling capabilities since its original release. Hunter has extensive experience delivering data analytics and BI solutions for Tier 1 and SMB across multiple industries (Finance, Retail, Sales, Manufacturing, Government, Utility, Telecommunications) and helping businesses leverage better reporting.
Time
(Tuesday) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Xello Office
Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
september 2019
26sep5:45 pm7:45 pmBrett Randall - PowerApps Portals
Event Details
Details Meetup Agenda • 5:45pm - Arrive, meet & greet, drinks • 6:10pm - Welcome & intro - Mahmoud Draj/Greg Nash • 6:15pm - Presentation - Brett Randall • 7:15pm
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Event Details
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Meetup Agenda
• 5:45pm – Arrive, meet & greet, drinks
• 6:10pm – Welcome & intro – Mahmoud Draj/Greg Nash
• 6:15pm – Presentation – Brett Randall
• 7:15pm – Wrap up
Session: Recently, Microsoft announced PowerApps Portals, an app that can be shared on a public website for external use. In this session, we’ll explain what they are, what they cost and build one to show what they can do.
Bio – Brett Randall is an O365 Specialist from Rapid Circle. His goal is to help customers get the most out of the Office 365 suite with minimum code (ideally none!).
Our Sponsors – Xello (https://xello.com.au/wp) and Dear Watson Consulting (https://www.dearwatson.net.au)
A big thank you goes out to our sponsor, Xello , for their support of this Meetup; providing the venue as well as drinks for attendees.
Xello is a cloud and data consultancy based in Melbourne, providing business solutions around the Microsoft Azure ecosystem that drive our customers’ success. Xello is an award-winning Microsoft Gold Partner and works with a diverse number of enterprise customers across various sectors, including FSI, Government, Health, Professional Services and Retail.
Xello is always on the lookout for talented individuals. If you think you’d be a fit for Xello, get in touch.
Dear Watson (https://powerbiprofessionals.com/)
A big thank also to our co-sponsor, Dear Watson, for their ongoing support of our Meetup and providing us with food for each event.
Time
(Thursday) 5:45 pm - 7:45 pm
Location
Xello Office
Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
october 2019
23oct5:45 pm7:45 pmOne Cloud to Rule them All - Multi Cloud Identity
Event Details
Details Meetup Agenda What we'll do Arrive at 6:00 pm for a chat with other enthusiasts, beer, wine & pizza (free pizza has
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Event Details
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Meetup Agenda
What we’ll do
Arrive at 6:00 pm for a chat with other enthusiasts, beer, wine & pizza (free pizza has no carbs ??)
Presentation starts at 6:30 pm.
Session:
2019 and 2020 are shaping up to be the multi cloud years.
Major companies have realised a diverse strategy and approach often is a greater enabler than vendor lock in. With any large deployment, common security concerns can be overlooked.
This session will take you through the basics of identity when working across large distributed multi-cloud deployments – and sharpen your knowledge around best practices and common considerations. Together we will deep dive into the key areas of Access Management, SAML Configuration using Okta and Cloud IAM roles. We will also cover the best products to integrate in each area, and the essential steps to tick off for successful, secure identity in a large scale deployment.
About the Presenter
James Auchterlonie is Lead Senior Consultant for Cloud Security & Identity at Xello Australia specialising in Cloud infrastructure. James has worked closely with multiple organisations in architectural consulting and delivery using Microsoft Core and Cloud technologies, and has an uncanny ability to talk your ear off for days around Cyber Security, cloud native technology and DevOps practices. James hates buzzwords and loves a good rant.
Our Sponsors – Xello (https://xello.com.au/wp)
A big thank you goes out to our sponsor, Xello, for their support of this Meetup; providing the venue as well as drinks for attendees.
Xello is a cloud and data consultancy based in Melbourne, providing business solutions around the Cloud, Multicloud, Security & Identity, Data Analytics & Conversational AI solutions. Xello is an award-winning Microsoft Gold Partner and works with a diverse number of enterprise customers across various sectors, including FSI, Government, Health, Professional Services and Retail.
Xello is always on the lookout for talented individuals. If you think you’d be a fit for Xello, get in touch.
We are loooking for additional sponsors. Email info@xello.com.au if you are interested in becoming a sponsor for this event.
Time
(Wednesday) 5:45 pm - 7:45 pm
Location
Xello Office
Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
november 2019
13nov11:00 am11:30 amWebinar: Enhancing your Office 365 deployment with Okta
Event Details
Ensuring your digital transformation is backed by a strong identity strategy, with extensible connectivity and functionality, can be daunting for even seasoned admins. In this hour long session, Xello’s technical consultants
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Event Details
Ensuring your digital transformation is backed by a strong identity strategy, with extensible connectivity and functionality, can be daunting for even seasoned admins.
In this hour long session, Xello’s technical consultants will take you through onboarding Office 365 to Okta and the common pitfalls companies may face during migration.
