Conference Tracks


Active Directory Management and Architecture
WHEN EVENT
Monday
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
 PRE2

Tutorial: Automating Active Directory Tasks in Server 2008 R2

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D
Monday
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
 PRE3

Tutorial: MCITP - Configuring a Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Tuesday
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
 TU2

Group Policy Settings that Really Really Work and Some that Dont

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

Tuesday
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
 TU3

Night of the Living Directory: Understanding AD's Recycle Bin

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D
Tuesday
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
 TU4

MCITP: Configuring Active Directory

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Tuesday
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
 TU7

DNSSEC and Windows: Get Ready for a New DNS!

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D
Tuesday
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
 TU8

MCITP: Configuring AD's Additional Services

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Tuesday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 TU11

DFS Namespaces: The Cheapskate's File System Virtualization

Sean Deuby, Senior Analyst, Platform Vision LLC
Tuesday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 TU12

MCITP: Configuring and Maintaining AD Objects

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Tuesday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 TU15

Active Directory's Forgotten Foundation: Optimizing your AD Sites

Sean Deuby, Senior Analyst, Platform Vision LLC
Tuesday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 TU16

MCITP: Planning Your Windows 2008 Server Environment

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 WE3

How Healthy is Your Active Directory? Your AD Checkup Checklist

Sean Deuby, Senior Analyst, Platform Vision LLC
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 12:45 PM
 WE7

Double Session: Structured Active Directory and AD Replication Troubleshooting

Sean Deuby, Senior Analyst, Platform Vision LLC
Wednesday
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 WE9

Group Policy Troubleshooting Essentials

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

Thursday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 TH13

Restructuring your Active Directory Forest: What Tools Are Available?

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Thursday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 TH17

Restructuring Your Active Directory Forest: Strategies for Guaranteed Success

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Advanced Troubleshooting for Servers and Applications
WHEN EVENT
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 12:45 PM
 WE8

Double Session: Finding the Root Cause of Windows Crashes and Blue Screens

Bruce Mackenzie-Low, MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Wednesday
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 WE11

The Very Best Tools for Troubleshooting Failed Windows Applications

Bruce Mackenzie-Low, MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Wednesday
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 WE12

Cracking Open Kerberos

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D
Architecting and Administering Microsoft Exchange
WHEN EVENT
Tuesday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 TU10

Exchange 2010 Capacity Management: Scaling your Email from 10 Users to 10,000

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

Raphael Barini, Chief Solutions Architect, ENow, Inc.
Tuesday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 TU14

Implementing and Securing Outlook for Out-of-the-Office Users

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Thursday
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
 TH9

How to Virtualize and Disaster Proof Your Exchange Environment

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Friday
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
 POST1

Tutorial: Migrating to Exchange 2010 in Seven Easy Steps

J. Peter Bruzzese, ClipTraining/Conversational Geek/InfoWorld/Mimecast
Automated Windows Deployment
WHEN EVENT
Thursday
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 TH3

Microsoft's Free Deployment Which Ones Work for You?

Daniel Nerenberg, Founder and Principal Consultant, InfraOp Inc.

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Thursday
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
 TH7

Automating Your Pre-Deployment Tasks: Inventory, Discovery, and Application Compatibility

Daniel Nerenberg, Founder and Principal Consultant, InfraOp Inc.
Thursday
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
 TH11

Solving Deployment's Forgotten Task: Migrating User Data

Daniel Nerenberg, Founder and Principal Consultant, InfraOp Inc.
Thursday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 TH15

Creating and Deploying OS Images with Windows Deployment Server

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Thursday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 TH19

One Image for All Your Desktops: The Secret Tricks You Must Know

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Friday
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
 POST2

Tutorial: Bringing it All Together: Completely Automating Windows Deployment

Daniel Nerenberg, Founder and Principal Consultant, InfraOp Inc.

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Deep Dive: Becoming an ESXpert! Mastering VMware vSphere in Your IT Environment
WHEN EVENT
Monday
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
 PRE1

Tutorial: Architecting Your vSphere Virtual Infrastructure - Avoiding the Big Mistakes

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
 TU1

Smart Configurations for vSphere Networking

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
 TU5

Best Performance & High Availability with vSphere Storage

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 TU9

ESX High Availability with VMotion, HA, and DRS

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 TU13

Tips and Tricks for Creating Good Virtual Machines. It's Not as Easy as You'd Think

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 WE1

Monitoring and Intelligently Reacting to ESX Performance Issues

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Deep Dive: Mastering Windows PowerShell
WHEN EVENT
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 9:45 PM
 WE2

Convert your Brain from VBScript to Windows PowerShell

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

Wednesday
10:00 AM - 12:45 PM
 WE6

Double Session: The Windows PowerShell Crash Course

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

Wednesday
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 WE10

Windows PowerShell: Eight Tips and Tricks to Make You a Guru

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

Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
 WE14

Automating AD Administration in Windows PowerShell

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

Thursday
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 TH2

Windows PowerShell Scripting and Modularization: Build Your Own Tools

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

Thursday
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
 TH6

PowerShell Error Handling and Debugging

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

Deep Dive: MCITP - Server Administrator Certification Mini Boot Camp
WHEN EVENT
Monday
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
 PRE3

Tutorial: MCITP - Configuring a Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Tuesday
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
 TU4

MCITP: Configuring Active Directory

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Tuesday
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
 TU8

MCITP: Configuring AD's Additional Services

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Tuesday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 TU12

MCITP: Configuring and Maintaining AD Objects

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Tuesday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 TU16

MCITP: Planning Your Windows 2008 Server Environment

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 WE4

MCITP: Server Administrator Exam Prep

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Deep Dive Windows Deployment University
WHEN EVENT
Thursday
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 TH3

Microsoft's Free Deployment Which Ones Work for You?

