MMS 2018: Full Schedule

8:00am CDT

Deploying New Machines with Windows AutoPilot

Limited Capacity filling up

Description:
You've probably deployed new Windows PCs the same way for many years. With Windows AutoPilot, all of that changes, moving away from imaging and instead focusing on transforming new devices into business-ready PCs. In this session, we'll look at how Windows AutoPilot works, the scenarios that it supports, and what it takes for you to set it up yourselves.

What you will learn:

Understand the purpose and goals of Windows AutoPilot.
Learn how to set up Windows AutoPilot so that you can deploy your first device.
See the current and future features of Windows AutoPilot.

Speakers

Gerry Hampson

Senior Consultant, Ergo Group | Microsoft MVP, Ergo Group

Gerry is a Senior Consultant for Ergo Group based in Dublin, Ireland and is a specialist in Microsoft consultancy and implementations, particularly in the area of enterprise client management. He has co-authored a number of books on System Center Configuration Manager, most recently... Read More →

Michael Niehaus

Programme Director, 2Pint Software

Michael Niehaus is a Programme Director and Master Inventor at 2Pint Software, working on device management and OS deployment technologies. Previously, Michael spent 16 years at Microsoft working on MDT, Windows as a Service, Windows Autopilot, and related management and deployment... Read More →

Monday May 14, 2018 8:00am - 9:45am CDT
Lakes A

Windows 10, Autopilot, Provisioning

Skill Level Dive

10:00am CDT

Windows 10 - 1803 - What's New and What Versions are Now Retired?

Limited Capacity seats available

Description:
Windows as a Service (WAAS) brings us new features every 6 months. What is in the newest release of Windows 10? What do I care about from the enterprise perspective.

What you will learn:

Feature review of W10 1803
Review of depricated versions 1511,1607, and more
Deprecated Features

Speakers

Shaun Cassells

Microsoft MVP, 1E / CTSMUG

I am a Microsoft MVP (Windows Insider) and executive at Central Texas Systems Management User Group (CTSMUG). I am a Principal Solutions Engineer for 1E. I specialize in analysis, optimization, and design of Tactical Solutions to Strategic Business Goals.I have been working in IT/OT... Read More →

Michael Niehaus

Programme Director, 2Pint Software

Monday May 14, 2018 10:00am - 11:45am CDT
Lakes A

Windows 10, WaaS, Windows 10

Skill Level Refresher

1:00pm CDT

How to Effectively Deploy Software to Windows 10 Devices with Microsoft Intune

Limited Capacity seats available

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.

Speakers

Gerry Hampson

Senior Consultant, Ergo Group | Microsoft MVP, Ergo Group

Panu Saukko

ProTrainIT Oy, MVP - Enterprise Mobility, ProTrainIT Oy

Panu Saukko is a consultant and trainer at ProTrainIT and is based in Finland. He has over 20 years of experience working with Microsoft technologies and has been MVP for 19 years. Panu has worked with Microsoft’s management products over 20 years. He has created training courseware... Read More →

Monday May 14, 2018 1:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
Lakes A

Enterprise Management, Modern Management, Windows 10

Skill Level Dive

3:00pm CDT

Intune: What's New and Roadmap – See it here first!

Limited Capacity seats available

Description:
A lot is happening in Microsoft Intune! Come join us to see cool new features in the standalone Intune service, understand how large enterprises are adopting it, and get a look at the roadmap!

What you will learn:

What's new in Intune
Common challenges in the enterprises, and how to overcome them.
How to get here

Speakers

Peter Daalmans

Microsoft MVP, Workplace Architect, Daalmans Consulting B.V.

Peter is a Principal Workplace Consultant / Architect and Microsoft Certified Trainer at Daalmans Consulting with a primary focus on the Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager and Enterprise Mobility. Peter is awarded every year as a Microsoft Enterprise Mobility MVP (Configuration... Read More →

Tristan Scott

Principle PM Manager, Microsoft

Tristan Scott is a Principal PM Manager on the Microsoft Intune product team.

Monday May 14, 2018 3:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
Lakes A

Enterprise Management, Intune

Skill Level Refresher

8:00am CDT

10 Things You Need as an Enterprise Scripter

Limited Capacity seats available

Description:
This session will outline the top 10 things you need for successful script development in the enterprise. There is far more involved than just a single functional script! The items we will be covering can be considered the bare minimum of what you need in order to be successful automating in the enterprise. Topics will cover technical and non-technical subjects and should really help with raising the quality and professionalism of your automation projects.