Join our webinar to learn:
- Best options when onboarding from Office 365 to Okta
- How Okta can enable your digital-first identity strategy
- How modern SAML/WS-Fed authentication works
- Demonstrating how to migrate from Azure AD to Okta
- What to configure before Azure AD to Okta migration
Time
(Wednesday) 11:00 am - 11:30 am AEST
Location
Xello Office
Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
Webinar: Identity Governance and Lifecycle Management with Okta
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Xello Office
- Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
27nov12:00 pm12:30 pmWebinar: Identity Governance and Lifecycle Management with Okta
Event Details
Are you currently considering a new identity governance tool? A modern identity strategy is never complete without a holistic governance strategy covering all your applications. With the workforce becoming more mobile and
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Are you currently considering a new identity governance tool?
A modern identity strategy is never complete without a holistic governance strategy covering all your applications.
With the workforce becoming more mobile and moving to a digital-first, remote work model, identity has become the new critical security boundary. – with a new set of challenges.
Join our hands-on, on-demand webinar to learn:
- What HR as a master identity is + how it reduces costs
- How Okta Universal Directory works
- How Okta Provisioning enables smooth onboarding
- Demonstrate HR to SaaS provisioning using Okta UD
- Active Directory to SaaS provisioning using Okta UD
Time
(Wednesday) 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm AEST
Location
Xello Office
Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
december 2019
PowerApps & Flow Melbourne Dec 2019: PowerApps Portals + UI Flows
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Xello Office
- Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
03dec5:45 pm7:15 pmPowerApps & Flow Melbourne Dec 2019: PowerApps Portals + UI Flows
Event Details
Microsoft Ignite has just finished in Orlando with a bunch of new announcements. We’ll demo the new UI Flows & Power Virtual Agents (Chat bots). If time
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Microsoft Ignite has just finished in Orlando with a bunch of new announcements. We’ll demo the new UI Flows & Power Virtual Agents (Chat bots). If time permits we’ll discuss & demo “PowerApps Portals”, PowerApps built on websites that can be used by people outside your organisation.
Meetup Agenda
• 5:45pm – Arrive, meet & greet, drinks
• 6:10pm – Welcome & intro – Greg Nash
• 6:15pm – Presentation – Brett Randall
• 7:15pm – Wrap up
About the Speaker
Brett Randall is an O365 Specialist from Rapid Circle. His goal is to help customers get the most out of the Office 365 suite with minimum code (ideally none!).
Our Sponsors – Xello (https://xello.com.au/wp) and Dear Watson Consulting (https://www.dearwatson.net.au)
A big thank you goes out to our sponsor, Xello , for their support of this Meetup; providing the venue as well as drinks for attendees.
Xello is a cloud and data consultancy based in Melbourne, providing business solutions around the Microsoft Azure ecosystem that drive our customers’ success. Xello is an award-winning Microsoft Gold Partner and works with a diverse number of enterprise customers across various sectors, including FSI, Government, Health, Professional Services and Retail.
Xello is always on the lookout for talented individuals. If you think you’d be a fit for Xello, get in touch.
A big thank also to our co-sponsor, Dear Watson, for their ongoing support of our Meetup and providing us with food for each event.
Time
(Tuesday) 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm
Location
Xello Office
Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
january 2020
Multicloud Meetup Melbourne - January 2020: Azure Arc Management
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Xello Office
- Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
16jan6:00 pm7:30 pmMulticloud Meetup Melbourne - January 2020: Azure Arc Management
Event Details
Azure Arc extends Azure management across your multi-cloud environment including Windows and Linux servers, Kubernetes clusters, and data services running across datacentres, edge. This session explores what
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Event Details
Azure Arc extends Azure management across your multi-cloud environment including Windows and Linux servers, Kubernetes clusters, and data services running across datacentres, edge. This session explores what Arc is, when to use it, and how it works.
Meetup Agenda
• 6:00pm – Arrive, meet & greet, drinks
• 6:30pm – Presentation by Janaka Ranaga
• 7:30pm – Wrap up
About the Speaker
Janaka Rangama is a Microsoft Azure MVP and a Microsoft Certified Trainer originally hailing from Sri Lanka “The Pearl of The Indian Ocean”. Janaka is a Senior Principal Product Technologist at Dell EMC Azure Stack Product Engineering Team. He is a well-known speaker in many international conferences and an expert in both Microsoft & OSS technologies.
About Sponsors – Xello (https://xello.com.au/wp)
Xello is a cloud and data consultancy based in Melbourne, providing business solutions around the Microsoft Azure ecosystem that drive our customers’ success. Xello is an award-winning Microsoft Gold Partner and works with a diverse number of enterprise customers across various sectors, including FSI, Government, Health, Professional Services and Retail.
Xello is always on the lookout for talented individuals. If you think you’d be a fit for Xello, please get in touch.
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
Xello Office
Level 8, 607 Bourke Street
Where to find us
Level 8,
607 Bourke Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
1300 812 512