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Ted Vahey
User Group President

Ted Vahey is the lead person to coordinate future topics and speakers.  Once a topics list is drafted, the Steering Committee meets monthly to finalize the group's direction and confirmed topics.

Boston-area User Group Calendar is a great site for finding local user group meeting information at www.bugc.org

New England Information Security Group is a new User Group with an emphasis on information security! 

Follow this link for 
info on other local-area 
user groups:

Datacenter and network services provided by
Northeast DataVault

Are you from southern NE or RI?  Try this group.
www.snenug.org

Helping IT managers and administrators deploy
Windows NT, Windows Server 2000 & 2003 on the Internet and within the enterprise.

Next Meeting May 7, 2008 at 6:00pm

Joint Meeting with the Exchange Users Group

Paul Parisi, CTO, DNSstuff - DNS Health and DNSstuff
DNSstuff.com is the leading source for on-demand DNS and network troubleshooting and problem solving. Paul Parisi will discuss the Health of the DNS System, regale us with some amusing DNS stories, and present a live demo of the toolset. DNSstuff would like to extend a 50% discount off their Professional Tool Set (which includes DNSreport) and (1) FREE DNSalert (domain monitoring 24/7/365) for your attendance ($70 total value). You must attend for the discount. www.dnsstuff.com


Juan Sanabria, Security Pro, Microsoft - Forefront Security Story, Breadth and Depth
Microsoft has built a comprehensive and wide-ranging set of security tools and products, a broader and deeper solution that most are aware of. Forefront now lives at each of the classic layers, clients, servers, edge, and services. Juan Sanabria of Microsoft will explore how Microsoft sees the security space, their solutions, and unified management tools. Additionally he will provide a look into the Stirling UTM platform and beta just launched.


Sponsored by Mimosa Systems



Windows Server 2008 Training Event Lab Errata Document

Premium Membership Past Presentations
Past Events Our Objectives and Goals
Member Benefits and UG Sponsors Book Reviews by members
BAWSUG Yellow Pages Sponsor an Event
Discounted books from O'Reilly.com Annual Meeting Calendar



Current membership stands at about 2,300 confirmed valid email addresses of local IT professionals.
We are one of the oldest and largest local IT Professional user groups in New England and possibly the country.

    

Want to officially join the Boston Area Windows Server User Group?  Sign up or cancel here.

 

May 7, 2008 at 6pm

(every 1st Wed)

Microsoft Waltham, MA
201 Jones Road
6th Floor MPR-A

directions & map link to:
Microsoft, Waltham, MA

This is a peer to peer user group.
This meeting is free.
Pizza and beverages will be provided.

        

Click on building for a map to Microsoft Waltham


     

May 7, 2008 Meeting Agenda

6:00-6:30 - Pizza, Networking, Meeting Formalities, "Tech-Tips Live"


6:30-7:30 - DNS Health and DNSStuff

Presentation by Paul Parisi, CTO, DNSstuff

DNSstuff.com is the leading source for on-demand DNS and network troubleshooting and problem solving. Their online tools help diagnose, monitor and maintain one of the most vital, yet vulnerable, lynchpins in the infrastructure supporting the web - the Domain Name System. Hidden among their more visible products and tools such as DNSreport and DNSalerts, are a mountain of gems learned from being the primary source of all things DNS. Paul Parisi, CTO, will discuss the Health of the DNS System, regale us with some amusing DNS stories, and present a live demo of the toolset. DNSstuff would like to extend a 50% discount off their Professional Tool Set (which includes DNSreport) and (1) FREE DNSalert (domain monitoring 24/7/365) for your attendance ($70 total value). You must attend for the discount. www.dnsstuff.com


7:30-7:40 - Short Break


7:40-9:00 - Forefront Security Story, Breadth and Depth

Juan Sanabria, Security Pro, Microsoft

Microsoft has built a comprehensive and wide-ranging set of security tools and products, a broader and deeper solution that most are aware of. Forefront now lives at each of the classic layers, clients, servers, edge, and services. Juan Sanabria of Microsoft will explore how Microsoft sees the security space, their solutions, and unified management tools. Additionally he will provide a look into the Stirling UTM platform and beta just launched.

9:00 - Raffle

 

Meeting topics:

Your steering committee is making a strong effort to invite presenters who are prepared to make technical, white-paper-style offerings in addition to introducing new products and services.  Interested in presenting?  Email us!



Past Events (click for pictures):

August 2007 - New Horizon's Windows Server 2008 Hands on Labs

May 2007 - Exchange 2007 LabFest

September 2006 - Perimeter Defense Day

September 2006 - Perimeter Defense Day Agenda
 

The goals of the group:

   » improve our core technology disciplines in Windows NT, 2000 and 2003 Servers
   » expose members to technologies and best practices not normally found in our day-to-day jobs
   » invite speakers from both Microsoft and non-Microsoft resources
    » incubate and encourage a great peer-peer support vehicle
   » provide a forum for selective third-party Windows NT/XP/2000/2003 products
   » get to know your peers and have some fun at the monthly pizza & schmooze session

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Benefits and Sponsors:
O'Reilly now has many books online.  As a User Group member, you can try them for 14 days free.  (They also give us books to review and raffle off, so take a look.)

Through sponsorship of the Boston Users Group (aka BUG). We are able to offer group members a 15% Discount on all of ONLC's Microsoft technical classes.

ONLC Training Centers is a top Microsoft training partner with over two decades of experience, convenient delivery locations, and the ability to offer innovative training solutions. They also partner with many other vendors, including Citrix. When you take the time to compare training organizations, you will realize that no one comes close to their experience, quality, and customer service commitment.


Call 800-288-8221 to register (use discount code BUG2008). For the complete class schedule go to www.onlc.com/sched.asp.

Looking to improve your skills?  The Charles River Public Internet Center may have what you need.  They are located in Waltham, and have an assortment of programs that are relevant to technology professionals in transition.  Visual Studio .NET is available for use (for free) on three of the public PCs.
 
 
A great member benefit!
 Boston University Corporate Education Center has partnered with Boston User Groups to provide discounted, vendor-authorized training and certification for members of Boston User Groups-affiliated organizations.  MCSE programs are included.

This is a major benefit!  Click on the logo for more details.

Link to a very interesting 3rd party article on the real world of
MCSE boot-camps.  BU has a slightly different and longer-duration program.

 
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History:

Founded in 1991 as the LAN Manager User Group but our newest name is:
The Boston Area Windows Server User Group

Previously:
Boston Area Windows Server User Group,
     (Rick Zach, then Kent Smith Chairperson)
Boston Area Windows 2000 Server User Group (and Windows Server),
     (Rick Zach, Chairperson)
Greater Boston Area Windows NT Server Users Group
     (John Low, Chairperson)
New England NT Users Group via former BCS
     (David Wihl, Chairperson)
Boston Area LAN Manager Users Group 
     (Mike Eisenberg, Founder & Chairperson, first established in 1991)

 
           

Our servers are located at Northeast DataVault in Marlborough, MA.

The hosting for many diverse user groups emanates from this rack.  The top rack section holds the HP KVM switch. The top HP server is the primary web server for Boston User Groups. The top middle HP sever is the primary mail server for Boston User Groups The bottom middle Compaq  server is used by blu.org for mail & web svcs.

Smart UPS donated by APC
Enterprise firewall donated by SonicWall
VPN client hardware donated by WAN Strategies
Most operating system software donated by Microsoft
Most server hardware has been donated by each user group leader

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