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Category: Redmond Identity 2014

  • More Redmond Identity 2014 Details

    Oxford Computer Group sent out an e-mail this past Friday, informing alumni that their early-bird alumni special had been extended from March 31 until April 15. In addition, there was a bit more information in the e-mail about the conference:

    The Summit is a multi-year journey to understand both emerging identity technologies and implementation best practices. For 2014, we’ll have a two-track conference for the technical and business minded people.

    The technical track, “Window into Microsoft Identity & Access Engineering,” will present deep dives into Microsoft’s Identity stack and discuss new and upcoming product releases. We’ll answer the question “where is Microsoft Identity Management going?”

    Using customer case studies, the business-focused track, “Identity Management Solutions,” will explore how scenarios and use cases are being addressed through technologies from Microsoft and their partner ecosystem. From on-premise to cloud. So, bring your manager.

    Topics in both tracks will cover Azure AD, FIM 2010 R2, Role-Based Access Control (BHOLD Suite), AD FS, RMS and partner solutions.

    We’re anticipating another roster full of excellent and respected speakers from Microsoft, partners, and customers, and we’re pulling together a panel of industry luminaries.

    More information about the event can be found on the event website. I’ll definitely be going, so you should too. The Redmond Identity Access & Knowledge Summit 2014 will take place at Microsoft Headquarters in Seattle, from January 7-9 2014.

  • I’m going to Redmond Identity, Access, and Directory Knowledge Summit 2014!

    A few weeks back, I blogged that OCG had announced the dates for Redmond Identity, Access and Directory Summit 2014 as Jan7-9 again next year. Well, today I bought my ticket to go.

    It looks like OCG have taken on board feedback that some of the attendees last year provided, as rumours tell that there may be two separate streams with next year’s conference – one, a technical side for those people who want all the raw, juicy detail about implementing FIM (complete with lots of tips and tricks, no doubt!); the second stream taking more of a business approach – how your organisation can use FIM; case studies to show real world scenarios and of course the strategic direction of Identity and the Microsoft FIM product suite. Yet to be confirmed, this is all rumour at this point!

    Of course, I look at it from a strictly FIM point of view – RedmondIdentity2014 will also add Directory into the mix, so it will be interesting to see how big things become given the demise of TEC.

  • OCG to host Redmond Identity, Access, and Directory Knowledge Summit 2014

    Just over a month ago, in January 2013, I had the extreme luck and pleasure to be able to attend the first annual Redmond IAM Summit, hosted by the Oxford Computer Group at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Seattle. I say luck, because I live in Perth Western Australia – and it was only by chance that I was passing through Seattle around the same time the summit was on, on the way home from visiting family in Canada. Having attended this year, I’ve just received an e-mail inviting me to register for the 2014 summit, and it looks like OCG are stepping things up a notch, as this year’s conference isn’t just IAM, but also directory.

    This isn’t a huge surprise, as with the recent announcement that The Experts Conference (TEC), the conference that was all things FIM, IAM and Directory, is no longer happening, there’s a huge gap to fill. And, OCG are extremely well placed to fill that gap, being what most would consider the premier global Microsoft Partner when it comes to FIM.

    With regards to this year’s conference, the thing I enjoyed most was the networking opportunities it afforded. I got to meet people like Dave Lundell, Craig Martin and other names I’ve seen posting for years, as well as a number of the OCG and other consultants from across North America. Content-wise, I would have liked to have seen more FIM-specific content – I’ve never been to TEC, but from what I see of the presentation briefs, TEC’s content appears to be more targeted at consultants working in the field, while I guess I felt the IAM summit was more targeted at clients. I’m sure that will change as the summit grows, however.

    Another interesting thing I found about the conference was seeing some of the case studies presented. Overall, I found they tended to be a lot more simple than some of the solutions I’ve had to deploy. I had previously thought that no FIM deployment was simple – now I am beginning to wonder if there really are solutions that are as simple as out-of-the-box deployment.

    Anyway, the early bird rate for this year’s conference is $US650 – people who attended this year get a discount on top of that if they register via March 31 (you should have received an e-mail from OCG explaining this). Registration is here. It’ll be interesting to see how much bigger a event this will be in 2014 in the wake of TEC’s demise.