Minasi forum Meeting 2012

A technical forum I've participated in for years is having another gathering in the near future. Lots of cool people with years of Microsoft knowledge backing up their claims and beliefs. So come along for an educational and fun event.

The dates and speakers for the Minasi 2012 Forum Meeting have been finalised and now published.


You can find the necessary details here

Minasi Conference Website

and here

Minasi Technical Forum

You can book here

Minasi Conference Registration Page

As a preview, here are the speakers

2012 Schedule 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 30th 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 1st 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