Want to become a better Systems Administrator? Go to the Midwest Management Summit!
First off, my heart goes out to all those in Ukraine and those with connections to Ukraine during this stressful chapter of history. If you’re one of these people and there’s anything I can do to help you, please let me know. Secondly, I would like to take a second to share how excited I am for the upcoming Midwest Management Summit being hosted here in Minnesota at the Mall of America on May 1st, 2022.
What is the Midwest Management Summit you ask? Terrific question! The Midwest Management Summit, or MMS for short, is an incredible opportunity for all the crazy people (myself included) who live and breathe MEMCM, Cloud, PowerShell, SQL Server, and Systems Administration in general to get together, learn from titans in the space, and network with your peers! You can think of it as a Comic-Con of sorts for all the Systems Administrators of the world.
There will be over 100 sessions for you to attend! The list of presenters is absolutely stacked with insanely talented and knowledgeable community leaders.
These are a few of the speakers that I’m personally really looking forward to hearing from:
JOHAN ARWIDMARK
A few reasons Johan is awesome:
Johan created the Hydration Kit, which is an incredibly helpful and popular tool for building a home lab. He’s written multiple books on deployment fundamentals. Also, he’s also a 17x Microsoft MVP. No big deal.
Website:
deploymentresearch.com
Books:
Amazon
Twitter:
@jarwidmark
Garth Jones
A few reasons Garth is awesome:
He might be the most knowledgeable person in the entire world when it comes to Configuration Manager reporting. He literally wrote the book on it. He’s also the Chief Architect for Endpoint Insights at Recast Software. Additionally, he’s a 15x Microsoft MVP.
Website:
askgarth.com
Books:
Amazon
Twitter:
@GarthMJ
JORDAN BENZING
A few reasons Jordan is awesome:
Jordan is an engineer at Patch My PC! He’s extremely knowledgeable when it comes to patching, ConfigMgr, PowerBI, and is one of the administrators of the Windows Admins discord.
Website:
jordantheitguy.com
Twitter:
@JordanTheITguy
BRYAN DAM
A few reasons Bryan is awesome:
He’s one of the lead developers at Recast Software! He’s incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to all things ConfigMgr, PowerShell, Patching, and software development. He’s also super funny! I know for sure that his presentations are going to be full of useful information and be really fun to listen to.
Website:
damgoodadmin.com/
Twitter:
@bdam555
Gary Blok
A few reasons Gary is awesome:
Gary is a super passionate ConfigMgr Admin for #BigBank. He’s constantly authoring helpful posts for the ConfigMgr community over at Recast Software and garytown.com.
Website:
garytown.com
Twitter:
@gwblok
Donna Ryan
A few reasons Donna is awesome:
Donna created WIM Witch, a super popular and useful utility for updating and modifying WIM files for different Windows deployment scenarios! She’s an expert when it comes to ConfigMgr and currently works at Microsoft as a Senior Project Manager for Win365. She also happens to be a very talented x-stitcher and 2x Microsoft MVP.
Twitter:
@TheNotoriousDRR
David James
A few reasons David is awesome:
David is currently the Vice President of Software Engineering over at Patch My PC and was previously the Director of Engineering for Microsoft for ConfigMgr & Desktop Analytics. He’s likely the most knowledgeable person out there when it comes to ConfigMgr as a whole given the fact that he was the leader of the team that engineered it. Pretty cool, right?
Twitter:
@djammmer
If you’re a passionate Systems Administrator with a strong desire to grow, I strongly, strongly, strongly, encourage you to find a way to attend! You’ll meet so many wonderful people, fill your brain with useful knowledge that you can share with your team, and have a really good time. I hope to see you there!
Feel free to reach out with any questions on twitter @BrandenHammann.