Next Saturday I will be flying from Amsterdam to Houston to be able to attend TechEd North America. Normally I would be attending the Microsoft Management Summit but since it is merged with TechEd North America it will be the place to be next week. Besides attending breakout sessions I will be assisting Wally Mead during four of his Instructor Lead Labs.
Like you probilby know Wally, Mister Configuration Manager has left Microsoft and joined Cireson, so if you want to say hi to Wally and maybe me be sure to join one of the Instructor Lead Labs sessions! 😉
The week in Houston will be packed with interesting sessions where very much can be learned and of course lots of networking and meeting my peers from around the world.
Like mentioned on Twitter I am able to sign and give away 25 Mastering System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager books thanks to Sybex. I will schedule a date and time together with Rod Trent that we will give away the books at the Myitforum Lounge. So be sure to follow me on Twitter and keep an eye on this blog 😉
My schedule for the week is a subject to change but looks at the moment like below;
| Monday, May 12 | |
| 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Keynote Session |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | FDN02 Enabling Enterprise Mobility with Windows Intune, Microsoft Azure, and Windows Server
Speaker(s): Demi Albuz, Adam Hall, Andrew Conway, Jason Leznek |
| 1:15 PM-2:30 PM | PCIT-B311 What’s New in Enterprise Management with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and Windows Intune
Speaker(s): Dave Randall, Craig Morris |
| 3:00 PM-4:15 PM | WIN-B316 Managing Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 Using Mobile Device Management
Speaker(s): Michael Niehaus |
| 4:45 PM-6:00 PM | PCIT-B410 Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: MVP Experts Panel
Speaker(s): Johan Arwidmark, Kent Agerlund, Jason Sandys, Greg Ramsey, Steve Thompson |
| 6:30 PM-8:30 PM | TechExpo Welcome Reception |
| Tuesday, May 13 | |
| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM | DCIM-B412 Effortless Migration from VMware to Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-VSpeaker(s): Maarten Goet, Marc van Eijk
or PCIT-B216 Infrastructure Deployment for Mobile Device Management with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and Windows Intune Speaker(s): Jim Dempsey |
| 10:15 AM-11:30 AM | Implementing Endpoint Protection in Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (repeats on May 15 at 8:30am)
Speaker(s): Wally Mead Speaker Assistant(s): Peter Daalmans, Ronni Pedersen |
| 1:30 PM-2:45 PM | WIN-B411 Troubleshooting Windows 8.1 Deployments: In-Depth
Speaker(s): Keith Garner |
| 3:15 PM-4:30 PM | WIN-B332 What’s New in Windows 8.1 Deployment?
Speaker(s): Michael Niehaus |
| 5:00 PM-6:15 PM | Basic Software Distribution with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (repeats on May 14 at 3:15pm)
Speaker(s): Wally Mead Speaker Assistant(s): Colin Smith, Peter Daalmans |
| 6:30 PM-8:30 PM | Ask the Experts |
| Wednesday, May 14 | |
| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM | DCIM-B350 TWC: Recalling Windows Memories: Useful Guide to Retrieving and Analyzing Memory Content
Speaker(s): Paula Januszkiewicz |
| 10:15 AM-11:30 AM | WIN-B351 Hacker Tools for Ethical Hackers to Protect Windows Clients
Speaker(s): Erdal Ozkaya, Raymond Comvalius or DCIM-B386 Mark Russinovich and Mark Minasi on Cloud Computing Speaker(s): Mark Minasi, Mark Russinovich |
| 1:30 PM-2:45 PM | WIN-B341 Windows RT 8.1 in the EnterpriseSpeaker(s): Michael Niehaus |
| 3:15 PM-4:30 PM | WIN-B346 Building the Perfect Windows 8.1 Image
Speaker(s): Mikael Nystrom, Johan Arwidmark or DCIM-B372 TWC: How You Can Hack-Proof Your Clients and Servers in a Day Speaker(s): Marcus Murray, Hasain Alshakarti |
| 5:00 PM-6:15 PM | WIN-B338 Top OS Deployment Issues with Answers from Experts
Speaker(s): Mikael Nystrom or DCIM-B380 What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Speaker(s): Jeff Woolsey |
| Thursday, May 15 | (happy birthday to me 😉 ) |
| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM | Implementing Endpoint Protection in Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (repeated from May 13 at 10:15am),
Speaker(s): Wally Mead Speaker Assistant(s): Peter Daalmans, Ronni Pedersen |
| 10:15 AM-11:30 AM | DCIM-B377 Building Disaster Recovery Plans for Microsoft Workloads and Applications with Hyper-V Recovery Manager and Desired State Configuration
Speaker(s): Abhishek Agrawal , Hemant Mahawar, Ryan Sokolowski |
| 1:00 PM-2:15 PM | Deploying Windows 8.1 to Bare Metal Clients (repeated from May 14 at 1:30pm)
Speaker(s): Wally Mead Speaker Assistant(s): Peter Daalmans, Steve Thompson |
| 2:45 PM-4:00 PM | WIN-B410 Advanced Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 Customizations: Dueling MDT Enhancements
Speaker(s): Johan Arwidmark or WIN-B215 Deploying Microsoft App-V 5.0 and Citrix XenDesktop 7 Speaker(s): Matthijs Gates, Briton Zurcher |
I will be attending the Houston Area Systems Management User Group meeting on Friday, during this TechEd 2014 Day 5 event several Microsoft MVP’s, Wally Mead and Michael Niehaus will be presenting sessions in two System Center tracks. Would be a fun day after lots of sessions during TechEd itself.
See ya in Houston!