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Central Texas Systems Management User Group – March 5th 2010

2010-02-16T06:46:00Z

Jason Sandys (blog, twitter) will be presenting in the morning on ConfigMgr OS Deployment 101 and best practices, as well as demonstrating his OSD App Tree. In the Afternoon, the Dell IT guys (and gal) will present on Dell integration with ConfigMgr, focusing on OS Deployment. (see more at www.dell.com/configmgr).
Agenda:
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome and Coffee
10:00 – 12:00 OSD 101 Best Practices, and OSD App Tree
12:00- 1:00 Lunch (Provided by Dell )
1:00 – 3:30 Dell and ConfigMgr Integration (Dell Lifecycle Controller integration, Dell Server Deployment Pack, Dell Client Deployment Pack, Dell Driver Packs, Dell Repository Manager, Dell Server and Client Updates Catalog, and more!)
3:30 - Post-Meeting Social at Baby A's

Jason Sandys, a Senior Consultant at Catapult Systems, has over 15 years of experience in development and systems management. Jason concentrates on implementing and supporting Microsoft-centric solutions for a wide variety of customers, focusing primarily on Configuration Manager and Operations Manager. Jason is a contributing author to the book System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed, is very active in the ConfigMgr community, and is a Microsoft MVP for ConfigMgr.

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Central Texas Systems Management User Group – January 22nd 2010

2010-01-06T17:21:00Z

Michael Niehaus (blog, twitter) will be presenting the entire day for a deep dive on Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 and ConfigMgr 2007 Operating System Deployment, and ConfigMgr R3!

Agenda:

9:30 – 10:00 Welcome and Coffee
10:00 – 11:30 MDT 2010 - Advanced Topics (Working with databases, web services, etc.)
11:30- 12:30 Lunch (Provided by SoftwareOne )
12:30 – 2:30 MDT Extensions for ConfigMgr, OS Deployment Driver Management, and more!
2:30 - 3:30 ConfigMgr 2007 R3 overview, and open forum discussion
3:30 - Post-Meeting Social at Baby A's

Register early! This meeting may be a sell-out!

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Central Texas PowerShell User Group - Friday Nov 6th

2009-10-26T22:41:58Z

You are invited to our first Central Texas PowerShell User Group! Our first meeting will cover the basics of PowerShell 2.0, as well as a demo from Sapien CEO Ferdinand Rios. Dr. Rios will demonstrate Primal Forms as well as how to create GUI interfaces for PowerShell.

Agenda:
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome and Coffee
10:00 – 11:30 PowerShell 101
11:30- 12:30 Lunch (Provided by Sapien)
12:30 – 1:30 Sapien Demo
1:30 - 2:30 PowerShell 201, and Open forum/discussion

Directions

Sapien will be giving away licenses for PrimalScript, PrimalForms, and other swag.

About Ferdinand Rios: Ferdinand Rios is a 23 year veteran of the software industry. During that time, he has been involved in almost every aspect of the business, from programmer, to project manager to CEO. Together with Alex Riedel, Ferdinand helps create the vision and direction for SAPIEN Technologies.

About Sapien: Now in its 23rd year, SAPIEN Technologies is the developer and publisher of the PrimalTools line of system administrator tools. Included in this product line are PrimalScript, an administrative scripting IDE, PrimalForms, a PowerShell RAD tool, PrimalSQL, a database neutral SQL query and management tool, and several other products. See the whole product line at www.primaltools.com.
SAPIEN Technologies offers more than just software: We give you more than 20 years of experience, powerful software applications, authoritative books, supportive communities, and real-world training. It's everything you need to learn new technologies, advance your skills in existing technologies, and work more effectively and more efficiently.

Central Texas Systems Management User Group – November 13th 2009

2009-10-14T19:18:10Z

Our very own Tim Mintner will be presenting the entire day for a deep dive on Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.

For those of you that don't know Tim, he's a former Microsoft MVP, and is currently transitioning from his role on the Microsoft Deployment Tookit team in Redmond to Xtreme Consulting group where he’ll be the lead Deployment Principal Consultant, where he’ll be based out of Austin. Tim has 15+ years of OS Deployment experience.

Agenda:

9:30 – 10:00 Welcome and Coffee
10:00 – 11:30 MDT 2010 - Intro and Intermediate

11:30- 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 3:30 MDT 2010 - Advanced, and MDT Extensions for ConfigMgr
3:30 - Post-Meeting Social at Dave and Busters

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Central Texas Systems Management User Group - September 10th 2009

2009-08-13T21:47:00Z

Dell and BroadCom will present on Out of Band Management, focusing on TruManage.

Keith Combs from Microsoft will present on Windows 7 in the enterprise.

Agenda:
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome and Coffee
10:00 – 10:45 OOB Introduction and Dell TruManage Overview
10:45 - 11:30 TruManage deep dive
11:30- 12:30 Lunch (Provided By Broadcom)
12:30 – 1:15 Demo of TruManage and ConfigMgr 2007 using AMD plug-in
1:15 – 3:30 Windows 7 Demo and Open Discussion
3:30 - Post-Meeting Social at Dave and Busters

Directions

TruManage Technical Brief
Client Management Tools for DMTF DASH

Dash Plugin for ConfigMgr - User Guide

Central Texas Systems Management User Group - July 15 2009

2009-07-08T13:20:00Z

Register for our next CTSMUG meeting, July 15 2009. Microsoft will present on the Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP). We will also recap MMS 2009, and discuss Windows 7.

