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KYSBSUG April 2010 – Hard Drive Recovery

Data go 'bye-bye' sometimes There are two kinds of people in the world:

  1. Those who HAVE lost data
  2. Those who WILL lose data

If you’re an IT pro, you probably have a stack of “dead” hard drives lying around. But just how ‘dead’ is dead? Would you like to know some tips and tricks that may just save you from an R.G.E.
(Résumé-Generating Event)? Keep reading.

KYSBSUG April 2010 – Meeting #74 – Hard Drive Recovery
Presenter: Craig Mayfield, from Craig On-Site coming in from Lexington, KY
Date: Thursday April 22, 2010
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243
Map: Click here
Registration URL: Due to limited seating, registration *IS* required.
Click here to register today! 

IMPORTANT: Due to a scheduling issue, we’re meeting on the 4th Thursday this month, not the typical 3rd Wednesday.

Description:

Join IT Consultant Craig Mayfield to learn what he has discovered about Hard Drive Recovery.  Topics include the Myths, the Truths, What To Do, and When to call a Professional in Recovering Data from broken hard drives. Craig will demonstrate how he has successfully recovered data from a completely dead hard drive.  This will be an eye opening presentation that could save you or your customers lots of money.

REGISTER TODAY FOR THIS FREE LIVE EVENT!

Click here to register for this FREE event.

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Two KYSBSUG Events in March, 2010

It’s been a busy month in Louisville already with TechNet and MSDN here last week on March 4, 2010. And we’ve got some more stuff coming your way:

**First March 2010 Meeting**
Howl At The Moon 6-YEAR KYSBSUG ANNIVERSARY
Date: Wednesday March 17, 2010
Time: 5:30 – 7:30 PM Eastern (or whenever everybody leaves)
Venue: Howl At The Moon
Address: 4th Street Live, Louisville, KY
URL:  Click here

Parking: 423 South 5th Street
(Usually $3-$5, or free after 6PM)

Door Prizes: There are no door prizes for this meeting, but there are lots of low/no cost stuff to enjoy

  • Free cover charge for KYSBSUG attendees
  • Free buffet 5:30 – 7:30 PM
  • Attendees receive first two drinks for $0.50 / each (well drinks, long island teas, domestic beer, house wines, house margaritas, DeKuyper cordials)
  • ½ off all drinks until 9 PM

Registration for this event is NOT required for this event, but you must be over 21 to enter the venue.

**Second March 2010 Meeting**
Matt Hester - Microsoft KYSBSUG Meeting #73 – Windows Server 2008 R2 IT Pro Tour
Presenter: Matt Hester, Microsoft TechNet Presenter (in person)
Date: Monday March 29, 2010
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243
Registration: We will be providing dinner and door prizes, so registration IS required.
Registration URL: Click here

Description:

Here’s your chance to connect with your local IT Pro Community AND meet Matt Hester, your local IT Professional Evangelist! Now that the dust has settled and the boxes are mostly unpacked from Matt’s relocation to Ohio.  He wants to meet you and get to know you! What a better way than with Windows Server® 2008 R2, giveaways and food!!

Matt Hester will be talking about the many administrative benefits of Windows Server® 2008 R2, including improvements to Active Directory, PowerShell, Group Policy and much more.  He will also talk about his experiences with his recently published book Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administration Instant Reference. Ultimately, this evening is for you – so bring your questions, prepare to have some fun and expect to learn more about Windows Server® 2008 R2.  This should be a fun and exciting evening!

Matt will have a couple copies of his book to give away and other fun stuff. Be sure to attend and learn more of what Windows Server® 2008 R2 has to offer!

This is your chance to give feedback on how Matt and Microsoft can help your local community efforts. We hope you’ll join us for an evening of fun and peer-to-peer networking with your local IT Pro Community!

Special Thanks:

We’d like to thank the folks that helped bring this month together.

I hope to see many of you this month as we wrap up our 6th year of free monthly meetings, and jump right into our 7th year! 🙂

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KYSBSUG Meeting #71 – Passwords

Invitation – January 2010 KYSBSUG Meeting #71
Meeting Date: Wednesday January 20, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM Eastern
Location: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townpark Circle, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40243
Topic: “Password Security and Password Cracking”

Dana Epp - Microsoft MVP Guest Presenter: Dana Epp, MVP (Enterprise Security)
Founder & President of Scorpion Software (makers of AuthAnvil)

Website: http://www.scorpionsoft.com/
MVP: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Dana.Epp
Blog: http://silverstr.ufies.org/blog/

Description: Dana Epp is an industry-recognized expert in security and Microsoft MVP (2006-2010). Dana will talk about local and remote password security in SBS and SMB networks. He’ll also talk about topics such as two-factor authentication and tell you how you can implement this technology for your employees and customers.

