MMS: Full Schedule

Have you been putting off learning PowerShell? Attend this session to get a quick overview of the capabilities or PowerShell. We will go through the basics, talk about the differences in the PowerShell versions, and provide you with some lessons on how to create scripts. This is also a good refresher session before you hit some of the other great sessions at MMS!

Speakers

Ryan Ephgrave

Microsoft MVP, Operations Engineer, Big Bank

Ryan is the author of the Powershell Right Click Tools and Recast RCT Free for Configuration Manager 2012. He works as a systems engineer for Wells Fargo and helps organizations design, implement and maintain their System Center environments.

Matthew Teegarden

Master Trainer, Center for Professional Development @ ITT Technical Institute

MCSE (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert) – SharePoint, Private Cloud, Desktop Infrastructure, Server InfrastructureMCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator) – Windows 8, SQL 2012MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer)

Monday November 10, 2014 8:00am - 9:45am CST
Lakes B MMS

PowerShell 300

Tags PowerShell, 300

8:00am CST

Visualizing your System Center data with PowerBI and PowerView

Limited Capacity seats available

"You've gotten all sorts of data into System Center, now what? Many efforts focus on getting data in, but they don't plan around how to get data out. We'll show a technical walk-through on taking data from the CMDB and presenting it in web based Microsoft PowerBI and PowerView dashboards for analysts, managers, and executives. This technical presentation will walk through the configuration from end to end and show you exactly how to walk into your business as a dashboard and visualization master. The audience will learn practical steps to configure PowerBI and PowerView to visualize their own CMDB data from end-to-end and provide them the knowledge and assets to do it themselves.

Speakers

Nathan Lasnoski

Chief Technology Officer, Concurrency

I am responsible for leading all solution consulting efforts at Concurrency to deliver exceptional end-to-end business value to our customers. I direct consultants toward technical and process excellence, as well as promoting a culture of innovation and tenacity in our approach. I... Read More →

Visualizing System Center Data with PowerBI and PowerView pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 8:00am - 9:45am CST
Harriet B MMS

SCSM 400

Tags SCSM, 400

8:00am CST

Hacker's Perspective on Your Windows Infrastructure: Mandatory Check List

Limited Capacity seats available

If there is a weakness in your IT security system, wouldn't it be better to find it before someone else does? The worst thing is that even a small scale security breach could leave your business in poor condition and in the end information security is not an IT department's problem, it is a business issue!

As long as we are aware of the value of the resources to be protected, why don't we put ourselves into the hacker's role and perform all the activities they would do as well? Of course, it requires some very specific knowledge that may be hard to learn when our work focuses more on creating than destroying, but the results will give us a perspective on what other people with bad intentions can see. Sometimes it is really surprising how often you can use the same paths to enter the system!

During this intensive session, become familiar with the mandatory tasks that are performed by hackers or penetration testers in order to check for misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. Come and join Paula in the journey to the darker side of IT security and use this knowledge for making good decisions in your system. Do not forget to keep the mandatory security check list in your pocket!

Speakers

Paula Januszkiewicz

Owner, CQURE

Paula Januszkiewicz is the IT Security Auditor and Penetration Tester, Enterprise Security MVP and trainer (MCT) and Microsoft Security Trusted Advisor. She is also a top-speaker on many well-known conferences (for example: TechEd North America, TechEd Europe, TechEd Middle East... Read More →

Monday November 10, 2014 8:00am - 9:45am CST
Cedar MMS

Security 400

9:00am CST

Servers bowing to your desire - PowerShell to rule them all

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will show the advantages of managing your servers via the native PowerShell feature called Desired State Configuration (DSC). How does DSC fit in in all the already existing solutions? This session will have lots of demos and code - the perfect geek session. Attendees will gain more in-depth knowledge about PowerShell DSC and its components, how to set it up, what to watch out for and how to use it in which situation.

Speakers

David O'Brien

Cloud Security Architect / Founder, David O'Brien

You love automation? I do to. My background is very much Microsoft tech, but I also just moved across into a more xPlatform role (you could call it DevOps). If it can be automated, I like to work with it, mostly with Windows PowerShell. I usually try to be on top of new tech, so just... Read More →

Jeff Wouters

CTO, Methos

Monday November 10, 2014 9:00am - 10:45am CST
Lakes C MMS

Tags PowerShell, 400

9:00am CST

Configmgr - State of the Union

Limited Capacity seats available

In true MMS tradition this session is all about what happened in the world of SCCM and MMS in the past year. The session does come from a different angle than the original state of the union session was. Where the original State of the Union was all about the year in SCCM as seen through the eyes of the product team, this session at a community event, does the same through the eyes of the community. A fun, entertaining and informative session about the live as an SCCM admin in the past year.

Speakers

Kent Agerlund

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director | CT Global, MMS Staff

Love to talk about anything related to Enterprise Client Management, cycling, running and football :-)Microsoft Enterprise Client Management MVP and Microsoft Regional Director

Kim Oppalfens

Microsoft MVP, Senior Consultant, OSCC

Kim Oppalfens was awarded as an MVP 1st of April 2005, which makes him one of a couple of ConfigMgr April fool's MVP's. Kim is a self-proclaimed quiet, shy guy and overall nice guy, although part of that statement is currently under stress because of the evil influence of certain... Read More →

Monday November 10, 2014 9:00am - 10:45am CST
Lakes A MMS

SCCM 300

Tags SCCM, 300

9:00am CST

How to control and manage Macs using your existing Microsoft SCCM infrastructure

Limited Capacity seats available

Today IT teams need practical solutions for controlling and managing the Macs in their networks. In this session, Parallels, the experts in Mac for Business, presents real-world
guidance for supporting Macs in cross-platform environments. Join us for a practical comparison of solutions, a discussion on results from our 2014 Macs in IT market study, and demonstrations on the performance and usability of Parallels Mac Management. Additionally, you will hear how other IT pros tackled the growing challenge of managing Macs in Windows-heavy environments. If you really want answers to your Mac questions, don’t miss this session.

Speakers

Yury Averkiev

Program Manager, Parallels

Peter Daalmans

Microsoft MVP, Workplace Architect, Daalmans Consulting B.V.

Peter is a Principal Workplace Consultant / Architect and Microsoft Certified Trainer at Daalmans Consulting with a primary focus on the Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager and Enterprise Mobility. Peter is awarded every year as a Microsoft Enterprise Mobility MVP (Configuration... Read More →

Monday November 10, 2014 9:00am - 10:45am CST
Harriet A MMS

SCCM Sponsor 400

Tags SCCM, Sponsor, 400

10:00am CST

Windows Deployment - Now and Into the Future

Limited Capacity seats available

In this session, we'll explore the current deployment tools (ADK, MDT, ConfigMgr, WDS, etc.), including recent enhancements, as well as the expected future direction with Windows deployment, taking into account a more rapid Windows release cadence, as well as new BYOD and CYOD scenarios. Deployment is evolving!

Speakers

Michael Niehaus

Programme Director, 2Pint Software

Michael Niehaus is a Programme Director and Master Inventor at 2Pint Software, working on device management and OS deployment technologies. Previously, Michael spent 16 years at Microsoft working on MDT, Windows as a Service, Windows Autopilot, and related management and deployment... Read More →

WindowsDeployment pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 10:00am - 11:45am CST
Lakes B MMS

OSD 300

Tags OSD, 300

10:00am CST

Building a Datacenter Abstraction Layer with Virtual Machine Manager

Limited Capacity seats available

The session delivers an overview about how you can build a Datacenter Abstraction Layer between your Fabric such as Storage, Network and Compute resources and your services. The session is focused on Fabric Management with System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager. Attendees will learn how to build an Datacenter Abstraction Layer between Fabric and Services with Virtual Machine Manager.

Speakers

Thomas Maurer

MVP / Executive, itnetX

Thomas Maurer works as a Cloud Architect and Technology Lead at itnetX AG, a consulting and engineering company located in Switzerland. Thomas helps companies to transform their business to the Cloud. Thomas is focused on Microsoft Technologies, especially Microsoft Cloud Platform... Read More →

Monday November 10, 2014 10:00am - 11:45am CST
Harriet B MMS

SCVMM 300

Tags SCVMM, 400

10:00am CST

How You Can Hack-Proof Your Clients and Servers in a Day

Limited Capacity seats available

In a demo-oriented session, two acknowledged Enterprise Security MVPs share their insights about security tools and features built in the Windows platform, and how you can utilize these tools and features to build and strengthen security in your Windows environment. Attendees will gain knowledge and insights about the most current discussions about security in the Windows ecosystem. We share real-life experience from many years in the field and cover features like Dynamic access control, Virtual Smart Cards, Secure Boot, DirectAccess, IPSEC Enhancements, Claims Based Authorization, Improved security audit, Managed Service Accounts, how to mitigate passing-the-hash attacks, and more.

Speakers

Hasain Alshakarti

Senior Cyber Security Advisor, True Sec

Hasain Alshakarti is an acknowledged security expert and computer industry speaker. He has spoken at MS Ignite, TechEd North America, TechEd Europe, and TechDays, as well as other events and conferences across the world. Besides being a very popular instructor for the last 16 years... Read More →

Paula Januszkiewicz

Owner, CQURE

Monday November 10, 2014 10:00am - 11:45am CST
Cedar MMS

Security 300

Tags Security, 300

11:00am CST

Monitoring and Managing DPM from SCOM

Limited Capacity seats available

Have multiple DPM servers and need to know how to monitor and manage them all from a single place? This session will show you how to utilize the DPM Central Console and Management Packs in SCOM. Attendees will see pre-reqs, installation, and operation of distributed DPM instances using SCOM Central Console.

Speakers

John Joyner

Senior Director, Technology, ClearPointe

John is Senior Director, Technology at ClearPointe, a managed services provider of 24x7 Network Operations Center (NOC) services. John is co-author of four books in the industry-standard reference series, System Center Operations Manager : Unleashed. His recent focus is helping customers... Read More →

Monitoring and Managing DPM from SCOM PPTX

Monday November 10, 2014 11:00am - 12:45pm CST
Harriet A MMS

DPM SCOM 400

Tags DPM, SCOM, 400

11:00am CST

Compliance Settings - The Dark Art of Client Management

Limited Capacity seats available

Compliance Settings can occupy a unique position between a GPO, an Application Deployment, and a Package. Leveraging the detection and scripting logic, an admin can granularly obtain information - and just as granularly discontinue. Attendees will be able to determine if a Compliance Setting is an appropriate fit, and create reports to display the non-compliant values.