What you will learn:

A checklist of items needed for successful enterprise scripting.
How to get started implementing all 10 needed items.
An excitement to do great things.

Speakers

Fred Bainbridge

Microsoft MVP, Automation Engineer, Big Bank

IT Automation junkie. Mostly focused on Automated the world with .NET.

Ryan Ephgrave

Microsoft MVP, Operations Engineer, Big Bank

Ryan is the author of the Powershell Right Click Tools and Recast RCT Free for Configuration Manager 2012. He works as a systems engineer for Wells Fargo and helps organizations design, implement and maintain their System Center environments.

Tuesday May 15, 2018 8:00am - 9:45am CDT
Lakes A

Automation, Powershell

Skill Level Improvements

10:00am CDT

ConfigMgr Configuration Items With PowerShell to Detect/Report/Remediate

Limited Capacity seats available

Description:
Do you want to use configuration items with PowerShell to identify computers with a specific vulnerability? Maybe you need to configure a bunch of machine with some arcane settings. Perhaps some computers need a custom WiFi profile. In this session we will go over using signed PowerShell code in configuration items to detect, report on and remediate desired configurations states for client workstations.

What you will learn:

Code signing. Bypass-what?
Detection/Remediation scripts - how to properly leverage detection and remeidation in ConfigMgr
Reporting around CIs - what are some important tables, examples
Using multiple CIs to build collections for reporting/targeting/remediating - leveraging all the tools available in ConfigMgr to build collections and get a little more granular in your targeting of deployments

Speakers

Jeff Bolduan

Sys Admin, University of Minnesota

My name is Jeff Bolduan and I currently work for the University of Minnesota as a computer management administrator. I've been working in IT for 12 years starting in college working summer internships. My interest in computer management started while working an internship with a fortune... Read More →

Sherry Kissinger

Cardinal Health

For ConfigMgr, talk to me about large hierarchies, inventory customizations, compliance settings, and reporting for the SQL and SRS-challenged.

Tuesday May 15, 2018 10:00am - 11:45am CDT
Lakes A

Enterprise Management, Configuration Items, Powershell

Skill Level Improvements

12:00pm CDT

Git it Done with docs.microsoft.com

Limited Capacity seats available

Description:
Did you know the new documentation platform, docs.microsoft.com, is open for community contributions? Do you want to share your knowledge of products like ConfigMgr, Intune, Azure and more? This session will provide you the steps to get started with the GitHub platform, so you can collaborate on our documentation. No prior experience required!

What you will learn:

Understand the GitHub platform used for online documentation.
Collaborate with the engineering and content publishing teams on our product documentation.
Submit an edit to a topic and track the progress to publication.

Speakers

Aaron Czechowski

Principal Content Developer, Microsoft

Aaron Czechowski (@AaronCzechowski) works on docs.microsoft.com for Microsoft Endpoint Manager, focused on Configuration Manager. Ask him about ConfigMgr docs, and how you can contribute. Other good topics of conversation include Scouting, hiking, LEGO, or music.

Tuesday May 15, 2018 12:00pm - 12:45pm CDT
Lakes A

Lunch, Github

Skill Level Dive

1:00pm CDT

Architecting ConfigMgr

Limited Capacity seats available

Description:
Come and enjoy a guided tour through the latest Microsoft products available to ConfigMgr Infrastructure architects, with which we can realize new and exciting hierarchy designs for on-premise, off-premise and the most common, a hybrid of the two. We'll cover off the best use cases for Intune standalone and hybrid, CMG, Cloud DP, Azure AD, Azure, High Availability, and even throw in IBCM to highlight a strategic design choice. Throughout the tour we'll show you the right way to fit these pieces together, to suit a variety of hierarchy models that align with most small to large sized organizations. So join us, and kick back while we take you on the tour of the 'new' possible for infrastructure administrators and full on architect's, with a look into the crystal ball to imagine what will come next.

