Slide 1: Boston Area Windows Server User Group
Welcome!
Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Preparedness Presented by – Dan Stolts of CIOOutsource and Pete Stagman of Bay State Integrated Technology, Inc.
Slide 2: TechTips Live
Informal peer-to-peer problem discussion 10 minute limit per topic 6:00pm – 6:30pm The main meeting will begin promptly at 6:30.
Slide 3: Housekeeping
We exist under the Boston User Groups (BUG) Umbrella http://www.bostonusergroups.com WSUG is a “special” UG to Microsoft – one of the top UGs in the country. You make us this way. Please let us know how to make the group more relevant to you. http://www.windowsboston.com Member of Culminis http://www.culminis.com/ TechTips – Email Please clean up after yourselves…..
Slide 4: Your Board Members
board@windowsboston.com Dan Stolts – President Pete Stagman – Vice President / Communications George Perrine – Treasurer / Publicity Dan Ouellette – Secretary
Lucien LaBrecque – Vendor/Group Incentives
Director of Vendor Incentives, Contributions, Etc. including Books and Book Reviews
Bob Chin – Membership Coordinator Rick Zach – Corporate Liaison Mike Scanlon – Database Administrator Clyde Johnson – Events & Training OPEN POSITION – Web Master rsvp@windowsboston.com – RSVP for meetings
Slide 5: Microsoft / Culminis Survey
We are once again being asked to complete a survey for Culminis. The purpose of this survey is to insure that we are receiving the kind of support we need to continue to grow and thrive in the IT community. Please complete this short (1012 minutes) survey as soon as possible. Surprise gifts will be offered to the User Group with the most responses by Friday May 5th. We know this is short
notice, but we received this notice yesterday.
The survey can be found here: http://survey.culminis.com/takeSurvey.asp?surveyID=2 Failure to get a good turnout could result is less support from Microsoft Email notification has the link at the bottom of it. We will also be sending another email with this information to members tomorrow
Slide 6: Windows Server R2 Survey
YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED!
We would like to invite you to participate in the R2 Survey sponsored by Culminis. There are 8 simple questions and 2 areas for you to give us your feedback. Remember, if you don’t participate in survey’s we won’t know what worked well and where we may improve. The surveys are identical, and are set up for each Region. The following links will take you directly to the survey for your region. For the United States please go to: http://www.culminisconnections.com/Lists/R2%20USA/NewForm. aspx
Thanks Team Culminis
Slide 7: TechNet Event
Register REGISTER TODAY for a TechNet Event near you. 5/16 – Westborough, MA 5/18 – Boston, MA TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR SECURITY | APR - JUN | 8:00am 12:00pm TechNet Events are free, interactive sessions that will help you conquer even the toughest on-the-job challenges. Fill up on the latest tips, tools and resources you need to get the job done with TechNet Events. These free local events offer solid technical information that you can put into practice - today. TechNet Events Implementing Security for Wireless Networks Responding to Computer Attacks What's Next for Microsoft Security Register at <http://www.technetevents.com/Register.aspx>
Slide 8: TechEd 2006 in Boston
STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR TECHED 2006 BOSTON, MA June 11th – 16th, 2006 There is still time to register but do not delay! April 14, 2006 is the last day for Early Bird registration IF it is not full by then DON’T BE SHUT OUT! Microsoft expects that TechEd 2006 will surpass registration from last year so please be sure to register as soon as possible. Tech·Ed News *SPECIAL NOTE: If you wish to attend only the Exhibit Hall portion of TechEd, you may do so. The registration process is the same and the fee is $75.00. Location: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC) 415 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210 For more information and to register please visit: <http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2006/default.mspx>
Slide 9: Administrivia
Other User Groups
Home Theater PC User Group – HTPCUG.COM May 17th meeting – Sony’s new Digital Living System demo.
Other User Groups?
Slide 10: Administrivia
Special Events Future…
Perimeter Defense Day – More details to follow Windows Vista Load Fest (Q1 2007 [Tentative – pending release date]) Group policy fest / System Lockdown Day (21/14)
Jobs, jobs, jobs TechTips (mailing list)
Freebies & Loot at the end of the show
Slide 11: Shameless Plugs: Thank you
North East Data Vault for hosting us. Microsoft for providing the facility. Pizza Courtesy of MiraLink, Corp. www.miralink.com all for coming!
Slide 12: Announcements
Perimeter Defense – Saturday September 16, 2006 As of January 31, the Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview for Windows XP SP2 is available as a free download,
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/ie7betaredirect.mspx
OFFICE 12
Microsoft Corp. confirmed the timeline for release and availability of its 2007 Microsoft® Office system. The company remains on track to complete work on the 2007 Microsoft Office system in October of this year and is planning to make the product available to the business customers through the volume licensing program in October 2006. Retail and OEM availability of the product are scheduled to coincide with the retail and OEM availability of the Windows Vista? operating system in January 2007. “We remain on track ... to deliver the final product to volume license customer and OEM’s in November 2006 and to other businesses and consumers in January 2007."
