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Sep 16
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Heroes in a Half Shell: Using PowerShell for Good

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ninjasPowerShell scripting can be a useful tool if you know how to use it to your advantage.

Composable Systems’ Co-Founder and Software Architect, Jeremy Sublett, is revealing his PowerShell protips at this month’s LouMUG. He’ll go over PowerShell scripting basics and how to leverage it to work with everyday products, specifically Office 365.

Bring a friend with you for an extra raffle entry. We’ll be giving away a Hubsan X4Quadcopter Drone thanks to Composable Systems!

About the Presenter

Jeremy Sublett

Jeremy Sublett is a two-time SharePoint Server MVP recipient and is managing partner with Composable Systems, LLC where he focuses on designing and building solutions on mobile, Azure, SharePoint and everything in-between.  Jeremy has been developing software with Microsoft technology for over 20 years.  As a trainer, he has taught developer and end-user courses for many groups, including Microsoft, all across the country.

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Aug 11
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Not to Make You Paranoid, But … An Update on Cybersecurity Threats and Prevention

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Cybersecurity Threats and Prevention

Do you know best practices to prevent an attack? Would you know what to do in the event an attack occurs?

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About the Presenters

Jay King

Justin Cottrell

Jay King, Mirazon Network Engineering Manager, and Justin Cottrell, Mirazon Systems Engineer, are tag teaming this mind-boggling topic at August’s LouMUG meeting. They will review the basic threat landscape, including malware, ransomware, and intrusion methods along with prevention methods like UTM, monitoring, and end user practices.

Jul 18
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Being a Better Sysadmin

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sysadminWe salute you, sysadmins and IT support professionals!

Louisville Microsoft Users Group and Help Desk International Kentuckiana are joining forces this month for an epic meeting!

We’ll be meeting in Sullivan’s cafeteria for a lively panel discussion about how to do what we do better: customer service, keeping up with tech skills and certs, and the job market as a whole.

Our panelists have an impressive combination of skills and experience in the sysadmin world. Shane Hazelwood, a Senior Technical Recrtuiter at Click IT Staffing, has over 15 years of recruiting experience. David Benefiel, former CIO of Farm Credit Services of MidAmerica, has returned to Farm Credit as a help desk technician. John Ecken, owner of Tandem Solution, aims to provide custom and project-specific IT training for you and your team. 

Lunch will be provided. Bring your questions!

Jun 14
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Good Wi-Fi Starts with Good Networking

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A top of the line network can be tough to achieve.

Brocade Engineer, Jon Lorek, and Ruckus Engineer, Greg Kamer, are taking time to stop by this month’s LouMUG to discuss enhancing your network and consequently your Wi-Fi.

Join us to learn:

  • How to design your network for tomorrow
  • Leveraging open standards to inhibit vendor lock-in
  • What to consider for high density Wi-Fi
  • Networking Hardware as a Service (HaaS)- build the network your business needs without the capitol expense

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About the Presenters

Jonathon Lorek

Greg Kamer

Jonathon Lorek, Channel Systems Engineer with Brocade Communications

Jonathon has been in the technology industry for 10 years focusing on networking and virtualization. He is also a proud husband and fun father to his 2.5 year old son and 14m/o daughter – so he has no free time. But if he did he would be piloting an airplane, driving a motorcycle, or wrenching on anything with a motor.

Greg Kamer, Senior Systems Engineer with Ruckus Wireless, now part of Brocade

Greg has been in the technology industry for over ten years, with four of that focusing on WiFi. He enjoys family, faith, technology and jokes. And bourbon.

May 01
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Summer Social 2016

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Cheers!

Stop by Brickhouse Tavern on Thursday, May 26 between 4:30-7pm to kick off summer with us!

We’ll be discussing some of the angles of the Internet of Things with a few stations. We’ll snack on hors d’eovres, LouMUG will provide fountain drinks, and we’ll have a great time.
Apr 08
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The Microsoft UC Experience

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April’s LouMUG meeting centered around the majestic Microsoft UC Experience in all its glory.

