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Patching Changes: How To Manage the New Windows 10 and Office Updates
Azure 101 – A Guide a Law Firms
Next-Gen Application and Desktop Delivery and Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
Securing the Modern Workstation
Improve Project Delivery with PMaaS
Exchange 2016 Upgrade Scenarios
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Patching Changes: How to Manage the New Windows 10 and Office Updates
Deferred channels, build retirements, and service branches – the world of Microsoft is changing. In this session, we reviewed how Microsoft has modified its support and upgrade strategy to incorporate the new Feature Updates for Windows 10. After an overview of the branch model and how MS has positioned the various offerings of Windows 10, we dived into patching strategy and what works best at firms deploying these new upgrades. A discussion of task sequence best practices within SCCM was followed by specific examples of how firms can leverage this functionality as part of their patching strategy in Windows 10. We also discussed configuration and deployment of Windows 10 and Office cumulative updates, and what these changes mean for law firms. Lastly, we demoed a proof of concept for managing Windows-as-a-Service within an organization, and how firms can use different collections to streamline deployments.
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Azure 101 – A Guide for Law Firms
Azure represents Microsoft’s biggest ever investment in a product. So is it safe for law firms? The legal industry has long been wary of the cloud. That’s beginning to change, and Microsoft’s Azure is a powerful example of why. In this session, we addressed security, compliance, administration, and other implications of moving off-premises. Let’s block out the noise and concentrate on what a law firm needs to know before taking its first steps into the cloud.
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Next-Gen Application and Desktop Delivery with Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
Citrix continues to innovate with fast-paced releases to XenApp and XenDesktop. Kraft Kennedy consultant Jeff Silverman reviewed new features including Adaptive Transport, Adaptive Display, and Citrix Layering (formerly Unidesk).
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Securing the Modern Workstation
How can you protect your desktop from the bad guys? Windows 7 and 10 include effective security tools but you have to know where to find them. Find out what you might be missing:
-Windows 7 – What is missing in your protection. (Firewall/Boot Attacks / Pass-the-Hash Attacks)
-Windows 10 – What are the new security features (Windows Hello and Hello for Business / Credential Guard / Device Guard / Secure Browser)
-Fall Creators Update – What new features are expected in the 1709 build
-Intelligent Defense – Leveraging data analytics to detect malicious activity (Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics / Microsoft Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection / Third-party solutions )
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Improve Project Delivery with PMaaS
“Do what you do best, and outsource the rest.” -Peter Drucker
This session is a must for anyone struggling with an ever-growing project portfolio that’s crying out for structure, processes, and predictability.
Many law firms have been forced to dissolve their PMOs due to budget cuts. As a result, they rely on their already busy staff to assume the additional responsibilities of project manager and encounter recurring issues and failures on projects.
In this session, we will discuss how a firm with or without an internal PMO can deliver successful projects, on time and on budget. Join experienced project managers Pat Mansuy and Mike Walls to learn how leading firms with proactive goals for a modern legal practice are turning to PMaaS—outsourced project management. This session will cover the following benefits of this new approach:
-Strategically manage your firm’s project portfolio
-Predictable monthly cost and added value
-Flexible resources on demand
-Ability to respond to changing business demands
-Comprehensive governance processes with visibility for management
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Exchange 2016 Upgrade Scenarios
Area of Focus: IT Operations
Are you thinking about an upgrade? Come learn about new features in Exchange 2016 and Exchange Online that provide benefits for law firms. Then we’ll explore upgrade scenarios for Exchange 2016 on-premises deployments, full migrations to Exchange Online and hybrids in between. A panel of ILTA member law firms will close things out by discussing how they upgraded, the reasons for their decisions and lessons learned along the way.
Takeaways:
-Discover lessons learned during upgrade scenarios from member firms
-Develop a plan of action for moving to Exchange Online
-Understand the top five new features offered in Exchange 2016