Sessions


Track Key:
 Advanced Group Policy Hands-On Labs / Ride Along
 Hybrid Cloud and Virtualization Jack of All Trades
 Keynotes Security and Ethical Hacking
 System Center Windows PowerShell
 Windows Server
Monday, August 11, 2014
TIME EVENT
Monday
9:00am - 5:30pm
  
MW01  The Ultimate Windows PowerShell Crash Course (BYOL-HOL)

Don Jones, MVP
Monday
9:00am - 5:30pm
  
MW02  Advanced Windows Troubleshooting Workshop (BYOL-HOL)

Bruce Mackenzie-Low, MCSE/MCSA
Monday
9:00am - 5:30pm
  
MW03  Group Policy Intensive Training (BYOL-HOL)

Jeremy Moskowitz, Group Policy MVP
Monday
12:00pm - 2:30pm
  
Lunch at the Mixer - Visit the Microsoft Company Store & Visitor Center
Monday
7:00pm - 9:00pm
  
Dine Around
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
TIME EVENT
Tuesday
8:30am - 9:30am
  
Keynote: The Impact of Microsoft Azure

Mark Russinovich
Tuesday
9:45am - 11:00am
  
T01  Anytime, Anywhere, Anydevice Management with PowerShell Web Access

Jason Helmick
Tuesday
9:45am - 11:00am
  
T02  Migrating Failover Clusters - Time to Upgrade?

Bruce Mackenzie-Low, MCSE/MCSA
Tuesday
9:45am - 11:00am
  
T03  Kill Roaming Profiles: Manage the Desktop Experience with Group Policy, Microsoft UE-V, and 3rd Party Tools

Jeremy Moskowitz, Group Policy MVP
Tuesday
9:45am - 11:00am
  
T04  Getting Started with This "Cloud" Thing A.K.A. "Federation for the AD Guy"

Laura Hunter
Tuesday
11:15am - 12:30pm
  
T05  The Top PowerShell Gotchas and How to Avoid Them

Jason Helmick
Tuesday
11:15am - 12:30pm
  
T06  Improve Your Tech Writing Skills: Lessons from Redmond Magazine's Editor-in-Chief

Jeffrey Schwartz
Tuesday
11:15am - 12:30pm
  
T07  Group Policy Change Control with Microsoft AGPM

Jeremy Moskowitz, Group Policy MVP
Tuesday
11:15am - 12:30pm
  
T08  Now That You're a Ninja with This "Cloud" Thing

Laura Hunter
Tuesday
12:30pm - 2:00pm
  
Lunch - Visit Exhibits
Tuesday
2:00pm - 3:15pm
  
T09  CIM-ple Remote Management with PowerShell

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell MVP
Tuesday
2:00pm - 3:15pm
  
T10  Active Directory Attribute-Level Recovery When the AD Recycle Bin Cannot Help

Ashley McGlone
Tuesday
2:00pm - 3:15pm
  
T11  SQL Server Maintenance for the "Reluctant DBA"

Don Jones, MVP
Tuesday
2:00pm - 3:15pm
  
T12  Making the Switch from VMware to Hyper-V

Andre Garcia

Rob Marino

Tuesday
3:15pm - 3:45pm
  
Networking Break - Visit Exhibits
Tuesday
3:45pm - 5:00pm
  
T13  Desired State Configuration Architecture and Overview

Don Jones, MVP
Tuesday
3:45pm - 5:00pm
  
T14  Migrate GPOs From One Domain or Forest to Another

Ashley McGlone
Tuesday
3:45pm - 5:00pm
  
T15  System Center and the Modern Datacenter: A Tactical Briefing

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert
Tuesday
3:45pm - 5:00pm
  
T16  Discussion: What's Your Hypervisor Choice? Why?

Matt McSpirit

Andre Garcia
Tuesday
5:00pm - 6:30pm
  
Microsoft Ask the Experts and Exhibitor Reception
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
TIME EVENT
Wednesday
8:00am - 9:00am
  
Keynote: How Microsoft Could Make the Client Not Matter (or, Using Your Microsoft Crystal Ball)

Don Jones, MVP
Wednesday
9:00am - 9:30am
  
Networking Break - Visit Exhibits
Wednesday
9:30am - 12:30pm
  
W01  Toolmaking: Building Reusable Tools in PowerShell (BYOL-RA)

Don Jones, MVP
Wednesday
9:30am - 12:30pm
  
W02  Ethical Hacking Part 1: Recon and Information Gathering

Mike Danseglio

Avril Salter, Ph.D.
Wednesday
9:30am - 12:30pm
  
W03  The ABC's of SMA: An In-Depth Introduction to Service Management Automation

Neil Peterson
Wednesday
9:30am - 5:00pm
  
W04  Building and Automating a Virtualized Datacenter with Hyper-V and System Center

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert
Wednesday
12:30pm - 2:00pm
  
Birds of a Feather Lunch & Exhibitor Raffle
Wednesday
2:00pm - 5:00pm
  
W05  Creating Graphical PowerShell Tools (BYOL-HOL)

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell MVP
Wednesday
2:00pm - 5:00pm
  
W06  Ethical Hacking Part 2: Network Penetration, Snooping, and Denial of Service

Mike Danseglio

Avril Salter, Ph.D.
Wednesday
2:00pm - 5:00pm
  
W07  System Center Orchestrator for the Uninitiated

Jason Helmick
Wednesday
8:00pm - 10:00pm
  
Lucky Strike Evening Out Party
Thursday, August 14, 2014
TIME EVENT
Thursday
9:00am - 12:00pm
  
TH01  Building DSC Resources in Windows PowerShell

Steven Murawski
Thursday
9:00am - 12:00pm
  
TH02  Forensic Computer Investigations in a Windows Environment

Mike Danseglio
Thursday
9:00am - 12:00pm
  
TH03  Pro Tips for Automating App Deployment in System Center Configuration Manager

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert
Thursday
9:00am - 12:00pm
  
TH04  Master Windows Azure Infrastructure Services in Three Hours

Yung Chou
Thursday
12:00pm - 2:00pm
  
Lunch at the Mixer - Visit the Microsoft Company Store & Visitor Center
Thursday
2:00pm - 5:00pm
  
TH05  Managing Hyper-V with PowerShell (BYOL-RA)

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell MVP
Thursday
2:00pm - 5:00pm
  
TH06  Wireless Sniffing for IT Pros, Not Hackers (BYOL-HOL)

Avril Salter, Ph.D.
Thursday
2:00pm - 5:00pm
  
TH07  Implementing a Self-Service, Multi-Tenant, On-Premises Cloud Solution with Windows Azure Pack

Yung Chou
Thursday
2:00pm - 5:00pm
  
TH08  Becoming a vAdmin Rockstar! Tools, Tips & Tricks for Managing Multiple Hypervisors in Your Environment
Friday, August 15, 2014
TIME EVENT
Friday
9:00am - 12:00pm
  
FW01  Automation in the Real World - How Stack Overflow Does IT

Steven Murawski
Friday
9:00am - 12:00pm
  
FW02  Secure Access from Everywhere! Implementing DirectAccess with Windows Server 2012 R2

Richard Hicks, Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter MVP

Friday
9:00am - 4:00pm
  
FW03  IIS Administration for the "Reluctant Webmaster"

Jason Helmick
Friday
12:00pm - 1:00pm
  
Lunch
Friday
1:00pm - 4:00pm
  
FW04  Document Everything with PowerShell (BYOL-RA)

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell MVP
Friday
1:00pm - 4:00pm
  
FW05  Integrating Your On-Premise Active Directory with Azure and Office 365 (BYOL - HOL)