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Tracks

Track Key:
	Active Directory Management and Architecture		Advanced Troubleshooting for Servers and Applications
	Architecting and Administering Microsoft Exchange		Automated Windows Deployment
	Deep Dive: Becoming an ESXpert!		Don Jones' PowerShell Boot Camp
	Getting More out of your Existing IT Investment		Deep Dive: MCITP - Server Administrator Certification Mini Boot Camp
	Security and Malware Protection		Tutorials
	Virtualization		Deep Dive: Windows Deployment University
	Windows PowerShell

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Active Directory Management and Architecture

TU3 How Well Does Your Active Directory Stand Up to Microsoft's? Tuesday March 15 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Laura Hunter, Principal Technology Architect, Microsoft

We’ll talk AD, GPOs, management tools, and you’ll take home some lessons that will apply no matter how large or small your Active Directory environment may be. more

TU7 RODCs: Here's Why You Need Them. Here's How to Implement them Correctly! Tuesday March 15 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM

Laura Hunter, Principal Technology Architect, Microsoft

Read-Only Domain Controller's: Here's Why You Need Them. Here's How to Implement them Correctly more

W3 Completely Control Every Application with GPOs and GPPs Wednesday March 16 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

James I. Conrad MCITP, Server+, A+, Certified Ethical Hacker, Lead Recruiter, Instructor, Accusource CC, Inc.

Using Group Policy Preferences (GPPs), you can now apply a great deal of customization and configuration settings to many of your apps. more

W5 The Network Files, Case #53: Diagnosing Diseases of DNS Wednesday March 16 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D

Give your troubled DNS queries a thorough workup with Network Monitor, and find out why those dynamic updates aren't happening more

W7 How to Customize and Rapidly Deploy Microsoft Office Using Free Tools Wednesday March 16 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

James I. Conrad MCITP, Server+, A+, Certified Ethical Hacker, Lead Recruiter, Instructor, Accusource CC, Inc.

Using free resources, this session will show you how to fully automate Microsoft Office 2010 installation and customization. more

TH3 Group Policy Settings You Must Use (…and Some You Must Avoid!) Thursday March 17 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Jeremy Moskowitz Group Policy MVP, Founder, GPanswers.com / PolicyPak Software

Group Policy Settings You Must Use …and Some You Must Avoid! more

TH7 Group Policy Troubleshooting Essentials Thursday March 17 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Jeremy Moskowitz Group Policy MVP, Founder, GPanswers.com / PolicyPak Software

If you’re looking for Group Policy answers to your troubleshooting questions, this is the session for you. more

Advanced Troubleshooting for Servers and Applications

PRE3 Tutorial: Windows Crashes and Hangs: Simple Steps in Finding Every Root Cause Monday March 14 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Bruce Mackenzie-Low MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Learn about simple techniques used to configure and analyze kernel memory dumps. Get hands on experience with your laptop as you install the debugger and analyze your own Windows crashes. more

TU4 Windows Failover Clustering: Five Reasons Why You Should Stop Ignoring It! Tuesday March 15 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Bruce Mackenzie-Low MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

By implementing the best practices while planning, installing and configuring Failover Clusters, you can directly affect the stability of your cluster and applications. more

TU8 Application Crash? Quickly Troubleshooting that Hung Application Tuesday March 15 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM

Bruce Mackenzie-Low MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Learn about advanced debugging techniques that identify exactly what the application was doing at the time it crashed, and then search the world-wide-web with confidence for your solution. more

TU12 How to Troubleshoot & Prevent Windows Print Spooler Outages Tuesday March 15 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Bruce Mackenzie-Low MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

the session will cover the installation and configuration of the Windows debugger, illustrating techniques used to analyze print spooler dumps and determine which component, driver, printer, and job is causing the failures. more

W8 17 Things You Can Implement Now to Speed User Logons Wednesday March 16 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Ed Liberman, Technical Trainer, Train Signal

17 Things You Can Implement Now to Speed User Logons more

Architecting and Administering Microsoft Exchange

TU2 Designing High Availability into Your Exchange Organization Tuesday March 15 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast

Exchange storage architecture for Exchange 2007 and 2010, continuous replication HA and how CR is utilized in Exchange 2007 and 2007 SP1, leading up to the changes in Exchange 2010 and 2010 SP1 with the new DAG method of HA. more

TU6 Smart Tricks and Big Gotchas in Virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Tuesday March 15 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast

If you're considering virtualized Exchange, or if you're experiencing problems because you already did, get the assistance you need in this session. more

TU10 Capacity Management for Exchange: Lessons from the Field Tuesday March 15 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Jay Paul Gundotra MCP,MCT,MCSE, CompTIA, Managing Director, Founder , ENow Inc

You will learn the pros and cons of using the various storage technologies including DAS, SAN, FDDI and iSCSI in Exchange 2010 more

TU14 Setting Up Exchange Unified Messaging in Seven Steps Tuesday March 15 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast

Setting Up Exchange Unified Messaging in Seven Steps more

W13 Notes from the Field: Locking Down Microsoft Office and Outlook with Group Policy Wednesday March 16 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

James I. Conrad MCITP, Server+, A+, Certified Ethical Hacker, Lead Recruiter, Instructor, Accusource CC, Inc.