Speakers

Kent Agerlund

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director | CT Global, MMS Staff

Love to talk about anything related to Enterprise Client Management, cycling, running and football :-)Microsoft Enterprise Client Management MVP and Microsoft Regional Director

Sherry Kissinger

Cardinal Health

For ConfigMgr, talk to me about large hierarchies, inventory customizations, compliance settings, and reporting for the SQL and SRS-challenged.

Monday November 10, 2014 11:00am - 12:45pm CST
Lakes A MMS

SCCM 500

Tags SCCM, 500

11:00am CST

SQL Refresher

Limited Capacity seats available

System Center products collect a wealth of information, but getting the data out and turning it into actionable information can be hard. This session covers the basics that systems administrators need to know about how to use SQL to get at their information.

Quick overview of SQL Server Management Studio

Use operators to get just what you want
- Distinct
- Group by

Learn about using SQL Joins to tie data together

Understand SQL Views

This is a great building-block session to attend before the other SQL sessions within this track.

Speakers

Matthew Teegarden

Master Trainer, Center for Professional Development @ ITT Technical Institute

Steve Thompson

Sr Consultant, Softchoice MVP ECM

First awarded MVP in Microsoft Access in Dec 1995, transitioned into SQL Server MVP for a few years before joining the System Center team as a Enterprise Management MVP.Presently working for Softchoice as a Senior Consultant specializing in all things System Center related. Industry... Read More →

ConfigMgr2012SQLRrefresher v.02 pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 11:00am - 12:45pm CST
Lakes C MMS

SQL 300

Tags SQL, 300

1:00pm CST

Hyper-V vs VMware: No FUD Edition

Limited Capacity seats available

VMware is the best hypervisor! No, Hyper-V is better! The internet is full of marketing material and misinformation on which hypervisor trumps the other but when all the cards are on the table what are the real differences that matter to IT and the business? What feature and technology differences make each the right fit in various scenarios? What hidden costs are associated with each? Attendees will better understand the critical differences between vSphere and Hyper-V and will be able to make truly informed decisions regarding where each fits in their organization.

Speakers

Jonathan Engstrom

Deployment Concepts

I have been working with VMware since 2003, and have worked on deployment since 2000. I started consulting in 2008 to share my experience and solutions with others so they could focus on other things. I am interested in deployment technologies as ConfigMgr 2012 and MDT, VMware and... Read More →

Michael Sasse

Design Architect, OneNeck IT Solutions

Michael has worked with VMware as an administrator and consultant since 2006 and decided to take up Hyper-V in 2012. Since then, he has worked hard to shift his focus on being virtualization centric rather than solely VMware centric. He also works with Cisco UCS servers, EMC storage... Read More →

MMS Hyper V vs VMware No FUD Edition pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Harriet B MMS

Hyper-V 400

Tags Hyper-V, 400

1:00pm CST

Troubleshooting OS Deployment

Limited Capacity seats available

One of the biggest challenges when doing windows deployment is dealing with device drivers. Johan Arwidmark and Michael Niehaus share lessons learned around handling device drivers in the deployment process. As a foundation the MDT 2013 and ConfigMgr 2012 R2 platform will be used. You can expect a lot of live demos, tips and tricks in this session. Tips & tricks to finding and extracting drivers.

Speakers

Johan Arwidmark

Microsoft MVP, Technical Fellow, 2Pint Software / Mirolus

Johan Arwidmark is a Technical Fellow with 2Pint Software and Mirolus. He is a consultant, author and all-around geek specializing in Systems Management and Enterprise Windows Deployment Solutions. In addition to his consulting role, Johan present trainings and speaks at several conferences... Read More →

Michael Niehaus

Programme Director, 2Pint Software

MMS2014 Troubleshooting OS Deployment pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Lakes B MMS

OSD 400

Tags OSD, 400

1:00pm CST

Practical PowerShell Tips 'n Tricks

Limited Capacity seats available

From lesser known cmdlets to syntax tricks and object manipulation - all practical tips which you'll be able to use when you walk out of the room in your daily life as a IT Pro (or developer). These tips have one goal in mind: To make you the PowerShell guru that you can be. All of this with a slice of humor on the side... We cover:

Object manipulation

Syntax tricks

Customizing PowerShell to your desire

Do much with little effort

Solutions to known challenges you'll encounter when learning/discovering PowerShell

Notes from the field

Speakers

David O'Brien

Cloud Security Architect / Founder, David O'Brien

Trevor Sullivan

Founder, Art of Shell

Trevor Sullivan is a Microsoft MVP for Windows PowerShell and a veteran in the IT industry since early 2004. Trevor's technical focus primarily surrounds cloud and data center architecture, management, and automation. Community involvement is a core focus of Trevor's, and he is very... Read More →

Jeff Wouters

CTO, Methos

PowerShell Tips & Tricks (MMS Template) pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Lakes D MMS

PowerShell 300

Tags PowerShell, 300

1:00pm CST

Process Automation Using SCSM, PowerShell, and SMA

Limited Capacity seats available

System Center Service Manager includes a rich set of PowerShell cmdlets out of the box and offers a rich SDK for those areas where they don't have PowerShell cmdlets. Open source solutions exist that add more value in this area by providing many additional PowerShell commands that aren't natively available in Service Manager, helping build on the SCSM platform to handle even more of your service desk needs. Orchestrator adds even more opportunity for Service Manager and automation, especially with the addition of the new Service Management Automation component. Come to this session to learn more about what you can do with these solutions and how you can start getting more value today by using these technologies together to automate your business processes. SCSM, SMA, and PowerShell are a very powerful and flexible combination of tools that provide even more value when used together to perform business automation.

Speakers

Kirk Munro

Senior Product Manager, Learn on Demand Systems

Kirk Munro has been a PowerShell MVP since 2007 and spends almost all his time figuring out how to best help others learn technology.

Monday November 10, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Cedar MMS

PowerShell SCSM 400

Tags PowerShell, SCSM, 400

2:00pm CST

ConfigMgr State and Status Messages - Under the Hood

Limited Capacity seats available

What is the difference between state messages and status messages? How to I estimate message overhead? How do I identify the 'top talkers' and make them go away? This session will answer those questions as well as deep dive into how you can track those messages from the client to the database, as well as strategies for optimization. You will learn more about status and state messages than you ever thought was possible. We are going to dive into the guts of these messages, and the knowledge gained will enable you to keep your environment running optimally.

Speakers

Wally Mead

None, Former Microsoft MVP, Retired

Wally has retired from the business world, and will not be keeping up with the ever changing world of Configuration Manager, so will be no longer doing any public speaking, not even MMS. However, since he loves the event, and the people he's met over the years, he volunteers at MMS... Read More →

Greg Ramsey

Microsoft MVP, Senior Enterprise Architect, MMS Staff

Greg Ramsey, Enterprise Mobility MVP, is Senior Enterprise Architect at Dell, Inc. He has a B.S. in Computer Sciences and Engineering from Ohio State University, and has coauthored many books over the years. Greg is a cofounder of the Ohio SMS Users Group and the Central Texas Systems... Read More →

MMS2014 State and Status Messages pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 2:00pm - 3:45pm CST
Lakes A MMS

SCCM 400

Tags SCCM, 400

2:00pm CST

SQL Operators

Limited Capacity seats available

One of the hardest things for a non-SQL expert to do build queries which transform data. This session goes through the basics of SQL Operators that can be used to get total counts, transform a number code into the useful text, work with dates, and create subselect queries like a pro.

Counts

Datediff

Case statements

Subselect queries

Column Naming

Aliases

SQL query formatting

Tips and Tricks

Speakers

Garth Jones

Chief Architect, Enhansoft

Garth Jones is Chief Architect at Enhansoft, an Ottawa-based company that develops products and services to extend the value of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (CM12) and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (CM07). Garth started working with Systems Management Server... Read More →

John Nelson

Apps Systems Engineer, Wells Fargo

MMS SQL Operators zip

Monday November 10, 2014 2:00pm - 3:45pm CST
Lakes C MMS

SQL 400

Tags SQL, 400

3:00pm CST

Bending the Rules in OS Deployment with ConfigMgr and MDT

Limited Capacity seats available

When you know everything about client deployment and you are ready for the next level this is for you. The session is all about Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, ConfigMgr, CustomSettings.ini, Web Services, Orchestrator Runbooks, Stored Procedures, PowerShell, VBscript. You will learn how to extend the task sequence with PowerShell and user exit scripts and how to hand over complex tasks using web services and Runbooks into actions that needs to be performed in Active Directory, ConfigMgr, OpsMgr or in external resources, like Asset Management Systems. Note: This session is very demo intense... Learn how to extend the OS deployment process to complete the entire process, fully automated.

Speakers

Mikael Nystrom

Microsoft MVP, Geek, Truesec

Mikael Nystrom is a Microsoft MVP and Principal Technical Architect at TrueSec, with an extremely broad field of competence. He has worked with all kind of infrastructure tasks in all kind of environments, enterprise to small business. He is working deep within products such as Microsoft... Read More →

Monday November 10, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Lakes D MMS

OSD 400

Tags OSD, 400

3:00pm CST

Get Started with Configuration Manager and PowerShell

Limited Capacity seats available

You have daily client management challenges which require a lot manual steps and processes. Come and join Kent Agerlund and Kaido Jarvemets as they show you how to bring PowerShell to your daily work. They will show you how to automate your daily tasks using PowerShell and how to get back the control of your environment.

Speakers

Kent Agerlund

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director | CT Global, MMS Staff

Love to talk about anything related to Enterprise Client Management, cycling, running and football :-)Microsoft Enterprise Client Management MVP and Microsoft Regional Director

Kaido Jarvemets

Senior Consultant, Coretech

Kaido Järvemets is a developer, consultant, trainer specializing in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and PowerShell Solutions at Coretech. Kaido frequently speaks at European conferences and had his US debut as speaker at MMS April 2013. Kaido is well-known in the Configuration... Read More →

Coretech PSH rar

Monday November 10, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Lakes B MMS

Tags PowerShell, SCCM, 300

3:00pm CST

SCORCH - Fun Recipes for RunBooks

Limited Capacity seats available

Are you new to System Center Orchestrator or have never used it? Would you like to see a few 'recipes' on how to automate certain tasks as well as how RunBooks are created? We will also go through troubleshooting of RunBooks. Gain knowledge of what System Center Orchestrator can do.

