User Group Meetings – May 2011
Here are the user group events for May, 2011 in the area, listed by date:
Kentucky-Indiana PC Users Group (KIPCUG)
http://www.kipcug.com
Tue May 10, 2011 (6:15-9:00 PM Eastern)
Lexington Microsoft Users Group (LexMUG)
http://lexmug.com
Wed May 11, 2011 (11:30AM-1:00PM Eastern)
Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG)
http://www.kysbsug.org
Thu May 12, 2011 (6:30-8:30 PM Eastern)
Kentuckiana Virtualization User Group (KVUG)
http://www.kvug.info
Fri May 20, 2011 (1:00-4:00 PM Eastern)
Louisville Microsoft User Group (LouMUG)
http://www.loumug.org
Fri May 20, 2011 (11:30-1:30 PM Eastern)
OTHER USER GROUPS IN THE AREA
Louisville Citrix User Group
http://www.meetup.com/citrixlouisville/
Louisville Area VMware User Group (VMUG)
http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vmug/forums/us-central/louisville
KYSBSUG February 2011 – SBS 2011 Swing Migration
KYSBSUG February 2011 Meeting #84
Topic: Swing Migration
Presenter: Tim Barrett
Date: Wednesday February 16, 2011
Time: 6:30-8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243
Map: Click here
Registration is NOT required for this meeting.
Description:
If you’ve been doing IT support in the SMB space for any amount of time, you’ve heard of a “Swing Migration” from www.sbsmigration.com and of Jeff Middleton [SBS-MVP]. In this meeting we’ll break down the steps of the SBS Migration process to give first-timers an idea of what to expect, and we’ll cover some of the gotchas to look out for and the best practices.
Live Event – SBS 2011 Loadfest (Sat Jan 29, 2011)
The Cincinnati Networking Professionals (CiNPA) SBS SIG is hosting a Windows Small Business Server 2011 LoadFest, and since our regular KYSBSUG event was canceled due to bad weather, we’re crashing the party! 
Note: Even if you can’t attend in person, you can watch the LIVE streaming webcast. Scroll down to the bottom for info on the webcast.
In-person Event Details
Title: Small Business Server 2011 LoadFest
Date: Saturday January 29, 2011
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Eastern
Venue: Hamilton County Community Mental Health and Recovery Services Board
Address: 2350 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219
Cost: FREE, but registration is required
Map: Click here
Registration: REGISTER TODAY
What to bring:
- A server (physical or virtual)
- dual or quad core processor
- 8GB RAM minimum
- 250gb drive (or a pre-prepared equivalent virtual environment)
- Monitor
- Power cords
- Power strip
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Small network switch with CAT5 cable
- A copy of SBS 2011 Standard from the Microsoft Action Pack, TechNet MSDN, Volume Licensing, or the SBS 2011 Trial (available here).
Note: This is a 6+ GB download, so it’s best put it on a flash drive and not a dual layer DVD. Details for creating a bootable SBS 2011 flash drive are on the blog in a previous post.
Also bring your laptop for taking LOTS of notes.
Matt Hester from Microsoft is attending, and is going to pick up some of the food costs.
Streaming Webcast Details
Time: Sat Jan 29, 2011 9AM – 6PM Eastern
URL: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kysbsug
Location: Your personal computer
Note: The remote streaming will happen in 2 parts (9AM – 1PM & 1PM – 6PM). We’ll try to answer questions via the Q&A as time allows. But please keep in mind that on-site attendees will get the primary focus and support, since this is a hands-on event. The streaming is a courtesy (not a remote lab)
Microsoft is Coming to Louisville 11/18/2010
Microsoft TechNet Event
Primary Target Audience: IT Generalist / Implementer / Manager
Start: Thu 11/18/2010 8:30 AM Eastern
End: Thu 11/18/2010 12:30 PM Eastern
Presenter: Matt Hester (Microsoft TechNet)
Venue: Kentucky Intl. Convention Center
Address: 2210 Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40202
Registration: Free
Agenda:
Session 1 – Can We Bust This Myth? "It’s impossible to upgrade a Windows XP computer to Windows 7"
Session 2 – Free Quick and Dirty Deployment Tools
Session 3 – Automate your Windows 7 deployment using the MDT 2010
Registration URL: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032461965&Culture=en-US
Free Event – Trend Micro in Cincinnati Aug 21, 2010
Trend Micro is coming back to Cincinnati, Ohio again for some FREE training on the new Worry Free v7:
Event: Cincinnati SBS SIG – Trend Micro Live Training
Date: Saturday August 21, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
Venue: Max Technical Training
4900 Parkway Drive, #160
Mason, OH 45040
Map to venue: Click here
Registration URL: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22AY73GFTUS
This is an all-day event, and lunch will be provided courtesy of Trend.
