Windows PowerShell — nathan@southcoast

PS C:\Users\nathan> Get-CloudArchitect -Name "Nathan Sweeney"

 

Name: Nathan Sweeney

Role: Azure Cloud Architect

Experience: 15+ years in the Microsoft space

Founded: {South Coast Summit, South Coast User Group}

SummitStatus: UK's largest Microsoft community conference

UserGroup: 20-50 people, monthly, in person

Book: "How not to mess up your Microsoft Cloud

Deployment" (free)

Motto: "It depends."

 

PS C:\Users\nathan>

PS> Get-ChildItem .\blog\ | Sort-Object Date -Descending | Select-Object -First 3

2024-01-31

Azure Landing Zones

[What is an Azure landing zone? – Cloud Adoption Framework Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/c...

2023-08-05

Book

How not to mess up your Microsoft Cloud Deployment

PS> Invoke-RestMethod .\community-contributions.json # live from Sessionize

South Coast Summit

Co-founder of the UK's largest Microsoft community technology conference. First event October 2021 — now in its third year.

# conference

South Coast User Group

Started online in the pandemic; now an in-person monthly meetup, 20–50 people every month.

# monthly

Get-Content .\community-contributions.json -Raw →

PS> Get-Service -DisplayName "AgentOps*" # free tools at agentops.co.uk

Copilot Studio Inspector

Drop a Copilot Studio solution export and get an interactive map of everything inside it — or diff two releases.

# copilot-studio # agents

Agent Visualiser

Create intelligent agent blueprints visually — design and map out your agents before you build them.

# agents

ArchFlow

Build architecture diagrams fast — sketch out your solution designs in the browser and share them in minutes.

# architecture # agents

Copilot Readiness Scorecard

Score your tenant's Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness across six dimensions and get prioritised recommendations.

# m365-copilot # agents

Conditional Access Visualizer

Turn an Entra Conditional Access export into a posture score, coverage matrix, safety checks and conflict report.

# entra-id

M365 Licence Optimizer

Compare assigned licences against real usage — flag seats to reclaim, downgrade or uplift, with the cost impact of each.

# m365

Get-Service -DisplayName "AgentOps*" -Full →

How not to mess up your Microsoft Cloud Deployment

Fifteen years of deployment lessons, written down so you don't repeat them. Free PDF — or Kindle if you prefer.

Download-Book -Free

PS> Import-Csv .\certs.csv | Format-Table

CertificationLevel
Microsoft MVPAwarded 2024 · Year 3
Azure Solutions ArchitectExpert
DevOps EngineerExpert
Azure AdministratorAssociate
Microsoft Certified Trainer2021–22
M365 / Power PlatformFundamentals
AWS Solutions ArchitectExpired
PRINCE2 · Six Sigma · VCA-DCVPast lives

Import-Csv .\certs.csv -Full →

PS> Send-Message -To "Nathan" # find me on social