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atlanta smug (atlsmug) coming up 4/22/11

hi all.

in case you're not on the mailing list, I just wanted to let you know that we have another user group meeting coming up april 22, 2011. yes, that's good friday. no, we didn't realize it. :)

at any rate, if you can make it out, we'd be happy as punch to have you. if not, you can always join virtually. if you're so inspired, you can come out for part of it and join virtually for the other part. anyway, all the details and registration links are at http://www.atlsmug.org/1/post/2011/04/atlanta-systems-management-user-group-4222011.html.

here's a real quick agenda:

Presenters
 Agenda
 Time Start
 Time End

 Breakfast
 9:30
 9:50
ATLSMUG
 Opening
 9:50
 10:00
Dan Newton
 v.Next Year – What You Need to Know About the Upcoming 2012 System Center Releases
 10:05
 11:00
Greg Cameron
 Delivering and Managing the Private Cloud with System Center 2012
 11:05
 12:00

 Lunch Break
 12:05
 12:25
John Rush (Shavlik)
 3rd-Party Software Patching Using SCCM and Shavlik SCUPdates
 12:30
 1:30
Duncan McAlynn
 DCM vs ACS: An Audit Compliance Comparison
 1:35
 2:25

 Break
 2:30
 2:40
Baelson Duque / Barry Shilmover
 Operations Manager 2012 Overview
 2:45
 4:05
ATLSMUG
 Closing
 4:05
 4:15

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