Phil Wicklund will be an Invited Speaker at Share Cloud Dallas

Feb. 23, 2012 - PRLog -- Phil's sessions:

PRE 103 - What is the Cloud, why do I care, and how do I get there?

If you follow the technology industry, you have probably noticed that everyone suddenly seems to be "going to the cloud" these days. What's all the fuss about? Or more simply put, what is the cloud and why do I care? The conference keynote seeks to level the playing field for attendees by answering these key questions around the ROI behind Microsoft's cloud-based technologies. You'll learn about key cloud characteristics, as well as cloud models such as building your own private cloud, or perhaps deploying to the public, community, and/or hybrid clouds. You'll see how IT solutions can be taken to the cloud on the Office 365 and Azure platforms and how these platforms integrate with one another to create advanced, cloud-based line of business applications. Lastly, you'll come away with an understanding of how to begin the process of planning for and migrating to the cloud.

OFF 104 - Identity in Office 365

Security in the cloud is a significant topic. Cloud customers want to know their options, including managing cloud based accounts, partner accounts, domain controller co-location, active directory synchronization, as well as creating a federation trust between a local ADFS 2.0 service and Office 365. This session will compare the pros and cons of each approach, which approaches work for standard versus dedicated, as well as step by step guidance on how to setup the trusts. Additionally, we'll also discuss identity management with remote PowerShell.

About Phil Wicklund

Phil Wicklund is the author of Deploying Cloud-based Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Solutions by Microsoft Press, as well as SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action by Manning Publications. He has over 7 years of SharePoint experience and is a frequent blogger, speaker, and author around SharePoint products and technologies. He started working with SharePoint back in 2003 and has since architected and administered many dozens of corporate SharePoint environments. He started as a SharePoint development instructor and has since moved into consulting with RBA Consulting, where he shares real-world insights and in-depth best practices with his clients. His blog is at http://philwicklund.com. Twitter: @philwicklund


About Share Cloud

Share Cloud is a one day training conference covering SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft's Cloud offerings, with sessions presented by Subject Matter Experts, Microsoft Certified Trainers, Microsoft Engineers and Microsoft MVPs.

Sessions at Share Cloud include: SharePoint 2010, highlighting SharePoint Online; Public Cloud, highlighting Microsoft Office 365 which includes Lync, Exchange & Office, Windows and Windows Azure; Private Cloud, highlighting Hyper-V, App-V and System Center; Virtualization technologies, including Hyper-V, App-V, and management with System Center  2012; Cloud Management, including Security & Compliance, Hybrid Strategies, Migration Strategies, and Information Architecture & Design.

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Share Cloud Dallas is a one day training event that covers both SharePoint 2010 and the Microsoft Cloud that will be held on March 27, 2012 at the Irving Convention Center in Irving, Texas. Visit http://www.sharecloud.org for more infomation.