Speakers

Steve Jesok

Leader, MNSCUG

I am a past MNSCUG president, I currently serve on the board. I work at Ameriprise Financial where I support the asset management company Columbia ThreadNeedle. I am currently the in house Configuration Manager admin. I lead a team of 3 supporting BAU and dev activities around end... Read More →

Matthew Teegarden

Master Trainer, Center for Professional Development @ ITT Technical Institute

SCOrch FunRecipiesForRunBooks pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Cedar MMS

SCORCH 300

Tags SCORCH, 300

3:00pm CST

900 Degrees of Service Manager with 3 International System Center Chefs

Limited Capacity seats available

MMS SB SE 900 Degrees of Service Manager with 3 International System Center Chefs Attendee pptx

In this demo-packed session, you explore the depths of customizing Service Manager with Samuel Erskine, Dieter Gasser and Steve Buchanan (MVP). We will walk you through real-world scenarios of using advanced customization techniques such as the Authoring Tool, PowerShell, and Visual Studio to build and customize classes, forms, workflows and console tasks in Service Manager. We also discuss best practices, recommendations and processes you follow when customizing Service Manager. You will learn how to plan for customizing Service Manager for business processes. Transform your plans into custom solutions using the advance authoring tools. Finally the session is delivered by 3 deep experts with vast real world deployment and authoring experience.

Speakers

Steve Buchanan

Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Steve Buchanan is a Principal Program Manager with a leading global tech giant focused on improving the cloud. He is a Pluralsight author, the author of eight technical books, and a former 10-time Microsoft MVP. He has presented at tech events, including, DevOps Days, Open Source... Read More →

Samuel Erskine

Senior Specialist, MVP

Microsoft MCT and MVP Service Management & Cloud Consultant Samuel Erskine, is a Systems Management specialist and trainer focused on System Center and MS Cloud technologies. He is the content designer and lead author of three Microsoft System Center Cookbooks and co-author of two... Read More →

Dieter Gasser

CEO, Principal Consultant, Syliance

I am an IT Consultant and co-founder of the company Syliance IT Services, headquartered in Switzerland, and specialize in Service Manager delivery and customization. I have been working in IT for more than 13 years and have had a strong focus on Microsoft technologies. I started... Read More →

Monday November 10, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Harriet B MMS

SCSM 400

Tags SCSM, 400

4:00pm CST

Cloud Integrated Backup

Limited Capacity seats available

Want a DR-ready copy of your backups off-site? Learn how DPM Online backup works with a Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Backup Vault to be your lifeboat in the cloud. Attendees will see pre-reqs, installation, and operation of DPM with Online Backup to Azure, to include backup to Azure, restore from Azure to same DPM server, and restore from Azure to different DPM server.

Speakers

John Joyner

Senior Director, Technology, ClearPointe

Vijay Tandra Sistla

Program Manager, Microsoft

Vision and strategy for next generation of disaster recovery, storage, virtualization and cloud infrastructure technologies including Windows Azure. Design and development of replication and storage virtualization products. Multiple patents pending. Project management across multi-discipline... Read More →

Monday November 10, 2014 4:00pm - 5:45pm CST
Harriet A MMS

DPM 300

4:00pm CST

Non-trivial Configuration Manager 2012 Sites and Hierarchies

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will explore non-trivial ConfigMgr site and hierarchy deployment including boundaries, boundary groups, secondary sites, remote site systems, cross-forest support, and how to support managed systems within a DMZ or any type of zone where network traffic is strictly controlled. Specific emphasis will be placed on how managed clients locate and use the various roles within a ConfigMgr site as this truly dictates role placement and site and hierarchy design. The session will cover the various decisions points, implications, and caveats of the different possibilities and various roles as well as provide guidance, "gotchas"?, and real-world knowledge from real-world customers and implementations of ConfigMgr. Full explanations will be provided of the inner workings through demos, log dumps, some behind the scenes knowledge, and maybe even a network trace or two.

Role placement and usage beyond the basics
Hierarchy considerations for non-trivial environments
Internals beyond what's documented for complex environments

Speakers

Wally Mead

None, Former Microsoft MVP, Retired

Jason Sandys

Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Jason is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft for the Experience & Devices Customer Acceleration Team (CAT). Jason has 25+ years of experience in a wide range of technologies, environments, and industries and extensive knowledge in implementing and supporting all things Windows... Read More →

MMS Advanced ConfigMgr Infrastructures pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 4:00pm - 5:45pm CST
Lakes A MMS

SCCM 400

Tags SCCM, 400

4:00pm CST

System Center Orchestrator - The Future

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will take a look at the history of System Center Orchestrator, or as it is affectionately known, SCORCH. This information will be used to help answer the question, if I am considering starting to do automation work at my company, should I choose SCORCH or SMA? This session will be light on content and heavy on group discussion Attendees will gain an understanding of the current positioning of SMA and SCORCH and a look toward the future

Speakers

Ryan Andorfer

Sr. IT Automation Engineer, General Mills

I am a Cloud and Datacenter MVP working for a fortune 500 company. I specialize in end to end automation using a Microsoft Stack of products. I run the scorch.codeplex.com community would love to chat with you about automation in any context!

System Center Orchestrator The Future pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 4:00pm - 5:45pm CST
Lakes C MMS

SCORCH SMA 400

Tags SCORCH, SMA, 400

5:00pm CST

Operations Manager: What is new in monitoring and what changes are coming soon?

Limited Capacity seats available

Operations Manager and everything around it is continually evolving. This includes of course management packs, new ways of looking at monitoring and gaining insights into monitored business services, cloud services and more. This session we will explore new developments in the Operations Manager sphere! We will see the new developments in SCOM and related services and how we can benefit from these options.

Speakers

Bob Cornelissen

SCOM Specialist, MVP, Savision and BICTT

Bob is a 6-time Microsoft MVP in Cloud and Datacenter Management and Managing Consultant for BICTT. He focuses heavily on the monitoring and automation space, working frequently with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) and Microsoft OMS. Bob loves connecting the business to... Read More →

Cameron Fuller

Solution Director, Quisitive

Former System Center MVP for Cloud and Datacenter Management, is a Solution Director for Catapult Systems and serves as an evangelist for monitoring and automation technologies. He has over 20 years of infrastructure experience, focused on management solutions. Cameron coauthored... Read More →

MMS whatsnewinSCOM Final pdf

Monday November 10, 2014 5:00pm - 6:45pm CST
Lakes B MMS

SCOM 400

Tags SCOM, 400

5:00pm CST

Your CMDB and PowerShell DSC: DevOps Techniques

Limited Capacity seats available

Learn how to leverage your CMDB to manage PowerShell DSC releases and related DevOps practices. We'll show how we can gather PowerShell DSC settings and manage those settings through your CMDB. Learn the skills you should have to manage the DevOps scenarios and their technical and process components.

Speakers

Lee Berg

Microsoft MVP, STEALTHbits

Lee is a Microsoft MVP in Cloud and Datacenter Management and a Techincal Product Manager for STEALTHbits Technologies. When Lee is now building CyberSecurity Monitoring Software in his day-job, He is active in managing and presenting at user groups, meetups, and conferences around... Read More →

Nathan Lasnoski

Chief Technology Officer, Concurrency

PowerShell DSC and CMDB DevOps and ITIL pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 5:00pm - 6:45pm CST
Cedar MMS

SCSM 400

Tags SCSM, 400

6:00pm CST

System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Jeopardy Quiz

Limited Capacity seats available

This in-depth session on System Center Configuration Manager 2012 features three teams that will go head-to-head in a challenging Jeopardy'style quiz. The session will be hosted by a long-time Configuration Manager MVPs that will act as a completely impartial referee. This session aims to make this an entertaining yet educational experience by pitching two MVPs defending their honor after last years MMS defeat, and eagerly looking for a revenge. A fun, and entertaining, yet highly educational session with deep technical questions about SCCM 2012

Speakers

Kent Agerlund

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director | CT Global, MMS Staff

Love to talk about anything related to Enterprise Client Management, cycling, running and football :-)Microsoft Enterprise Client Management MVP and Microsoft Regional Director

Kim Oppalfens

Microsoft MVP, Senior Consultant, OSCC

Jeopardy pptx

Monday November 10, 2014 6:00pm - 7:45pm CST
Lakes A MMS

SCCM 400

Tags Beer, SCCM, 400

8:00pm CST

Star Trek - The Exhibition - Bring your attendee badge!

Limited Capacity seats available

*Bring your attendee badge*

Star Trek™: The Exhibition is one of the largest collections of authenticStar Trek artifacts and information ever put on public display. A truly impressive array of exhibits features sets, costumes, priceless museum pieces and props from numerous Star Trek television series and Star Trek feature films. Together these components offer Star Trek fans and novices alike an opportunity to experience first-hand the imagination, artistry, technology and meticulous craftsmanship that have made Star Trek the most enduring science-fiction franchise in history.

http://www.mallofamerica.com/attractions/view/star-trek-the-exhibition

Monday November 10, 2014 8:00pm - 11:00pm CST
Mall of America

Evening Event

7:00am CST

Birds of a Feather - Cloud and Datacenter Management

Limited Capacity seats available

Discuss System Center

Tuesday November 11, 2014 7:00am - 7:45am CST
Lakes A MMS

DPM SCOM SCSM SCVMM

7:00am CST

Birds of a Feather - PowerShell

Limited Capacity seats available

PowerShell in all ways, shapes, and forms…

Tuesday November 11, 2014 7:00am - 7:45am CST
Lakes C MMS

PowerShell

7:00am CST

Birds of a Feather - End User Computing - ConfigMgr and Intune

Limited Capacity seats available

Focus on ConfigMgr and Intune

Tuesday November 11, 2014 7:00am - 8:45am CST
Lakes B MMS

Intune SCCM

7:00am CST

Birds of a Feather - Windows

Limited Capacity seats available

Windows Server and Client Troubleshooting, open discussion

Tuesday November 11, 2014 7:00am - 8:45am CST
Lakes D MMS

Windows

8:00am CST

Configmgr 2012 R2 and Intune: Setup and deployment Notes from the Field

Limited Capacity seats available

We dive into what you'll do at the server level to drive CM 2012 R2 and Windows Intune integration for mobile device management with a focus on single signon. The session includes real live experience from the field to setup a subscription, connectors, certificates, Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS 2.0/2.1/ 3.0), DirSync (azure active directory sync) , and workplace join scenarios.

Learn the "Best Practices" around setting up ADFS from the field for user authentication and Single Sign on.
List all challenges if you invested in previous ADFS 2.0/2.1 and want to take advantage of ADFS 3.0
Discuss the common processes to follow

Speakers

Kenny Buntinx

Managing Consultant, KBSolutions

Kenny is a highly qualified , certified and energized consultant with more than 15 years of experience and strives to always deliver high quality when managing and delivering projects. He has a strong focus on the Microsoft System Center product family and is an industry expert in... Read More →

Tim De Keukelaere

@Tim_DK, Microsoft MVP

Tim is a freelance consultant with 20 years of experience in the field. He has a strong focus on workplace and mobility and helps enterprises with design and implementation of modern and secure workplaces. Tim is based in Belgium but works on a global scale. He is a Microsoft MVP... Read More →

MMS Intune ADFS kb tdk v1.1 F pdf

Tuesday November 11, 2014 8:00am - 9:45am CST
Cedar MMS

Intune SCCM 400

Tags Intune, SCCM, 400

8:00am CST

OS Deployment at LEVEL 500

Limited Capacity seats available

Meet Johan Arwidmark taking MDT 2013 and ConfigMgr 2012 R2 to its outer limits. OSD tips, tricks, coding, and hardcore debugging in a single session. You can expect a lot of live demos in this session.

