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Managing FileVault 2 on Mountain Lion – Rich Trouton

With the release of OS X Mountain Lion, additional management capabilities for FileVault 2 were introduced through the new fdesetup utility. This tool offers a number of new command-line abilities for...

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Backup, Front to Back – Allister Banks

It’s hard to imagine feeling confident making changes to complex systems when there’s no assurance you can put the genie back into the bottle should things not go as we hoped or planned. It’s supposed...

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Systems Deployment with Blast Image Config – Justin Elliott

Come and learn about Blast Image Config, a freeware OS X system image deployment utility developed at Penn State since 2003. BIC is well-known as one of the fastest OS X system image deployment tools...

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Multi-site Munki Deployments with MunkiServer and Puppet – Pepijn Bruienne

Tackling complicated multi-site Munki deployments can be tough. In this sessions we will see how the third party tool MunkiServer can be used to establish multiple sites with shared deployable...

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Security: Locking down OS X without locking up users – Samuel Keeley

With the ever-growing population of Macs in enterprise and education environments, proper management of them is now a necessity. This session will focus on OS X security, beginning with the security...

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MDMs: Strengths, Weaknesses, Obstacles, Solutions – J David Hester & Randy Saeks

This roundtable discussion will present a variety of speakers sharing their experiences with MDM platforms widely available on the market. We will discuss the daily, pragmatic strengths and weaknesses...

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Mac OS X Automation Workshop – Ben Waldie

With AppleScript, Automator, and Services in Mac OS X, there’s more reason than ever before to begin automating time consuming and repetitive tasks. In this session, we’ll explore the potential of...

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Giving Your AppleScripts a Face Lift – Ben Waldie

You’ve been using AppleScript Editor on your Mac for years. You’ve developed dozens of useful scripts. It’s time to take those scripts to the next level by migrating them to AppleScriptObjC...

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JAMF Casper Suite, The 5 Ws – Han Su Kim

The JAMF Casper Suite has assisted many Mac admins over the years, providing a complete integrated solution dedicated solely to Mac and iOS management. In the last few years, a plethora of free to use...

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Intro to Lab Creation & Managed Settings – Nick McSpadden

You’ve got a room full of Macs, and a bunch of users eager to get their hands on them. You need to deploy software, control the settings, and get them ready to go. Learn about setting up quick Munki...

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Enough Networking to be Dangerous – Allister Banks

In days of old, we were all generalists. Then programmers differentiated their role from the people in charge of the infrastructure or the folks in charge of direct end-user support. Just like...

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Computing By The Numbers – Edward Marczak

Starting with a 40,000 view of Computer Science and how computers work, we’ll work up to why this is important and how it impacts you, the System Administrator. We’ll look at ‘magic’ numbers in...

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Managing And Deploying Dual Boot Systems – Timothy Perfitt

Come join Timothy Perfitt talk about deploying and managing dual boot systems. He’ll start with the technical details of dual booting, discuss imaging and deployment issues, and then share some best...

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Certificates and identity on iOS and Mac – Timothy Perfitt

iOS and Mac increasingly use digital certificates to authenticate users, devices, and connections for increased security and usability. We’ll cover how to create, use, and troubleshoot certificates in...

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More Munki Tricks – Nate Walck

Munki is a great tool for deploying packages to OS X Machines, but what can Munki do beyond a simple setup? This session will cover some useful Munki tricks as well as some tools that were created by...

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Practical Python for Mac Admins – Nate Walck & Jeremy Reichman

Whether you are already comfortable with Bash or AppleScript — or just want to learn more about scripting in general — there are practical reasons to use Python.  Python is quite different than Bash...

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Practical Packaging – Matt Willmore

This session will help new and learning admins the ins and outs of packages and how to best utilize them. The session will cover different applications including software deployment, repackaging and...

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BYOD, or Lobster Shack IT – Michael Brodt

For years, IT departments have been the full-service restaurants of companies, providing a wide menu of tech options and catering to every need, large and small. However, with the BYOD revolution...

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DeployStudio: Up and running in 60 minutes – Nathan Felton

This session will walk the attendees through a basic install and configuration of DeployStudio. I will cover topics such as initial configuration, creation of NetBoot sets, basic workflows, and other...

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DeployStudio: Advanced workflows and Discussion – Nathan Felton

This session will show attendees some of the more advanced features available with DeployStudio through the use of nested workflows and scripts, as well as a discussion session to help answer any...

