Worried
about consumerization or employee owned devices? Maybe you are looking to
empower users with more flexible work styles or cope with the demands of
integrating contractors into your organization. Microsoft, Calgary Systems
Management User Group and the Calgary IT Pro Community Association present an
afternoon showcasing the future of People Centric IT and the technologies to
drive solutions to these challenges. Join Microsoft MVP Kevin Kaminski and
others on a journey through Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Configuration
Manager and Intune.
The event
is scheduled to take place from 12:00pm and 5:30pm Thursday November 14, 2013
at Bottlescrew Bills 140 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0A3 (courtesy of
Inteqna). Lunch and snacks will be supplied (courtesy of CoreTech) along with a
prize draw at the end for a Surface 2 Pro and other prizes (courtesy of
Microsoft). The event is free and registration can be done via the following
link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/event/8423945247
Agenda
Mobility with
Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone – Kalvin Falconar, Microsoft
Time:
12:30-1:00
Description:
Mobility
has become a widely recognized megatrend. Mobile device use for business has
grown rapidly. A high percentage of employees and remote field workers will use
at least one mobile device for work and in many cases “bring their own”. The
proliferation of small, fast, powerful, ruggedized and highly secure devices enable
field workers to be more productive.
The
challenge for IT is to evolve rapidly and work with other business leaders to
develop and implement enterprise-wide mobile solutions. This includes enabling
richer connectivity, better applications and integration, wherever, whenever,
while maintaining enterprise-grade security and availability.
·
Demonstration:
Windows 8.1 offers dramatic improvements in mobility, management and device
choice. (Bonus content: Five reasons you
want to deploy Windows 8.1 over Windows 7.)
·
Demonstration:
Rugged, field ready devices, SmartPhones running Windows Phone OS, and Tablets
running Windows 8.1 will be showcased.
·
Discussion:
What is happening on the immediate horizon with Windows Devices?
Enable your IT
Infrastructure to be People Centric – Jeff Chin, Microsoft
Time:
1:15 - 2:15PM
Description:
Don't lose
sleep again over desktop and device management. People-centric IT (PCIT)
empowers each user to work virtually anywhere on PCs and devices of their
choice while providing IT with an easy, consistent, and secure way to manage it
all. Expectations of technology and IT are changing - The lines between
personal life and work are blurring; and the people you support want a
consistent and personalized experience no matter what device they're using.
Supporting an ecosystem of devices and applications can be expensive, consuming
valuable IT resources and exposing security risks. Microsoft's approach
helps organizations offer a comprehensive solution, built on top of your
existing infrastructure to create a consistent and secure self-service and
management experience.
Welcome to Intune
– Kevin Kaminski, CoreTech
Time:
2:30-3:00
Description:
This
session is to bring you up to speed on Windows Intune. There will be a brief
overview of current capabilities but the session will drill into the mobile
device management, application deployment and reporting improvements in this
cloud based service.
System Center
Configuration Manager R2 with Intune – Kevin Kaminski, CoreTech
Time:
3:15-4:15
Description:
With the
new product release schedule for System Center product changes are showing up
on a yearly basis. This presentation will introduce some of the cloud based
offerings to supporting devices and users using Configuration Manager 2012 R2
with Intune. Discover how you can manage Remote access and WiFi profiles along
with the related certificates using Configuration Manager. Deploy Firewall and
antivirus profiles with better compliance reporting and remediation. The
application model in Configuration Manager 2012 will be introduced where much
logic that used to be embedded in package wrappers is now managed and reported
on at the infrastructure level. See how this can be leveraged to provide
advanced behaviors for application deployment.
Using
Intune you can have different management profiles and capabilities to suit the
different management requirements between personal and corporate owned devices.
See how Intune can complement an existing Configuration Manager environment to
manage remote, mobile, personal or non-domain joined devices.
Doing Business
Differently with Office 365 - Sheldon Mackarenko, Microsoft
Time:
4:30 – 5:00
Description:
The New
Office enables your users to be more efficient, sacrifice nothing and become
more productive. From a fluid experience across devices your users can
adopt the new technology intuitively. More and more organizations are
eliminating multiple bolt on solutions for a complete end to end integrated
productivity solution. Find out how Office 365 would allow your team to
drive productivity and innovation.
Speakers:
Kalvin Falconar,
CISSP
Kalvin
Falconar holds several certifications in Project Management, Lean Six Sigma,
Architecture, and Information Security. He has worked in IT for over 27
years and as of September 1, 2013 has taken a new role at Microsoft in Western
Canada helping organizations respond to the need for mobility in industrial and
corporate scenarios.
Jeff Chin, TSP
Jeff has
filled many roles over the years from being a developer to joining Microsoft as
a Premier Field Engineer. Jeff’s current role at Microsoft helps customers
understand and implement the latest technologies enabling the optimized desktop
and mobile workforce. His proven track record shows how he is able to
understand challenges and requirements of diverse customer environments and
produce top notch solutions to suit their demands.
Kevin Kaminski,
MVP
Kevin is a
seasoned consultant focusing mainly on end user type technologies that range
from device management to application delivery. Using his experiences from
different organizations he is able to draw upon practical knowledge that he
incorporates into his speaking engagements, training material and articles. As
an App-V MVP, Kevin delivers and maintains an App-V master’s class with fellow
MVP Tim Mangan. He also spends time blogging for MyItForum.com and speaking at
various engagements such as BriForum and Microsoft Management Summit. To assist
his local IT community he sits as a director on the Calgary IT Pro User Group
and manages the Calgary Systems Management User Group.
Sheldon Mackarenko
TBA
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