MMS 2016: Full Schedule

1:00pm CDT

ConfigMgr Current Branch – Let’s Tame the Beast

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Planning a migration to ConfigMgr Current Branch (CB) or have you already done so? Join Jason Sandys and Kent Agerlund, two of the world’s foremost Configuration Manager experts in a dazzling seminar on how to use Configuration Manager in the real world. We will cover the changes in ConfigMgr CB, how to build and maintain a rock solid ConfigMgr infrastructure including migrating to the new environment and stay current. Learn how to automate applications and update management, and how to deploy and manage Windows 10 operating systems.

Kent and Jason will share notes from the field, tips and tricks for making System Management using ConfigMgr even better. If you are working with ConfigMgr CB, or thinking about moving to ConfigMgr CB, this is the 4-hour seminar that you cannot afford to miss.

Speakers

Kent Agerlund

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director | CT Global, MMS Staff

Love to talk about anything related to Enterprise Client Management, cycling, running and football :-)Microsoft Enterprise Client Management MVP and Microsoft Regional Director

Jason Sandys

Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Jason is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft for the Experience & Devices Customer Acceleration Team (CAT). Jason has 25+ years of experience in a wide range of technologies, environments, and industries and extensive knowledge in implementing and supporting all things Windows... Read More →

Exhibitors

Gary Walker

N/A, Adaptiva

Gary is responsible for all aspects of delivering the outstanding product support that has become the hallmark of doing business with Adaptiva. Gary specializes in architecting large scale enterprise systems management infrastructures. He has designed, modeled, and implemented SCCM... Read More →

ConfigMgr Current Branch – Let’s Tame the Beast pptx

Monday May 16, 2016 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
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Pre-Con

9:00am CDT

Azure Active Directory - Premium Unwrapped

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More and more Microsoft technologies are hooking into Azure Active Directory, whether you like it or not (Azure Stack is a nice example, Intune is another one...). While at first, Microsoft gives the impression Azure AD configuration is super easy, a lot can go wrong under the hood. This session will start with how one organization can setup a sync with the on-prem AD and Azure AD by using ADConnect, followed by explaining the differences between ADConnect and ADFS; next to that, Peter will detail the different features of Azure AD Premium, like application integration, Multi-Factor Authentication and Premium Reports. And as usual in Peter's sessions, spiced up with a lot of live demos.

Speakers

Kenny Buntinx

EM MVP - Managing Consultant, Coretech Benelux

Kenny is a highly qualified , certified and energized consultant working for Coretech Benelux with more than 15 years of experience and strives to always deliver high quality when managing and delivering projects. He has a strong focus on the Microsoft System Center product family... Read More →

Kaido Jarvemets

Senior Consultant, Coretech

Kaido Järvemets is a developer, consultant, trainer specializing in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and PowerShell Solutions at Coretech. Kaido frequently speaks at European conferences and had his US debut as speaker at MMS April 2013. Kaido is well-known in the Configuration... Read More →

Tim De Keukelaere

@Tim_DK, Coretech Benelux

Tim is a managing consultant at Coretech with over 15 years of experience in the field, mainly in Wintel environments. He has a broad technical knowledge on various enterprise technologies and Operating Systems, and a strong focus on workplace and mobility. His main area of expertise... Read More →

MMSMOA AADPremium v0.12 pdf

Tuesday May 17, 2016 9:00am - 10:45am CDT
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Azure 300

11:00am CDT

Reporting and BI Across System Center Products. Produce rich visualizations from SCCM and SCSM

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Looking at the reporting capabilities of System Center, beginning with the out-of-the-box reports, this session takes you through the looking glass and into a visual-rich land of interactive graphic Dashboards, using Excel, PowerPivot and PowerBI .

Speakers

Andrew Craig

Senior Consultant, itnetX AG

I work for itnetX in Switzerland where I implement bespoke solutions for customers. Nothing here is out-of-the-box. My work involves the automation of business processes and the integration of , not exclusively but mainly, Microsoft System Center Technologies. Come and talk to me... Read More →

Dieter Gasser

Head of Product Management, itnetX

Dieter Gasser is an IT consultant and a management partner of itnetX AG, headquartered in Switzerland. He has a strong focus on the delivery and customization of Service Manager. Dieter has been working in IT for more than 16 years, and has focused on Microsoft technologies. He started... Read More →

Reporting and BI across System Center Products pdf

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Reporting zip

Incident Report pbix

Tuesday May 17, 2016 11:00am - 12:45pm CDT
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SCCM SCSM 400

1:00pm CDT

Naked and Vulnerable: A Cybersecurity Starter Kit

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An Introductory Security Improvement Guide for business that are looking to improve their security stance, but don't really know where to begin.