What you will learn:

Architect ConfigMgr like a Boss, using the latest design options available from Microsoft
Take the opportunity to step back and see how all these Modern Microsoft technologies fit together
Become a legend amongst your peers as a confirmed ConfigMgr Architect just by attending!
Opportunity to talk to an EM MVP that enjoys architecting design solutions for ConfigMgr as his occupation

Speakers

Robert Marshall

Director - EM MVP, Microsoft MVP, SMSMarshall

Robert is Director and Senior Consultant at SMSMarshall, and hails from London, England. He has been working around ConfigMgr full on since SMS2003 released, ultimately evolving into a self-described architect, authoring many exotic designs, and is into his 9th year as an EM MVP... Read More →

Wally Mead

None, Former Microsoft MVP, Retired

Wally has retired from the business world, and will not be keeping up with the ever changing world of Configuration Manager, so will be no longer doing any public speaking, not even MMS. However, since he loves the event, and the people he's met over the years, he volunteers at MMS... Read More →

Tuesday May 15, 2018 1:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
Lakes A

Enterprise Management, Architecture, ConfigMgr

Skill Level Improvements

3:00pm CDT

Windows 10 Customizations - 2018 Edition!! - Option 2

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Description:
Windows 10 comes with a lot of built-in apps that really are not suited for the enterprise! During this session we will go through what can be customized, what should be customized and what we shouldn't touch at all. Microsoft is investing a lot in this area to so we will cover the latest changes in behavior when doing upgrades, applocker and app uppdates. Don't make the same mistakes as many others, come to this session and learn about it!

What you will learn:

How to customize Windows 10
What not to customize
What will be the downside if you customize
Learn from our experience of what is a good Idea and what is not

Speakers

Gary Blok

Engineer, HP

Working on Intune & ConfigMgr along with Azure to develop improvements in endpoint management and reporting.I've worked in several areas over the past year, hardware OEM, finacial, state government, small startups, K-12, higher ed, and consulting.Best known for blogging on GARYTOWN... Read More →

Mark Godfrey

Lead Product Manager - WEX Fleet Management - Policy, Remediations, & Tooling, HP

Software Product Manager at HP working on manageability tools (Connect, CMSL, HPIA) and associated services. Former software engineer and systems engineer. Former MNSCUG(TCSMUG) VP and Pres. Passionate about Automation and Security in the Systems Management field.

Jörgen Nilsson

Trusted Security Advisor | Microsoft MVP, Onevinn AB

Jorgen is working as a principal consultant at Onevinn in Sweden. He has been working as a consultant since 1993 with a focus on Enterprise Client Management and System Management. Involved in many projects and also a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Security MVP and deliver training's... Read More →

Nash Pherson

Customer Success Manager, Modern Workplace, Microsoft

Nash Pherson is a Customer Success Manager for Microsoft focused on Win 10 Enterprise, EMS/SCCM and Office 365. Prior to joining Microsoft, Nash was a systems management consultant and a Microsoft MVP for Enterprise Client Management.Nash's expertise is in organizational development... Read More →

Tuesday May 15, 2018 3:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
Lakes A

Windows 10, Windows 10

Skill Level Dive

8:00am CDT

ConfigMgr-Anonymous - The Anonymous ConfigMgr Admins Meeting

Limited Capacity seats available

Description:
These are their stories. Bring your ConfigMgr Pocket Diary, and listen to stories of what we've seen, heard and learned, as well as maybe a couple legends (remember, there's always a little bit of truth in legends). We are reminded that it's a good thing to learn from your mistakes. With ConfigMgr, we recommend to learn from other admin's mistakes when possible (they're much less painful for you that way). We'll also have time in the Q&A to share your "friend's" stories too, so bring 'em!

What you will learn:

Nobody's perfect! It doesn't take much to land on the wrong side of the tracks.
How to mitigate/reduce damage, all the while being honest, and accurately quantifying the scope of the issue.
Best practices to prevent a RGE (Resume-Generating-Event)

Speakers

Kent Agerlund

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director | CT Global, MMS Staff

Love to talk about anything related to Enterprise Client Management, cycling, running and football :-)Microsoft Enterprise Client Management MVP and Microsoft Regional Director

Jason Sandys

Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Jason is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft for the Experience & Devices Customer Acceleration Team (CAT). Jason has 25+ years of experience in a wide range of technologies, environments, and industries and extensive knowledge in implementing and supporting all things Windows... Read More →

Wednesday May 16, 2018 8:00am - 9:45am CDT
Lakes A

Enterprise Management, ConfigMgr

Skill Level Tips and Tricks

10:00am CDT

Patching: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Limited Capacity filling up

Description:
While every organization strives for 100% patch compliance, few achieve it. In this session we'll discuss the obstacles to that goal and how to work around them. Be prepared to leave with a whole bag of fun tricks to try out when you get back to the office.

What you will learn:

An understanding of how WSUS works with ConfigMgr and why you should care.
How patching has changed and what it means for your update strategy.
Tools to help automate the tasks needed for a healthy patching environment.

