SMMUG in Portland ME: Securing the Horizon View desktop with NSX

Pearl 442 Fore Street , Portland, ME, United States

As more companies more to the Virtual Desktop, this has allowed Malware to be closer to the core of the Data Center and spreading east-west has never been so easy. This session will talk about the segmentation of a use case by creating a new VxLAN's within NSX and then protecting the desktops using NSX […]

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 […]

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 […]

Single Sign-On using Microsoft ADFS 2016- Bangor ME

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

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 […]