MMS 2017: Full Schedule

1:00pm CDT

Flexera: Beyond Microsoft Patches: The Art of Patching the Right Things at the Right Time.

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Description:
Keeping up with the patching of non-Microsoft applications is a pain for you, but leaving those applications unpatched will get you in trouble with security teams and leave your company exposed to unnecessary risk. Join Kent Agerlund and Flexera Software to see how we can help you automate and accelerate patching of non-Microsoft applications using your Microsoft infrastructure.

What you will learn:

Why patching non-Microsoft is important

How to simplify the process of identifying and prioritizing patches

How to leverage you Microsoft infrastructure to patch all non-Microsoft applications

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

Flexera Software

Ken Hilker

Flexera Software delivers market-leading Software Vulnerability Management solutions enabling enterprises to proactively identify and remediate software vulnerabilities, effectively reducing the risk of costly security breaches. Our solutions leverage verified vulnerability intelligence... Read More →

Monday May 15, 2017 1:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
MTKA A

Sponsor, ConfigMgr

Level 300
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8:00am CDT

VMWare: Modernizing Windows 10 Management for the Mobile-Cloud Era

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Description:
Rolling out Windows 10? Then this is the session for you! Join Jason Roszak, Director of Product Management at VMware, as he lays out how customer’s countless desktop management pain points have influenced his team into building a unique solution for today’s IT. He demos how, for the first-time, IT can use this single solution to efficiently deploy, manage and secure Windows 10 endpoints across all networks, any use case, and whether or not the device is joined to the domain.

What you will learn:

Simplify OS deployment and push configuration policies and OS patches instantly to any device

Streamline Win32 application packaging and delivery – make it as reliable and easy as mobile apps

Protect the OS, apps and data proactively with the right policies and auto-remediate any compliance violations

Sponsors

VMWare

VMware

VMWare, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, accelerates our customers’ digital transformation journey by enabling enterprises to master a software-defined approach to business and IT. Airwatch is a comprehensive unified endpoint management platform with a multi-layered, cloud-first management and security approach across the user, endpoint, app, data and network. AirWatch instantly delivers policy, apps, and OS updates to any device, including desktops, and enables prod... Read More →

Tuesday May 16, 2017 8:00am - 9:45am CDT
Nokomis BC

Sponsor, Enterprise Mobility, Windows 10

Tags Windows 10

1:00pm CDT

Dell: Client Command Suite: The Easy Way to Manage Dell Client Devices

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Description:
Warren and the Dell team will demonstrate the Dell Client Command Suite tools and discuss the hardware management strategies that are needed to be successful with Windows 10. We will also give a sneak peak of our new release of our Configuration Manager integration. But that's not all! We will discuss Desired State Configuration with our PowerShell provider, Driver management strategies, vPro Provisioning and much more! Finally, we'll take as many of your questions as we can cram into this jam packed session!

What you will learn:

What the Dell Client Command Suite is and how you can get it and use it today (Hint: it's free!!!)

Hardware requirements for new Windows 10 features and how to plan to configure them easily before you need them

How to easily provision vPro systems

How to maximize your Configuration Manager capabilities and save you time when managing Dell client devices

Sponsors

Dell

At Dell we understand that manageability is critical to your success. This is why we lead the industry with the most manageable client and server hardware. Our management tools integrate with industry leading consoles like Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager to ensure that... Read More →

Tuesday May 16, 2017 1:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
MTKA BC

Sponsor, ConfigMgr, Enterprise Mobility

Tags Sponsor, VPro

1:00pm CDT

Parallels: Extend Corporate PC Compliance Requirements to Mac via Microsoft ConfigMgr

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Description:
Learn from Peter and Danny how leveraging your ConfigMgr environment to manage Macs with Parallels Mac Management will help you regain control and ensure compliance across your entire network.

What you will learn:

How to Find and enroll Macs via ConfigMgr

Deploy content – packages, applications

Filevault 2 Disk Encryption

Software Updates using WSUS

Image deployment

Speakers

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 →

Sponsors

Parallels

Marketing manager, Parallels

Parallels software helps businesses support, control and manage how users use their favorite devices and preferred technology, whether it’s Windows, Mac, iOS, Android(TM), Chromebook, or the Cloud. IT teams can solve challenges created by cross-platform environments including seamless delivery of... Read More →

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Tuesday May 16, 2017 1:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
Harriet A

Sponsor, MAC Management

Level 300
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3:00pm CDT

SquaredUp: SCOM: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle - Automatic Application Discovery

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Description:
Join Squared Up Founder and Product Architect, Richard Benwell, and discover how to put your SCOM infrastructure data into the context of your enterprise applications using Visual Application Discovery and Analysis (VADA). Includes special guest, customer case study.

