MAEDS 2024

MAEDS 2024

9:00am EDT

Accomplish More with Less with Microsoft Azure Hybrid Cloud for VDI, Containerized Apps, and AI at the edge. And leave VMware Behind! Tower BDataON Get Certified and Defend Your School Like a Pro: The Cybersecurity Rubric for Education is Thriving! MackinacClasslink ISDs’ working together to provide streamlined security & cloud hosting services for local education agencies! PeninsulaTammy Evans • MiSecure & MiCloud PowerSchool - Are You AI Ready? Tower AEdward Dedic • PowerSchool

1:40pm EDT

Journey to Datacenter 2.0 Tower CJames Marsack Ensuring Excellence: Michigan DataHub's Data Verification Tools in MiDataHub Tower BMelissa Tront Google Admin Console: new and improved! PeninsulaJohn Sowash New To EDU: Getting Started in K12 Tech Support Tower AChris Thomas Incident Response Planning - Crawl, Walk, Run MackinacNicholas Hay • Matt McMahon • Nick Morse

2:50pm EDT

Choosing the Right Cloud: Google Cloud vs. Microsoft OneDrive for File Storage PeninsulaNicholas Hay • Eric Krebill Better Together: Scaling Shared IT Services Across Michigan to Ensure Equity While Prioritizing Staff Retention (with a Smile) Tower CDiane Talo Proven Techniques for Deploying and Managing Chromebooks MackinacJohn Sowash Navigating Continuity of Operations Challenges Successfully Tower BBrandi Reynolds Securing Active Directory with PowerShell & Other Tools Tower AJames Tyler

4:10pm EDT

AV over IP technologies - Basics you should know Tower CSteve Van Dyke The Cloud is More Than Just VMs! MackinacMichael Coats The Seams in your Seamless Integrations Tower BLukas Enciso So you've seen your VMware renawal cost, now what? PeninsulaEric Krebill Physical Security Marries IT Tower APaul Mulder

8:30am EDT

The Intersection of AI and Data in Schools Tower CEdward Dedic Microsoft Azure and Windows Admin Center MackinacJason Burt Shared Services: It's how we get IT done! Tower BJosh Hayes Email Security - Are you up to date on all things SPF, DKIM, & DMARC? Tower AKurt Torok • Kurt K. Torok Kenowa Hills Public Schools "Our Journey to Cloud-Connected Cameras PeninsulaRick Webb

9:40am EDT

Microsoft Licensing – How to Maximize Your Investment Tower CErin Richards Data Visualization: Need a way to analyze and present Data? Tower BMerri Lynn Colligan So You’re The Tech Director; Now What? Lessons Learned On the Job! Tower ANate Moore Open source alternatives and other free tools! PeninsulaEric Krebill Diary of a Cyber Incident MackinacEvan OBranovic

10:50am EDT

Clear the haze around Copilot and Modern Management Tower CJason Brown Leveraging Free Solutions with osTicket and Snipe-IT for Streamlined Helpdesk and Asset Management Tower BPeter Klein Lightning Talks PeninsulaBen Eggenberger Let's Talk All Things Documentation Tower AKurt Torok • Kurt K. Torok Responding to a Cyber-Attack! What do you REALLY need to be prepared. MackinacChris Nelson

2:00pm EDT

AI in education roundtable MackinacDamian Koob Moving to Hyper-V/Azure Stack HCI Tower CNicholas Hay Data integration made easy with the Michigan DataHub! Tower BTony Howard Job security/satisfaction for the K12 IT professional Tower AGrant Wright MiSecure: past, present & future PeninsulaMatt McMahon

3:10pm EDT

Utilizing AI in School District IT Professional Positions Tower CCory Klinge Identity Management ... this time without any PowerShell scripting! Tower BChris Thomas Leave them in the Wild, Chromebooks staying home year round MackinacBrandon Richmond SASE Overview for K-12 Tower AJosh Mack Infiltration & Isolation: An IR Tabletop Exercise Session PeninsulaChris Farrar

9:00am EDT

Disaster Recovery - How to plan for the sudden loss of people Tower CSteve Van Dyke Turning 'No' into 'Thank You' Tower AWini Bell FreePBX Hands-on MackinacPatrick Wroble Purple Knight AD/Entra ID assement PeninsulaTim Speer SMTP How to increase your Email Reputation Scores Tower BFred J Sharpsteen

10:20am EDT

E-Rate Primer and Data Cleanup Tower CMerri Lynn Colligan • Nicholas Hay You Are More Than IT; Creating a Seat at the Leadership Table Tower BBen Rimes Network Monitoring and Backups with LibreNMS and Oxidized Tower AMatt Skalecki Conducting a Phishing Campaign for Free with PowerShell PeninsulaJames Tyler FREE Cybersecurity Resources for Michigan Districts MackinacKellie DeLosSantos