SMMUG in Bangor ME: City of South Portland’s migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016

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

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 […]

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

Pearl 442 Fore Street , Portland, 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, […]

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, […]

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 […]