This session will outline some fundamentals that you can take immediate actions on as well as some considerations for next steps. When you're starting from being basically naked and vulnerable, sometime just putting on some underwear and a t-shirt can be a major comfort.

Speakers

Chris Blackburn

Managing Architect, Concurency

Having a love of technology through years of exposure as a young boy and then as a teenager, the quest to always stay up to date with the latest and greatest has come naturally over the last 2 decades.My first job in a call center environment built not only my customer services skills... Read More →

Shannon Fritz

Soultions Architect, Concurrency

Cloud Datacenter, IT Infrastructure, Remote Access, DirectAccess, Enterprise Security, Media Junkie, Foodie

MMS 2016 Naked and Vulnerable, a Cybersecurity Starter Kit pdf

Tuesday May 17, 2016 1:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
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Security Win10 300

3:00pm CDT

Why (and how) everyone at MMS should use Visual Studio Team Services

Limited Capacity seats available

Are you an IT admin and have never used Visual Studio Team Services? Are you creating scripts using Azure Automation, using OMS, or System Center? Do you support enterprise applications? This session is for you. Learn about how any IT administrator at MMS can use VSTS today. Bring your developer friend with you and I promise you’ll have something to discuss after the session.

Speakers

Nathan Lasnoski

Chief Technology Officer, Concurrency

I am responsible for leading all solution consulting efforts at Concurrency to deliver exceptional end-to-end business value to our customers. I direct consultants toward technical and process excellence, as well as promoting a culture of innovation and tenacity in our approach. I... Read More →

Christopher Mank

Systems Architect, Concurrency

Christopher is a Systems Architect with Concurrency and a Cloud and Datacenter MVP with a focus in DevOps and ALM practices. He specializes in understanding each organization’s unique business goals and assisting with designing and building technical solutions to meet those goals. Christopher... Read More →

Why Everyone at MMS Should Use VSTS v2 pptx

Tuesday May 17, 2016 3:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
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Azure DSC POSH VSTS 400

5:00pm CDT

In Depth Azure Stack – Resource Provider’s

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The Azure Stack solution is designed to no longer leverage the capabilities of Virtual Machine Manager for managing the IaaS resources of the cloud. In this session we will take a close inspection to how the Compute, Network and Storage Resource Provider's take direction from the Resource Manager. We will also get a glimpse on where these providers live in the current preview, and how they interact with both the fabric and other resource providers.

Speakers

Damian Flynn

Systems Architect, Corporate IT Core Team, Damian Flynn MVP

“Making incredible software incredibly simple.” – Damian, is an Infrastructure Architect with over 20 years of IT experience working with global enterprises, currently focused on Cloud Technologies in the Converged Datacentre, with perspective on Service Management Automation... Read More →

Daniel Savage

Principal PM Manager, Microsoft

Daniel Savage is a Principal PM Manager working in the Enterprise Cloud Group at Microsoft focused on delivering Microsoft Azure Stack. Daniel is a veteran of the systems and applications management space and had spent the previous 10 years working on System Center before moving... Read More →

In Depth Azure Stack FINAL pptx

Tuesday May 17, 2016 5:00pm - 6:45pm CDT
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Azure Stack 400

9:00am CDT

Everything you want to know about BIOS/UEFI Settings (Repeat Session)

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BIOS and UEFI settings play an important role in today's systems management. Often times, new systems are built and go out the door without any changes or modifications to the default settings. In fact, if a model is deployed over a period of time then chances are there will be several different BIOS/UEFI versions floating around in the environment for the same model. Rarely do system administrators update the BIOS/UEFI after a system has been deployed.

Today, it is not only important to create a BIOS/UEFI standard for each supported hardware model but it is something that should be mandatory. Otherwise, new security features in Window 10 may not be possible without doing an expensive full wipe and load of the operating system.

