Discover the latest Microsoft insights and hone your technical skills

Get ahead of the curve and learn about the latest Microsoft technologies at a practical level, and how you can implement and take advantage of these for your organisation. 

These workshops are free to attend and are technical in nature. They are semi-structured in basis (some slides), with a principle objective of learning and sharing our knowledge and experience. All TechTalks are delivered by qualified Microsoft Solutions Architects with over 10 years’ experience in the design and delivery of Microsoft infrastructure and security.

Watch the TechTalk webinars and get these benefits:

• Access the Microsoft Cloud security community
• Access a free Microsoft Discovery Workshop and Security Assessment

About the presenter

Matt Smith, Microsoft Solutions Architect, Softwerx

Matt offers a very rare blend of deep-technical Microsoft insight combined with a natural and personable ability to communicate clearly at all levels. He has over 10 years’ experience in managed service delivery and project design of Microsoft infrastructure and security. Matt oversees the roadmap and feature definition for our services by employing a wealth of product knowledge.

This places him in a unique position to understand customer requirements and match these to product capabilities

Customer feedback

Darren Buckman, Head of Cresset Operations, YMCA Trinity Group

March 2021 TechTalk

Microsoft Defender Antivirus delivers the comprehensive, ongoing, and real-time protection you expect against software threats like viruses, malware, and spyware across email, apps, the cloud, and the web.

This webinar was presented by Matt Smith, Microsoft Solutions Architect. It explored the fundamentals of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and looked at how you can integrate Endpoint Manager and Conditional Access to enhance your Zero Trust model.

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February 2021 TechTalk

Microsoft Cloud App Security is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that natively integrates with leading Microsoft solutions and is designed with security professionals in mind.

This webinar was presented by Matt Smith, Microsoft Solutions Architect. It explored the basics of Microsoft Cloud App Security and went on to look at how we integrate with Conditional Access and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to address security gaps in an organization’s use of cloud services.

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January 2021 TechTalk

Conditional Access is at the heart of Azure Active Directory’s new identity-driven control plane. Conditional Access is the tool used by Azure AD to bring information together, to make decisions, and to enforce organizational policies.

This webinar is presented by Matt Smith, Microsoft Solutions Architect. It explored the basics of Conditional Access in Azure AD and goes on to look at how Conditional Access works within a Zero Trust framework. It also covered how to configure Conditional Access and Cloud App Security to manage data access.

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December 2020 TechTalk

Microsoft Endpoint Manager combines services such as Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, Desktop Analytics, Autopilot and Co-management to deliver a seamless and secure modern working environment for a new hybrid workforce.  

In this webinar, Matt Smith, Microsoft Solutions Architect, takes a deep-dive into Microsoft Endpoint Manager starting with the concept in principle, and demonstrating how it can be effectively configured and deployed.

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