Advanced Customizations of MDT 2013 and ConfigMgr 2012 R2

Coding your way to success

Debugging beyond belief

Speakers

Johan Arwidmark

Microsoft MVP, Technical Fellow, 2Pint Software / Mirolus

MMS2014 OSD Level 500 pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 8:00am - 9:45am CST
Lakes A MMS

OSD 500

Tags OSD, 500

8:00am CST

Enterprise Distributed SCCM Architectures: Serverless (zero remote servers) and Hybrid Solutions

Limited Capacity seats available

One of the greatest challenges with distributed SCCM implementations is the deployment of remote servers for distribution points, PXE points, state migration points, etc. Learn how Microsoft allows alternate content providers to handle this in different ways. Topics covered include:

Optimizing SCCM Topology

Remote offices with no DPs

Harnessing existing free storage without impacting systems

WAN optimization with emphasis on slow links

Global OSD without PXE servers or SMPs

Attendees will understand operational and architectural considerations for deploying an alternative content provider solution that will eliminate all remote server infrastructure, or only some of it (hybrid).

Speakers

Gary Walker

N/A, Adaptiva

Gary is responsible for all aspects of delivering the outstanding product support that has become the hallmark of doing business with Adaptiva. Gary specializes in architecting large scale enterprise systems management infrastructures. He has designed, modeled, and implemented SCCM... Read More →

MMS Zero remote server presentation pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 8:00am - 9:45am CST
Harriet A MMS

SCCM Sponsor 400

Tags SCCM, Sponsor, 400

8:00am CST

CM12 Data Mining

Limited Capacity seats available

ConfigMgr can collect pretty much any data that can be programmatically read from a device or your directory. This session will show you where to find information within CM12 database. We will demonstrate sample queries that you can use to obtain and exploit information from each of the following:

Hardware Information

Software Information

Software Updates

Discovery data

Asset Intelligence data

Speakers

Garth Jones

Chief Architect, Enhansoft

Sherry Kissinger

Cardinal Health

For ConfigMgr, talk to me about large hierarchies, inventory customizations, compliance settings, and reporting for the SQL and SRS-challenged.

MMS CM12 Data Mining pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 8:00am - 9:45am CST
Lakes C MMS

SQL 300

Tags SQL, 300

9:00am CST

Windows PowerShell Remoting in Depth

Limited Capacity seats available

We're exposing the secrets of PowerShell remoting to the sunlight! Come and discover the power (and convenience) of PowerShell remoting. This is a session about different ways to invoke PowerShell remoting and manage your remote computers, with many details about its inner workings, potential gotchas, and the benefits it brings to a user. Learn how to properly configure and use PowerShell remoting (including constrained endpoints).

Speakers

Kirk Munro

Senior Product Manager, Learn on Demand Systems

Kirk Munro has been a PowerShell MVP since 2007 and spends almost all his time figuring out how to best help others learn technology.

Aleksandar Nikolic

Microsoft MVP, Trainer, PowerShell Magazine

Aleksandar Nikolic is a Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, a Microsoft Azure MVP, a co-founder of PowerShellMagazine.com, and a community manager of PowerShell.com. Aleksandar is also a Microsoft Azure Advisor and Insider. Aleksandar is experienced presenting and speaking to Microsoft... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 9:00am - 10:45am CST
Lakes D MMS

Tags PowerShell, 400

9:00am CST

Software Update Management - Best Practices and Automation

Limited Capacity seats available

MMS Software Update Management Best Practices and Automation pptx

Software Update Management 'has become a mission critical function for ConfigMgr administrators. Successful software update deployments depend on strategy and organization. In this session we will review one approach to organizing and deploying software updates and also discuss automation opportunities using PowerShell.

Speakers

Wally Mead

None, Former Microsoft MVP, Retired

Steve Rachui

Premier Field Engineer, Microsoft

Tuesday November 11, 2014 9:00am - 10:45am CST
Lakes B MMS

SCCM 300

9:00am CST

Winning at Virtualization Management with System Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Winning at Virtualization Management with System Center MMS slides Final pptx

A discussion on the benefits of using the different components of System Center to effectively monitor and manage a Multi Hypervisor environment, and why it makes sense.

Getting the most out of your investment in System Center – notes from the field

Using System Center for capacity planning of virtual environments

Taking advantage of System Center for end to end app to metal virtual monitoring – get the complete picture

Automating virtualization tasks – why and how?

Sponsors

James Moots

Veeam Software

James Moots is the Manager of Systems Engineering, with over 20 years of IT engineering experience, for the Central Region for Veeam Software. James has a depth of knowlage on Veeam's solutions and how they fit into virtualized envirorments from his many years of real world experience... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 9:00am - 10:45am CST
Harriet B MMS

Sponsor 300

10:00am CST

Master your Mac OS X Devices with ConfigMgr 2012 R2

Limited Capacity seats available

Learn how to use System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager to manage those sexy Apple Mac OS X devices. Learn how to deploy your Configuration Manager clients, wrap and deploy software and manage your OS X environment with Compliance Settings. A demo packed session with lot's of tips and tricks along the way. Also we will have a look at the Parallels Mac Management for SCCM plugin for Configuration Manager 2012 R2 . Learn how to manage and control your Mac OS X devices with Configuration Manager 2012 R2. Learn and see how you can master your Mac OS X devices with simple scripts and Compliance Settings.

Speakers

Peter Daalmans

Microsoft MVP, Workplace Architect, Daalmans Consulting B.V.

Chris Nackers

Solution Architect, Oomnitza

Seasoned Solutions Consultant working in the SaaS Space. Formerly a Microsoft MVP for Enterprise Client Management.

Master your Mac OS X Devices with ConfigMgr 2012 R2 pdf

Tuesday November 11, 2014 10:00am - 11:45am CST
Cedar MMS

Mac SCCM 400

Tags Mac, SCCM, 400

10:00am CST

PowerShell Desired State Configuration vs. ConfigMgr Settings Managment

Limited Capacity seats available

There is a bit of perceived overlap between PowerShell DSC and ConfigMgr Settings Management. Join this session to discuss the right tool for the job--Sometimes it will be DSC, other times it will be ConfigMgr Settings Management. You will learn the differences between PowerShell Desired State Configuration and ConfigMgr Settings Management, and how to choose the right tool for the job.

Speakers

Sherry Kissinger

Cardinal Health

For ConfigMgr, talk to me about large hierarchies, inventory customizations, compliance settings, and reporting for the SQL and SRS-challenged.

David O'Brien

Cloud Security Architect / Founder, David O'Brien

Greg Ramsey

Microsoft MVP, Senior Enterprise Architect, MMS Staff

DSCvDCM pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 10:00am - 11:45am CST
Lakes A MMS

Tags PowerShell, SCCM, 300

10:00am CST

SQL Report Writing

Limited Capacity seats available

Every systems manager gets questions from other teams and management about "how many" or "what is where". This session will get you started with building your own custom reports from scratch so those questions can always be answered with up to date information. In this session, we will cover:

SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) vs Report Build (RB)

Creating a Project within BIDS

Using Shared Datasources

Call out all major Tools within the Toolbox
- Text box
- Table
- Charts

Making it Pretty with headers and footers

Create a custom report from start to finish

Bonus: This is a great session for ConfigMgr Admins to start building their own reports, instead of editing existing reports.

Speakers

Garth Jones

Chief Architect, Enhansoft

Matthew Teegarden

Master Trainer, Center for Professional Development @ ITT Technical Institute

SQL Report Writing zip

Tuesday November 11, 2014 10:00am - 11:45am CST
Lakes C MMS

SQL 300

Tags SQL, 300

11:00am CST

Troubleshooting Windows PowerShell Remoting and WinRM

Limited Capacity seats available

Windows PowerShell remoting and WinRM are the foundation for remote management, PowerShell Workflows, Desired State Configuration, Service Management Automation in Windows Azure Pack. When they work, everything is hunky-dory. What happens when you get an ugly red error message? How do you decipher its meaning? What tools are at your disposal to help you troubleshoot a remoting issue? Attendees will learn how to investigate some common, and not so common, WinRM and PowerShell remoting problems and learn how to troubleshoot WinRM and PowerShell remoting issues through examples and live demos.

Speakers

Aleksandar Nikolic

Microsoft MVP, Trainer, PowerShell Magazine

Tuesday November 11, 2014 11:00am - 12:45pm CST
Lakes D MMS

Tags PowerShell, 400

11:00am CST

Troubleshooting ConfigMgr 2012 - Scenarios

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will work through troubleshooting some common issues that may show up in ConfigMgr. Scenarios will include 'downloading' problems, DRS issues, OSD and other topics. Attendees will better understand how to troubleshoot issues that may be encountered.

Speakers

Steve Rachui

Premier Field Engineer, Microsoft

MMS2014 Troubleshooting OS Deployment pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 11:00am - 12:45pm CST
Lakes B MMS

SCCM 400

Tags SCCM, 400

11:00am CST

Managing Third Party Updates with Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager

Limited Capacity seats available

Attend this presentation and learn tips and tricks on how to solve the daily challenges around patching your environment with Microsoft and non-Microsoft updates. We will outline best practices and demonstrate how to effectively patch 3rd party applications in System Center Configuration Manager.

Speakers

Kent Agerlund

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director | CT Global, MMS Staff

Love to talk about anything related to Enterprise Client Management, cycling, running and football :-)Microsoft Enterprise Client Management MVP and Microsoft Regional Director

Sponsors

Meaghan McKeown

Director, North Ameria, Flexera (formerly Secunia)

Meaghan has been with Secunia (now Flexera) since 2009, currently managing North American business, including managing the sales team. She started at the Secunia headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, and moved to Minneapolis, MN in January 2013 to help launch the first North American... Read More →

MMS 2014 pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 11:00am - 12:45pm CST
Harriet B MMS

SCCM Sponsor 300

1:00pm CST

Hacking the Task Sequence

Limited Capacity seats available

We will go behind the scenes of the CM OSD Task Sequence engine to look at all of the Task Sequence variables. Mike and Troy will show you:

Tips and tricks on how to pause, interact and resume a Task Sequence when developing your own custom steps.

How to overcome certain limitations like read only variables.

How to tweak your Boot Images so that they always contain the tools and utilities that are needed for ultimate success.

