HASMUG 2011 | September Content

Please find below content from September 2011’s meeting…

Session 1: Expediting Application Packaging

Affiliate: Flexera Software

Presenter: Evan Orgel

Abstract: One of the leading challenges to a Windows 7 migration is packaging applications. In this session we will discuss Windows 7 application compatibility mitigation, effective application migration strategies, and how AdminStudio can help make the largest part of your Windows 7 migration successful.

Products: AdminStudio Suite, Application Compatibility Pack, Virtualization Pack, and Workflow Manager.

Session 2: SCCM and PowerShell

Affiliate: HASMUG

Presenter: Stephen Leuthold

Abstract: Microsoft doesn’t have any official PowerShell modules for SCCM 2007 (we may see some for the 2012 release!). This has driven the community to create their own PSM’s to help automate and simplify administration. In this session you will learn how effective PowerShell scripts can be created using SCCM PowerShell cmdlet’s developed by the System Center community, including Stephen Leuthold.

Products: SCCM and PowerShell

Attachments: HASMUG-201109-SCCMandPowerShell.pdf

Session 3: Effective DCM Management

Affiliate: Silect Software

Presenter: Juli Ackerman

Abstract: According to Gartner Group, “80% of unplanned downtime is caused by people and process issues, including poor change management practices…”. Identifying the root cause of an outage due to configuration errors is difficult and time consuming if IT Professionals are unaware of the current state of planned or unplanned system configuration changes. In this session, we will discuss solutions for increasing your enterprise configuration compliance visibility, include Microsoft’s SCCM/DCM and how Silect Software’s CP Studio and ConfigWise can help you get the most out of your DCM environment as well as leverage out-of-the-box security hardening baselines from Microsoft.

Products: SCCM, CP Studio and ConfigWise

Session 4: Simplified Data Protection for Cross platform Environments

Affiliate: i365 (Happy Hour Sponsor)

Presenter: Matthew Seeley

Abstract: According to Gartner Group, “80% of unplanned downtime is caused by people and process issues, including poor change management practices…”. Identifying the root cause of an outage due to configuration errors is difficult and time consuming if IT Professionals are unaware of the current state of planned or unplanned system configuration changes. In this session, we will discuss solutions for increasing your enterprise configuration compliance visibility, include Microsoft’s SCCM/DCM and how Silect Software’s CP Studio and ConfigWise can help you get the most out of your DCM environment as well as leverage out-of-the-box security hardening baselines from Microsoft.

Products: SCDPM, EVault for DPM,  and EVault Endpoint Protection.

Session 5: Datacenter Innovation

Presenter: Lee Hall

Abstract: Learn how Microsoft can bring up 20,000 servers in 8 hour, while servicing billions of hits and millions of customers with high availability while saving millions in cost.