RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DS Conference

[Gil Kirkpatrick]

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Thanks for the compliments!   I think this was our best Directory Experts Conference to date... the presentations were generally stronger than the previous DEC, and the logistics were nearly flawless, thanks to Christine and Stella (still got to get the wireless thing going in the conference room though). The hotel, food, and the city were great.   Attendence was about 20% greater than the previous DEC, which has been the historical growth rate. There was a good mix, about 45% from Canada, eh?, 40% from the US, and 15% from Europe, and one attendee from Singapore.   Session evaluations were quite positive, averaging about 4.0 on a 1-5 scale. Overall usefulness of the conference averaged 4.4, and overall satisfaction with the conference averaged 4.5. These are outstanding numbers, and are backed up by the universally positive comments I received from the attendees and speakers during and after the conferece.   Quest, NetPro, HP, and Microsoft sponsored the event.   Session titles and presenters (many names will be familiar to list denizens)   Stuart Kwan, Microsoft  - Microsoft Directory Services and Identity and Access Management Strategy and Roadmap Robbie Allen, Cisco - LDAP Searching: from Basics to Profiling Nelson Ruest, Resolution Enterprises - Redesigning GPO Structure for Improved Manageability Gil Kirkpatrick, NetPro - Active Directory Performance Guido Grillenmeier, HP C&I - Recovering from Active Directory Disasters Rex Bachman, HP Software - Service Management of Active Directory, Fact or Fiction Mike McHargue, Internosis - Building an operating a Secure Active Directory Infrastructure Alan Isham, Intel - Managing Change in a Fortune 500 Active Directory Forest Alain Lissoir, HP C&I - Disabling an Active Directory Schema Extension John Reijnders, LogicaCMG - To Trust or Not To Trust Jeremy Palenchar, Washington Mutual - Active Directory and Windows Server 2003 in a Customer Facing Role Ioan Donea, Infrascope - DSML: XML Functionality for Your Directory Services Wook Lee, HP Managed Services - Illegal Immigrants, No PAS Zones, and Other Hazards on the Road to Windows 2003 Alain Lissor, HP C&I - Leverage Your Windows Infrastructure Monitoring to the WMI Scripting Power Dave Sayers, Mark Cribben, Microsoft MCS - Restructuring Active Directory in Windows Server 2003 Paul Rich, Microsoft OTG - Microsoft's Directory Architecture, Principles, and Multi-Forest Challenges   We also had an informal AD haiku contest, won handily by Wook. I'll post links to the haiku later.   Example:   Authenitcation. Sometimes it works well. Sometimes it doesn't.   The next DEC is being scheduled, but will most likely be in the Washington DC area in April 2004. A call for papers will be published soon.   I hope you all can attend!   -g   Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro -----Original Message----- From: Sullivan, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DS Conference Second that (or third that). I could only be there for the first day but that day was Guido Grillenmeir, Robbie Allen, Nelson Roust (sp?) and of course Gil Kirkpatrick and Stuart Kwan. It was a great day. Stuart always gives a fantastic presentation which is not only entertaining but filled with great information. It is of course great to hear from Microsoft to help understand their roadmap. Guido's presentation on recovery has great detail and fully demonstrates the value of understanding the process and being prepared for unpredictable disaster. Robbie knows LPAD querying incredibly well and does a fantastic job presenting. It is great to hear from people like Robbie who use AD to its fullest extent in his current job and produces such great books to help the industry benefit from his experiences. Nelson's presentation was great (I missed much of it due to a con call), and Gil of course always adds a ton of value.   I learned that Smarties are not what I thought they were (thanks Stuart), and that NetPro is banning the chicken (I have mixed reactions on this one). NetPro did a fantastic job hosting this event. My second time attending and I sure I will have it on my schedule moving forward!   Kevin Sullivan     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   I was there too!  Learned a lot. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 9:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DS Conference I was there and must say it was very worthwhile! Michael Parent MCSE MCT Analyst I - Web Services ITOS - Systems Enablement Maritime Life Assurance Company (902) 453-7300 x3456   Roger Seielstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/02/2003 01:32 PM Please respond to ActiveDir                 To:        "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>         cc:                 Subject:        RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DS Conference I'm betting Gil will chime in here shortly (since I believe you're talking about his company's conference).   http://www.netpro.com       -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Mayet, Yusuf Y [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 11:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: DS Conference Hi guys, Does anyone have info about the DS conference that was recently held ? Any comments ??? 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