Hot Topics for MangoCon 2019

Guest speaker Bob Beatty will be there to talk about the do's and don'ts of doing business in Panama and how to keep up with SAM at a bar when it's midnight and you just want to go to bed. There will also be a lunch and learn on how to hire beautiful women in IT with co-speaker Scott Alan Miller.

Bob Beatty

@eddiejennings said in Hot Topics for MangoCon 2019:

When does having SAN make sense?

When you can afford to buy two of them....

Bob Beatty

@scottalanmiller said in Hot Topics for MangoCon 2019:

Why not start making the list now? No reason, so let's start.

Naming conventions in Azure. How to properly build infrastructure in Azure. How to use load balancers in Azure to create an always on (and secure) environment.
Azure
Azure
Azure...

Jame_s

@jaredbusch
i'll leave this here...
https://consumerist.com/2015/03/17/original-patent-for-perforated-toilet-paper-solves-over-vs-under-debate-once-and-for-all/

AdamF

Do we have a date and location for this yet? For planning purposes.

gjacobse

And can it be late enough in the year so I can attend? At least I hope that I can swing it as I don't do as much IT as I once did.

JaredBusch

@gjacobse said in Hot Topics for MangoCon 2019:

And can it be late enough in the year so I can attend? At least I hope that I can swing it as I don't do as much IT as I once did.

It is supposed to be in late spring last time I had a conversation with anyone about this.

That was pretty much the point of skipping this year anything would’ve been too soon

steve

@stacksofplates said in Hot Topics for MangoCon 2019:

Automation and immutable design.

You could give this talk!

steve

@fuznutz04 said in Hot Topics for MangoCon 2019:

Do we have a date and location for this yet? For planning purposes.

May 8-10

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller How technical do we want to be?

I have a few things I can do at different levels.

But a small conference is not going to be deep enough in attendance to have something super technical that appeals to more than a few people in the crowd.

PhlipElder

I'm thinking a well stocked conference room would be the cat's meow for a smaller-ish conference.

I'd be more than happy to contribute as we're focused on SMB/SME.

scottalanmiller

@jaredbusch said in Hot Topics for MangoCon 2019:

@scottalanmiller How technical do we want to be?

I have a few things I can do at different levels.

But a small conference is not going to be deep enough in attendance to have something super technical that appeals to more than a few people in the crowd.

Decently technical. Kind of on a scale of 1-10, maybe a 6-8

scottalanmiller

@phlipelder said in Hot Topics for MangoCon 2019:

I'm thinking a well stocked conference room would be the cat's meow for a smaller-ish conference.

I'd be more than happy to contribute as we're focused on SMB/SME.

Topic ideas?

PhlipElder

@scottalanmiller said in Hot Topics for MangoCon 2019:

@phlipelder said in Hot Topics for MangoCon 2019:

I'm thinking a well stocked conference room would be the cat's meow for a smaller-ish conference.

I'd be more than happy to contribute as we're focused on SMB/SME.

Topic ideas?

As far as presentations go for me?

SMB/SME IT Business Pearls - The ups and downs of building a SMB/SME IT Support Practice
Server Systems and Fabrics: Building for workloads - Baselining and Building
Server Hardware: Firmware horror stories
Hyper-Converged: All things HCI focused
What's in a Lab: Building on a budget
Active Directory: Designing for Security and Flexibility
Group Policy: Lock things down without user complaint
Windows File & Print: Configuring for security and flexibility
Remote Desktop Services: Baselining and Designing for user workloads (standalone and farm)
PowerShell: Got lots of scripts to share and tools guidance
Windows Cluster: Hyper-V, Storage Spaces, Storage Spaces Direct
Windows Admin Center: Monitoring
Monitoring: Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Grafana S/U for Windows

The above is off the top.

I've done a lot of this one over the last year or two:

Business and Personal Security: Protecting your data, resources access, and identity

How'z that for a start?