Sessions


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
Monday, March 14, 2011
TIME EVENT
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  
EPC  Don Jones' PowerShell Boot Camp

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

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

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Monday
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  
PRE2  Tutorial: Four Hours of the Very Best Windows 7 Tips, Tricks, and Tools on Earth

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Monday
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  
PRE3  Tutorial: Windows Crashes and Hangs: Simple Steps in Finding Every Root Cause

Bruce Mackenzie-Low, MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
TIME EVENT
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  
Keynote: Cloud Computing: A (Lapsed) Economist's View

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D
Tuesday
9:45 AM - 4:30 PM
  
EPC  Don Jones' PowerShell Boot Camp

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

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

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
  
TU2  Designing High Availability into Your Exchange Organization

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Tuesday
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
  
TU3  How Well Does Your Active Directory Stand Up to Microsoft's?

Laura Hunter, Principal Technology Architect, Microsoft

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

Bruce Mackenzie-Low, MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Tuesday
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
  
TU5  Tips & Tricks for Creating Good VMs. Its Not as Easy as You'd Think!

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
  
TU6  Smart Tricks and Big Gotchas in Virtualizing Microsoft Exchange

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Tuesday
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
  
TU7  RODCs: Here's Why You Need Them. Here's How to Implement them Correctly!

Laura Hunter, Principal Technology Architect, Microsoft

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

Bruce Mackenzie-Low, MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Tuesday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
  
TU9  ESXi 4.1 Command Line Tricks You Absolutely Must Know

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
  
TU10  Capacity Management for Exchange: Lessons from the Field

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

Jay Paul Gundotra, MCP,MCT,MCSE, CompTIA, Managing Director, Founder , ENow Inc
Tuesday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
  
TU11  How Microsoft Does IT: Tales in the Trenches from a Microsoft IT Architect

Laura Hunter, Principal Technology Architect, Microsoft

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

Bruce Mackenzie-Low, MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Tuesday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
  
TU13  How to Locate the Source of any ESX Performance Problem in Ten Easy Steps

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
  
TU14  Setting Up Exchange Unified Messaging in Seven Steps

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Tuesday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
  
TU15  10 Things You Don't Know (and Can Implement Immediately) about Windows Server 2008 R2

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D
Tuesday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
  
TU16  Tracking Down the Network's Biggest Problems with Microsoft NetMon

Ed Liberman, Technical Trainer, Train Signal
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
TIME EVENT
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  
EPC  Don Jones' PowerShell Boot Camp

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

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

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
  
W2  Microsoft's Free Deployment Tools: Making Sense of the Acronym Alphabet Soup

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
  
W3  Completely Control Every Application with GPOs and GPPs

James I. Conrad, MCITP, Server+, A+, Certified Ethical Hacker, Lead Recruiter, Instructor, Accusource CC, Inc.
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
  
W4  Using Microsoft RDS to Securely Extend Applications into the Cloud

Ed Liberman, Technical Trainer, Train Signal
Wednesday
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
  
W5  The Network Files, Case #53: Diagnosing Diseases of DNS

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D
Wednesday
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
  
W6  Automating Pre-Deployment Tasks with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Tool

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Wednesday
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
  
W7  How to Customize and Rapidly Deploy Microsoft Office Using Free Tools

James I. Conrad, MCITP, Server+, A+, Certified Ethical Hacker, Lead Recruiter, Instructor, Accusource CC, Inc.
Wednesday
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
  
W8  17 Things You Can Implement Now to Speed User Logons

Ed Liberman, Technical Trainer, Train Signal
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  
W9  The Secrets of Technical Talks: How to Explain Tech without Tucking

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  
W10  Windows 7 Application Compatibility Problems and Easy Solutions

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  
W11  PowerShell Scripting Best Practices

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell MVP, Senior Technology Fellow, JDH IT Solutions
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  
W12  Tips and Tricks for 100% WSUS Compliance...Overnight!

Ed Liberman, Technical Trainer, Train Signal
Wednesday
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
  
W13  Notes from the Field: Locking Down Microsoft Office and Outlook with Group Policy

James I. Conrad, MCITP, Server+, A+, Certified Ethical Hacker, Lead Recruiter, Instructor, Accusource CC, Inc.
Wednesday
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
  
W14  Building and Deploying OS Images with Windows Deployment Server

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Wednesday
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
  
W15  Top 10 Active Directory Tasks with PowerShell

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell MVP, Senior Technology Fellow, JDH IT Solutions
Wednesday
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
  
W16  What Cloud Computing Means to You the IT Professional

Yung Chou, Technology Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Wednesday
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
  
W17  Using Free Tools to Control who Gets on your LAN. It’s More than Just Security!

James I. Conrad, MCITP, Server+, A+, Certified Ethical Hacker, Lead Recruiter, Instructor, Accusource CC, Inc.
Wednesday
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
  
W18  How to Create a Single Deployment Image that Works Everywhere

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Wednesday
4:15 PM - 5:30PM
  
W19  Getting Started with PowerCLI and VMware

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell MVP, Senior Technology Fellow, JDH IT Solutions
Wednesday
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
  
W20  Building a Microsoft VDI Solution with Software You Already Own

Yung Chou, Technology Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Thursday, March 17, 2011
TIME EVENT
Thursday
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
  
TH1  Tools & Techniques for Managing Wireless Networks

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies
Thursday
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
  
TH2  The Final Step: Completely Automating Windows Deployment PART 1

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Thursday
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
  
TH3  Group Policy Settings You Must Use (…and Some You Must Avoid!)

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

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

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Thursday
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
  
TH5  Restricting Devices from the Corporate Network. Why Haven't We Done This Before?

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies
Thursday
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
  
TH6  The Final Step: Completely Automating Windows Deployment PART 2

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Thursday
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
  
TH7  Group Policy Troubleshooting Essentials

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

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

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Thursday
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  
TH9  Securing the Back Door: Preventing Attacks from Employee Home Wireless Networks

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies
Thursday
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  
TH10  Smart Server Hardware Configurations for ESX and Hyper-V

Alan Sugano, President, ADS Consulting Group
Thursday
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  
TH11  Using Group Policy to Implement Security Settings

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

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

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Thursday
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
  
TH13  Easy Steps for Enabling Portable Data Security: Laptops, USB Drives, and More

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies
Thursday
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
  
TH14  ESX versus Hyper-V Showdown ROUND 2!

Alan Sugano, President, ADS Consulting Group
Thursday
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
  
TH15  How to Automatically Migrate the User State During a Windows 7 Upgrade

John Baker, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Thursday
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
  
TH16  MCITP: Planning your Windows Server 2008 Environment PART 1

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Thursday
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
  
TH17  Dangerous Documents: Identifying and Protecting Data from Malware

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies
Thursday
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
  
TH18  Top Reasons You Must Implement Exchange 2010 SP1 Now

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Thursday
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
  
TH19  Super-Advanced Customizations with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

John Baker, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Thursday
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
  
TH20  MCITP: Planning your Windows Server 2008 Environment PART 2

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Thursday
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  
ES1  Evening Slam - MCITP: Exchange Administrator Exam Prep (70-662 & 70-663)

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Thursday
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  
ES2  Evening Slam: MCITP - Server Administrator Exam Prep

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Friday, March 18, 2011
TIME EVENT
Friday
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  
POST1  Considering Hyper-V? Fully-Functional Production Virtualization in Seven Simple Steps

Alan Sugano, President, ADS Consulting Group
Friday
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  
POST2  Tutorial - MCITP: Configuring a Server 2008 Network Infrastructure + Final Exam Prep

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA