{"id":14433,"date":"2013-04-04T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=14433"},"modified":"2013-04-04T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T17:20:00","slug":"how-would-i-attend-techedmms-if-i-was-an-it-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=14433","title":{"rendered":"How Would I \u201cAttend\u201d TechEd\/MMS If I Was An IT Manager?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I attended TechEd for the first time in 2004.&#160; It was a last second freebie from Microsoft.&#160; We had just signed a decent sized Enterprise Agreement, we were bullish on Microsoft software, and they were keen to get us to deploy MOM and SMS.&#160; There was a last minute, no-refunds, cancellation and I was offered the ticket.&#160; I went and I took copious notes, much of which I started testing in the lab and implementing.&#160; In fact, there was more than I could learn by myself.&#160; We really needed SharePoint, SQL, developers, networking, and more people there.<\/p>\n<p>After that first trip, I told my boss (and he agreed) that traditional MSFT courses were useless to me.&#160; I learned lots from TechEd.&#160; And that\u2019s how I wanted to use my annual training allowance.<\/p>\n<p>Oh \u2013 I did my first pass on the TechEd North America schedule builder today.&#160; One time slot had 9 sessions that I want to attend!!!!<\/p>\n<p>How would I tackle a conference like MMS or TechEd now as an IT manager with a decent sized team?&#160; <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firstly, I\u2019d send several people.<\/li>\n<li>Each person would be given an assignment: e.g. you learn Active Directory, you learn Office365, you learn ConfigMgr, etc.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019d set up a single OneNote document for the conference and share it to each attendee<\/li>\n<li>Each person would record their session notes on their tablets (Windows 8 Enterprise, of course) in their own section in the OneNote document.&#160; They can open new pages for each session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This way everyone records their notes.&#160; I as a boss have visibility that people aren\u2019t out in the bars when they should be in sessions <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; 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