Events

PowerShell is one of the most awesome tools Microsoft has created in the past 20 years. It has the power of .NET combined with an easy to learn scripting language syntax. Join LouMUG this month for our first ever virtual event as Tony Morrow shows you how to take simple PowerShell code and elevate it to the next level.

Topics:

• What is PowerShell?
• How does Tony uses PowerShell?
• How to:
  • Install and use modules
  • Loop and pipe data
  • Create custom objects
  • Build advanced functions
  • And more

Tony is the Principal Solutions Architect at Bellarmine University’s Information Technology Department. With 10 years of experience he is considered a jack-of-all-trades, assisting with managing the University’s network, security, and wireless infrastructure; server and virtual environment; and designs solutions using PowerShell whenever possible. Tony is an avid technology nerd and race car fan with more knowledge than any one person should have.

We all know the importance of developing a solid IT strategy. Join us this month as we discuss the importance of aligning IT investments with business strategy.

In this session Matthew Workman will be covering the following:

• Brief discussion about content.
• Controlling content chaos, how culture can help
• Driving change where appropriate.
• Some automation tools that can assist, such as:
  • Azure Automation
  • PnP Provisioning Engine
  • Governance and DevOps controls to support business value.

On occasion, as a sysadmin or provider of Infrastructure Support, you have no doubt dealt with those pesky database administrators. They are so needy, they have unreasonable requirements, and they tend to stress about the smallest of things.

But have you ever wondered what is really going on under the hood of a SQL Server? What is the best way to secure it? Why is performance so sporadic? Why is it so hungry for resources?

In this session we will explore some of the nuances of SQL Server, and also attempt to remove the “black box” qualities that overshadow it. In the end, we will all hopefully agree that the DBA is truly indeed neurotic… but understandably so.

We will review:

In today’s IT landscape, the threat model is constantly changing and drastically. The theft of data for purposes of accessing personal customer information is no longer the main driving motivation of bad actors – they are turning to threads aimed at large financial gain. In addition to attacks aimed at holding data for ransom, attacks can also be founded in political activism with the distinct purpose of data destruction in order to interrupt or destroy business. Join us to learn about these threats and how you can increase the probability of recovering your most critical business data in light of these new threat models.

We will review:

• Overall threat landscape today
• The cost these threats wreak on business
• Application dependency mapping to identify risks
• Assessing current backup infrastructure
• Strategies to protect your backup data where it cannot be deleted or modified

Agenda

8am: Registration/check-in & breakfast

8:30am: Keynote from Microsoft about direction and strategy

9:15am: Breakout 1

• • • Going With the Flow with Russell of HMB OR
    • Azure MFA with Jacques Guibert de Bruet of Microsoft

10:15am: Breakout 2

• • • Windows Admin Center with Brent Earls of Mirazon OR
    • Machine Learning Lite with Mike Schlegel of HMB

11:15am: Lunch

12:30: Breakout 3

• • • A Day in the Life of A Teams Admin with Ben Powell of Microsoft OR
    • Network Security Landscape with Jason King and Justin Cottrell of Mirazon

1:30: Breakout 4

• • • SD-WAN Breakdown with Mark White of Virtual Telecomm OR
    • PowerBI Dax with Felicity Bongo of HMB