Sessions -- TechMentor

7:00am - 8:00am Registration - Coffee and Light Breakfast

8:00am - 9:15am TT01 PowerShell 7.6 and Beyond: What’s New for Automation and Administration

8:00am - 9:15am TT02 Enterprise AI for IT Pros: Architecting, Securing, and Operating AI at Scale

Eric D. Boyd

8:00am - 9:15am TT03 Failover Clustering and the Private Cloud

Rob Hindman

8:00am - 9:15am CT04 How Ransomware Became a Billion-Dollar “Startup” (and What Defenders Can Steal from Their Playbook)

Heather Wilde Renze

8:00am - 9:15am CT05 The AI-Powered SOC: Reinventing the SOC with Defender XDR, Sentinel, and Security Copilot

Alex de Jong

9:30am - 10:45am TT06 Professionalize your PowerShell Tools using PlatyPS

9:30am - 10:45am TT07 Comprehensive Guide to Windows Autopilot Scenarios

Michael Niehaus

9:30am - 10:45am TT08 How to Prepare, Plan, and Execute Successful Adoption

Karinne Bessette

9:30am - 10:45am CT09 The Entra ID Pitfalls: Auth, Access, Privilege, Apps & Default Settings

Louis Mastelinck

9:30am - 10:45am CT10 When AI Tools Go Rogue: Securing Agents, MCP, and Dev Assistants

Pavan Reddy

10:45am - 11:15am Networking Break / Visit Exhibitors

11:15am - 12:15pm TechMentor X Cybersecurity Live! Keynote: Windows Server Futures

Rob Hindman

12:15pm - 1:15pm Lunch @ Microsoft Mixer / Visit Exhibitors

1:15pm - 2:30pm TT11 Deep Dive into Windows Server Storage, Networking, Compute, and Security

Rob Hindman

1:15pm - 2:30pm TT12 VMware to Hyper-V: Real-World Considerations for Before, During, and After the Migration

Tony Joy

1:15pm - 2:30pm TT13 Configuration Management with DSC v.Next

Jason Helmick

1:15pm - 2:30pm CT14 Securing Your Software Supply Chain

Eric D. Boyd

1:15pm - 2:30pm CT15 Creating Classifiers from Scratch to Identify Sensitive Data with Microsoft Purview

Myron Helgering

2:30pm - 3:00pm Networking Break / Visit Exhibitors

3:00pm - 4:15pm TT16 Eliminating Secret Sprawl with Azure Managed Identity & Azure Key Vault

Eric D. Boyd

3:00pm - 4:15pm TT17 Security Copilot + Defender XDR: Turn Your SOC from Overwhelmed to Optimized

John O'Neill, Sr.

3:00pm - 4:15pm TT18 To Be Announced

3:00pm - 4:15pm CT19 The Purview Power Hour: Master Microsoft’s Data Governance in 75 Minutes

Alex de Jong

3:00pm - 4:15pm CT20 AI BOMs, CVEs, and Governance: Turning Panic into a Roadmap

Pavan Reddy

4:15pm - 5:30pm Welcome Reception

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026