Following Dana’s presentation, we’ll have a hands-on lab to demonstrate some of the tools on the market and methods to test (and break) passwords.

6:30 – 6:45 – Local events & introductions
6:45 – 7:30 – Dana Epp presentation (via GoToMeeting)
7:30 – 7:45 – Dana Q&A
7:45 – 8:20 – Hands-on Lab
8:20 – 8:30 – Door prize drawing and wrap-up

Door Prize: This month our door prize is an NFR copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.

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Microsoft is Coming to Louisville 12/02/2009

  • Microsoft TechNet logo Microsoft TechNet Event
    Primary Target Audience: Microsoft Partners
    Start: Wed 12/2/2009 8:30 Eastern
    End: Wed 12/2/2009 12:00 PM Eastern

    Venue: Kentucky Intl. Convention Center
    Address: 2210 Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40202
    Registration: Free

    Agenda:
    Session 1: Introducing Windows 7
    Session 2: Introduction to Windows Server 2008 R2
    Session 3: Introducing Exchange Server 2010

    Registration URL: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032429190&Culture=en-US

    Door prizes: 
    Register and attend for your chance to WIN*!
    – Netbook!  Dell Mini 10 – US $329.00 (ARV) Approximate Retail Value
    – Zune!  Zune HD 32gb – US $289.00 (ARV)
    – Games!  "Halo 3 ODST" for Xbox 360 – US $59.99 (ARV)
    – Books!  Windows 7 Inside Out – US $49.99 (ARV)
     
     

  • Microsoft MSDN logo Microsoft MSDN Event
    Primary Target Audience: Microsoft Developers
    Start: Wed 12/2/2009 1:00 PM Eastern
    End: Wed 12/2/2009 4:30 PM Eastern

    Venue: Kentucky Intl. Convention Center
    Address: 2210 Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40202
    Registration: Free

    Agenda:
    Session 1: Taking Your Application to the Next Level with Windows 7
    Session 2: Light up Your Application with Graphics, Multi-touch and Ribbon on Windows 7
    Session 3: What’s New and Changed in Windows Server 2008 R2

    Registration URL: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032429198&Culture=en-US

    Door Prizes:
    Register and attend for your chance to WIN*!
    – Netbook!  Dell Mini 10 – US $329.00 (ARV) Approximate Retail Value
    – Zune!  Zune HD 32gb – US $289.00 (ARV)
    – Games!  "Halo 3 ODST" for Xbox 360 – US $59.99 (ARV)
    – Books!  Introducing Windows for Developers – US $39.99 (ARV)

*No Purchase Necessary. Open only to registered event attendees. Game ends day of event. Must be present to win. For full Official Rules, see event registration desk.

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Louisville Geek Dinner v0.7 Tonight

imageTonight the 7th Louisville Geek Dinner will be held at the Bluegrass Brewing Company. The list of attendees is pretty enormous, with 85 registered as attendees, and 15 maybes (and that’s as of this morning). Should be quite a turnout!

  • WHAT: A social networking event for those who love technology
  • WHEN: Monday, August 24, 2009 @ 6:00pm EST
  • VENUE: Bluegrass Brewing Company – Google Map – BBC Website
  • ADDRESS: 3929 Shelbyville Rd, Louisville, KY 40207
  • COST: FREE + whatever you choose to spend on food / bevy.
  • HOST: Ben Thomas
  • ATTENDEES: Mac, PC, Linux, Unix, SBS and all other manner of geeks
  • REGISTER: http://www.louisvillegeekdinner.com
  • Twitter: @geekdinner
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    KYSBSUG Meeting August 19, 2009 – Office 2010 First Look

    This is a friendly reminder about the August KYSBSUG Meeting tonight:

    KYSBSUG logoGroup: Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG)
    Meeting #: 66
    Meeting Date: Wednesday August 19, 2009
    Time: 6:30 PM Eastern
    Location: Money Concepts
    Address: 323 Townpark Circle, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40243
    Map: Click here for map on Bing.com

    Presenter: Tim Barrett
    Topic: Office 2010 – First Look

    Description: Tonight we’ll take you on a tour of the new features of the 2010 applications and point you to resources to learn more about the next wave of Microsoft Office.

    Registration URL: Registration is not required for this event.

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    Show Notes – July 2009 KYSBSUG Meeting

    Here are the links from the July 2009 Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) meeting:

    TOPIC: “Multimedia Smackdown – Ripping DVDs and Other Cool Stuff” 

    TV Tuners / Streaming

    DVD to WMV / AVI / DivX / XviD

    MP3 Devices / Editing

    Other Links (thx David Hunter)

    Thanks to all those who attended and contributed links. If you have a favorite Video / MP3 / DVD editing tool, please feel free to post a link in the comments.

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    LouMUG Meeting May 29, 2009 – SBS 2008

    LouMUG logo On Friday May 29, 2009, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Michael Patrick (The Mirazon Group) and I are presenting SBS 2008 at the Louisville Microsoft Users Group (LouMUG) http://www.loumug.com

    All are welcome, but seating is limited.  Lunch is provided by the meeting sponsor, TEK Systems.

    IMPORTANT – You must RSVP to info@loumug.com to reserve your seat.

    Venue:
    Sullivan University
    College of Pharmacy, Auditorium B
    2100 Gardiner Ln.
    Louisville, KY 40205
    Map: Click here (old F.O.P. building)

    Schedule:
    11:30 am – Networking and Lunch
    11:50 am – Introductions and Announcements
    12:00 pm – Presentation
    12:50 pm – Open Q/A & Discussion
    1:00 pm – Adjourn

    Synopsis:

    • Discover the differences between SBS 2003 and SBS 2008.
    • Learn the new features in the 2008 version.
    • Discover how Windows Small Business Server 2008 improves productivity and helps to protect your business information.
    • Enhanced versions are available.  Which edition fits your companies needs?

    UPDATE: We’ve also invited Kevin Royalty [SBS-MVP] to speak at this event as well.

    Hope to see you all there! 🙂

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    Windows 7 RC Goes Live, and Other News

    Quite a bit of news in the last week – just to make sure you didn’t miss these events in the pre-Derby festivities:

    1. Office 2007 SP2 has launched
      http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b444bf18-79ea-46c6-8a81-9db49b4ab6e5&displaylang=en
    2. Vista SP2 has reached RTM
      http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2009/04/28/windows-vista-sp2-rtm-windows-vista-sp1-blocker-tool-removed.aspx
    3. WSS v3 w/ SP2 is out
      http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ef93e453-75f1-45df-8c6f-4565e8549c2a
    4. Windows 7 RC hit MSDN and TechNet today (for subscribers)
      http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/2009/04/30/windows-7-rc-is-available-for-technet-and-msdn-subscribers-to-download.aspx
    5. Windows 7 RC will be available to the general public on May 5
      http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/04/24/windows-7-release-candidate-update.aspx
    6. Window 7 Beta expires July 1
      http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/2009/04/30/plan-ahead-for-windows-7-beta-and-rc-expiration-dates.aspx
    7. If you got a THRIVE card at the last KYSBSUG meeting, those expire TODAY, so make sure you active it today.
    8. Chris Rue is coming to Cincinnati on Tuesday May 5 on the Microsoft Tour
      http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/im-getting-on-the-bus.html
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    KYSBSUG 5-Year Anniversary

    Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG)This week, Thursday March 19, 2009 marks the 5-Year Anniversary of the Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG). Where did the time go?

    It’s pretty amazing to look back at all the events and topics we’ve covered in the last 60+ months. Some of the highlights we’ve met on include:

    • Backup & Disaster Recovery
    • Linux for SBSers
    • Vista Loadfest
    • FolderShare for Remote Workers
    • SBS Hacks
    • SQL 2005 Launch Event
    • Windows Mobile Boot Camp
    • DD-WRT
    • Office 2007 / Vista Road Show
    • Windows 7
    • SBS 2008
    • Essential Business Server (EBS) 2008
    • Windows Home Server (WHS)
    • Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)
    • Response Point
    • And vendor presentations like ConnectWise, Level Platforms, eFolder, New Horizons, etc., just to name a few.

    Over the years we’ve had numerous well-known speakers, including: Amy Luby, Ronald Grattopp (Microsoft), Brian Von Axleson (Microsoft), Chris Rue [MVP], Kevin Royalty [MVP], Allen Miller, and many more. We’ve had study groups, round table meetings, and Live Meetings with visitors from all around the USA, Canada, and even as far away as Belgium.

    In short, we’ve really done a lot in the last 5 years, and we’d like to invite you to celebrate with us! There will be food, door prizes, and lots of networking opportunities. Please register today!

    Evening – KYSBSUG 5-Year Anniversary
    Date: Thursday March 19, 2009
    Time: 5:30 PM Eastern (GMT –5)
    Venue: Fifth Quarter Steakhouse
    Address: 1241 Durrett Lane, Louisville, KY 40213
    Phone: (502) 361-2363
    Map: http://tinyurl.com/bhrmqb
    Registration Link: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=136756

    IMPORTANT: This venue was chosen because it’s only a few blocks away from the Microsoft events that are happening earlier that day (which you should also attend):

    Morning – Microsoft TS2 – 03/19/2009, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern
    Topics: Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), EBS 2008 & SBS 2008
    Venue: Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport (formerly Executive West Hotel)
    Register: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032402683

    Afternoon – Microsoft SB2 – 03/19/2009, 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM Eastern
    Topics: Solution selling w/ Vista, EBS 2008 & SBS 2008
    Venue: Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport (formerly Executive West Hotel)
    Presenter: Ronald Grattopp
    Register: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032402690

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