How the task sequence works "under the hood" and some cool tips for manipulating it.

Speakers

Troy L. Martin

Technical Architect, 1E

Troy is a Technical Architect at 1E, which entails providing technical direction for 1E technologies, assuring their qualities in efficiently managing hardware, systems, users and other end points. Troy is well known in the Configuration Manager community as a speaker and subject... Read More →

Mike Terrill

Principal Engineer, Microsoft MVP, 2Pint Software

Mike’s career has been focused on systems management and operating system deployment for over 26 years. He is a Microsoft Intune & Windows and Devices MVP and runs the Arizona Systems Management User Group. He specializes in the design, architecture and installation of Configuration... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Lakes A MMS

OSD 400

Tags OSD, 400

1:00pm CST

Automate Your Environment - Cloud-Style

Limited Capacity seats available

Use the same technology to automate your on-premises landscape as Microsoft does on Azure. See how automation can make you a better administrator in your on and off-premises environment and streamline your business processes with the help of SMA / Azure Automation and Windows PowerShell. Learn to automate your environment cloud-style. This session will show you how to leverage Windows PowerShell via the Windows Azure Pack and SMA to fully automate your day to day tasks in your own environment. Hear about the advantages of using SMA as opposed to SCORCH.

Speakers

David O'Brien

Cloud Security Architect / Founder, David O'Brien

Trevor Sullivan

Founder, Art of Shell

Automating Microsoft Azure with PowerShell (MMS Template) pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Harriet A MMS

PowerShell SMA 300

Tags PowerShell, SMA, 300

1:00pm CST

Creating an application service model in Operations Manager (VSAE)

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will focus on creating a typical application service model in Operations Manager using the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions, enabling the customer to implement unit monitors that target discovered types. Attendees will learn how to create a service model that creates a better user experience in the Operations Console by discovering concrete targets for unit monitors.

Speakers

Jonathan Almquist

Principal Consultant, scomskills

I have been in the IT industry since 1999, specializing in application and service monitoring since 2005. My primary interest is in extending Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager product by developing new solutions to fill monitoring gaps in the datacenter. I've been blogging... Read More →

Nathan Foreman

Principal Software Engineer, SquaredUp

I'm a hands-on tinkerer, the kind of person whose warranty gets voided in a week because I wanted to see how it worked. Whether it's mechanical or software I'm interested in getting to the gears to figure out how it works. Day to Day I work as a Solutions Engineer at a Fortune 500... Read More →

Service Models in SCOM pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Cedar MMS

SCOM 400

Tags SCOM, 400

1:00pm CST

What are Your SQL / Reporting Questions?

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will be an open forum to allow you to ask your SQL or SSRS/Reporting questions that you didn't get to ask within the other sessions. The best way to learn this stuff is to just try - so give it a shot and let's work through challenges together. To get the most out of this session we suggest that you email SQLQuestions@Mnscug.org the presenters your question so that they can give you the best answer possible.

Speakers

Garth Jones

Chief Architect, Enhansoft

Sherry Kissinger

Cardinal Health

For ConfigMgr, talk to me about large hierarchies, inventory customizations, compliance settings, and reporting for the SQL and SRS-challenged.

John Nelson

Apps Systems Engineer, Wells Fargo

Matthew Teegarden

Master Trainer, Center for Professional Development @ ITT Technical Institute

Steve Thompson

Sr Consultant, Softchoice MVP ECM

MMS What are Your SQL Reporting Questions pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Lakes C MMS

SQL 400

Tags SQL, 400

2:00pm CST

App-V: How to Sequence for Success

Limited Capacity seats available

We'll cover the many benefits for App-V in all kinds of environments. RDS, XenApp, in VDI environments in multi-tenant Hosted Cloud Environments, as well on traditional Desktops. I'd also cover what I feel is the best strategy for Sequencing applications and handling an App-V project. Well show some useful tools for App-V such automation tools for sequencing, as well as for managing. How App-V integrates with SCCM 2012 and if it fits in. How App-V compares to the competition How to use App-V to streamline the packaging and delivery of most of your application portfolio execute other forms of virtualization with more ease e.g. Automated Builds for Virtual Desktops and Servers.

Speakers

Fred Bainbridge

Microsoft MVP, Automation Engineer, Big Bank

IT Automation junkie. Mostly focused on Automated the world with .NET.

Rory Monaghan

Solutions Architect, nGenx

I've been working with Application Virtualization since 2007. In 2013, I was awarded the title of Microsoft MVP for App-V, in 2014 I was renewed for my second year. I have worked with several Application Virtualization technologies for multiple customers in a variety of different... Read More →

MMS AppV Sequence for Successs pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 2:00pm - 3:45pm CST
Lakes D MMS

App-V 400

Tags App-V, 400

2:00pm CST

The Configuration Manager 2012 Application Model in Real Life

Limited Capacity seats available

Learn the ins and outs of the new software distribution feature introduced in Configuration Manager 2012. We'll go over several different scenarios and the different interactions between installs, uninstalls, supersedence, dependencies. This session is full of lessons learned from implementations in the past years by our consultants, several caveats to using the application model are explained and addressed. Develop a software distribution process that works with the new application model and avoid pitfalls.

Speakers

Todd Hemsell

SCCM Architect, Exterran

Todd has been working with SMS since 2003. He has worked with several consulting companies and currently eats his own dog food at Exterran. Our environment is 100% application model and PullDP's. over the last year we have uncovered several bugs in both the application model and the... Read More →

Kim Oppalfens

Microsoft MVP, Senior Consultant, OSCC

MMS Application Model IRL pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 2:00pm - 3:45pm CST
Lakes B MMS

SCCM 400

Tags SCCM, 400

2:00pm CST

Building a comprehensive CMDB with System Center Service Manager

Limited Capacity seats available

CMDBs are used as a data source to support different kind of processes and services. System Center Service Manager delivers a CMDB with a predefined data model that allows customers to manage different type of objects and relationships. This data model often needs to be extended with additional classes and relationships to store specific information to address customer requirements. In this session, Marcel and Travis will demonstrate how the CMDB data model can be extended using different authoring tools and techniques and how data can be brought into the CMDB automatically from other management systems and how that data can be kept in sync. With the demonstrated approaches, the Service Manager CMDB is ready to support all kind of scenarios in a dynamic, cloud-based world. Learn how to extend the CMDB and pump data into the CMDB in a dynamic, automated way from any surrounding management system

Speakers

Travis Wright

Partner, Director of Product Management, Not Listed

I am currently leading the product development efforts at Cireson, an industry-leading software + services company specializing in Microsoft System Center. Prior to Cireson, I spent 11 years at Microsoft as a Principal Program Manager innovating and managing the development of System... Read More →

MMS2014 CMDB pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 2:00pm - 3:45pm CST
Harriet B MMS

SCSM 400

Tags SCSM, 400

3:00pm CST

Managing your 'hybrid' Mobile Workforce Demystified with CM12 R2

Limited Capacity seats available

MMS Managing your hybrid Mobile cloud Workforce Demystified kb tdk v1.0F pdf

Do you need to manage Windows 8.1 /RT including other non-Microsoft mobile devices with Microsoft's UDM Solution ( CM12R2 + Intune)? Do you need to provide functionality for deploying the new Intune Extensions such as email profiles, managing your MDM settings, configuring VPN and wireless profiles, deploying cert's? Compliance Settings, Company Resource Access, and Intune Extensions delivered in Configuration Manager are mostly unexplored territory for the ConfigMgr admin. Do you know OMA-DM and OMA-URI and how to extend that for non common scenarios? In this demo-packed session, Enterprise Client MVP Kenny Buntinx and Tim De Keukerlaere will show you how to implement the not so out-of the box scenarios around Windows Phone 8.1 management and others. Extend your CM12 and Intune to the maximum with the not so out of the box daily mgmt scenarios around phone/tablet management

Speakers

Kenny Buntinx

Managing Consultant, KBSolutions

Tim De Keukelaere

@Tim_DK, Microsoft MVP

Tuesday November 11, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Harriet A MMS

Intune SCCM 500

Tags Intune, SCCM, 500

3:00pm CST

Event-Driven Development with PowerShell

Limited Capacity seats available

Drive your automation scripts using an event-based model, enhancing performance, and delivering real-time responsiveness! We'll discuss WMI events, Microsoft .NET object events, and events in the PowerShell engine, and help you cook up more intelligent scripts than ever! Once you've attended this session, you'll be able to develop powerful, event-driven automation scripts in PowerShell, and deliver real-time performance.

Speakers

Ryan Ephgrave

Microsoft MVP, Operations Engineer, Big Bank

Trevor Sullivan

Founder, Art of Shell

Tuesday November 11, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Lakes A MMS

PowerShell SMA 300

Tags PowerShell, SMA, 300

3:00pm CST

Advanced Management Pack Authoring and Design

Limited Capacity seats available

The power of Operations Manager monitoring lies within it's ability to target and monitor specific facets of an environment, dynamically and without excess overhead. Monitoring a Service through the Authoring Wizard is a breeze, and making a single monitoring that targets one class is pretty straight forward. But what about monitoring a large Line Of Business Application? Care needs to be taken when designing, authoring, and deploying complex management scenarios to reduce overhead while still providing the monitoring. Attendees learn to effectively design a multi-class management pack leveraging SCOM's strengths.

Speakers

Jonathan Almquist

Principal Consultant, scomskills

Nathan Foreman

Principal Software Engineer, SquaredUp

Advanced Management Pack Authoring and Design pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Cedar MMS

SCOM 300

Tags SCOM, 300

3:00pm CST

SQL Report Writing Next Level

Limited Capacity seats available

Turning your systems management data into useful business information can look like pure magic. This session goes through advanced SQL Reporting skills that will let you build custom reports that are rich, informative, and interactive. Some of the specific topics are:

Filter report data with Prompts

Drill thorough

Interactive sorting

Sub reports

Report styles aka Look and feel aka Wow! That's Pretty!

Tips and Tricks

Speakers

Garth Jones

Chief Architect, Enhansoft

John Nelson

Apps Systems Engineer, Wells Fargo

MMS SQL Report Writing Next Level zip

Tuesday November 11, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Lakes C MMS

SQL 400

Tags SQL, 400

4:00pm CST

Application Virtualization: Best in Show

Limited Capacity seats available

We'll discuss & illustrate a variety of the different application virtualization technologies on the market today such as App-V, ThinApp, Symantec WorkSpace Streaming, Spoon Application Virtualization, Cloud Volumes, FSLogix, Numecent Application Jukebox, A mention of XenApp Profiling being defunct, Cameyo and RollApp with a few other honorable mentions thrown in. The strengths and weaknesses of each and why App-V is the leader. There's many choices when deciding how to package and deploy applications. There's several key factors to why App-V is the best.

