Disaster Recovery & Azure Synopsis: Backup is considered a necessary evil in a lot of organizations – it consumes a lot of storage, it’s prone to failure when you need it most, and the volume of data most organizations have doesn’t really lend itself to rapid restore from tape. In this session, we’ll cover new […]
SMMUG in Bangor ME PowerShell is a wonderful and easy to learn development framework for technical professionals. And now that it has been ported across Windows, Linux, and MacOS platforms, the sky’s the limit! But, like with any other programming language, there’s always going to be bugs, errors, and broken dependencies introduced into your scripts, functions, and […]
Case Study: City of South Portland's migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016. Chris will talk about his upgrade from an on-premise Microsoft Office 2007 and Exchange 2010 environment to an on-premise Office and Exchange 2016 environment. He will talk about his decision making process for going on-prem vs a cloud based solution, how […]
The Future of Windows Server and Hyper-V There are a lot of new technologies and approaches being tossed about today… Cloud Services, Converged Infrastructure, Reduced Surface Areas of Attack, Software-Defined-Just-About-Everything, Nano Server, Server Core, Server vNext, etc. So what’s Microsoft up to and where are they going? We’ve heard about the “Cloud First” mentality at […]
Presentation/Discussion: Single Sign-On using Microsoft ADFS 2016 Active Directory Federated Services is a role of Windows Server 2008-2016 that simplifies authentication for end users. Instead of typing a username and password when accessing a web application, users login to ADFS and are securely redirected through the SAML protocol. Web applications vary but include common platforms […]
In this session, we’ll dig into Microsoft’s new solution for deploying Virtual Desktops from Azure. The discussion and demo will walk through the components of the solution (200-level technical info) and dig into some tricks, best practices, and things to keep in mind when deploying this solution. We’ll also discuss where Partner value-add solutions come […]
Terminal Server, RDP, Citrix, Oh MY! How do I choose the best remote work technology and approach to support my workforce during this pandemic? Join us to discuss use cases and lessons around work-from-home scenarios, successes, and failures, as well as ways to keep using your emergency investment for ongoing DR/BCP plans. Remote worker technical […]
