This year, we will have several one-day or two-days pre-conference workshops and seminars, with lots of hands-on experience and in-depth content. The registration fee for either of the seminars is 300 RON (~70 EUR) and it is separate from the attendee fee for the ITCamp conference. The workshop fee includes free lunch and coffee breaks for all attendees.

Please note that if we won't meet the minimum requirement of 10 attendees for a workshop, we reserve the right to cancel that particular workshop. All paid fees will be fully refunded in that case.

If any of the topics below interests you, feel free to choose the one you wish to attend:

1 - Agile in practice (Radu Vunvulea)

2 - High Availability of SQL in the context of SLA (Tobiasz Koprowski)

3 - Automating your IT infrastructure using PowerShell (Razvan Rusu)

4 - Mobile Device Management with Windows Intune and System Center Configuration Manager (Adrian Stoian)

All the workshops/seminars will take place at the conference venue location on May 21 and will have the following daily schedule:

• 9.00-9.30 Welcome
• 9.30-11.00 Session 1
• 11.00-11.30 Coffee break
• 11.30-13.00 Session 2
• 13.00-14.00 Lunch
• 14.00-15.30 Session 3
• 15.30-16.00 Coffee Break
• 16.00-17.00 Session 4

Agile in Practice

Trainer: Radu Vunvulea

Workshop overview

This is a workshop dedicated to people that already know agile base principles and want to exercise their agile skills This will be a full day of exercises where attendees can practice their agile skills. During the days, you will be able to find answers for problems that can occur when you want to use agile in real-life project. Be prepared for a day full with example, taking part of a lot of exercises and real life scenarios. The following topics/concepts will reached:

Why and How to be Agile

Agile in practice

• Thinking
• Collaboration
• Planning
• Development

Improving project using Agile concepts

• Values and Principles
• People and Processes
• Increase time efficiency
• Deliver value using code and agility

Define and explain Technical Excellence from Agile perspective

Workshop registration closed.

High Availability of SQL in the context of SLA

Trainer: Tobiasz Koprowski

Workshop overview

If SQL Server is heart of our environment, its health should be very important, right? If SQL Server is important, its availability for our businesses (internal and external) is important to. For our customers, it doesn't matter where data is stored, how it is stored and what we do with that data. This is especially valid for managers. The data must be available on demand, on time, at he moment of request.

High Availability is our responsibility. How we can prepare our environment for HA? How HA is connected for with SLA? And why Service Level Agreement are important for us? The workshop will cover HA options for SQL Server (2008, 2012, 2014 and of course Azure Database) for different customers and about Service Level Agreement (formal or not).

Workshop sessions:

• Session 1 - Introduction for SQL Server, versions, high availability options, licensing and architecture.
• Session 2 - Introductions for Service Level Agreement, cases, plans, architecture and more
• Session 3 - The connected world of SLA, HA, DBA and...
• Session 4 - Be ready for surprise. Most interactive Workshop ever!

Workshop registration closed.

Automating your IT infrastructure using PowerShell

Trainer: Răzvan Rusu

Workshop overview

This workshop introduces the PowerShell architecture and the way it facilitates the management of Microsoft infrastructure components. We are talking about OS, virtualization (cloud and on premises) and Office365 deployment and management.

In the same time, it will be a flexible session throughout which we will work on scenarios that you are facing every day in your infrastructures. Bring your questions along and let's have an open discussion on how automation can help you better manage your tasks.

Modules:

• PowerShell intro
• PowerShell syntax
• OS general management
• Hyper-V management
• Azure IaaS management
• Office365 automation

Workshop registration closed.

Mobile Device Management with Windows Intune and System Center Configuration Manager

Trainer: Adrian Stoian

Workshop overview

Attend this seminar to find out how you can manage mobile mobile devices using Windows Intune, either in the Cloud Only configuration, or using the Unified Mangement configuration with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2.

We will discuss the Windows Intune architecture, supported clients and devices, directory syncronization with DirSync or ADFS, mobile device enrollment and deploying software to mobile devices. We will also discuss the Unified Management features using Windows Intune together with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2, configuring Windows Intune Connector, managing Compliance Settings and deploying applications to mobile devices, and end-user experience for enrolling mobile devices.

The seminar consists in presentations and demos performed by the trainer.

Modules:

• Module 1 - Windows Intune Overview
• Module 2 - Identity Management with Windows Intune
• Module 3 - Cloud Only Windows Intune Configuration
• Module 4 - Mobile Device Management with Windows Intune
• Module 5 - Deploying Software to Mobile Devices
• Module 6 - Unified Management with Windows Intune and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2
• Module 7 - Managing Mobile Device Settings and Compliance
• Module 8 - Unified Software Deployment
• Module 9 - End User Experience for Mobile Devices

Workshop registration closed.