Locking Down Microsoft Office and Outlook with Group Polic more

TH18 Top Reasons You Must Implement Exchange 2010 SP1 Now Thursday March 17 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast

Learn why you need to implement Exchange 2010 SP1 NOW, rather than later. more

ES1 Evening Slam - MCITP: Exchange Administrator Exam Prep (70-662 & 70-663) Thursday March 17 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast

This exam prep for Exams 70-662 and 70-663 is a 90 minute roller coaster ride through the configuration of Exchange 2010. more

Automated Windows Deployment

TH15 How to Automatically Migrate the User State During a Windows 7 Upgrade Thursday March 17 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

John Baker, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

How to Automatically Migrate the User State During a Windows 7 Upgrade more

TH19 Super-Advanced Customizations with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Thursday March 17 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM

John Baker, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

Utilizing the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit configuration database we’ll see how we can further automate deployment configurations based on a number of criteria. more

Deep Dive: Becoming an ESXpert!

PRE1 Tutorial: ESXpert Strategies in Constructing and Administering VMware vSphere Monday March 14 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Greg Shields MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight

more

TU1 HA & DRS Gotchas that Will Kill Your ESX Infrastructure Tuesday March 15 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Greg Shields MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight

Greg explains the complex limitations of VMotion that create gotchas down the road. He demystifies VMware’s HA and DRS solutions, add-ons to VMotion that add intelligence to the live migration process. more

TU5 Tips & Tricks for Creating Good VMs. Its Not as Easy as You'd Think! Tuesday March 15 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM

Greg Shields MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight

75-minute session on “creating good virtual machines” more

TU9 ESXi 4.1 Command Line Tricks You Absolutely Must Know Tuesday March 15 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Greg Shields MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight

ESXi 4.1 Command Line Tricks You Absolutely Must Know more

TU13 How to Locate the Source of any ESX Performance Problem in Ten Easy Steps Tuesday March 15 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Greg Shields MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight

How to Locate the Source of any ESX Performance Problem in Ten Easy Steps more

Don Jones' PowerShell Boot Camp

EPC Don Jones' PowerShell Boot Camp Monday March 14 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Don Jones MVP, Curriculum Director for IT Pro Content , Pluralsight

In this 3-day Boot Camp you’ll learn how to run commands, manage processes, create Active Directory users, and much more. You’ll learn how to create reusable, parameterized tools that your coworkers and colleagues can use. You’ll debug scripts, manage command errors, and extend the shell. You’ll see how to teach yourself how to use shell extensions, instantly making Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Active Directory, System Center, and much more all accessible through PowerShell. more

EPC Don Jones' PowerShell Boot Camp Tuesday March 15 9:45 AM - 4:30 PM

Don Jones MVP, Curriculum Director for IT Pro Content , Pluralsight

In this 3-day Boot Camp you’ll learn how to run commands, manage processes, create Active Directory users, and much more. You’ll learn how to create reusable, parameterized tools that your coworkers and colleagues can use. You’ll debug scripts, manage command errors, and extend the shell. You’ll see how to teach yourself how to use shell extensions, instantly making Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Active Directory, System Center, and much more all accessible through PowerShell. more

EPC Don Jones' PowerShell Boot Camp Wednesday March 16 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Don Jones MVP, Curriculum Director for IT Pro Content , Pluralsight

In this 3-day Boot Camp you’ll learn how to run commands, manage processes, create Active Directory users, and much more. You’ll learn how to create reusable, parameterized tools that your coworkers and colleagues can use. You’ll debug scripts, manage command errors, and extend the shell. You’ll see how to teach yourself how to use shell extensions, instantly making Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Active Directory, System Center, and much more all accessible through PowerShell. more

Getting More out of your Existing IT Investment

PRE2 Tutorial: Four Hours of the Very Best Windows 7 Tips, Tricks, and Tools on Earth Monday March 14 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast

Four Hours of the Very Best Windows 7 Tips, Tricks, and Tools on Earth more

TU11 How Microsoft Does IT: Tales in the Trenches from a Microsoft IT Architect Tuesday March 15 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Laura Hunter, Principal Technology Architect, Microsoft

You’ll hear her stories about the new features of Windows Server 2008 and R2, and lessons that they learned along the way, and missteps you can avoid when doing your own deployments. more

TU15 10 Things You Don't Know (and Can Implement Immediately) about Windows Server 2008 R2 Tuesday March 15 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D

10 Things You Don't Know (and Can Implement Immediately) about Windows Server 2008 R2 more

W1 Windows Power Tools Treasury: Best of the Power Tools Wednesday March 16 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D

Smart Windows administrators know that the only way to get the job done is to find the right tools, but so many interesting-looking tools are so poorly-documented that no one's got the time to figure out how to make them useful more

W9 The Secrets of Technical Talks: How to Explain Tech without Tucking Wednesday March 16 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D

The Twelve Tips To Topnotch Technical Talks in this fast-paced, entertaining and informative explanation of, well, how to give an explanation! more

Deep Dive: MCITP - Server Administrator Certification Mini Boot Camp

TH4 MCITP: Configuring Active Directory Thursday March 17 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Bruce Rougeau MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA

Mastering your Global, Local, and Universal Group structure is also fundamental if you’re to avoid chaos, as is the backup and restore of Active Directory to protect yourself. more

TH8 MCITP: Configuring & Maintaining AD Objects Thursday March 17 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Bruce Rougeau MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA

Provisioning users is always a time-consuming task, especially when there are hundreds or thousands to handle. This session reviews the ways to improve that process. more

TH12 MCITP: Configuring AD's Additional Services Thursday March 17 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Bruce Rougeau MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA

MCITP: Configuring AD's Additional Services more

TH16 MCITP: Planning your Windows Server 2008 Environment PART 1 Thursday March 17 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Bruce Rougeau MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA

MCITP: Planning your Windows Server 2008 Environment more

TH20 MCITP: Planning your Windows Server 2008 Environment PART 2 Thursday March 17 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Bruce Rougeau MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA

MCITP: Planning your Windows Server 2008 Environment more

ES2 Evening Slam: MCITP - Server Administrator Exam Prep Thursday March 17 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Bruce Rougeau MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA

MCITP - Server Administrator Exam Prep more

POST2 Tutorial - MCITP: Configuring a Server 2008 Network Infrastructure + Final Exam Prep Friday March 18 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Bruce Rougeau MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA

MCITP: Configuring a Server 2008 Network Infrastructure + Final Exam Prep more

Security and Malware Protection

TU16 Tracking Down the Network's Biggest Problems with Microsoft NetMon Tuesday March 15 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Ed Liberman, Technical Trainer, Train Signal

learn in this session how to capture and filter traffic to help solve some of your most difficult networking issues more

W12 Tips and Tricks for 100% WSUS Compliance...Overnight! Wednesday March 16 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Ed Liberman, Technical Trainer, Train Signal

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a great tool which will help you get updates out to your entire network. more

W17 Using Free Tools to Control who Gets on your LAN. It’s More than Just Security! Wednesday March 16 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM

James I. Conrad MCITP, Server+, A+, Certified Ethical Hacker, Lead Recruiter, Instructor, Accusource CC, Inc.

James Conrad shows you essential methods and criteria to lock down your unprotected clients. more

TH1 Tools & Techniques for Managing Wireless Networks Thursday March 17 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies

Tools & Techniques for Managing Wireless Networks more

TH5 Restricting Devices from the Corporate Network. Why Haven't We Done This Before? Thursday March 17 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies

more

TH9 Securing the Back Door: Preventing Attacks from Employee Home Wireless Networks Thursday March 17 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies

In this session Mike dissects several wireless networks piece by piece, showing how they work, how they implement security, and where they expose security vulnerabilities. more

TH11 Using Group Policy to Implement Security Settings Thursday March 17 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Jeremy Moskowitz Group Policy MVP, Founder, GPanswers.com / PolicyPak Software

Learn how to leverage Active Directory and windows file auditing and which Group Policy settings have special “Super Powers!” Learn to get the right balance between security and usability on your Windows machines. more

TH13 Easy Steps for Enabling Portable Data Security: Laptops, USB Drives, and More Thursday March 17 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies

This talk focuses on technologies that provide strong data encryption without being expensive or a nightmare to administer and use. more

TH17 Dangerous Documents: Identifying and Protecting Data from Malware Thursday March 17 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies

Learn how to protect your systems from the kinds of documents that are being used to mount attacks today - Malware more