Speakers

Bryan Dam

Patch Lover Extraordinaire, Patch My PC

After 15 years as a system administrator, most recently at a large Midwest supermarket, I've spent the last few as a software developer focused on trying to solve the day-to-day problems facing system adminsitrators. I'm active in the online support communities and most days you'll... Read More →

Daniel Ratliff

Lead Systems Engineer, Humana Inc.

Daniel Ratliff is a Lead Systems Engineer focusing on Enterprise Windows Administration and Modern Device Management. He loves working with technologies such as MEMCM, OSD, and PowerShell while sharing their success with others. He frequents Twitter, /r/SCCM, WinAdmins Discord... Read More →

Wednesday May 16, 2018 10:00am - 11:45am CDT
Lakes A

Enterprise Management, ConfigMgr

Skill Level Dive

1:00pm CDT

ConfigMgr Inboxes A through Z

Limited Capacity seats available

Description:
A typical A through Z sessions like we've done in the past with ConfigMgr Policies, Collections and State and Status messages. This time we'll dive deep into another core component of ConfigMgr, the Inboxes. ConfigMgr relies heavily on file-based triggers so knowing how to handle that will benefit every ConfigMgr Admin.

What you will learn:

Understand the inner workings of the ConfigMgr Inbox system
Manipulate Inbox files for personal gain & glory
Knowing which files are supposed to be in the Inboxes by default and which ones can be cleaned up

Speakers

Tom Degreef

Senior Consultant, OSCC

Tom has been a Configmgr consultant for several years and has been a Microsoft Support Escalation Engineer for over 2 years. Tom became an independent Configmgr Consultant again and delivers consultancy for just about anything that is EMS or Systems Management related. The focus has... Read More →

Kim Oppalfens

Microsoft MVP, Senior Consultant, OSCC

Kim Oppalfens was awarded as an MVP 1st of April 2005, which makes him one of a couple of ConfigMgr April fool's MVP's. Kim is a self-proclaimed quiet, shy guy and overall nice guy, although part of that statement is currently under stress because of the evil influence of certain... Read More →

Wednesday May 16, 2018 1:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
Lakes A

Enterprise Management, ConfigMgr, Infrastructure

Skill Level Drown

3:00pm CDT

Windows 10 OS Deployment - MVP Showcase - Option 2

Limited Capacity filling up

Description:
During this session we will showcase our best tips and tweak for deploying Windows 10. How do we use nested task sequences to get the most out of this new feature, and much more will be answered during this session.

What you will learn:

Tips for more efficient OSD
How to use nested task sequences
Real world samples from the best in the world

Speakers

Keith Garner

Software Design Engineer, Wells Fargo

Windows Deployment Subject Matter Expert. Microsoft MVP for Windows and Devices for IT.Former Microsoft Employee

Jörgen Nilsson

Trusted Security Advisor | Microsoft MVP, Onevinn AB

Mikael Nystrom

Microsoft MVP, Geek, Truesec

Mikael Nystrom is a Microsoft MVP and Principal Technical Architect at TrueSec, with an extremely broad field of competence. He has worked with all kind of infrastructure tasks in all kind of environments, enterprise to small business. He is working deep within products such as Microsoft... Read More →

Mike Terrill

Principal Engineer, Microsoft MVP, 2Pint Software

Mike’s career has been focused on systems management and operating system deployment for over 26 years. He is a Microsoft Intune & Windows and Devices MVP and runs the Arizona Systems Management User Group. He specializes in the design, architecture and installation of Configuration... Read More →

Wednesday May 16, 2018 3:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
Lakes A

Enterprise Management, ConfigMgr, OSD

Skill Level Improvements

8:00am CDT

Keep ConfigMgr Clean! (Operating Smoothly, Clean, Efficient, Optimized) - Option 2

Limited Capacity filling up

Description:
Is your ConfigMgr environment clean and optimized? No? Get on it Timmy! Gary, Doug, and Mark will show you how to keep your environment running smoothly and efficiently. Optimal configuration, automated environment maintenance, collection evaluation performance, and the new Management Insights feature will all be covered to show you how to improve your environment.

What you will learn:

You will learn how to configure your environment for optimal performance, especially in terms of SQL, WSUS, IIS Settings, and more.
Find out how to automate your environment maintenance using native and 3rd party solutions.
See how to analyze and optimize your collection evaluation performance.
Learn about the new Management Insights feature within the ConfigMgr console and how it helps you keep your environment clean.

