Chocolatey Fest 2018

You probably have a a backlog of projects you want/need to start/complete. How do you know what you should be working on to make a real difference? Do you Build or Buy? How do you get management buy-in to work on a project that "only helps Operations"?

I'm going to share how I used Wardley Maps to answer these questions and how Mapping The Terrain Of Operations can help you invest time and money in the right improvements at the right time.

This talk is for anyone who is involved in any form of Operations Project Management–Formal, Informal or even "Non-Existent".

Docker has revolutionized how we think about Software deployment. Microsoft has adopted this technology to Windows to have the same approach for native Windows tools and applications. This talk gives you an overview of Docker and how you can create isolated environments for development and deployment. See how Chocolatey fits into the world of Windows Containers and how it helps to containerize your existing tools and apps in simple steps.

Key takeaways:
- You will hear the basic concepts why Containers help you to have predictable development and runtime environments.
- You will learn how Chocolatey helps you get started building your own Windows containers.

“You can not inspect quality into a product” – Harold F. Dodge
This is as true in running infrastructure as it was on the manufacturing line.  By the time we are manually verifying the state of our infrastructure, we are at the most costly and impactful time to deal with problems.  Tools like Test-Kitchen and Pester, a testing framework for PowerShell, provide us a way to validate that our infrastructure management tools are getting our environments configured the way we need them, before we roll into production!  Let’s dig in and see how Test-Kitchen and Pester can help us build quality into our Chocolatey packages, our DSC resources, and our DSC configurations.

Make the audit status of all your machines an everyday data point available to your InfoSec team.   Find out how to implement automated testing of CIS compliance standards as you administrate the desired state of your Windows environments with Chocolatey, InSpec and Chef.

Microsoft, Boxstarter, and Chocolatey are collaborating on a Github project (aka.ms/devsetup) to enable automating client machine setup for a variety of scenarios: IT administration, DevOps, Web development, App development, Education, Machine Learning, etc. We believe everyone should be using repeatable, fast, setup scripts rather than a piecemeal approach. In this session we’ll cover what the scripts on Github offer today, goals for the coming year, and how you can participate.

New choco package requires a reboot? Windows patches overdue? Hear how Facebook EE (IT) created a source controlled way to schedule service interrupting changes while not impacting business as usual.