What you will learn:

How to automatically discover, map and save your applications, including viewing live health and performance data across complex application stacks

How to integrate SCOM with external data like OMS, Service Manager, ServiceNow and Splunk behind a single-pane of glass and all within the context of specific apps

How Purdue University have used SCOM, OMS and VADA to solve the challenge of true end-to-end application monitoring (special guest speaker, Shawn Williams)

Moderators

Richard Benwell

Squared Up MMS Presentation pptx

Tuesday May 16, 2017 3:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
Harriet A

Sponsor, Cloud and Data Center Management, SCOM

Tags SCOM, Sponsor

10:00am CDT

Adaptiva: Practical ConfigMgr Tips to Achieve Stress-Free Windows 10 OSD

Limited Capacity seats available

One lucky winner in this session will win a free Surface Pro 4!

Session Description:
Is the pressure to deploy Windows 10 across your organization stressing you out!? In this session, you will obtain the automation strategies and the practical ConfigMgr tips necessary to deliver massive OSD files faster and with fewer headaches. You will leave this session with a step-by-step blueprint you can use to plan, secure, deploy and maintain Windows 10 in your organization. You will also discover ‘zero-touch’ ways to distribute software and manage security across hundreds of thousands of endpoints.

What you will learn:

Tips and tricks for avoiding some of the more common gotchas on Win10 OSD

How to leverage P2P technologies to reduce infrastructure costs and Win10 migration timelines

Options to easily move from legacy BIOS to UEFI and leverage Secure Boot, Device Guard, and Credential Guard

Practical examples of how some of the largest companies in the world are migrating to Windows 10

Speakers

Ami Casto

Technical Evangelist, Adaptiva

Ami Casto is Adaptiva’s technical evangelist who is responsible for leading the company’s efforts to engage with and contribute to the technical systems management community. Ami is a featured speaker at numerous ConfigMgr and Windows 10 related user groups and events throughout... Read More →

Sponsors

Adaptiva

Adaptiva is a leading, global provider of IT systems management solutions that advance the power of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). Founded in 2004 by the lead architect of Microsoft SMS 2003, Adaptiva enables IT professionals to securely speed enterprise-wide... Read More →

Adaptiva MMS 2017 2 pptx

Wednesday May 17, 2017 10:00am - 11:45am CDT
Cedar

Sponsor, ConfigMgr

Level 300
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1:00pm CDT

1E: Fast Relief from All Your IT Headaches

Limited Capacity seats available

UPDATE: We changed the demo (same tools) to show how you can identify, isolate, remidate WannaCry2 in less than 30 minutes.

Session Description:
What is causing your biggest headaches? Is it managing thousands of endpoints and tons of ad hoc issues that are plaguing your work day? Is it rolling out Windows 10? Maybe it is both. In this session, we will introduce and deep dive into a new solution that will allow you to easily create and execute queries against your entire IT estate, in real-time, with live results coming from each endpoint and not from a cache or database. We will also discuss how to automate Windows 10 migrations across all scenarios, including the most complex like BIOS-UEFI and disk encryption.

What you will learn:

How to instantly find and fix application, configuration and operating system faults across all of your endpoints

How to rapidly respond to regulatory compliance, security and software asset management (SAM) audits

Learn how to automate even your most complex Windows 10 migrations

Join us for the chance to win a DJI Mavic Pro drone!

Moderators

Ed Aldrich

Ed's been around the game for a long time... after a 20 year gig in the US Navy, as an electronics technician and cryptographic whiz, he spent six years supporting the Trident submarine Command and Control systems in Newport, RI. This was followed by another six years at Fleet Financial... Read More →

Ron Crumbaker

Technical Enablement Manager, 1E

A huge fan of the Chevy Camaro. Loves to talk old muscle cars, Systems Management and other techy stuff. He is a 13 year Microsoft Enterprise Mobility MVP. He was one of the original owners of myITforum, Inc. He is also on the board of the Louisville Systems Management User Group... Read More →

Chris Rowland

Chris is a Solutions Engineer at 1E where he helps companies understand the benefits of software lifecycle automation, particularly around accelerating Windows 10 migrations. Chris is an active member of the systems management community and has been a speaker at a number of Microsoft... Read More →

Speakers

Shaun Cassells

Principal Solutions Engineer, 1E

Shaun is Principal Solutions Engineer, 1E and has excelled for over a decade with 1E in various engineering and consulting roles. He is a top-performing technology evangelist and former Microsoft MVP for Windows. He has an extensive track record of delivering digital disruption... Read More →

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 →

Sponsors

1E

Manager, 1E

1E is re-defining endpoint management. We believe that you win or lose at the endpoint: there is no room for compromise. 1E solutions help keep every endpoint secure and current with the latest software and applications. That’s every device in every location, fully automated, and in real-time. We also deliver instant endpoint detection and remediation at massive scale, minimizing risk for your business and impact... Read More →

1E Fast Relief From All Your IT Headaches MMS 2017 Public pptx

Wednesday May 17, 2017 1:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
Cedar

Sponsor, ConfigMgr, Enterprise Mobility