Session Title

Speaker

Abstract

Track 1: Cloud Computing and Deployment

Private Cloud: What, Why, and How

Yung Chou (Microsoft)

Cloud computing with attributes like pooled computing resources, automated management, scalability, on-demand provisioning, etc. is a very opportunity to transform enterprise IT from a device-dependent and infrastructure-focused deployment structure into a customer-centric service-oriented delivery vehicle. For enterprise, the roadmap of IT as a Service is via a common management framework and private cloud. This session presents the criteria, examines strategies, and walks through the processes of assessing and constructing private cloud. The presentation also demonstrates delivering and managing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in an enterprise setting.

Cloud Computing Essentials for IT Pros

Yung Chou (Microsoft)

While cloud computing is emerging as a main delivery vehicle for IT services, there is however much confusion of this platform on what it is and how it works. This session examines the facts and common knowledge of IT and builds a concise and structured body of industrial knowledge on cloud computing. The discussion will include the 5-3-2 principles of cloud computing, where the opportunities are and how IT professionals can play an enabling role in transforming an existing IT establishment into a cloud-friendly, cloud-ready environment.

Getting Started with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010

John Baker (Microsoft)

Learn how to quickly and cost effectively deploy Windows 7. Through a targeted demo and Q&A with the experts, see how Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) can ease your deployment process by updating Deployment Workbench, a tool administrators use to build and manage multiple operating system configurations. MDT helps generate ISO and Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images by using Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE). MDT alleviates many of the scripting requirements of earlier versions of Business Desktop Deployment by incorporating a stand-alone task sequencer derived from Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager 2007. Learn to get the most out of this solution accelerator.

Advanced Deployment Scenarios with MDT 2010

John Baker (Microsoft)

Automate your Windows 7 deployment with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. in this session we'll see how we can leverage the configuration database to allow methodological automation of deployment configurations based on a number of criteria, allowing you to configure the automatic assignment of properties based on the target computer location, make and model, and computer values. You can also assign Roles to those methods that contain further configurations

Track 2: Windows Server

Windows Internals – Memory Management

Jeff Stokes (Microsoft)

Understanding how Windows manages memory pages and how the pagefile is implemented is key to understanding performance and the question every admin wants to know "Do I need more memory for better performance. Microsoft performance expert, Jeff Stokes will explain the terms and process used in Windows memory management and provide tips on how to determine if a problem really is memory related.

Performance Analysis: Xperf tool for client and server analysis

Jeff Stokes (Microsoft)

Windows Performance expert, Jeff Stokes explains some advanced techniques in Windows performance analysis using PerfMon and the Xperf tool. Xperf is a very powerful tool that can be used to pinpoint performance issues to a particular driver or similar component. This session will raise your performance IQ!

Deep Dive: Windows Authentication: What every Windows Admin should know

Gary Olsen

(Microsoft MVP)

Active Directory is the core component of many infrastructures and handles authentication for a variety of applications and non-Windows clients. Windows Admins must be familiar with how authentication works using Kerberos. This session will describe the basics of Kerberos, and how these principles apply to applications as well as Linux and Unix clients. Troubleshooting tips for resolving authentication issues will also be covered.

Using HyperV in a test Environment

Don McCall (HP)

Using Hyper-V as a Diagnostic test Environment Standalone hardware is more and more difficult to justify and acquire. This session will present a case study and some methodology for implementing a flexible test environment for problem reproduction using Hyper V.

System Center 2012: What's New?

Greg Cameron

(Microsoft)

The buzz of the cloud is everywhere, but what does it mean and how can I manage it with System Center 2012? This session will focus on explaining the Cloud and Cloud services as well as how System Center 2012 can help you deliver a Private cloud. We will explore the new features of SCVMM 2012 and its expanded Hypervisor support to help drive your Private Cloud. We will also look at a new product called Project "Concero" that can help deliver the Azure and SCVMM Clouds in a single end-user web-based console.

Enterprise Identity Management with Forefront Identity Manager

Phil Bartholomew (InfraScience co-founder)

This presentation and demonstration will feature the use of FIM 2010 for managing user and group identities across SQL, SharePoint Lists, Active Directory, and ADLDS among other systems. Closer looks will be taken into auto provisioning and deprovisioning, criteria based group management, approval based group membership, self-service password reset, and user proxy objects using a combination of traditional rules extensions and FIM synchronization rules.

Track 3: PowerShell

PowerShell Dirty Dozen

Aaron Nelson

You've heard it said, "If you have to do it twice, automate it." Cut the learning curve and get a real handle on this powerful automation tool. This session walks you through a dozen scripts to simplify and easily automate time-consuming and tedious elements of your day to day job. This isn't stuff you'll use SOMEDAY, these are scripts you can use when you get home tonight. Harness the power of Power Shell to easily find Servers short on space. Script out tables and constraints across all of your databases at once. Backup databases and restore them to a different environment. These tricks and many others will allow PowerShell to simplify your job like no other tool.

PowerShell Best Practices (2 hr session)

Ed Wilson

(Microsoft Scripting Guy)

Apply best practices for automating system administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0 and optimize your operational efficiency and results. This guide captures the field-tested tips, real-world lessons, and candid advice of practitioners across the range of business and technical scenarios and across the scripting life cycle. Discover how to:Take advantage of new features and cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 2.0Plan scripting usage scenarios and define standards Deploy Windows PowerShell 2.0 to desktops and serversConfigure scripting environmentsOptimize remote scripting capabilitiesWork with Active Directory(r) and WMIDesign functions and modulesOptimize input and outputHandle errorsDocument scriptsTest and troubleshoot scriptsAvoid scripting pitfalls

Show-UI -- building graphical user interfaces in PowerShell

Joel Bennett (MVP)

Show-UI is a merger of the WPK and PowerBoots modules to create a single framework for building graphical user interfaces in PowerShell, and Joel will showcase the power of data-binding and UI templates in Show-UI as he walks us through from a simple user-input dialog to complex self-updating user interfaces for data displays and more