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This blog is for keeping up to data on NIMTUG and related organisation's events.

May 2007 - Posts

  • Up and Coming Events (June 2007)

    Well June is defiantly hoting up with the Irish Community Conference, 2 Microsoft TechNet events (one being tomorrow) and 2 NIMTUG Developer events.

    Listed in date order

    31-May-2007  Microsoft TechNet: System Center, Forefront & Visualization (I know it's May before you say ;))

    Hilton Hotel, Belfast 09:15 - 12:30

    • Building the Infrastructure for a People Ready Business
    • System Center and Forefront overview
    • System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
    • Windows Server Visualization
    • Windows Vista Management Features

    Registration

     

    05-June-2007 NIMTUG: Introducing Windows CardSpace with Barry Dorrans

    Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast 19:30 - 21:30 (with reception afterwards)

    Windows CardSpace is a framework developed by Microsoft which securely stores digital identities of a person, and provides a unified interface for choosing the identity for a particular transaction, such as logging in to a website. This talk will cover how CardSpace works, how you can accept CardSpace logins in your own site and a discussion of trust and identity on the internet.

    Registration

     

    07-June-2007 Irish Communities: Irish Microsoft Technology Conference 2007

    Cineworld, Dublin 09:00 - Late !!

    The 2nd Conference run by the Irish Microsoft Communities (of which NIMTUG is a member of). For more information please head over to http://imtc.firstport.ie/default.aspx. If last year was anything to go by then this should be a really great event.

    Registration

     

    19-June-2007 NIMTUG: Visual Studio Tools for Office with Mike Hernandez

    Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast 19:30 - 21:30 (with reception afterwards)

    Summary to come

    Registration

     

    27-June-2007 Microsoft TechNet: John Craddock's End-to-End Infrastructure Security

    Waterfront Hall, Belfast 08:45 - 16:15

    Microsoft TechNet are bringing John Craddock and Sally Storey to Belfast, Waterfront Hall to present their Event on End-to-End Infrastructure Security, which was oversubscribed to in Dublin earlier in the year.

    • Identifying business assets
    • Threat modeling
    • Security policy and response planning
    • Deploying IPSec for domain and server isolation
    • Building rules and filters
    • Identifying protocol and port requirements
    • Firewall configurations
    • Managing server roles and lockdown policies
    • Patch management and compliance testing
    • Creating Software Restriction Policies (SRP)
    • Least privileged user access
    • Establishing client security and software policy
    • Client and server attack vectors
    • Managing through group policies
    • Network Access Protection (NAP)
    • Vista security enhancements

    Registration

    Hope to see you at some if not all of these events!

  • Virtualisation Talk Slides available for download

  • Microsoft TechNet - John Craddock's End-to-End Infrastructure Security

    Microsoft TechNet are bringing John Craddock and Sally Storey to Belfast, Waterfront Hall to present their Event on End-to-End Infrastructure Security, which was oversubscribed to in Dublin earlier in the year.

    Like many IT professionals, you’ve probably attended security seminars and sessions over the years and gained an appreciation of the various security technologies available. But when, where and how these technologies can and should be leveraged can often be confusing.  Infrastructure security is frequently only considered once server roles and network connectivity has been implemented, a problem made worse by inadequate training.  When security technologies are not deployed until late in a project, the result can be poor implementation, weak documentation and compliance testing.

    John Craddock’s End-to-End Infrastructure Security

    When: 8:45 – 16:15 June 27th

    Where: The Waterfront Hall, Belfast

    Registration: Click Here To Register.

    Agenda:

    • 08:45-09:15        Registration & Light Breakfast
    • 09:15-09:30        Welcome and Overview
    • 09:30-11:00        Is Your IT Infrastructure Secure?
    • 11:00-11:15        Break
    • 11:15-12:45        Securing Your Network
    • 12:45-13:30        Lunch
    • 13:30-14:45        Locking Down Servers and Workstations
    • 14:45-15:00        Break
    • 15:00-16:15        Vista Technologies

    Topics covered:

    • Identifying business assets
    • Threat modeling
    • Security policy and response planning
    • Deploying IPSec for domain and server isolation
    • Building rules and filters
    • Identifying protocol and port requirements
    • Firewall configurations
    • Managing server roles and lockdown policies
    • Patch management and compliance testing
    • Creating Software Restriction Policies (SRP)
    • Least privileged user access
    • Establishing client security and software policy
    • Client and server attack vectors
    • Managing through group policies
    • Network Access Protection (NAP)
    • Vista security enhancements

    Biographies:

    John Craddock has designed and implemented computing systems ranging from embedded high-speed industrial controllers through to distributed IT solutions. John works as a consultant providing services to industry leaders including Microsoft. He was a key player in the Government Gateway Project, has designed high-availability web portals and help companies build Active Directory solutions to support their business critical environments. In addition to his role as a consultant, he has written over 20 technical training courses that have been published worldwide. He co-authored 'Investigating and Managing Objects and Attributes for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003' which is part of the Active Directory Forestry series. John lectures internationally and has written and presented technical sessions at MTB, MEC, Tech•Ed, Microsoft IT Forum, JDP and deployment conferences.

    Sally Storey has worked in management and consulting in the IT industry for Novell, Microsoft and now, independently. Sally works as a consultant on enterprise infrastructure projects in operations, logistics and deployment roles. Sally is ITIL qualified and specializes in building process that keep systems highly available and secure. Sally co-authored the Active Directory® Forestry series with John Craddock.

    For further details and registration please go to the registration page here.  I'd advise you to register ASAP as I know from experience that this one will fill up very fast.  **You are very welcome to forward this invite on to any of your colleagues or friends whom you think would benefit from this conference.**

  • Event Locations

    I've just realised that we're not displaying the location of the events on the registration pages.

    Currently we're holding all our events in the

    Best Western Wellington Park Hotel 

    21 Malone Road
    Belfast
    BT9 6RU
    Tel: +44 (0)28 9038 1111

  • Irish Microsoft Technology Conference

    Irish Microsoft Technology Conference 

    Registration has opened for the annual Irish Microsoft Technology Conference (IMTC) .

    http://nimtug.org/imtc/

    The IMTC is organised by the Irish Microsoft community for the Irish tech community. With 18 expert tech sessions to choose from, covering a breadth of Microsoft technologies, this is one tech conference you can't afford to miss!

        * When? June 7th, 9am till late.
        * Where? Cineworld complex , Dublin
        * Cost? 50 euros (to help us cover costs).

    Speakers and Sessions: Our expert speakers come from a range of backgrounds: European experts, experts from local Irish companies with hands-on experience and Microsoft product experts. Topics covered will include SQL Server, WCF, XNA, Security, the new Silverlight and Expression products and more - something for everyone!

    Who should come? The conference is open to everyone interested in Microsoft technologies from students to developers and IT Professionals working in smallest to largest Irish companies. 



  • Microsoft Virtualisation Talk

    Registration is now open for our next IT Pro based talk on Virtualisation with Microsoft Ireland's Dave Northey. See  http://nimtug.org/events/33/default.aspx for more details
     
    Microsoft’s Virtualisation Strategy

    Microsoft’s Virtualisation Products: Today
    •        Virtual PC
    •        Virtual Server
    •        SoftGrid
    •        (Clustering, Terminal Services, MOM)

     

    Microsoft’s Virtualisation Products: Tomorrow
    •         Windows Virtualisation
    •        System Center Virtual Machine Manager

     
    Q&A Throughout
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