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Join us Oct 13-17 in Las Vegas for 5 days of sessions, workshops, and training led by expert instructors who guide attendees through tactical and strategic sessions on automating, managing, securing and troubleshooting Microsoft Windows server systems. TechMentor will give you tools and techniques you can immediately put to use, and even features Bring-Your-Own-Laptop hands-on sessions! Attendees will also find time to take in the excellent shows, endless shopping, and fabulous restaurants of Las Vegas.

TechMentor Las Vegas Conference Agenda:

Pre-Conference Workshops — Monday, October 13, 2008
WORKSHOP		WORKSHOP	WORKSHOP
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m	TLP1 Windows Server 2008: What's New / What's Changed - Greg Shields	TLP2 Technology Specialist Jump Start for Windows Networking and Active Directory - Derek Melber	TLP3 Active Directory Disaster Recovery (HOL) - Gil Kirkpatrick

Conference Day 1 — Tuesday, October 14 , 2008

8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	TLT1 Understanding Group Policy Fundamentals - Derek Melber	TLT2 Using Windows PowerShell - Don Jones	TLT3 Designing a Virtualization Architecture: A Best Practices Approach - Greg Shields	TLT4 Implementing Windows Clusters - Bruce Mackenzie-Low
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.	TLT5 Configuring the Top 10 Windows and Active Directory Security Settings - Derek Melber	TLT6 Windows Network Protocols: Deep Dive & Troubleshooting - Don Jones	TLT7 Resolving the Top 10 Microsoft Windows Configuration Issues - Kurt Hudson	TLT8 Introduction to Virtualization with Hyper-V - Greg Shields
11:00 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.	TLT9 Controlling Desktops and Servers Using Group Policy Preferences - Derek Melber	TLT10 Securing Domain Controller Communication using Windows Server 2008 RODCs - Kurt Hudson	TLT11 Taking the Pain out of Hang & Crash Dump Analysis - Bruce Mackenzie-Low	TLT12 How to Automatically & Rapidly Deploy Software in a Small Environment - Greg Shields
12:15 - 2:15 p.m.	Birds-of-a-Feather Lunch & Exhibit Hall
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.	KEYNOTE - Don't Be an Airline: How to Succeed at Your IT Job Without Being Hated - Don Jones & Greg Shields
4:00 - 5:15 p.m.	TLT13 Reporting Active Directory Issues Directly from the Source - Kurt Hudson	TLT14 Designing a Highly Reliable Active Directory Architecture - Derek Melber	TLT15 Tips & Tricks for Fearlessly Using the Windows XP & Vista Firewall - Greg Shields	TLT16 Tackling the Toughest Windows Server Outages INTERACTIVE - Bruce Mackenzie-Low
5:15 - 7:30	Exhibit Hall Reception

Conference Day 2 —Wednesday, October 15 , 2008

8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	KEYNOTE - Windows Security: The Good, The Bad, and The Really, Really Ugly - Derek Melber
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.	TLW1 Designing a Bulletproof Exchange 2007 Architecture - Brien Posey	TLW2 Adding Change Control and Workflow to Active Directory - Don Jones	TLW3 The Best Free Tools for Group Policy Management - Derek Melber	TLW4 Adding Network Access Protection to your Environment in a Few Easy Steps (HOL) - Greg Shields
11:00 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.	TLW5 Less Work, More Play: How to Automate the Administration of Exchange Server 2007 - Brien Posey	TLW6 Managing Active Directory Using Windows Powershell - Jeff Hicks	TLW7 Real World Issues with Security & Auditing INTERACTIVE - Derek Melber
12:15 - 1:45 p.m.	Lunch & Exhibit Hall
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.	TLW8 Mr. Roboto's Automation Toolkit - Jeff Hicks	TLW9 Managing Multiple Virtualization Environments: An Introduction to System Center Virtual Machine Manager - Greg Shields	TLW10 Fundamentals of Implementing SharePoint Technologies - Wendy Henry	TLW11 Group Policy Hands-On Deep Dive (HOL) - Derek Melber
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.	TLW12 Understanding Scripting with Windows PowerShell - Jeff Hicks	TLW13 The Best Free Tools for Windows Systems Administration - Greg Shields	TLW14 Understanding Microsoft's Free Databases: Getting More than Your Paid For - Wendy Henry
4:45 - 6:00 p.m.	TLW15 Securing Windows PowerShell - Jeff Hicks	TLW16 When and Where to Use Virtualization INTERACTIVE - Greg Shields	TLW17 Best Practices in Hardening Windows Server 2008 & Windows Vista - Derek Melber

Conference Day 3 —Thursday, October 16 , 2008

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	TLTH1 Taking the Pain out of Transitioning from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 - Brien Posey	TLTH2 Integrating SharePoint with the Rest of Your Network - Tim Warner	TLTH3 IIS 7.0 Fundamentals - Bruce Rougeau
9:45 - 11:00 a.m.	TLTH4 Unified Messaging in Exchange 2007: You Need this Technology - Brien Posey	TLTH5 Repel the Crackers: Creating Good Microsoft Passwords - Derek Melber	TLTH6 Safe S-Q-L: Best Practices for Using SQL Server 2005 - Wendy Henry	TLTH7 Managing the Registry with Windows PowerShell (HOL) - Jeff Hicks
11:15 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.	TLTH8 IIS 7.0 Management & Permissions: Take Back Your Web Server! - Wendy Henry	TLTH9 Encryption Fundamentals: Safely Using BitLocker and EFS - James Conrad	TLTH10 Network Monitor: Sniffing the Network - Bruce Rougeau
12:30 - 1:45 p.m.	Lunch
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.	TLTH11 Migrating XP to Vista: Don't Fear, Stop Waiting, Here's Why - James Conrad	TLTH12 LDAP: The Query Language of Choice - Jeff Hicks	TLTH13 Active Directory Fundamentals - Bruce Rougeau	TLTH14 Using System Center Essentials to Automate Every Facet of your Small Environment (HOL) - Rod Trent
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.	TLTH15 What You Absolutely Must Know to Successfully Implement a Windows Certificate Authority - James Conrad	TLTH16 Exposing the Very Best SharePoint Add-On's - Tim Warner	TLTH17 System Recovery: The Good, the Bad, & the Lifesaving - Bruce Rougeau
4:45 - 6:00 p.m.	TLTH18 Tips and Tricks for Windows Backups: From NTBackup to System Center Data Protection Manager - James Conrad	TLTH19 Monitoring Performance, Events, & Alerts with Windows PowerShell - Jeff Hicks	TLTH20 Understanding Forefront Client Security - Rod Trent

Post-Conference Workshops — Friday, October 17, 2008
WORKSHOP		WORKSHOP	WORKSHOP
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m	TLF1 Master WMI with Windows Powershell (HOL) - Jeff Hicks	TLF2 Terminal Services from Soup to Nuts - Bruce Rougeau	TLF3 Finding & Fixing IT Problems Before they Happen with System Center - Rod Trent