In this session, you will learn how to report on and monitor using System Center Configuration Manager the BIOS/UEFI settings for each of the three major PC vendors: Dell, Lenovo and HP. We will show you which settings are important as it relates to the new Windows 10 security features and how to automatically set them using the right tools. This session with be packed with demos and provide you with the information you need in order to better manage the systems in your environment.

Speakers

Niall Brady

windows-noob

I blog about Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune). Please visit http://windowsnoob.com and http://niallbrady.com

Ronnie Krarup Jakobsen

Senior Architect, Coretech

Ronnie has worked with client management and deployment for the last 15 years, on top of that he has also done a lot of development related to system management, especially SCCM, either using .NET or Powershell. Ronnie joined the Coretech team in 2012 and focuses mainly on SCCM... Read More →

Mike Terrill

Principal Engineer, Microsoft MVP, 2Pint Software

Mike’s career has been focused on systems management and operating system deployment for over 26 years. He is a Microsoft Intune & Windows and Devices MVP and runs the Arizona Systems Management User Group. He specializes in the design, architecture and installation of Configuration... Read More →

Wednesday May 18, 2016 9:00am - 10:45am CDT
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Win10 300

11:00am CDT

Building SSRS Dashboards

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Does the thought of building a SQL Server Reporting Service (SSRS) dashboard or report scare you? Would you love to learn more about SSRS?

In the demo rich presentation, we will scare the demons away and show you how to create a SSRS dashboard. We will start with an idea for a dashboard, we will build the SQL query needed to produce the dashboard. The next steps are to create the dashboard, finally was will going into the next steps of SSRS reporting.

Speakers

Garth Jones

Microsoft MVP, Endpoint Insight Architect, Recast Software

Garth Jones is Senior Architect of Endpoint Insights at Recast Software. Recast Software is a company that develops products to extend the value of Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager (Current Branch), and Microsoft Intune. Garth started working with Systems Manageme... Read More →

Sherry Kissinger

Cardinal Health

For ConfigMgr, talk to me about large hierarchies, inventory customizations, compliance settings, and reporting for the SQL and SRS-challenged.

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Wednesday May 18, 2016 11:00am - 12:45pm CDT
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SQL 400

1:00pm CDT

Modern Configuration Management: Using Azure Automation DSC and ARM

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Do you feel lost in the sea of configuration management technologies? Still trying to manage configurations in spreadsheets, manual clicking, or scripts? Confused about whether to use third parties like Chef or the Microsoft platform itself? This is the session for you. We will educate you on the configuration management landscape and how to use practical configuration management technologies of Azure Automation DSC and ARM in your cloud or hybrid datacenter.

Speakers

Nathan Lasnoski

Chief Technology Officer, Concurrency

Christopher Mank

Systems Architect, Concurrency

Declarative Configuration Management with Azure Automation DSC and ARM pptx

Wednesday May 18, 2016 1:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
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Azure DSC POSH VSTS 400

3:00pm CDT

Device Guard: How To Implement and Stay Out Of The News

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Securing endpoints against the bad guys takes work. As attacks become more lethal, the risks increase. Endpoint security needs to be modernized in order to meet the challenges. It's not easy, but organizations have to start somewhere and Device Guard in Windows 10 is the best place to get started. Although #DeviceGuard is not trending on Twitter, it is truly game-changing technology in endpoint security.

The system management professional can play a significant role in this effort, as there is already familiarity with some of the desktop and management technologies Device Guard leverages, for example: Hyper-V, UEFI & Secure Boot, ConfigMgr, Group Policy. Like these technologies, Device Guard requires the system management professional be willing to refine and improve existing processes, and incorporate new ones into their operational practices. Device Guard will accelerate the transformation already taking place in IT where the system management professional is becoming a strategic partner in Enterprise Security.

In this session, learn what it takes to implement Device Guard and help your organization Stay out of the News!!

Speakers

Troy L. Martin

Technical Architect, 1E

Troy is a Technical Architect at 1E, which entails providing technical direction for 1E technologies, assuring their qualities in efficiently managing hardware, systems, users and other end points. Troy is well known in the Configuration Manager community as a speaker and subject... Read More →

Bill Moore

Client Engineering, Dell, Inc.

