On November 18th, several Dutch user groups join forces to present the Experts Live event at Cinemic in Ede, the Netherlands Dutch.

As some of you might remember, I’ve been a speaker (and track owner) at the previous Experts Live events in the last four years. This time around, Experts Live is even bigger. There were 750 tickets available and all but some have and features seven tracks, catering to the needs of all the user groups. Of the 43 available session slots, I will feature in two:

About my sessions

During Experts Live 2014, I will be cohosting two sessions in the Hyper-V track and Windows Server track, together with Raymond Comvalius (Windows IT Pro MVP). Both sessions will run for 60 minutes:

Running highly-sensitive Domain Controllers on Hyper-V and Azure

(7:45 AM – 8:45 AM in Room 1)

Active Directory Domain Controllers hold the keys to your kingdom. So how do you virtualize these castles of identity, without compromising on the requirements of your organization? In this session, Raymond Comvalius (Windows Expert – IT Pro MVP) and Sander Berkouwer (Directory Services MVP) give best practices for hardening, backing up, restoring and managing virtualized Domain Controllers. In their real-time demos, they’ll run environments like yours, showing you the real world possibilities and impossibilities.

Security overview for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

(11:30 AM – 12:30 PM in the Keynote Room)

Windows 8.1 offers a huge leap forward when it comes to security capabilities and provides IT professionals security features that are simple to use, manageable, and valuable. So what are the key security improvements in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2? You’ll be surprised! Come join Raymond Comvalius (Windows Expert – IT Pro MVP) and Sander Berkouwer (Directory Services MVP) to learn about the improvements that are offered in domains such as identity control, malware resistance, data protection and access control.

Sign up

When you’re living in the Netherlands or Belgium, you don’t want to miss out, so sign up for this event and snatch one of those last tickets!