Minasi Conference 2012

Mark Minasi’s mini-IT conference is back in action in 2012.  It might be mini in size, but it swings a big game in content.  The speakers include big conference names like Mark Minasi and Don Jones.  You’ll also find a bunch of MVPs, Microsoft employees, and industry experts speaking and attending.  Being a mini-conference, this is a place where you can get to spend time with these people without the having to run away to some meeting or their next session.

This is the first Minasi Conference I won’t be able to attend.  Unfortunately my calendar is nuts and a few things, like this and the Vienna PubForum, have had to be dropped

Sunday – April 29th 2012

• 12:00 – Conference Registration Begins
• 1.00 – Opening Session led by Mark Minasi + Don Jones, What has changed in the last 3 years, how to stay on TOP!
• 2.00 – Session 1: Mark Minasi – 10 (or more) things that you don’t know about Windows Server 8
• 3:15 – Break
• 3:30 – Don Jones
• 4:00 – Ed Wilson – Microsoft Scripting guy on everything but PosH 3
• 4:30 – Break
• 4:45 – Mark Minasi
• 6:00 – Welcome Reception

Monday  – April 30^th  2012

• 9:00 – Jimi Vigotti – how I do it and how you can to (with the right kit).
• 10:15 – Dave Bisson – Enterprise App Store
• 11:30 – Break
• 11:45 – Stacy Hein – SQL Server at scale. Office 365 style
• 1:00 – Lunch (Provided)
• 1:45 – Todd Lammle – The next step.
• 3:00 – James Summerlin – SQL Server Integration Services – More in-depth than last time!
• 4:15 – Break
• 4:30 – James Adgate – Security in The Enterprise in 2012:  Managing DLP Programs and Driving Standards for Secure Coding of Home Grown Web-Facing Enterprise Applications.
• 5:45 – Offsite Dinner Organized with Transportation

Tuesday – May 1^st 2012

• 9:00 – James Summerlin – Juniper, Life after TMG/ ISA
• 10:30  –Scott Calvet – TBC Desktop Virtualization VMware View 5
• 11:00 – Dennis Olidis – Free Tools to Troubleshoot and Diagnose your Windows System
• 12:30 – Lunch (Provided)
• 1:00 – Eric Rux  – TBC– Using Windows in your Home!
• 2:15 – Break
• 2:30 – A N Other – Microsoft Conferencing, Skype and Lync
• 3:45 – Break
• 4:00 – Curt Spanburg – Microsoft Business Application Survival Skills for the IT Admin
• 5:30 – Dinner (on your own) at a local restaurant. Last chance to rub elbows.

Wednesday -  May 2nd 2012

• 9.00  – Ultan Kinahan – Fixing the big stuff!
• 10:00 – Ton Siemons – Comparing Hypervisors, VMware, HyperV and Xen
• 11:15 – Break
• 11:30 – Michael Ferguson – Managing Security
• 12:45 – Closing and Lunch
• 2:00 – Unofficial Round Table

You can learn more about the registration on the official site, and on-going conversation regarding the event can be found on Mark’s forum.