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Case Study: Thin OS X Deployment with Munki – Matt Willmore & Clarence Helm

This session is a case study of how Matt and Clarence worked to address the issue of creating and updating builds for both existing and new Apple hardware models using the power of packages and Munki....

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Deploying 1400+ computers in 3 weeks? Are you nuts?!? – Sean Kaiser

Northmont’s 6 person technology department deployed 1250 MacBook Pros and 60 iMacs, redeployed 100 or so “newer” (one or two year old) machines into different locations, and retrieved nearly 1700 old...

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Git For System Admins – Justin Elliott & Scott Gallagher

Come and learn all about Git, the most popular and powerful distributed version control system. It’s not just for programmers, it’s one of the essential tools for any system admin that needs to keep...

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Hands-On With Git – Justin Elliott & Scott Gallagher

Do you want to get your hands dirty with Git? Then this is the lab session for you! In this session we will cover how to install and Configure Git to walk through the process of creating a local...

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Managing Macs with Puppet – Graham Gilbert

This is the story of how pebble.it decided upon Puppet, how it has become the core of our Mac management, and how we use Facter for detailed reporting on the Macs we manage. We’ll look at how we use...

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Apple Deployment Tools – Brett Gross

Learn about the tools that Apple makes available for deploying OS X systems. OS X Server includes all of the tools needed to deploy Macs within your environment and we will discuss such tools as...

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What’s in a name? (Taking a deeper look at DNS) – Mike Boylan

In this session, we’ll take a deeper look at the Domain Name System (DNS). DNS is a crucial fundamental piece in any modern network infrastructure, and it’s often times discovered to be the root cause...

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Mac OS X Network Printing Techniques (Stupid CUPS Tricks) – Eric T Gadsby &...

Do network printers in Mac OS X drive you crazy? This session is for you. In this session we will discuss how to leverage the Mac OS X’s build in printing system; CUPS to achieve your users printing...

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Shell scripting with Bash – Rusty Myers & Jay Hoff

Be a born-again Mac admin by putting into practice some of Bash’s most useful features. We will go through a hands-on process of learning practical tips and concepts underlying shell scripting with...

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Software Packaging and Deployment with Tivoli Endpoint Manager – John Tyndall

IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (TEM) is a powerful, cross-platform systems management suite for remotely managing and monitoring workstations, and it is the tool upon which the Systems Management @ Penn...

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Wi-Fi Network Design for a Mobile Learning Environment – James Garringer

Does your Wi-Fi network adequately support your mobile learning environment? Join Apple for a look at Wi-Fi Design Concepts. We will review the significance of the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands and when to...

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Creating Dynamic Learning Environments – Alison Terry

Students are growing up in – and graduating into – a connected, information-rich world that presents both challenges and opportunities for educators.  With incredibly powerful and versatile tools like...

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Deployment Strategies for OS X for the Education Institution – David Starr

David Starr will review the latest deployment strategies for OS X for the education institution. David will be on hand to review the latest practices in setting education technology in place for the...

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OS X Terminal Services – Richard Glaser

The University of Utah is providing OS X Terminal Services to campus affiliates providing access to OS X & native software to platforms like OS X, Windows, Linux, iOS & Android. This solution...

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Using Profile Manager for iPads in Classrooms – Jeffrey Hanrahan

Many educational institutions are starting to support iPads for student or faculty use in classroom instruction.  Since there are a growing number of classes now requiring iPads, this requires an...

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Learning from each other: how Big IT departments and Small IT departments can...

Big IT departments manage hundreds, if not thousands, of machines through modular and monolithic imaging, huge directory service clusters and volume licenses. Small IT departments manage many small...

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SNMP, IT’s pre-emptive strike – Manuel Deschambault

I will introduce the swiss army knife tool that is SNMP monitoring.  I will show in general what ROI this tool brings to any support infrastructure.  I will demonstrate real life examples of how this...

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Carry on Luggage – Jeremy Reichman

Apple packages are the past, present, and non-Mac App Store future for Mac sys admins. Package installers are a basic input for almost every deployment scheme on the Mac. Learn when and how to use the...

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Migrating from Windows to OS X for Admins – Pam Lefkowitz

It’s easier and easier to move between Operating Systems these days. But there are still enough differences, that sysadmins need guidance when switching from Windows to Mac. In this session, we will...

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iOS in Education – Dan Semaya

Join Dan Semaya, Senior Consulting Engineer at Apple, for a comprehensive technical seminar focused on deployment and management of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch in education.  This seminar will discuss...

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