MMS Device Guard How To Implement v1.0 pptx

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Device Guard custom actions zip

Wednesday May 18, 2016 3:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
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Security Win10 300

5:00pm CDT

Microsoft Documentation BoF

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Come join the enterprise client management docs team to learn about what we do and give us your feedback about how we can help you be successful using enterprise client management products from Microsoft. We'll also discuss the replacement of Technet documentation with documentation as a service (DaaS).

Wednesday May 18, 2016 5:00pm - 5:45pm CDT
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BoF

9:00am CDT

Long Live Azure Automation!

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Azure Automation has evolved a LOT in the last year. Desired State Configuration (DSC) support is built-in, source control integration with GitHub helps track your Runbooks, on-premises [Hybrid] Runbook Workers are available, and authoring graphical Runbooks is AWESOME! Join us as we explore the powerful automation and configuration management capabilities offered by Azure Automation!

Speakers

Beth Cooper

Program Manager, Microsoft

Beth Cooper is a Program Manager on Azure Automation and OMS.

Trevor Sullivan

Founder, Art of Shell

Trevor Sullivan is a Microsoft MVP for Windows PowerShell and a veteran in the IT industry since early 2004. Trevor's technical focus primarily surrounds cloud and data center architecture, management, and automation. Community involvement is a core focus of Trevor's, and he is very... Read More →

MMS 2016 Microsoft Azure Automation pptx

Thursday May 19, 2016 9:00am - 10:45am CDT
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Azure Win10 400

11:00am CDT

Azure Stack – Welcome to the Future

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It is time to learn Azure Stack, during this session you will be guided through the journey of building an Azure Stack solution, what could possibly be more fun than that!

No, this isn't Azure.

Speakers

Mikael Nystrom

Microsoft MVP, Geek, Truesec

Mikael Nystrom is a Microsoft MVP and Principal Technical Architect at TrueSec, with an extremely broad field of competence. He has worked with all kind of infrastructure tasks in all kind of environments, enterprise to small business. He is working deep within products such as Microsoft... Read More →

Azure Stack Welcome to the new future pptx

Thursday May 19, 2016 11:00am - 12:45pm CDT
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Azure Stack Server 400

1:00pm CDT

Head to Head: Azure Pack and Azure Stack

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Azure Pack is built on the proven System Center stack, and will be supported by Microsoft until 2022; Azure Stack brings the public resource manager on premise, with fabric resource providers. Learn how these products work, what the share in common, and how to differ. Each solution has a place in our data-centers, learn which is the correct solution for your implementation, and why!

Speakers

Damian Flynn

Systems Architect, Corporate IT Core Team, Damian Flynn MVP

Azure Pack vs Azure Stack FINAL pptx

Thursday May 19, 2016 1:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
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Azure Azure Stack SCVMM 400

3:00pm CDT

Automate Your Health - No More Button Pushing

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Exciting times ahead! Self-driving cars, automated homes - So many IOT solutions are released every day! What if you could do the same thing in IT? Imagine IFTTTon your workloads, apps and servers in Azure and on-prem.

Make your IT drive itself to save time and live a longer and healthier live as an admin.

Say goodbye to RSI and come to this session to find out how to automate Azure, OMS, PowerShell, DSC and System Center.

Achieve your wildest dreams with automation (who doesn't dream about IT workloads right?)

The only limiting factor is: YOU. Join in!

Speakers

Vlad Joanovic

Program Manager, Microsoft

Vlad Joanovic is a program manager working in Enterprise Cloud Group\System center and Services team on the Microsoft Operations Management Suite and Azure portal scenarios across Compute, Network, Storage, Cloud services and Service fabric. Vlad was most recently in the developer... Read More →

Jakob Gottlieb Svendsen

Global Lead Developer, Microsoft MVP, CTGlobal

You might have seen me in videos such as "Coretech Coffee Monitor"Automate everything is my motto! and its what I do.Besides producing music in my sparetime. That is when I actually have time off. Luckily I can automate my way of out most situations, which actually provides me with... Read More →

Automate Your Health No More Button Pushing v6 preevent pdf

Thursday May 19, 2016 3:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
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Azure IoT OMS 300