SCOMathon Welcome
Bruce Cullen
Director of Engineering @ SquaredUp, Founding Member @ Cookdown
Welcome to SCOMathon 2023 – the ultimate learning opportunity for all things SCOM. Get the latest updates from Microsoft, learn best practices from the experts, and discover tips and tricks from the SCOM community, to maximize the power of SCOM.
SCOMathon is a virtual SCOM community conference, organized by SquaredUp, Cookdown, and Silect to enhance networking, knowledge, and sharing of best practices across the global SCOM community.
We’ll also be donating $2 per attendee/session to Girls Who Code an international non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology by teaching girls computer science.
What is it?
This year, SCOMathon will span multiple time zones – from New Zealand to the West Coast of the United States and everywhere in between.
Microsoft MVPs, SCOM experts, and SCOM customers will come together to discuss all things SCOM, including the latest updates, best practice tips, specific use case scenarios, and much more.
The virtual conference will feature speaker sessions consisting of topic-based presentations, how-to guides, and panel discussions. So, come prepared to learn!
Proud sponsors of SCOMathoN
When and where?
The event will be streamed on LinkedIn on the 25th of May. Live Q&A will be available throughout the event. But don’t worry if you miss a session it will all be recorded and available on replay.
We’ll be streaming:
- 2 keynotes
- 7 sessions
- 5 vendor sessions
- 2 panel discussions
May 25
HP vs Dell, which hardware manufacturers MP is the best?
Jan Pettersson
System Specialist @ Umeå University
In this session, Jan talks us through both HP and Dell’s latest MPs for monitoring their hardware. He will cover the history behind each MP, what they each do well, and where there is room for improvement. Jan has also worked around the gaps in each MP.
Break
TBC
Top 10 mistakes while implementing SCOM
Dieter Wijckmans
Microsoft MVP & Managing Partner @ OB-V-US
Dieter takes us through the top things people do wrong when setting up a new SCOM deployment, impacting cost, time or worse: cause issues later down the line. From systems architectural design to DB sizing, Dieter has it all covered.
Break
Panel Discussion: Open Source and SCOM
Stoyan Chalakov
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Jason Baudreau
Microsoft MVP and Senior IT Consultant /
VP of Product and Marketing @ SquaredUp
Break
SquaredUp Vendor Session
Hybrid Monitoring with SCOM MI and visualizing on SquaredUp dashboards
Aakash Basavaraj
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Bruce Cullen
Program Manager for SCOM @ Microsoft /
Director of Engineering @ SquaredUp, Founding Member @ Cookdown
In this session, the Microsoft SCOM product group will demo the latest capabilities and discuss the roadmap of Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance, the new Hybrid Monitoring capability of Azure Monitor. For SquaredUp users, we will showcase the experience of SCOM MI integration with SquaredUp dashboards for visualization of monitoring data.
Break
Keynote: What comes after SCOM MI?
Bob Cornelissen
Microsoft MVP & managing consultant @TOPQORE
SCOM MI is a fantastic breath of fresh air for the SCOM community, bringing SCOM’s all powerful MPs and health rollup to the cloud. But how does it sit against the backdrop of an increasingly cloud centric world with workloads becoming increasingly more serverless? Bob will take us through what is possible today and explains SCOM’s place in the future.
Using PowerShell with SCOM
Stoyan Chalakov
Microsoft MVP and Senior IT Consultant
MP authoring is expensive and time consuming, but PowerShell can get you 80% of the results in 20% of the time. Stoyan will show you how to get going and share some of the coolest use cases he has come across over the last 12 months of working heavily with PowerShell and SCOM. Expect demos, foundations and dos and don’ts.
Break
TBC
SCOM MI deep dive
Bob Cornelissen
Microsoft MVP & managing consultant @TOPQORE
So you have heard of SCOM MI but have no idea how you might go about using it? Fear not! Bob is here to explain its architecture, how to set it up, cost implications, and what a migration path to it might look like.
Break
Panel Discussion
Break
Living in harmony, transitioning to a healthy monitoring landscape with SCOM and AMA agents
Wei Hao Lim
Senior Customer Engineer for SCOM @ Microsoft
In this session, you will learn about the different agent types Microsoft offer, the functions offered by each agent, and find out how to make a smooth transition from MMA to AMA. Hint… MMA will be decommissioned for Azure use from August 2024.
NiCE Vendor Session
Christian Heitkamp
Director of Products (CMO) NICE IT Management Solutions GMBH
Break
What's new in the free Endpoint Management (aka SCCM) MP?
Dujon Walsham
Founder & Chief Microsoft Technologist @ ProtectOrg & Microsoft MVP
At SCOMathon 2022, Dujon announced ProtectOrg’s free Endpoint Management (aka SCCM/Intune) to replace Microsoft’s now deprecated SCCM MP. This year, Dujon is back with a new version that has some awesome new features, and all for free.
Panel Discussion: Microsoft Monitoring, what do we want to see?
Nathan Gau
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Cameron Fuller
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Christian Heitkamp
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Bruce Cullen
Senior Technical Specialist @ Microsoft /
Solution Director at Catapult Systems /
Director of Products (CMO) NICE IT Management Solutions GMBH /
Director of Engineering @ SquaredUp, Founding Member @ Cookdown
Break
TBC
TBC
Closing
Times are shown in British Summer Time (BST)