Mirazon’s one and only Daryl Hunter reviewed the Microsoft UC stack and discussedkey product features. He also demonstrated the newest Office 365 Cloud Voice interoperability functions.

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About the Presenter

Daryl Hunter

 

darylDaryl Hunter, Mirazon Engineer

Microsoft: MCITP (Enterprise Administrator, Lync Server Administrator 2010)

MCSE Communication (Lync 2013)

MCSA Office 365, Server 2012/2008

Mar 09
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Veeam Backup & Replication v9: Making the Most of the Upgrade

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Veeam version v9 is out on the street, the award winning backup and replication solution just got even better.

As Mirazon Engineer Jason Thomas likes to say, “They always come out with features that I didn’t even know I wanted.”
So join Jason along with Veeam Engineer, Andy Barhorst as they talk us through the new features and enhancements.

Andy and Jason will review:

  • Scale-out backup repository
  • BitLooker
  • Direct NFS Backups
  • Standalone console
  • ROBO enhancements
  • Veeam Explorer
  • Veeam Cloud Connect

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About the Presenters

Andy Barhorst

andybarhorstAndy Barhorst, Veeam Engineer

Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE8)

VMware Certified Professional

Veeam Customer for 3 years

Jason Thomas

jasonthomasJason Thomas, Mirazon Engineer

Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE8)

11 years in virtualization/server support

Feb 11
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Desktop Virtualization Demystified

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This month is all about the hotly discussed Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).

Come learn about the benefits and downfalls of VDI and why it should be referred to as Desktop Virtualization.

Dan will review:

  • Use cases for VDI
  • How it works
  • Challenges facing VDI
  • App vs desktop virtualization

About the Presenter

Dan Faltisco, Citrix

Daniel Faltisco is a Field Technical Consultant within the Ingram Micro Advanced Computing Division, focusing on Citrix.  A native of Buffalo, NY, Dan got his first experience with IT as a Signal Support Specialist in the US Army in 1997.  Returning home in 1999 to finish his military career in the NY Army National Guard, Dan earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Buffalo in 2006.   His experience with Citrix extends back to his first job out of college, where he served as a systems administrator for a Citrix Metaframe deployment.  From there he went on to manage the Citrix pre-sales technical support team at Ingram Micro, the world’s largest IT distributor and exclusive distributor of Citrix in North America.  Dan began his life as a Field Technical Consultant in 2011 and enjoys working with Citrix partners in the Central US to help them grow their practice.

 

Show your LouMUG pride with a new LouMUG tee! Bring $11 in cash or a check made out to The Mirazon Group to get yours.

Lunch provided by sponsors

 

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Jan 21
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Panel Discussion: Cloud & Datacenter Colocation

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This month we will be conducting a candid discussion on Peak 10’s Cloud and Colocation offerings. Join the discussion, ask the tough questions, hear the success and horror stories!
On the panel is Peak 10’s Mike Meyer, Tony Eaton, and Chris Simmons.  They will share their experiences about cloud and colocation best practices, trends, and use cases. We’ll discuss how to get the most value out of it and how to make it work for you.

Show your LouMUG pride with a new LouMUG tee! Bring $11 in cash or a check made out to The Mirazon Group to get yours.

Lunch provided by sponsors

Dec 09
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2016: A New Year, A New Windows Server

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Plan ahead and prepare for the new Window Server 2016 updates.

Join us at Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky for lunch and hear from Mirazon’s Brent Earls about changes in Windows Server 2016. Brent will demo the technical preview and be available for any questions.

We will cover:

  • Nano servers
  • Containers
  • Hyper-V
  • PowerShell 5.0
  • And more

Show your LouMUG pride with a new LouMUG tee! Bring $11 in cash or a check made out to The Mirazon Group to get yours.

Lunch provided by sponsors

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About the Presenter

Brent Earls

 

Brent is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and has been with Mirazon for 9 years. He has worked with nearly every Microsoft operating system, as well as many other Microsoft programs.

Brent was selected by Microsoft as a subject matter expert for its Hyper-V certification test and is Mirazon’s storage and virtualization practice lead.

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