Come Visit the Only Completely Independent IT Conference - The Mark Minasi Forum Meeting 2008. (I'll be there...)
For the third year in a row, my friend and yours Mark Minasi puts on his annual IT Conference, the Mark Minasi Forum Meeting. Held in sunny Virginia Beach from April 20th through the 23rd, this conference will host popular speakers like James Summerlin, Don Jones, Rhonda Layfield, Curt Spanburgh, Jeremy Moskowitz, yours truly, as well as Mark himself.
What's most interesting about Mark's conference is that it isn't associated with any external entity other than Mark's own website at http://www.minasi.com. So you'll be getting the straight scoop on some great topics of interest to IT administrators.
This year I've been asked to present two sessions. On Monday, I'll be giving my session "Documentation and Change Control: Hating it to Loving it in 75 Minutes". On Tuesday, I'll be doing my popular "Tips & Tricks for Preventing an Active Directory Failure". If you've seen my AD session before, I'll be updating part of it to include some neat new tricks that you gain when you upgrade your DC's to Windows Server 2008.
Read on for more info...
You can get all the information you need about the conference as well as sign up at this address:
http://www.minasi.com/forummeet2008/
Another interesting note about this show is the registration price. For only $450 (much less than other conferences), you'll get access to all the sessions, a few meals, and conference materials. This will be my first time attending, and being a really small show I'm looking forward to it a lot! I hope to see you there.
Here's the schedule of events as of now:
Sunday, April 20, 2008
1:00 pm: Mark Minasi Keynote
2:15 pm: Break
2:30 pm: TBA Industry Keynote
3:45 pm: Break
4:00 pm: Eric B. Rux Fun with Windows Home Server; trust me, you’ll want one…don’t let the word “Home” fool you
5:00 pm: 'No Host' dinner at local restaurant (share your war stories and learn from the experts!)
Monday, April 21, 2008
9:00 am: James Summerlin Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
10:15 am: Break
10:30 am: Greg Shields Documentation & Change Control: Hating it to Loving it in 75 minutes
11:45 am: Lunch
1:00 pm: Mark Minasi Windows Server 2008
2:15 pm: Break
2:30 pm: Jeremy Moskowitz Group Policy 2.0: It’s freekin’ sweet! (with Vista & Windows Server 2008)
3:45 pm: Break
4:00 pm: Nathan Winters Exchange 2007 from the command line – what makes a good Exchange 2007 deployment
5:00 pm: Hosted Dinner at Pungo Grill. Mmmmmm! (we ate there last year, it was very good)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
9:00 am: Greg Shields Tips & Tricks for Preventing an Active Directory Failure
10:15 am: Break
10:30 am: Don Jones Dr. PowerShell: How I Learned to Stop Clicking and Love the Command-Line
11:45 am: Lunch
1:00 pm: Rhonda Layfield TBA
2:15 pm: Break
2:30 pm: Curt Spanburgh Journey to Planet Sharepoint
3:45 pm: Break
4:00 pm: Nathan Winters OCS 2007 – An Introduction to the new VOIP world of Office Communication Server 2007
5:00 pm: 'No Host' dinner at local restaurant (one last chance to rub elbows with people in the know)
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
9:00 am: Don Jones Windows PowerShell: The Future of Server Administration
10:15 am: Break
10:30 am: Mark Minasi Windows Vista
11:45 am: Lunch
1:00 pm: All Attendees Roundtable discussion for as long as you want!
End of Forum Meeting. See you again next year!
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