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Bio

Rod Fournier, Senior Premier Field Engineer, Microsoft

First of all thanks for your interest in what makes me tick, I hope you like what you read. In all honesty, there really is not much to say, though I do talk all the time in person. I am certifiably crazy, I mean nuts! Luckily, to date the authorities have not caught up with me and put me away. I love computers; that is all I do and know. I have been working in the field for over 27 years now (I am 45 years old, so yes my whole Adult life). I eat and breathe computers. I am boring as hell at a party. I can?t discuss politics, religion, current affairs, etc. I think in hex, I tell binary and clustering jokes, I see the world as a bunch of sites yet to be configured. I am pretty much a geek full time. During the business day I am a Senior Premier Field Engineer II for Microsoft. My focus is on Windows Server 2003/8 Active Directory services, Security technologies, and infrastructure design. I truly love my job and what I do for Microsoft; it?s a great place to work. A true geek?s dream come true. They are an excellent company to work for, top self! Bottom line, if you are a recruiter looking to hire someone, I am not interested! Please leave me alone. In my spare time, I own and run Net Working America, Inc. (www.nw-america.com). I am the President and lead consultant (currently the only one too). I do lots of technical editing, authoring of books, publications, training courses (including Microsoft Official Curriculum as a subject matter expert and author), and public speaking. I have been a Microsoft Certified Trainer for the past 15 years. I just love to speak in public (or even to myself for that matter). I have also been a source of information in many articles written by other authors and have been quoted in the industry press on many different topics regarding IT (basically I will talk to anyone at any time about computers; I always have something to say).

Sessions

What Does the Cloud Mean for the IT Professional?

Do cloud services make the IT pro obsolete? Join us in this informative session to discuss the role of IT pros with regard to Windows Azure. Discover what's changed and what hasn't for the IT professional including how to manage services in the new cloud environment and what tools are available to help manage the application lifecycle.

March 25th

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Overview

Microsoft announced Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. As part of the announcement, two new technologies were unveiled, Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX. This SP1 overview session covers these enhancements at a high level as well as other enhancements being made to Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Finally, this session covers how these enhancements fit into the overall VDI story from Microsoft alongside other partners

March 25th

Windows and Active Directory Best Practices

Ten years after Active Directory's release, a lot has been learned. Unfortunately, many organizations rolled out Active Directory early on and never had the time or resources to revisit what *really* needs to be done to secure and manage the directory service in a dynamic enterprise. What has worked and what has failed in the "real world," and why, and what can you learn from those lessons? This ?rapid fire? session includes role-based management and tools that enable a documented, auditable, secure, manageable, and supportable environment.

March 25th

Proud Sponsors

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