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Sacramento User Group meeting notes: Sept 12, 2012 

Oct 01, 2012 05:08 PM

Link to VISION is on our Sacramento User’s Group website

Current Advisory Board

  • Patrick has stepped down as Director
  • Dewayne Cudney is now our Director
  • Marketing Director – Shawn Mayhew
  • Membership Director – Available
  • Administration – Ralph Rodriguez
  • Webmaster – Linda Skellenger

2013 Meeting Calendar

  • Looking for volunteers to host meetings and be presenters

Bryon Rhodes Presentation on  - What’s new in 7.5 Symantec Endpoint Management

7.5 – Improving the administrative experience asked customers “What do you want?”

In place upgrade from 7.1

40% smaller downloads

30% reduced install time

Enhanced troubleshooting via new technical resource kit

Customized easy access to tips and resources

Redesigned interface

 

Actively manage remote and disconnected users

  • Introduction to Cloud-Enabled Management

 

Accelerating time to effective management with simplified access to manage, report and troubleshoot

  • Does the new target filter allow you to also see and report on “agentless” devices?

 

“Flipbooks” are a new context content reporting tool

 

Introduces a new iOS Remote Access Console

 

More powerful business-level reporting

 

Enterprise deployment for distributed environments

  • 3 major changes
  • Boosting deployment scalability and flexibility
  • Greater pre-boot options
  • Expanded platform support

 

Managing sprawl across virtual platforms – in conjunction with creating production workflows

  • Business flexibility through self service
  • WM sprawl control
  • Management scalability

Enabling Mac in the enterprise

  • Introducing Mac imaging
  • Software install

Separating user settings from the application

  • Introducing Workspace Apps

 

Deliver virtual applications with ease

  • Virtualize applications with a single click
  • Package “difficult” applications

 

Smarter Patch Management

  • Patching that never sleeps
  • Automated patch rollouts

 

Critical asset automation

  • Improved asset tracking with new processes

 

Greater insight to drive data-driven IT decisions

  • Knowing what technology components you have, where they are, and how they’re connected.

 

Simplify the Service Desk experience

 

Join the 7.5 beta team.  Contact account rep. for information or email

 

December 4th launch – North America 7.5

December 4, 2012 is the next meeting – Shawn Mayhew to discuss lessons learned about migrating to 7.1

Drawing Results

100 Connect Points – Michael Jay

125 Connect Points – Robert Schwartz

150 Connect Points – Shawn Mayhew

100 Connect Points to Dewayne Cudney (split 200 with Linda for co-hosting)

100 Connect Points to Linda Skellenger (split 200 with Dewayne for co-hosting)

Symantec Power supply – Patrick Calvert

Symantec reusable bag – Richard Lund

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