Tutorials

PRE1 Tutorial: ESXpert Strategies in Constructing and Administering VMware vSphere Monday March 14 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Greg Shields MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight

more

PRE2 Tutorial: Four Hours of the Very Best Windows 7 Tips, Tricks, and Tools on Earth Monday March 14 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast

Four Hours of the Very Best Windows 7 Tips, Tricks, and Tools on Earth more

PRE3 Tutorial: Windows Crashes and Hangs: Simple Steps in Finding Every Root Cause Monday March 14 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Bruce Mackenzie-Low MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Learn about simple techniques used to configure and analyze kernel memory dumps. Get hands on experience with your laptop as you install the debugger and analyze your own Windows crashes. more

POST1 Considering Hyper-V? Fully-Functional Production Virtualization in Seven Simple Steps Friday March 18 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Alan Sugano, President, ADS Consulting Group

get up to speed with Hyper-V’s virtualization environment more

POST2 Tutorial - MCITP: Configuring a Server 2008 Network Infrastructure + Final Exam Prep Friday March 18 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Bruce Rougeau MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA

MCITP: Configuring a Server 2008 Network Infrastructure + Final Exam Prep more

Virtualization

W4 Using Microsoft RDS to Securely Extend Applications into the Cloud Wednesday March 16 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Ed Liberman, Technical Trainer, Train Signal

Using Microsoft RDS to Securely Extend Applications into the Cloud more

W16 What Cloud Computing Means to You the IT Professional Wednesday March 16 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Yung Chou, Technology Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

IT pros will be able to apply their knowledge of virtualization and gain technical insights of Cloud Computing with recognized patterns and practices from virtualization in enterprise IT. more

W20 Building a Microsoft VDI Solution with Software You Already Own Wednesday March 16 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Yung Chou, Technology Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

This session presents a technical introduction of this solution, how it works, and what it won’t do. In it, you’ll examine key architectural components of an App-V/VDI solution while walking through user scenarios with technical demos. more

TH10 Smart Server Hardware Configurations for ESX and Hyper-V Thursday March 17 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Alan Sugano, President, ADS Consulting Group

This session will discuss the server hardware configuration for ESX and Hyper-V hosts. more

TH14 ESX versus Hyper-V Showdown ROUND 2! Thursday March 17 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Alan Sugano, President, ADS Consulting Group

If you’re evaluating virtualization platforms, make sure to attend this session to assist in your decision making process. more

POST1 Considering Hyper-V? Fully-Functional Production Virtualization in Seven Simple Steps Friday March 18 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Alan Sugano, President, ADS Consulting Group

get up to speed with Hyper-V’s virtualization environment more

Deep Dive: Windows Deployment University

W2 Microsoft's Free Deployment Tools: Making Sense of the Acronym Alphabet Soup Wednesday March 16 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author

Microsoft's Free Deployment Tools: Making Sense of the Acronym Alphabet Soup more

W6 Automating Pre-Deployment Tasks with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Tool Wednesday March 16 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author

Automating Pre-Deployment Tasks with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Tool more

W10 Windows 7 Application Compatibility Problems and Easy Solutions Wednesday March 16 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author

Windows 7 Application Compatibility Problems and Easy Solutions more

W14 Building and Deploying OS Images with Windows Deployment Server Wednesday March 16 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author

Building and Deploying OS Images with Windows Deployment Server more

W18 How to Create a Single Deployment Image that Works Everywhere Wednesday March 16 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author

How to Create a Single Deployment Image that Works Everywhere more

TH2 The Final Step: Completely Automating Windows Deployment PART 1 Thursday March 17 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author

The Final Step: Completely Automating Windows Deployment more

TH6 The Final Step: Completely Automating Windows Deployment PART 2 Thursday March 17 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author

The Final Step: Completely Automating Windows Deployment more

Windows PowerShell

W11 PowerShell Scripting Best Practices Wednesday March 16 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Jeffery Hicks PowerShell MVP, Senior Technology Fellow, JDH IT Solutions

Jeffery Hicks will lay out the do's and don'ts when writing PowerShell scripts more

W15 Top 10 Active Directory Tasks with PowerShell Wednesday March 16 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Jeffery Hicks PowerShell MVP, Senior Technology Fellow, JDH IT Solutions

learn how to manage the ten most common Active Directory administrative tasks using Windows PowerShell, and you won’t have to write a single script more

W19 Getting Started with PowerCLI and VMware Wednesday March 16 4:15 PM - 5:30PM

Jeffery Hicks PowerShell MVP, Senior Technology Fellow, JDH IT Solutions

If you run a VMware infrastructure and aren't using Windows PowerShell as part of your management strategy, then you most likely spending way too much time getting your job done. more

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