Speakers

Fred Bainbridge

Microsoft MVP, Automation Engineer, Big Bank

IT Automation junkie. Mostly focused on Automated the world with .NET.

Rory Monaghan

Solutions Architect, nGenx

Best in Show pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 4:00pm - 5:45pm CST
Lakes D MMS

App-V 400

Tags App-V, 400

4:00pm CST

PowerShell Modules: Best Practices

Limited Capacity seats available

Most IT professionals have searched for and downloaded a scripted solutions to solve an immediate problem they were facing. These solutions can save a ton of time and allow us to get work done more easily. How about giving something back to that community? Even if you're relatively new to PowerShell, creating and sharing modules with others isn't that hard to do. Come to this session to learn more about how to share your PowerShell functions inside of PowerShell modules, and learn a lot of best practices that you can follow along the way to make it much easier for you and for those with whom you share your module.

Writing modules in PowerShell is really, really easy.

You should always keep your scripts and modules in a versioning system that is backed up somewhere.

The more best practices you follow, the easier your module will be to use and the greater

Speakers

Kirk Munro

Senior Product Manager, Learn on Demand Systems

Kirk Munro has been a PowerShell MVP since 2007 and spends almost all his time figuring out how to best help others learn technology.

Tuesday November 11, 2014 4:00pm - 5:45pm CST
Harriet B MMS

Tags PowerShell, 400

4:00pm CST

Configuration Manager 2012 - A Site Review

Limited Capacity seats available

Ever experienced sluggish ConfigMgr administrator console performance or collections taking forever to refresh? Join Steve Thompson and Kent Agerlund as they will walk you thru a ConfigMgr site review and reveal why so many ConfigMgr installations donate perform as they should. This sessions will be packed with tip and tricks, SQL secrets and PowerShell scripts that will optimize your environment and bring ConfigMgr into the state it was supposed to be from the beginning Real scripts, tips and tricks that the attendee can go back home and implement.

Speakers

Kent Agerlund

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director | CT Global, MMS Staff

Love to talk about anything related to Enterprise Client Management, cycling, running and football :-)Microsoft Enterprise Client Management MVP and Microsoft Regional Director

Steve Thompson

Sr Consultant, Softchoice MVP ECM

ConfigMgr2012SiteReview pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 4:00pm - 5:45pm CST
Lakes B MMS

SCCM SQL 400

Tags SCCM, SQL, 400

5:00pm CST

Disaster Recovery with Azure Site Recovery

Limited Capacity seats available

The session shows you, how you can use Microsoft Disaster Recovery Technologies such as Hyper-V Replica, System Center Virtual Machine Manager and Azure Site Recovery to failover your Microsoft Cloud. It also shows the scenario how you can replicate virtual machines to Microsoft Azure. This includes knowledge about the different Disaster Recovery Solutions from Microsoft

Speakers

Thomas Maurer

MVP / Executive, itnetX

Tuesday November 11, 2014 5:00pm - 6:45pm CST
Harriet A MMS

Hyper-V SCVMM 300

Tags Hyper-V, SCVMM, 400

5:00pm CST

ConfigMgr Applications and PowerShell -- In Depth

Limited Capacity seats available

Attend this session to learn everything there is to know about how to manage a ConfigMgr application from Windows PowerShell. We will navigate through how to leverage the built-in PowerShell cmdlets, as well as step off the paved highway, onto the dirt road to leverage WMI to handle some of those tasks that just aren't supported (yet) with the native cmdlets. You will learn how to manage applications with PowerShell.

Speakers

Greg Ramsey

Microsoft MVP, Senior Enterprise Architect, MMS Staff

Trevor Sullivan

Founder, Art of Shell

Tuesday November 11, 2014 5:00pm - 6:45pm CST
Lakes A MMS

Tags PowerShell, 400

5:00pm CST

Deep Dive into Content Flow Server Side

Limited Capacity seats available

We'll trace the flow of a package from a CAS or Primary site down to a remote DP hanging off a secondary site The users will gain an understanding of how the flow works in CM, what logs to look at to see the flow, and what to look for in the log files. Once a user understands the flow then things are much easier to troubleshoot and fix

Speakers

Michael Wiles

Configuration Mgmt Sr. Advisor, Dell

Michael begain working with SMS 1.1 as a Microsoft support engineer in 1997and was a Senior Premier Field Engineer (PFE) from 2005 to 2012. As a PFE Michael worked with several large customers and the Configuration Manager Product Group through the TAP program to affect changes within... Read More →

Deep Dive Content Flow zip

Tuesday November 11, 2014 5:00pm - 6:45pm CST
Lakes C MMS

SCCM 400

Tags SCCM, 400

5:00pm CST

Dashboarding With SCOM 2012 R2

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will discuss the new R2 features and add-ons provided by Microsoft for building robust Dashboarding with SCOM 2012 R2. Demos of the various dash-boarding options will be shown in a production environment

Speakers

Scott Moss

VP CFS EMS, JPMCHASE

SCOM infrastructure tuning, and troubleshooting, and MP Development. Automation of SCOM tasks using PowerShell.I love playing guitar, and poker.

MMS Dashboarding pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 5:00pm - 6:45pm CST
Cedar MMS

SCOM 300

Tags SCOM, 300

6:00pm CST

Get MMS right at home every month!

Limited Capacity seats available

Join regional user group leaders and MVPs as they share with you how to get the same value you are getting right now from this conference right at home each month. This conference is actually just a big user group run by the same people. These speakers built user groups years ago which have grown into monthly local conferences where they fly in well-known speakers while feeding members food and beer! You'll learn how to:

Start a new group or grow your own so that it won't cost you or your members a penny

Learn and share information to help you get your job done and excel in it

Hold regular meetings where folks get to learn how others get the job done

Find sponsors to pay for food & beer for the meetings

Get your website going for free

Balance sponsor time with non-sales time

Expand your membership and find more people

Get free Office 365 for your group

Get locals to become involved and feel ownership in the group

Figure out when and where to meet

Decide how often to meet

Adapt and grow

You really need to understand the value a local user group can bring to your home town and how it can enhance your standing in the community. You'll see this session held in a user-group format. No need to wait until next year's MMS!

Speakers

Kent Agerlund

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director | CT Global, MMS Staff

Love to talk about anything related to Enterprise Client Management, cycling, running and football :-)Microsoft Enterprise Client Management MVP and Microsoft Regional Director

Lee Berg

Microsoft MVP, STEALTHbits

Steve Buchanan

Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Kenny Buntinx

Managing Consultant, KBSolutions

Peter Daalmans

Microsoft MVP, Workplace Architect, Daalmans Consulting B.V.

Steve Jesok

Leader, MNSCUG

Garth Jones

Chief Architect, Enhansoft

Brian Mason

CM Admin, MMS Staff

Principle Consultant for 2Pint Software and MMS founder. 25 years with Wells Fargo running CM on 460K devices. Please tell me what you like or don't like about MMS. It's my passion and I always strive to improve it.

Chris Nackers

Solution Architect, Oomnitza

Seasoned Solutions Consultant working in the SaaS Space. Formerly a Microsoft MVP for Enterprise Client Management.

Nash Pherson

Customer Success Manager, Modern Workplace, Microsoft

Nash Pherson is a Customer Success Manager for Microsoft focused on Win 10 Enterprise, EMS/SCCM and Office 365. Prior to joining Microsoft, Nash was a systems management consultant and a Microsoft MVP for Enterprise Client Management.Nash's expertise is in organizational development... Read More →

Greg Ramsey

Microsoft MVP, Senior Enterprise Architect, MMS Staff

Mike Terrill

Principal Engineer, Microsoft MVP, 2Pint Software

MMS Community pptx

Tuesday November 11, 2014 6:00pm - 7:45pm CST
Lakes B MMS

App-V Azure DPM Hyper-V Intune Mac OSD SCCM SCOM SCORCH SCSM SCVMM SMA SQL 300

Tags App-V, Azure, Beer, DPM, Hyper-V, Intune, Mac, OSD, SCCM, SCOM, SCORCH, SCSM, SCVMM, SMA, SQL, 300

7:00am CST

Birds of a Feather - End User Computing - ConfigMgr and Intune

Limited Capacity seats available

Focus on ConfigMgr and Intune

Wednesday November 12, 2014 7:00am - 7:45am CST
Lakes A MMS

Intune SCCM

7:00am CST

Birds of a Feather - PowerShell

Limited Capacity seats available

PowerShell in all ways, shapes, and forms…

Wednesday November 12, 2014 7:00am - 7:45am CST
Lakes C MMS

PowerShell

7:00am CST

Birds of a Feather - Cloud and Datacenter Management

Limited Capacity seats available

Discuss System Center

Wednesday November 12, 2014 7:00am - 8:45am CST
Lakes B MMS

DPM SCOM SCSM SCVMM

7:00am CST

Birds of a Feather - Windows

Limited Capacity seats available

Windows Server and Client Troubleshooting, open discussion

Wednesday November 12, 2014 7:00am - 8:45am CST
Lakes D MMS

Windows

8:00am CST

The Art of deploying Windows 8.1 with ConfigMgr 2012 R2

Limited Capacity seats available

MMS2014 The Art of deploying Windows 8.1 with ConfigMgr 2012 R2 pptx

Join Johan Arwidmark and Mikael Nystrom in an hour (plus) live demo on how to build a Windows 8.1 deployment solution, based on ConfigMgr 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Learn about the new OSD features in ConfigMgr 2012 R2, learn about deploying to UEFI enabled hardware, configuring BitLocker, adding drivers, and other real world deployment features. Build automated deployment solutions for the data center.

Speakers

Johan Arwidmark

Microsoft MVP, Technical Fellow, 2Pint Software / Mirolus

Mikael Nystrom

Microsoft MVP, Geek, Truesec

Wednesday November 12, 2014 8:00am - 9:45am CST
Lakes A MMS

OSD 400

Tags OSD, 400

8:00am CST

Birds of a Feather - Best Practices for Monitoring

Limited Capacity seats available

MMS Birds of a Feather Best Practices for Monitoring pdf

Bring your thoughts, questions and best practices to this action packed panel formatted discussion. This open format will use a questions and answers approach and focus on discussions on best practices around Operations Manager with insights from subject matter experts including the session participants. If you are interested in monitoring this is a session you do not want to miss! A diverse discussion on all kinds of subjects relating to Operations Manager and its best practices.

