SMMUG in Bangor ME: The Future of Windows Server and Hyper-V

Seasons Sports Bar 427 Main Street , Bangor, ME, United States

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 […]

SMMUG in Portland ME: Take control of Security and Compliance with Office365

Pearl 442 Fore Street , Portland, ME, United States

Learn the best practices on how enterprises are deploying and using Office 365, tips to making the most of Microsoft’s built-in security capabilities, and security considerations to meet Office 365 security, compliance and governance requirements. Microsoft takes security and compliance to the next level. Now you have even more control over your data security and […]

SMMUG in Portsmouth NH: Desktop as a Service – Reality or Myth for Public Cloud?

Cisco Brewers 1 Redhook Way Pease International Tradeport , Portsmouth, NH, United States

As Public Cloud becomes a mainstream infrastructure play for many, many companies, the obvious question becomes, “Can I run a VDI solution in this space?” This session of SMMUG will dive into the pros/cons of Public Cloud as a platform along with a roadmap discussion of where Citrix, led by Citrix Cloud SME, Todd Smith, […]

SMMUG in Portland ME: You’ve heard about Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) and vSAN over the past couple years. The big question everyone has, Is it for my organization?

Pearl 442 Fore Street , Portland, ME, United States

Join Mark Gabryjelski, WEI Virtualization Practice Manager, for a look at how these solutions can provide you another option for shared storage in the datacenter, and how managing these solutions keep the focus on Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM), rather than managing LUNs. We will discuss vSAN specifically (and logically about other HCI offerings). WEI is taking […]

How Business-Focused Vulnerability Assessments Reveal the True Threats to Your Organization

Pearl 442 Fore Street , Portland, ME, United States

Presentation/Discussion: There’s an important distinction between the results of a generic ‘scan and print’ vulnerability assessment and one that considers the function of the business in its approach. This discussion will detail the results from actual assessments illustrating what can be expected when using a hybrid approach of standard tools and business-focused manual inspection. The […]

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Single Sign-On using Microsoft ADFS 2016

Pearl 442 Fore Street , Portland, ME, United States

Presentation/Discussion: 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 like Google Apps, Office 365, Salesforce, […]

Security Event Management For An Ever Expanding Attack Surface

Pearl 442 Fore Street , Portland, ME, United States

Presentation/Discussion: How are you capturing and alerting on security events across your network, on your endpoints and in the cloud? Did you know that the average network generates thousands of events per second? Capturing and correlating these events can give you a greater control of what’s going on and what happened should a breach occur. […]

Discover Microsoft Autopilot: Your Newest Deployment Tool to Prepare Computers for Production Deployment

Pearl 442 Fore Street , Portland, ME, United States

Presentation/Discussion: Everyone that has seen it is intrigued by Microsoft’s newest deployment tool – AutoPilot. It promises seriously impressive convenience advantages, but does it deliver? Is it right for your organization? Experience a live deployment and discover the tool’s functionality, ease of implementation, and cost structure. This discussion will provide a detailed and honest comparison […]

Discover Microsoft Autopilot: Your Newest Deployment Tool to Prepare Computers for Production Deployment

Cisco Brewers 1 Redhook Way Pease International Tradeport , Portsmouth, NH, United States

Presentation/Discussion: Everyone that has seen it is intrigued by Microsoft’s newest deployment tool – AutoPilot. It promises seriously impressive convenience advantages, but does it deliver? Is it right for your organization? Experience a live deployment and discover the tool’s functionality, ease of implementation, and cost structure. This discussion will provide a detailed and honest comparison […]