By now, many of you may have heard that the event we co-sponsor with two other groups, Atlanta TechStravaganza, has been canceled for 2018.  This is normally one of our feature events that we regularly participate in, and are sad not to be able to represent this year.

Not to worry, we are looking to attempt to host another ATLSMUG meeting in the month of August to replace this event.  At present time, we are still working on logistics and speakers, so be prepared to see us again.  

It is our goal to continue to grow from our meetings at the Microsoft Innovation Center from May.  Looking forward to growing our group again.

Join the Atlanta Systems Management User Group for a meeting at the Microsoft Innovation Center in downtown Atlanta, our first meeting to be held at this location. We'd like to welcome Jeff Stokes as our featured speaker, and as part of our first visit to the MIC, we'd like to have a small round table discussion about what you, the user community, would like to learn about in future meetings.

Windows 10 Imaging and Servicing - Jeff Stokes
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Windows 10 brings changes to the practice of image creation and deployment. It also has a different servicing model from previous versions of Windows. Hear from Jeff, author of "Mastering the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit", as he walks us through these changes and highlights best practices for Windows 10 imaging.

​Bio:
Jeff is a seasoned IT professional who has presented at TechMentor, Microsoft Tech Ready, Tech Ed, and other conferences and user groups. Major in troubleshooting and performance analytics, Minor in Deployment and VDI. He also writes and dabbles in big data analytics. He is a consummate gamer in his spare time.

One final update to all our users. As part of the ITI Roadshow: beer + pizza + win10, we are happy to say there will be prize giveaways at our event this Friday! 

It is finally here, the ITI Roadshow in Microsoft's Alpharetta offices is this Friday! Don't miss out on a chance to learn about and interact with Windows10. Bring your coworkers and friends and join us for beer + pizza + win10. 

We have made a few tweaks to the agenda, consolidated some content and streamlined the experience a bit. See below for more details. The main things to note are that registration is starting at 12:00. Come in, sit down, grab some food, some drinks, and relax for a minute. Presentations will begin at 12:30 with Bruce Lyons kicking things off. Stephen Owens will then be taking over, and finally we will open up the floor around 3:00. At that point, we will be ready for q&a, additional demos, announcements for upcoming events, or anything else you may be interested in. 

Don't forget to register for the ITI Community Roadshow! Who doesn't love a beer + pizza + win10 event?

Our very own Bruce Lyons will be hosting the ITI Roadshow Windows 10 content, and will be joined by PowerShell's Stephen Owens who will be discussing Windows 10 Implementation Tips & Tricks. Don't miss out!

As promised, here is the registration information for the ITI Community Roadshow.

What: ITI Community Roadshow - Windows 10
When: 11 March, 2016 from 12PM to 4PM
​Where: Microsoft Alpharetta Offices

For this event, we will be joined by the Windows Infrastructure & Virtualization User Group and the PowerShell User Group communities.

We are excited to announce we are hosting an ITI Community Roadshow as our Q1 event! We will be joined with the WINVUG and PowerShell user groups in order to bring you news and updates regarding Windows 10.

The Atlanta Systems Management User Group cordially invites you to our (as in you, me, the other leaders) fourth quarter meet up on November 13, 2015. Come hang out, meet new people, and learn some stuff. While you're here, enjoy breakfast and lunch, compliments of Microsoft!

​https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015q4-smug-meeting-tickets-18954104236

November 13, 2015
Microsoft Office (Sanctuary Park)
1125 Sanctuary Park, Suite 300
Alpharetta, GA 30009

We graciously thank Microsoft for their sponsorship for the 11.13 event!

Jeff Maxan, SCSM
Service Manager provides an integrated platform for automating and adapting your organization’s IT service management best practices, such as those found in Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). It provides built-in processes for incident and problem resolution, change control, and asset lifecycle management. This will be an overview of SCSM and some notes from the field with SCSM/SCORCH/SCOM.

Jeffrey Maxan is currently a Senior Consultant at Intellinet.  In this role he is responsible for the deployment and configuration of operating systems and servers, for over 3000 workstations.  With over 14 years of experience, Maxan has become an industry expert in the Information Technology field and continues to diversify his skills in system center product line deployment and management, programming, reporting and imaging in Windows and Linux environments.
Throughout his career, Maxan has worked as a Systems Engineer for several Fortune 500 companies including Dell, Siemens and The Home Depot. He has consistently been able to stay up to date with cutting edge technology applications and servers and has designed and deployed applications for over 10,000 workstations worldwide.  Maxan has also lead teams responsible for the infrastructure of 600 plus servers and has worked with Senior Leadership Executives on key company projects.

Troy Martin, PXE Booting Fun
PXE boot is boring...so let's make it FUN! This session will focus on how PXE works and what it takes to get it working in the real world using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.  In addition to the native PXE boot capabilities in CM, this session will also cover the benefits and capabilities of PXE Everywhere from 1E.
Having difficulty performing zero touch because of 3rd party disk encryption?  How do you troubleshoot PXE booting when multiple deployments are assigned to the device? Come learn the tips and information needed properly support PXE in your environment. Learn more about PXE and things you've probably never considered.

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Chris Nakagaki, vRealize Operations
This session will be open forum on vRealize Operations based upon what the audience is interested in.  Either vRealize Operations itself or the many other products in the suite.  Live Demo’s via Cox Automotive’s lab environment will be used.  (If internet play nicely)

Chris Nakagaki is a Technical Lead Engineer at Cox Automotive (Autotrader/KBB.com) in the Cloud Infrastructure Services group.  The group mostly focuses on virtualization technologies and management of on-premise datacenters across the country for all Cox Automotive and its subsidiaries.  Chris is a 5-time VMware vExpert and shares his knowledge via his blog @ http://tech.zsoldier.com.  You can find him on twitter as @zsoldier

Hey everyone!

If you haven’t heard the news, we are holding another Atlanta TechStravanganza event this year. Once again, the event will be held at the Georgia Tech conference center here in the heart of Atlanta.

Mark Minasi is heading down to kick it off as our keynote speaker. Pretty awesome right? We’re running three tracks (System Center, PowerShell, and Infrastructure) full of great content. On top of that, Tommy will be hanging around running a lab if you want to get some hands-on experience.

Your ticket also includes meals, entry into prize giveaways, and plenty of networking opportunity. Cost? FREE! Because we work with generous companies that love to support the community, this event never costs you a penny.

Ready to sign up? You should probably hurry. Half of the tickets are already gone. Head on over to our brand new site at http://atltechstravaganza.com. Hope to see you there! 37 days left!