Speakers

Bob Cornelissen

SCOM Specialist, MVP, Savision and BICTT

Cameron Fuller

Solution Director, Quisitive

Wednesday November 12, 2014 8:00am - 9:45am CST
Cedar MMS

SCOM 400

Tags SCOM, 400

8:00am CST

The Cireson Portal v3 - First Look

Limited Capacity seats available

The Cireson Portal v3 for System Center: See for yourself the Cireson Portal v3 with new features that will be demonstrated such as the redesigned interface with a consumer storefront, Asset Management in the browser, new service catalog user experience, multi-tier navigation model with support for custom views, dashboards, Lync integration, problem/release management, and much more.

Speakers

Travis Wright

Partner, Director of Product Management, Not Listed

Wednesday November 12, 2014 8:00am - 9:45am CST
Harriet A MMS

SCSM 300

8:00am CST

System Center Reporting Zero to Hero in 15 minutes x4

Limited Capacity seats available

System Center Reporting Zero to Hero in 15 minutes x 4 Use System Center reports to show the value of IT as a service. You have the data, you manage IT well but nobody knows. This is because you may be managing IT without reporting, which is like making your business believe you are flying a plane blindfolded. This session is about surfacing the rich data in the System Center product to your business to show the value of their investment in this flexible and powerful product. Attendees will learn about the reporting capabilities of System Center; how to create business valued reports that are not included out of the box in System Center without the need to be a database administrator.

Speakers

Samuel Erskine

Senior Specialist, MVP

Dieter Gasser

CEO, Principal Consultant, Syliance

Report Zero to Hero MMS attendee pptx

Wednesday November 12, 2014 8:00am - 9:45am CST
Lakes C MMS

SCSM 400

Tags SCSM, 400

9:00am CST

Add Some Pzazz! to your Powershell Scripts With WPF User Interfaces

Limited Capacity seats available

Creating a user interface for PowerShell scripts won't only make them look nicer, they can make the script more accessible to power users who might not know much about scripting. Why would you want to do something like this? Because it allows you to make custom tools for your organization to help yourself and others in your day to day job. Designing and creating a user interface can take as little as 10 minutes, and can save your co-workers hours of work. Attendees will learn how to use Visual Studio Express to create a WPF user interface and run it in PowerShell. They will also learn how to bind actions to buttons so they can actually make the script do something!

Speakers

Ryan Ephgrave

Microsoft MVP, Operations Engineer, Big Bank

Add Some Pzazz zip

Wednesday November 12, 2014 9:00am - 10:45am CST
Lakes D MMS

Tags PowerShell, 400

9:00am CST

Internet Based Client Management in Configuration Manager

Limited Capacity seats available

MMS Internet Based Client Management in Configuration Manager pptx

This will be a deep dive going into how Internet Based Client Management works in Configuration Manager. Some items covered:

Configuring the certificates:

Clients

Web Server

Distribution Points

Reverse Proxy: - Setup TMG Rules for reverse proxy for Management Points, WSUS (SUP), DP, Application Catalog SSL Bridging: - Demo the process and flow of SSL bridging in TMG Communication: - Demo the communication from Configuration Manager clients to internet facing site system roles Clients: - Demo how to management workgroup clients over the internet

Speakers

Justin Chalfant

Premier Field Engineer, Microsoft

Jason Sandys

Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Wednesday November 12, 2014 9:00am - 10:45am CST
Lakes B MMS

SCCM 400

Tags SCCM, 400

9:00am CST

World Class Solutions for Real World Problems

Limited Capacity seats available

At 1E, our sole mission is to reduce the costs of running IT for our customers and provide avenues to true business value.

Many demands are being placed on IT today to deliver products and services which keep up with the consumerization of IT, provide stronger automation, and at the same time lower overall cost to the business. This session will cover what we see as the true circle of influence systems management has on an organization and how these things may be achieved. For example:

Are you currently facing a software audit or need to reduce costs on software licenses? AppClarity can help by identifying software installation and usage. It can even remove unused installations to prevent further license purchases or audit exposures.

Are your users asking about BYOD? Are you constantly providing laptops for contractors and consultants? With MyWorkNow you can provide a secure virtual corporate Windows desktop at a fraction of the price to any Mac or PC.

Are your users looking for an easy way to request and install software? Has it been challenging to manage and assure the right applications are being installed for your users during an OS deployment? Shopping is the App Store for the Enterprise that puts users and IT in control, each being able to focus on more strategic efforts.

Stuck managing a large SCCM infrastructure? Do you have multiple locations to manage with SCCM? Regardless of size, with Nomad you can eliminate the need for 95%+ of servers from SCCM architectures and still be able to perform all of the functions of SCCM like SWD, OSD and SUM.

Come and learn about 1E's world class solutions and how they address real world problems.

Speakers

Shawn Cardamon

Solutions Engineer, 1E

I am a Solutions Engineer with 1E. This means I specialize in aligning 1E solutions to eliminate IT challenges, assist systems management teams in driving greater business value, and function as an advocate for the Configuration Manager community whenever/wherever possible. Prior... Read More →

Troy L. Martin

Technical Architect, 1E

Mike Terrill

Principal Engineer, Microsoft MVP, 2Pint Software

Sponsors

Liam Morrison

I am the Director of Solutions Engineering at 1E. In this role, I provide technical guidance to the pre, post sales teams, customers and 1E partners. I specialize in understanding the challenges of managing a complex environment and how 1E technology integrates with those environments... Read More →

Wednesday November 12, 2014 9:00am - 10:45am CST
Harriet B MMS

SCCM Sponsor 300

Tags SCCM, Sponsor, 400

10:00am CST

Customizing your Windows Deployments - Tips, Tricks and Code

Limited Capacity seats available

Learn how to customize your Windows Deployments from the Pros. SCCM, WDS and MDT 2013. Wizard Pages, VBScript, PowerShell, and more! Learn some solutions for customizing Windows Deployments with MDT and SCCM.

Speakers

Keith Garner

Software Design Engineer, Wells Fargo

Windows Deployment Subject Matter Expert. Microsoft MVP for Windows and Devices for IT.Former Microsoft Employee

MMS2014 Customizing Your Windows Deployments pptx

Wednesday November 12, 2014 10:00am - 11:45am CST
Lakes A MMS

OSD 500

Tags OSD, 500

10:00am CST

Administrative Uses of Powershell in SCOM 2012 R2

Limited Capacity seats available

How to leverage PowerShell in Operations Manager 2012 R2, as well as best practices for automation, followed by demonstrations of what is discussed. Various Scripts and PowerShell one liners will be discussed and demoed. Administrative Uses of PowerShell is intended for the Operations Manager Administrator that deals with Operations Manager on a daily basis. Attendees will learn to use PowerShell to automate routine tasks.

Speakers

Scott Moss

VP CFS EMS, JPMCHASE

SCOM infrastructure tuning, and troubleshooting, and MP Development. Automation of SCOM tasks using PowerShell.I love playing guitar, and poker.

MMS Powershell pptx

Wednesday November 12, 2014 10:00am - 11:45am CST
Cedar MMS

PowerShell SCOM 300

Tags PowerShell, SCOM, 300

10:00am CST

SMA and ConfigMgr - The New Orchestration Team

Limited Capacity seats available

Enterprise Client Management MVP David O'Brien will show that the future of automation has already arrived by demonstrating how to use Microsoft's Service Management Automation (SMA) in combination with Configuration Manager 2012 R2. This session will be full of live demos. Attendees will learn that SMA is the way forward in automation, there's no way around PowerShell and that all of that can easily be used with ConfigMgr.

Speakers

David O'Brien

Cloud Security Architect / Founder, David O'Brien

Jeff Wouters

CTO, Methos

Wednesday November 12, 2014 10:00am - 11:45am CST
Lakes C MMS

PowerShell SMA 400

Tags PowerShell, SMA, 400

10:00am CST

Extend the App Model to Support your User Centric XenDesktop in the Data Center

Limited Capacity seats available

In this demo-packed session, Enterprise Client MVPs Kenny Buntinx and Peter Daalmans will show how Configuration Manager 2012 R2 sits at the heart of the modern data center to support your private VDI and XenApp cloud. Learn during this deep dive how to extend the Configuration Manager 2012 R2 Application Model and how it is able to give your users a rich experience regardless where or how they access the by Configuration Manager provided applications. This session will focus strongly on enabling flexible application deployment in VDI scenarios powered by Microsoft Server 2012, Citrix XenDeskop and App-V. Expect the unexpected! Learn how you are able to extend ConfigMgr to be able to manage your SBC / VDI farms.

Speakers

Kenny Buntinx

Managing Consultant, KBSolutions

Peter Daalmans

Microsoft MVP, Workplace Architect, Daalmans Consulting B.V.

Wednesday November 12, 2014 10:00am - 11:45am CST
Harriet A MMS

SCCM 400

Tags SCCM, 400

11:00am CST

Bending the Rules in OS Deployment with ConfigMgr and MDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Mikael Nystrom

Microsoft MVP, Geek, Truesec

Wednesday November 12, 2014 11:00am - 12:45pm CST
Harriet B MMS

OSD 400

Tags OSD, 400

11:00am CST

Advanced Application Management

Limited Capacity seats available

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager application policies are evaluated prior to content being transferred, so that it can be determined if it the software is actually needed in the first place. Applications make use of the re-evaluation cycle which is enabled by default for all required deployments. This can cause potential issues if a rigid software distribution process is not followed. Come join us in this session as we take a deep look inside Applications and demonstrate some of the pros and cons. Also learn how to do selective Application enforcement and only those Applications that always need to be installed. Learn about Applications and application enforcement.

Speakers

Shawn Cardamon

Solutions Engineer, 1E

Mike Terrill

Principal Engineer, Microsoft MVP, 2Pint Software

Wednesday November 12, 2014 11:00am - 12:45pm CST
Lakes B MMS

OSD SCCM 300

Tags OSD, 300

11:00am CST

Add Custom Console Extensions to the Configuration Manager Console!

Limited Capacity seats available

Have you ever wondered how right click tools work with Configuration Manager? Do you have problems in your organization you think could be solved with a console extension? Come to this session where Ryan Ephgrave, creator of the Now Micro Right Click Tools, and Trevor Sullivan, PowerShell MVP, teach you how to create your very own right click tools! Attendees learn how the Configuration Manager Console gets it's information, how to create the menu XML files, and how to pass parameters to your scripts!

Speakers

Ryan Ephgrave

Microsoft MVP, Operations Engineer, Big Bank

Custom Console Extensions zip

Wednesday November 12, 2014 11:00am - 12:45pm CST
Lakes D MMS

Tags PowerShell, SCCM, 300

1:00pm CST

PXE Booting in the Real World

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will focus on how PXE works and what it takes to get it working in the real world using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. In addition to the native PXE boot capabilities in CM, this session will also cover the benefits and capabilities of PXE Everywhere from 1E. Having difficulty performing zero touch because of 3rd party disk encryption? Come learn the possibilities that open up when using PXE in your environment. Learn about PXE and what it takes to get up and running.