Daniel Nerenberg, Founder and Principal Consultant, InfraOp Inc.

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Thursday
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
 TH7

Automating Your Pre-Deployment Tasks: Inventory, Discovery, and Application Compatibility

Daniel Nerenberg, Founder and Principal Consultant, InfraOp Inc.
Thursday
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
 TH11

Solving Deployment's Forgotten Task: Migrating User Data

Daniel Nerenberg, Founder and Principal Consultant, InfraOp Inc.
Thursday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 TH15

Creating and Deploying OS Images with Windows Deployment Server

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Thursday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 TH19

One Image for All Your Desktops: The Secret Tricks You Must Know

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Friday
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
 POST2

Tutorial: Bringing it All Together: Completely Automating Windows Deployment

Daniel Nerenberg, Founder and Principal Consultant, InfraOp Inc.

Justin Rodino, Consultant, Speaker, Author
Getting More out of your Existing IT Investment
WHEN EVENT
Tuesday
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
 TU6

Managing SQL Server for Admins Whod Really Rather Not

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

Wednesday
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 WE4

MCITP: Server Administrator Exam Prep

Bruce Rougeau, MCSE, MCT, MCP+Internet, CCMA
Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
 WE15

Five Real-World Uses of Failover Clustering You Should Implement Immediately

Bruce Mackenzie-Low, MCSE/MCSA, Systems Software Engineer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
 WE16

Expand and Simplify Your Storage with Windows VHD Support

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D
Thursday
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 TH4

Storage Showdown: Making Good Decisions for Your Business

Alan Sugano, President, ADS Consulting Group
Keynotes
WHEN EVENT
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Keynote: Windows 7 Life Without Walls

Stephen L. Rose, Sr. Product Manager, onedrive for business, Microsoft
Wednesday
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM

Lunch Session: Windows Yesterday, Windows Today, Windows Tomorrow

Mark Minasi, IT Consultant, Author, Speaker, MR&D
Managing Windows SharePoint
WHEN EVENT
Thursday
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
 TH10

Installing and Upgrading to SharePoint 2010

Dan Holme, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Technologies Evangelist, Intelliem
Thursday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 TH14

Wish I’d Have Known That Sooner! SharePoint Insanity Demystified

Dan Holme, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Technologies Evangelist, Intelliem
Thursday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 TH18

SharePoint Document Libraries: The New File Share

Dan Holme, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Technologies Evangelist, Intelliem
Security and Malware Protection
WHEN EVENT
Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
 WE13

Overcoming Common Security Challenges with Group Policy

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

Thursday
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 TH1

Dangerous Documents: Identifying and Protecting Your Data from Malware

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies
Thursday
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
 TH5

Real-World Strategies in Protecting Against Dangerous Web Sites

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies
Thursday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 TH16

Simple Solutions for Data Security on Laptops, USB Drives, and Other Portable Devices

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies
Thursday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 TH20

Practical Wireless Security on a Budget

Mike Danseglio, Principal Technologist, Next Direction Technologies
Virtualization
WHEN EVENT
Monday
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
 PRE1

Tutorial: Architecting Your vSphere Virtual Infrastructure - Avoiding the Big Mistakes

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
 TU1

Smart Configurations for vSphere Networking

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
 TU5

Best Performance & High Availability with vSphere Storage

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 TU9

ESX High Availability with VMotion, HA, and DRS

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Tuesday
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 TU13

Tips and Tricks for Creating Good Virtual Machines. It's Not as Easy as You'd Think

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 WE1

Monitoring and Intelligently Reacting to ESX Performance Issues

Greg Shields, MVP, vExpert, Author Evangelist, Pluralsight
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 12:45 PM
 WE5

Double Session: An Exploration of Options for Creating Highly-Available Hyper-V

Alan Sugano, President, ADS Consulting Group
Thursday
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
 TH8

vSphere Versus Hyper-V: Performance, Price, and Passionate Admins

Alan Sugano, President, ADS Consulting Group
Thursday
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
 TH12

Understanding How Application Virtualization Saves Time Effort and Money

Alan Sugano, President, ADS Consulting Group
Windows PowerShell
WHEN EVENT
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 9:45 PM
 WE2

Convert your Brain from VBScript to Windows PowerShell

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

Wednesday
10:00 AM - 12:45 PM
 WE6

Double Session: The Windows PowerShell Crash Course

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

Wednesday
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 WE10

Windows PowerShell: Eight Tips and Tricks to Make You a Guru

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

Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
 WE14

Automating AD Administration in Windows PowerShell

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

Thursday
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
 TH2

Windows PowerShell Scripting and Modularization: Build Your Own Tools

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

Thursday
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
 TH6

PowerShell Error Handling and Debugging

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