Agenda:
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome and Coffee
10:00 – 12:00 Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack Overview and Demo
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (Provided By Microsoft)
1:00 - 2:00 MMS 2009 Recap
2:00 – 2:15 Break
2:15 - 3:15 Windows 7 Demo and Open Discussion
3:15 - Post-Meeting Social at Dave and Busters

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CTSMUG Meeting - July 15th

2009-07-03T03:40:00Z

Mark your calendars! Our next CTSMUG meeting is Wednesday July 15th. Microsoft will be presenting and demonstrating the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), and we'll also have some presentations, discussion, and demos on Windows 7.

We'll post a registration link soon!

Central Texas Systems Management User Group - March 27 2009

2009-03-23T15:22:20Z

Mark your calendars! The next CTSMUG meeting will occur at the Microsoft offices in Austin Texas on March 27th. Our special guests this time will be none other than Quest software! Come learn how Quest extends and enhances your System Center infrastructures.

Agenda:
10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and Coffee
10:30 – 12:00 Quest Systems Center Products - Client Extensions for Non-Windows OS
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 1:45 Quest Virtual Desktop Product
1:45 – 2:00 Break
2:00 - Operating System Deployment – Servers and Workstations
Open Forum discussion and closing.

Please Register to attend!

CTSMUG Meeting - Friday December 5th, Austin TX

2008-11-20T16:35:43Z

You're invited to the Fall meeting of the Central Texas Systems Management Users Group (CTSMUG) at the Microsoft Technology Center in Austin, Texas.
Silect Software's (http://www.silect.com/) CEO Harold Dyck will be presenting a demonstration and deep dive into CP Studio and MP Studio - These are great third-party products for both Configuration Manager and Operations Manager.

Agenda:
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome and Coffee

9:00 – 10:00 Silect CP Studio Demo and Deep Dive Discussion
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:15 Silect MP Studio Demo and Deep Dive Discussion
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30 Open Forum Discussion
Visit http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/ctsmug for more information.
If you have a specific question or topics you'd like to discuss, please send us email - ctsmug@myitforum.com

MP Studio

CP Studio

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CTSMUG - October 30th Meeting Invitations

2008-10-20T14:54:00Z

The October 30th CTSMUG meeting invitations are here:

http://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=132781

CTSMUG Meeting - October 30th

2008-10-16T14:25:00Z

The next CTSMUG meeting will be held October 30th, at the BMC offices in Austin, Texas. Start time will once again be 10am, and invitations will be sent shortly. The location of the BMC office is:

10431 Morado Circle
Avalon Building 5
Austin, TX 78759
T: 512-343-1961

We will post more infomation about content, but if you want to share something with the group, please let us know!

CTSMUG - June 6 2008 Meeting - Registration is OPEN!

2008-05-18T05:43:10Z

Driving Directions!

You're invited to the Summer meeting of the Central Texas Systems Management Users Group (CTSMUG) at the Microsoft Technology Center in Austin, Texas.

Intel's very own vPro expert Bill York will be presenting at our meeting - This will be a deep dive into vPro, and integration with System Center Configuration Manager 2007.
We will also spend some time reviewing the highlights from the Microsoft Management Summit 2008.

June 6th, 2008 Agenda:
9:30 - Welcome and Coffee
10:00 - vPro
11:00 - Break
11:15 - vPro
12:15 - Lunch (Provided by Intel) and Open Forum Discussion
1:15 – MMS 2008 Review
2:15 - Break
2:30 - MMS 2008 Review
3:30 - Closing
Visit http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/ctsmug for more information.

If you have a specific question or topics you'd like to discuss, please send us email - ctsmug@myitforum.com

Did you attend MMS 2008?

If you attended MMS 2008, we are looking for volunteers for mini-presentations for some of your highlights of MMS 2008. Please send us an email if you would like to share your highlights!

Correction - NEXT CTSMUG Meeting is on June 6th!

2008-04-24T16:26:19Z

Sorry - we've had too many 6ths lately. . . . this one was all my mistake. . .

Mark your calendars for Friday, June 6th for our next CTSMUG meeting. Honest! June 6th.

Friday, June 6th will be our next CTSMUG meeting! Intel will be demonstrating vPro, and we'll also have an MMS review!

Next CTSMUG Meeting - May 6th

2008-04-18T20:54:35Z

Mark your calendars! Tuesday, May 6th will be our next CTSMUG meeting! Intel will be demonstrating vPro, and we'll also have an MMS review!

Stay tuned - we'll post a link for registration and agenda next week.

Greg

March 6th CTSMUG meeting postponed.

2008-03-05T17:53:00Z

FYI - Scheduling conflicts are preventing us from having our meeting on the 6th. We're trying to get a date in late March/early April - stay tuned!