January 17th 2008 User Group Meeting

Topic: Overview of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and review of 1E
Products

Description:
In this joint presentation, Garth Jones will present an overview of System
Center Configuration Manager 2007 and Ed Aldrich will present at overview of
1E products.

In Garth Jones' presentation, he will cover what is new to Configuration
Manager 2007 vs SMS 2003. Garth will discuss and demonstrate a number of
features including:

·         Asset Intelligence

·         Software Updates

·         Maintenance Windows

·         Software Metering

·         Desired Configuration Management

In this meeting Ed will demonstrate 1E's Power & Patch Management Pack,
Nomad Enterprise, and Shopping.

SMSWakeUp wakes up machines ensuring they can receive the incoming critical
patch. By automatically turning on computers for software and patch
deliveries in synchronisation with Microsoft Systems Management Server
(SMS), SMSWakeUp increases delivery success to 100%. This product also
includes the very popular SMS Client Health reporting and fixing,

NightWatchman can force immediate system reboots without any loss of user
data, to ensure that critical patches requiring reboots have the widest and
fastest take up possible. This product also supports "green computing"
initiatives via scheduled shutdowns of client systems (with related
reporting) to conserve power off hours.

Nomad Enterprise enables OS releases, software applications and updates to
be distributed quickly and efficiently to remote, server-less branch offices
and to bandwidth-challenged environments. Nomad Enterprise ensures that
software packages are only copied once over the WAN to make the most
efficient use of available network bandwidth.

 Shopping enables self-service, SMS/SCCM packaged application provisioning
with proven scalability to suit any size of business up to enterprise-level.
Shopping automates the complexities of application self-service, manages
licenses automatically and enhances the capabilities of IT staff, approvers
and desktop users.

About the speakers:

Garth Jones is the founder of the Ottawa Windows Server User Group (OWSUG)
and it's associated study group, He is an MVP for Windows Server System -
SMS, who was recently profiled on the Can IT Pro Blog and is member of the
myITforum Community Council.  Garth is Chief Architect of Enhansoft, an
Ottawa company that develops products and services to extend the value of
System Center Configuration Manager 2007, SMS, Operation Manager, MOM and
Virtual Server.

He started working with Systems Management Server when it was a v1.1 (1996).
He can be found in Microsoft newsgroups, on a few web forums, OWSUG.ca,
SMSug.ca, FAQshop.com and myITForum.com and on the mailing list of
myITforum.com. Garth has presented numerous times to OWSUG, created webcast
for both SMSUG.ca & myITForum.com and has presented at Microsoft Management
Summit.

Ed Aldrich joined the ranks of SMS Administrators with the release of SMS
2.0. Building on his increasing SMS expertise, Ed is now a 5 year SMS MVP,
Advisory Council member of myITForum.com, 6 times Industry Expert Speaker at
the annual Microsoft Management Summit conference, and
founder/co-facilitator of the New England Area SMS User Group. Ed's "day
 job" is that of a pre-sales Solutions Engineer at 1E, where he uses his SMS
Administrator and System Center 2007 expertise to promote the well known
product line of 1E solutions that compliment and extend the Windows Systems
Management space.

Location:
Microsoft Canada Co.
100 Queen Street Suite 500
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

K1P 1J9

Agenda:
11:30 a.m.  Event registration
12:00 p.m.  Presentation
1:45 p.m.  Q & A
2:00 p.m.  Door Prizes

Notes:  Pizza and Pop will be served, Please RSVP to help us order enough of
both.

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