Speakers

Troy L. Martin

Technical Architect, 1E

Mike Terrill

Principal Engineer, Microsoft MVP, 2Pint Software

Wednesday November 12, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Lakes A MMS

OSD 300

Tags OSD, 300

1:00pm CST

Yet another Service Management Automation Session

Limited Capacity seats available

Come see how SMA is actually implemented in a fortune 500 company. Learn about how our team operates and execute on automation tasks on a day to day basis. We'll focus on the learnings from a team of 5 people working daily with a tool chain that involves:

PowerShell Workflow - Our Automation Language choice

Service Management Automation - Our Automation Engine

SharePoint - Our User Interface Layer

Team Foundation Server - Our Source Control and Work Intake System" an understanding of what it takes to actually implement an automation system (SMA) in the real world.

Speakers

Ryan Andorfer

Sr. IT Automation Engineer, General Mills

Yet another Service Management Automation Session pptx

Wednesday November 12, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Lakes C MMS

PowerShell SMA 500

Tags PowerShell, SMA, 500

1:00pm CST

Integrating Operations Manager with External Data Sources

Limited Capacity seats available

System Center Operations Manager is a powerful tool by itself, but that doesn't mean it needs to stand alone. In implementations where processes and products already provide business functionality SCOM can be leveraged to do much more, while requiring less overhead. In addition to going over the principals of integrating data into SCOM we will also go through a working implementation where a Configuration Management Database has been used to drive Operations Manager monitoring without requiring manual work for configuration changes and additions.

Speakers

Nathan Foreman

Principal Software Engineer, SquaredUp

Wednesday November 12, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Cedar MMS

SCOM 400

Tags SCOM, 400

1:00pm CST

CM12 Data Mining - repeat

Limited Capacity seats available

Hardware Information

Software Information

Software Updates

Discovery data

Asset Intelligence data

Speakers

Garth Jones

Chief Architect, Enhansoft

Sherry Kissinger

Cardinal Health

For ConfigMgr, talk to me about large hierarchies, inventory customizations, compliance settings, and reporting for the SQL and SRS-challenged.

Wednesday November 12, 2014 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Harriet A MMS

SQL 300

Tags SQL, 300

2:00pm CST

You CAN code - Develop Web Services for OSD and MDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Web Services is extremely rich and dynamic way of assigning settings for your OS Deployments. Settings like what applications to deploy, computer configurations, ConfigMgr operations and Active Directory operations, and much more. Join Johan Arwidmark in a session where you will learn to quickly master the skills for developing Web Services to use with MDT 2013 and ConfigMgr 2012 R2 OS Deployments.

Understand the value of Web Services for OS Deployment

Learn how to develop web services

Tips and Tricks for troubleshooting web services

Speakers

Johan Arwidmark

Microsoft MVP, Technical Fellow, 2Pint Software / Mirolus

Keith Garner

Software Design Engineer, Wells Fargo

Windows Deployment Subject Matter Expert. Microsoft MVP for Windows and Devices for IT.Former Microsoft Employee

MMS2014 You CAN code Develop Web Services for OSD and MDT pptx

Wednesday November 12, 2014 2:00pm - 3:45pm CST
Lakes D MMS

OSD 400

Tags OSD, 400

2:00pm CST

PowerShell and ConfigMgr - Most requested Scenarios and Procedures

Limited Capacity seats available

PowerShell and ConfigMgr Most requested Scenarios and Procedures pptx

We'll demonstrate the most-frequently-requested actions using PowerShell with ConfigMgr. Learn how to validate a specific setting on a package, program, or application, as well as bulk updating of information in ConfigMgr. You will learn how to update 'supported platforms' as well as deploy applications.

Speakers

Kaido Jarvemets

Senior Consultant, Coretech

Greg Ramsey

Microsoft MVP, Senior Enterprise Architect, MMS Staff

Posh CM MostRequestedScenarios Ramsey Jarvemets pptx

Wednesday November 12, 2014 2:00pm - 3:45pm CST
Lakes B MMS

Tags PowerShell, SCCM, 300

2:00pm CST

5 real-world Service Manager customizations that make you feel WOW

Limited Capacity seats available

Service Manager is a highly customizable product that allows you to do almost everything you need. But how can this be done, what tools are available and where should you start? Come join Marcel's session to discover some awesome customizations he and his team developed for customers during the last years. He will not only show real-world customer requirements, but also the different techniques how to build the solutions and how the result looks like at the end Take some of those ideas and approaches back to your company to bring the usability and acceptance of Service Manager to a new level! Learn what's possible with Service Manager customizations and what tools are available to do it.

5 SCSM Customizations FINAL PPTX

Wednesday November 12, 2014 2:00pm - 3:45pm CST
Harriet B MMS

SCSM 400

Tags SCSM, 400

3:00pm CST

Windows PowerShell Workflow

Limited Capacity seats available

Windows PowerShell Workflow functionality is part of Windows PowerShell 3.0 and newer releases of Windows PowerShell. It helps automate the distribution, orchestration, and completion of multi-device tasks. With the introduction of Service Management Automation (SMA) and Azure Automation, it's very clear that Windows PowerShell Workflow plays an important role in automation of management tasks, both on-premises and in the cloud. Join us to learn more about this powerful technology and how to avoid the most common gotchas with SMA and AA runbooks. Learn about the inner workings of Windows PowerShell Workflow and how to use it to its full potential.

Speakers

Aleksandar Nikolic

Microsoft MVP, Trainer, PowerShell Magazine

Jeff Wouters

CTO, Methos

Wednesday November 12, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Lakes C MMS

PowerShell 300

Tags PowerShell, 300

3:00pm CST

Yes, Applications DO work in task sequences!

Limited Capacity seats available

ConfigMgr's new Application model comes with many great new features, but also some tricky complexities when it comes to using them in Task Sequences. Although these challenges can trip up even the most experienced ConfigMgr professionals, Nash and Jason lead you through all the common (and even some exotic) considerations for both Applications and Software Updates. If it works on existing machines, there is no reason it shouldn't work in your task sequence. Attendees will understand how Applications and Software Updates work while the client is running an OSD Task Sequence. They will be able to use the CI/DCM Model, Content, Application, and Software Update logs to identify the common issues and then implement them.

Speakers

Nash Pherson

Customer Success Manager, Modern Workplace, Microsoft

Jason Sandys

Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

MMS AppsInOSD PPTX

Wednesday November 12, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Lakes A MMS

SCCM 500

Tags SCCM, 500

3:00pm CST

Deploying Hyper-V hosts using SCVMM 2012 R2

Limited Capacity seats available

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 has the ability to bare metal deploy and configure Hyper-V hosts. But there are challenges around it. During this session you will learn how to do this and then some, besides covering the fundamentals, we will add hardware configuration, storage, networking and post configuration tasks, like adding OpsMgr agents, DPM and then some and all this within SCVMM 2012 R2 Learn how to perform real world deployment of Hyper-V hosts using SCVMM.

Speakers

Mikael Nystrom

Microsoft MVP, Geek, Truesec

Wednesday November 12, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Harriet A MMS

SCVMM 300

Tags SCVMM, 300

3:00pm CST

Real Life Enterprise PKI

Limited Capacity seats available

How to handle an Enterprise PKI project for a global Enterprise that has 400 sites+ and needs a PKI that can scale the need of 250 000 users all over the world. Everything is automated through PowerShell and built on top on Active Directory Certificate Services. A lot of myth busting is expected during this session regarding design and implementation. This session is a live demo session, with not more PowerPoint than required.

Speakers

Hasain Alshakarti

Senior Cyber Security Advisor, True Sec

Paula Januszkiewicz

Owner, CQURE

pki pptx

Wednesday November 12, 2014 3:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Cedar MMS

Security 300

Tags Security, 300

4:00pm CST

Fred's App-V Session

Limited Capacity seats available

Fred Bainbridge from Deluxe did a great App-V session this year at MNSCUG and he's going to repeat it to some degree in this session. His preperation time for this session won't be too much but he knows it so well that everyone should get a good idea of what's working and what isn't in App-V. Tips and Tricks.

Speakers

Fred Bainbridge

Microsoft MVP, Automation Engineer, Big Bank

IT Automation junkie. Mostly focused on Automated the world with .NET.

MMS AppV An Overview pptx

Wednesday November 12, 2014 4:00pm - 5:45pm CST
Lakes D MMS

App-V

Tags App-V

4:00pm CST

Server OS Deployment Deep Dive

Limited Capacity seats available

ConfigMgr OS Deployment for Windows Workstations has been well-covered on blogs, articles, and at conferences. But OSD for Servers? Attend this session to learn how to deploy Windows Server with ConfiMgr OSD. You will learn about managing static IP addresses, dynamic OS customization, handling driver/firmware/bios base lining, managing Windows Component installations.

Speakers

Nash Pherson

Customer Success Manager, Modern Workplace, Microsoft

Greg Ramsey

Microsoft MVP, Senior Enterprise Architect, MMS Staff

MMS ServerOSD PPTX

Wednesday November 12, 2014 4:00pm - 5:45pm CST
Lakes B MMS

OSD 400

Tags OSD, 400

4:00pm CST

Bulletproofing PullDP's

Limited Capacity seats available

PullDPs solve a lot of issues around scalability, however there are several known bugs and issues that need to be dealt with in order to make them reliable and efficient. In this session we will cover all of these action items. We'll go over bug numbers, case numbers, solutions, custom scripts and custom monitoring methods to resolve all of these issues.

Speakers

Todd Hemsell

SCCM Architect, Exterran

Kim Oppalfens

Microsoft MVP, Senior Consultant, OSCC

BulletProofing PullDP's pptx

Wednesday November 12, 2014 4:00pm - 5:45pm CST
Harriet B MMS

SCCM 500

Tags SCCM, 500

5:00pm CST

Restricted Admin & Credential Exposure

Limited Capacity seats available

Domain administrators, highly privileged service accounts and server administrator credentials are often spread across the IT-infrastructure. Attacks like passing the hash, passing the dutchie and other well-known methods used by cyber criminals can utilize exposed credentials to expand influence and obtain control over the entire Active Directory Domain. We will show you how you can protect your administrative privileges using techniques like Authentication Mechanism Assurance, Network UAC Filtering, Virtual Smart Cards, Managed Service Accounts, JEA and more.

Speakers

Hasain Alshakarti

Senior Cyber Security Advisor, True Sec

admin pptx

Wednesday November 12, 2014 5:00pm - 6:45pm CST
Cedar MMS

PowerShell Security 400

Tags PowerShell, Security, 400

5:00pm CST

Securing System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Limited Capacity seats available