Speakers

Gary Blok

Engineer, HP

Mark Godfrey

Lead Product Manager - WEX Fleet Management - Policy, Remediations, & Tooling, HP

Doug Wilson

MVP Enterprise Mobility

I am a systems management enthusiast by trade, passionate about automation and data reporting by training. End User experience expert with a specialty in modern device management. I have experience in managing and implementing build outs of Configuration Manager and Intune. I also... Read More →

Thursday May 17, 2018 8:00am - 9:45am CDT
Lakes A

Enterprise Management, ConfigMgr

Skill Level Improvements

10:00am CDT

IBCM vs CMG

Limited Capacity seats available

Description:
In the modern workplace users are mobile and expect to work from anywhere. The cloud management gateway allows IT to maintain control, compliance and inventory for those remote devices using no on-premise internet-facing infrastructure. This is a simpler, yet more secure, solution than a traditional IBCM implementation. When used in conjunction with Azure Active Directory we can have computers join ConfigMgr over the internet thereby eliminating the need for the computer to ever connect directly to the corporate network. We’ll cover the end to end process of installing a CMG and joining an Internet based client to ConfigMgr.

What you will learn:

What is the CMG and why you should use it
So why not just use Intune?
How to set it up

Speakers

Steven Hosking

Windows CAT PM, Microsoft

With 20 years of experience in end use compute management, across internal, consultant, and now Vendor, Steven can provide a unique point of view. He is also one of the founding members of the highly popular Intune.training series.

John Marcum

Managing Consultant, Microsoft MVP, CTGlobal Services

John Marcum, Enterprise Client Management MVP, is a Managing Consultant with Coretech US. Starting with SMS 2.0, John has been highly focused on enterprise client management. Most recently John has become a leading expert in the Microsoft Enterprise Mobility and Security suite.

Thursday May 17, 2018 10:00am - 11:45am CDT
Lakes A

Enterprise Management, CMG, ConfigMgr, Infrastructure

Skill Level Dive

12:00pm CDT

Leading Change

Limited Capacity seats available

Description:
Change is a fact of life. Change is a source of anxiety for many people, but it doesn’t have to be. In this session we’ll discuss how leading change is a useful tool of the trade.

What you will learn:

The value of change
How to lead change when its needed or inevitable

Speakers

Aaron Czechowski

Principal Content Developer, Microsoft

Thursday May 17, 2018 12:00pm - 12:45pm CDT
Lakes A

Lunch, Leadership

Skill Level Tips and Tricks

1:00pm CDT

Community Tools Rule - PowerShell Edition!

Limited Capacity seats available

Description:
Did you know there are over 2,500 modules on the PowerShell Gallery? Do you even know what the PowerShell Gallery is? There are so many quality PowerShell tools out there to help author scripts that it's sometimes hard to keep up! Come on down and see what the presenters use on a daily basis to help author, deploy, and troubleshoot PowerShell scripts!

What you will learn:

About cool tools in the PowerShell Gallery
See what PowerShell editors and extensions are available
How to contribute!

Speakers

Ryan Ephgrave

Microsoft MVP, Operations Engineer, Big Bank

Stephen Owen

Automation Engineer, Wells Fargo

I'm an automation engineer who loves to write PowerShell and C# and have years of experience in consulting servicing clients of every size. I've covered my exploits writing PowerShell for every API and service you can imagine on my blog FoxDeploy.com (I didn't say they were well-written... Read More →

Thursday May 17, 2018 1:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
Lakes A

Automation, Community Tools, Powershell

Skill Level Tips and Tricks

3:00pm CDT

Hacking the Task Sequence 2018 - Option 2

Limited Capacity filling up

Description:
Task Sequences, they aren't just for deploying operating systems anymore. They can be used for all sorts of things, like deploying complex software applications or even upgrading to the latest version of Windows 10. Back by popular demand, Hacking the Task Sequence is back at MMS 2018. Join Mike Terrill and Andreas Hammarskjold on journey inside the Task Sequence. Learn some really cool tips and tricks for OSD Task Sequences, as well as (the now supported) Software Distribution Task Sequences.

What you will learn:

Gain better insight into how Task Sequences work behind the scenes
Task Sequence tips and tricks
Directly apply knowledge learned in this session to your own environment

Speakers

Andreas Hammarskjöld

Cat herder, 2Pint Software

First network was a home Network when I was 11 with our neighbours, running Novell Netware. Since the release of the SMS 2003 OS Deployment Feature Pack, Andreas has developed significant experience implementing 100% automated deployment solutions with ConfigMgr. Now it’s all about... Read More →

Mike Terrill

Principal Engineer, Microsoft MVP, 2Pint Software

Thursday May 17, 2018 3:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
Lakes A

Enterprise Management, OSD

Skill Level Dive