Seating is limited so REGISTER TODAY!
KYSBSUG June 2010 – Office 2010
KYSBSUG June 2010 Meeting #76 – What’s New in Office 2010
Presenter: Tim Barrett 
Date: Wednesday June 23, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243
Map: Click here
IMPORTANT: Due to a scheduling conflict, we’re meeting on the 4th Wednesday this month, not the typical 3rd Wednesday.
Description:
Office 2010 is currently available through volume licensing, and it’ll be in the big box stores mid-June. Have you used Office 2010, and are you ready to talk to customers about what’s new? Join us and take a tour of the new features that’ll help businesses work faster and smarter, and leave with resources to answer client and employee questions about Office 2010.
Doorprizes:
- Drawing for a boxed copy of Office Professional 2010 (NFR)
- Drawing for a copy of Matt Hester’s book
“Windows Server 2007 R2 Administration Instant Reference”
Registration URL:
Due to limited seating, registration *is* required.
Click here to register today!
KYSBSUG May 2010 – VMware
We’ve talked at KYSBSUG about Hyper-V, and now we’ve got two excellent speakers to present the other ‘elephant in the room’ – VMware.
VMware offers both for-free and for-fee tools to handle virtualization needs both large and small. Come see how VMware stacks up to Hyper-V, Citrix, and the other virtualization competitors. Can you virtualize SBS with VMware? Should you? Come find out!
KYSBSUG May 2010 – Meeting #75 – VMware
Presenters: Michael Patrick & Craig Stein from The Mirazon Group
Date: Wednesday May 18, 2010
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: The Mirazon Group
Address: 312 Whittington Parkway, Suite 111, Louisville, Kentucky 40222
Map: Click here
Registration URL: Due to limited seating, registration *IS* required.
Click here to register today!
Important: This meeting is at a different venue this month (not at Money Concepts). Check the map link if you’ve not been there before.
Webcast – Office 2010 Launch May 12, 2010
Are you ready for the next version of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010? Tune in tomorrow to watch the webcast to see what’s new.
Date: Wednesday May 12, 2010
Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Title: Announcing the Future of Productivity!
Keynote: Stephen Elop, President, Microsoft Business Division
URL: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/2010launch
Description:
Meet businesses already benefitting from the future of productivity and view on-demand sessions that focus on Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Project 2010, and Visio 2010, as well as Exchange 2010, Office Communications Server 2007 R2, and SQL Server 2008 R2. Watch the keynote, join the virtual launch conversation, and participate in on-demand sessions where you’ll learn more about how Microsoft products can solve the unique productivity challenges you’re facing as you look to the future.
Free Event – Trend Micro in Cincinnati May 22, 2010
Bill Kam of Trend Micro is coming to Cincinnati to give a FREE live in-person training on Trend’s Worry Free products – best practices for install/configure and how to protect from things like “fakeav”, and new tools for the partner/IT Pro to use as well. He may cover some of the Worry Free 7 info shown recently in Taipei. There are some PPT’s comparing Trend with the competition on a level playing field showing memory and CPU utilization that he will go over. Bill will talk about all the features in Worry Free (some that many probably are not aware of).
After the class, you can go online and take a “Certification” test (FREE) and with passing, you can get some benefits like showing up in a search on their site for a reseller in the area, website badges and marketing materials (think SBSC program). Good stuff!
Lunch is included for this event!
Event: Cincinnati SBS SIG – Trend Micro Live Training
Date: Saturday May 22, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
Venue: Max Technical Training
4900 Parkway Drive, #160
Mason, OH 45040
Registration URL: http://cinpa20100522.eventbrite.com/