To download the Free Diagnostic Tool for the WSUS Agent, visit: http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/diagnostic-tool-for-wsus-agent.aspx If you weren’t able to clone yourself to see everything you wanted at Microsoft TechEd 2012 or you have colleagues that couldn’t attend this content-packed event, we’ve got you covered! Join myITforum’s Rod Tren for a rundown of key insights, monumental product releases and critical technology components that are sure to impact your professional life for the next year.

1. © 2012 SOLARWINDS WORLDWIDE, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

2. Today’s Presentation
 Hosts
» Rod Trent, CEO of myITforum®
» Jennifer Kuvlesky, SolarWinds® Product
Marketing Manager
 Producer: René Lego
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3. A Few Notes about Today’s Presentation
 Ask questions!
» Don’t wait until the end, ask away – use chat
feature.
 Today’s session is being recorded.
» Slides available on slideshare.net
» Link will be posted on myITforum
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4. Agenda
 TechEd NA
 TechEd Stats
 Special Offerings
 Event Focus
 Special Product Announcements
 TechEd Content
 What’s Next?
 TechEd/MMS 2013!
 Wrap Up, Q&A
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5. TechEd 2012 NA
 Orange County Convention Center –
Orlando, FL
» 7.1 million square feet
» 23 Expo halls (2.1 square feet )
• TechEd combined into one
» 74 meeting rooms/235 breakout rooms
» Roof mounted solar panels provide 1 MW of
power
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6. TechEd Stats
 ~11,000 attendees
 30% dev, 70% IT Pro
 9 Pre-conference Seminars
 11 Technical tracks
 702 Sessions
 211 Sponsor/Parnters
(Exhibitors)
 20 Years of TechEd!
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7. TechEd Stats (cont)
 Social
» Twitter®
• 21,883 total tweets to #msteched hashtag
• 4,135 total contributors
• Top companies/brands in the stream: Microsoft®, Twitter®, Universal
Orlando®, DELL®, Google®, Apple®, TweetDeck®, WordPress®, Starbucks
®, Marvel®
• Potential reach: ~12 million views
• @WinObs ~850 Tweets alone
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8. TechEd Special Offerings
 Onsite certification
» Exams/Free Exams
» Cram Sessions
 Microsoft Store
» Books, clothes, gadgets, nicknacks
 TechEd Museum
» The entire museum (http://bit.ly/Kkr6aR)
 TechEd Gives Back
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9. TechEd Special Offerings (cont)
 Twitter Army
» 2 years at MMS, 2 years at TechEd, 1st year at TechEd Europe
» TechEd 2012: 149 participants
» How it works
» Value:
• Attendees
• Non-attendees
• Sponsors and Partners
• Microsoft
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10. © 2012 SOLARWINDS WORLDWIDE, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

11. TechEd Special Offerings (cont)
 Twitter Army winners!
Roku® streaming device, earphones - System Center Central™
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12. TechEd Special Offerings (cont)
 Twitter Army winners!
Grand prize!
Dell XPS®13 from SolarWinds!
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13. TechEd Primary Focus
 Windows® Azure™
» The platform for the public Cloud
 SQL Server® 2012
» The database for the public/private Cloud
 Windows 2012
» The OS for the Cloud
» Windows 8 took a back seat, however Metro interface in the fore
 Private Cloud
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14. TechEd (honorable mention) Focus
 System Center
» Managing the Private Cloud
» ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 announced!
 Windows Intune™
» Managing endpoints in the Cloud
 PowerShell®
» Some of the most popular sessions
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15. Special TechEd Announcements
 ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 announced!
» October/September release
 MDT 2012 update
» Drag-and-drop
» October release (err…when Windows 8
releases)
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16. TechEd Content
 Most popular sessions
» PowerShell
» System Center
 History of System Center content at TechEd
» How has it improved?
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17. What’s Next?
 TechEd Europe
» Survival Guide (http://bit.ly/NNSCnY)
» Live Twitter feed (http://bit.ly/MRvXXn)
» Twitter Army!
» Expect same great sessions
» Brad Anderson keynoting (Corporate Vice President, Management &
Security Division) – MMS 2012 keynoter
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18. TechEd 2013
 New Orleans, June 3-6, 2013
» MMS 2013 also in New Orleans in June 2013
 System Center sessions much improved at TechEd 2012
» Cloud has brought product groups together
» Product alignment
 Community is the big factor (myITforum, TheKrewe)
 Registration to open in the fall of 2012
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19. TechEd/MMS 2013 Tips
 Conference center is LARGER
» 1.5 miles from end-to-end
» Comfortable shoes
» Carry less
 Hotels
» Downtown
 Transportation
 Weather
 Expo hall is LARGER
 Food!
 Things to do?
» Feed the homeless
 Twitter Army!
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20. Free Tool Launched - Diagnostic Tool for the WSUS Agent
The diagnostic tool runs on x86
and x64 systems, and touts the
following:
 Validate key Update Agent
configuration values and
identify possible causes of
defective values
 Test connections to all WSUS
resources required by a client
and help identify causes of
connection failures
Download:
 Get detailed descriptions of www.solarwinds.com/downloads/
Windows Update Agent
errors and the best steps to
make repairs to correct errors
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21. Additonal Resources
myITforum
http://myitforum.com
Thwack® Forums
http://thwack.solarwinds.com/
www.solarwinds.com
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22. Thank you for attending!
To learn more or to download free 30-day
trials of SolarWinds products visit:
www.solarwinds.com
Contact information
http://www.solarwinds.com/company/contact.aspx
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