Windows Vista!
Virtual Server is now a FREE download! Who knows for
how long. Get it while it’s hot!
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/softwa re/default.mspx
Slide 13: Upcoming Meeting(s)
June
- Microsoft
R2 Overview Service Pack 1 Changes Print Servers in R2 Storage Management Features in R2 DFS in R2 Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 (DPM)July – ??? (DPM)
Details available at www.WindowsBoston.com
Check out other groups topics at www.BostonUserGroups.com
Slide 14: Perimeter Defense Day
- Full Day Training
9:00-10:30 What is the perimeter? – Where is the perimeter these days anyway? – Wireless, Remote VPN, Laptops, Home connectivity, remote assistance, users checking home email from work, etc. – Defense in depth! Why we cannot JUST defend the perimeter – VPN, Virus, Trojans, Wireless (including bluetooth), vulnerability scanning, patching, social engineering, permissions, RAS, RDP, HTTP, password security, multifactor authentication, security policies, GPO's, OWASP, Root Kits, etc., Security is far more than just systems – You have to look at physical security too! Backup "Planning", Disaster Recovery "Strategy" – This is a pig picture look at security (gloss over lots of stuff) – Show the scope is far too much to cover in a single day while giving TONS OF TIPS!!!!! 10:30 - 11:15 Why Bother - Reasons why companies need to take security seriously. This should include examples of "bad press" and regulatory compliance HIPPA, SOX, ETC. 11:15 – 11:45 How to sell it - Get management to open the wallet, Don't forget Y2K – your manager hasn't 11:45-12:15 Vulnerability Scanning? Wireless… OR OWASP? OR ????? 12:15-1:00 – Working Lunch – Vendor Presentations
Saturday September 16, 2006
Slide 15: Perimeter Defense Day Breakout Session 1: 1:00 – 2:00 Lecture Track 1: Hardening: Windows Server 1:00 – 2:00 Breakout Track 2: Hardening: Exchange, ISA, IIS 1:00 – 2:00 Breakout Track 3: Hardening: Unix/Linux
Full Day Training Saturday September 16, 2006
Breakout Session 2: 2:00 – 3:00 Lecture Track 1: Appliances: – It takes more than a single Device… Defense in depth 2:00 – 3:00 Breakout Track 2: Appliances: – Compare Perimeter Devices (Astaro, Sonicwall, Cisco Pix, LinkSys, DLink, Etc) 2:00 – 3:00 Breakout Track 3: Appliances: – Astaro Loadfest? OR Enterprise Protection – Devices, Software and Strategies OR RootKits 3:00 – 3:45 Lecture What Hackers/Crackers know that every administrator should know – How they take advantage of exploits / How to prevent them – check the CD for more information! 3:45 – 4:30 The future – Next OS's IPv6, etc – Short look into the future 4:30 – 5:00 The Loot – Overview of the goodies, Drawings 5:00 – 5:30 – Cleanup and clear out!
Slide 16: Windows Vista Load Fest
Full Day Training / Software Load
Date: (Q1 2007 [Tentative – pending release date]) Time: 8:30 registration, 9:00am Start … Raffle 4:00pm Price: Members and Guests: Not admitted Premium Members: Free Pizza Included – Complements of
Slide 17: WSUG Membership Levels
Regular Membership - Free Notification of upcoming events and meetings Eligibility for drawings at monthly meetings Premium Membership - $25/year Full subscription to Windows IT Pro Magazine ($50 value) Advanced notification of limited events Eligibility for NFR software drawings Other discounts that we may arrange Premium Sponsor Membership - $50/year All of the above, plus Listing in the WSUG Yellow Pages
Slide 18: Book Review – Cancelled Tonight
See Lucian Lubrec for available books or to request a book.
Slide 19: Tonight’s Topics
6:00-7:00 - Pizza, Ministrivia, Meet and Greet.
If we have time we will try to fit in some "Tech-Tips Live" so bring your tough questions. We will create a Podcast out of the meeting. Pizza Courtesy of MiraLink Corporation.
7:00-8:00 - Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Preparedness - Part 1
Presented by – Dan Stolts of CIOOutsource and Pete Stagman of Bay State Integrated Technology, Inc.
8:00-8:10 - Bio Break 8:10-9:00 - Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Preparedness - Part 2 9:00 – 9:30 - Door prizes (Windows Server 2003 R2 w/ 25 Client Access Licenses, Front Page 2003, Misc. Books, etc).
