MMS 2018

Nerds of a Feather sessions are the heart of MMS! Come and spend time with other professionals who are working on the same ConfigMgr or MDT Operating System Deployment challenges you are. These round-tables have moderators who are experts in the area, and your peers may have excellent solutions you may never have even considered. Come network with the community in this informal round-table, Q&A, random knowledge event!

Description:
Microsoft Intune has great features, but software deployment features might seem quite limited if you have used ConfigMgr for software deployment. In this session we’ll cover Intune’s software deployment features to Windows 10 devices and what options exist to make software deployment more useful. You can (for example) utilize PowerShell to install software or convert your apps to Intune supported formats.

What you will learn:

• Know the features and limitations of Microsoft Intune software deployment.
• Understand how you can use PowerShell to deploy software with Microsoft Intune.
• Learn how to convert Win32 applications installation packages to .appx 
• Some useful additional utilities are covered which makes software deployment easier.

Description:
Join Johan and Ami in a session covering the tools and processes to use when troubleshooting OS Deployments using ConfigMgr Current Branch. You will learn about common issues and their workarounds, parsing log files, driver handling, WinPE, PXE, Unknown Computers and much more. Johan and Ami will share their notes from the field, as well as tips & tricks for making OS Deployment using ConfigMgr even better.

What you will learn:

• Tips & tricks to quickly solve OS Deployment issues
• Understanding the ConfigMgr OS Deployment processes
• Learn about common issues and workarounds

Description:
Join Johan and Ami in a session covering the tools and processes to use when troubleshooting OS Deployments using ConfigMgr Current Branch. You will learn about common issues and their workarounds, parsing log files, driver handling, WinPE, PXE, Unknown Computers and much more. Johan and Ami will share their notes from the field, as well as tips & tricks for making OS Deployment using ConfigMgr even better.

What you will learn:

• Tips & tricks to quickly solve OS Deployment issues
• Understanding the ConfigMgr OS Deployment processes
• Learn about common issues and workarounds

Nerds of a Feather sessions are the heart of MMS! Come and spend time with other professionals who are working on the same ConfigMgr or MDT Operating System Deployment challenges you are. These round-tables have moderators who are experts in the area, and your peers may have excellent solutions you may never have even considered. Come network with the community in this informal round-table, Q&A, random knowledge event!

Description:
The old champion of settings management; Group Policy, is challenged by a new contender Modern Device Management (MDM) for Windows 10 environments. Group Policy has been around for ages and everyone knows how to utilize it. During the session we will compare how you can accomplish different Windows 10 settings management related administrative tasks with two different environments: Azure AD joined device managed by Microsoft Intune vs on-prem AD joined device managed by Group Policy. In this talk, led by Panu Saukko, you’ll see some demonstrations of both Group Policy and MDM, to explain how to perform the same task and maybe learn a new trick with some old tech, maybe just a new trick!  We’ll bust some myths around Windows 10 MDM and how it handles settings management in a cloud environment. Can you actually accomplish the most requested Group Policy features with MDM?  To help answer these questions, Panu has invited Jeremy Moskowitz, Group Policy and management MVP to help give his commentary during the talk and demos; so all sides are represented. By the time Panu is done, you’ll learn about the strengths and shortcomings of the “old guy Group Policy” and “new kid on the block MDM” when managing Windows 10 settings. 

What you will learn:

• In this 1-on-1 battle session you will learn the strengths and limitations of managing Windows 10 settings with both Group Policy and MDM.
• You will learn how to effectively utilize Microsoft Intune’s settings management
• The session will contain lots of demos and notes from the field.

Description:
Windows 7 is still broadly used in educational environments. With 2020 coming up very fast, schools need to look at Windows 10. What brings Windows 10 for Education for us and about Windows 10 S? Learn during this session when to use what version, what the limitations are and how you are able to deploy, enroll and manage Windows 10 with Microsoft Intune for Education for your students and teachers.

What you will learn:

• What is available for Windows 10 in Edu
• Differences between Windows 10 S verus Windows 10 Edu
• How Microsoft Intune for Edu can help you manage Windows 10

Description:
Operating system deployments are tricky enough, now comes Windows 10 that needs to be upgraded frequently. Windows 10 Servicing has many challenges in the enterprise: huge payloads, application compatibility, useful reporting, and most challenging, end users! Mike, Keith and Gary will present on some of these challenges, and steps to prepare your environment for these biannual upgrades using pre-caching, app compatibility scans, custom reporting metrics, and auto remediation pre-assessments - or "WaaS in the Enterprise" as we like to call it. Part One of the Two-part series will focus on the principles and techniques behind the scenes that are part of the continual WaaS in the Enterprise architecture. This will include a detailed overview of the process flow, as well as setting up and configuring the WaaS framework using ConfigMgr.

What you will learn:

• Gain better insight into forming your own Windows as a Service in the Enterprise
• Ready to use sample scripts, task sequences, tips and tricks
• Take away WaaS information and directly apply it to your own environments

Nerds of a Feather sessions are the heart of MMS! Come and spend time with other professionals who are working on the same ConfigMgr or MDT Operating System Deployment challenges you are. These round-tables have moderators who are experts in the area, and your peers may have excellent solutions you may never have even considered. Come network with the community in this informal round-table, Q&A, random knowledge event!

Description:
Operating system deployments are tricky enough, now comes Windows 10 that needs to be upgraded frequently. Windows 10 Servicing has many challenges in the enterprise: huge payloads, application compatibility, useful reporting, and most challenging, end users! Mike, Keith and Gary will present on some of these challenges, and steps to prepare your environment for these biannual upgrades using pre-caching, app compatibility scans, custom reporting metrics, and auto remediation pre-assessments - or "WaaS in the Enterprise" as we like to call it. Part One of the Two-part series will focus on the principles and techniques behind the scenes that are part of the continual WaaS in the Enterprise architecture. This will include a detailed overview of the process flow, as well as setting up and configuring the WaaS framework using ConfigMgr.

What you will learn:

• Gain better insight into forming your own Windows as a Service in the Enterprise
• Ready to use sample scripts, task sequences, tips and tricks
• Take away WaaS information and directly apply it to your own environments

Nerds of a Feather sessions are the heart of MMS! Come and spend time with other professionals who are working on the same ConfigMgr or MDT Operating System Deployment challenges you are. These round-tables have moderators who are experts in the area, and your peers may have excellent solutions you may never have even considered. Come network with the community in this informal round-table, Q&A, random knowledge event!