BREAKING NEWS
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MMS 2010 Schedule Planner Released! - March 6, 2010
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MMS 2010 Schedule Builder Open to All Attendees - March 1, 2010
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MMS 2010 CommNet Opening Today for Some - February 15th, 2010
A quick heads up that it looks like CommNet will go live today. All registered
attendees will be able to log in, but only Alumni will have the Schedule Builder
tool available for the next 2 weeks. This allows Alumni to book up to 3 labs and
build their overall session schedule.
The tool will be available to ALL attendees on Mon, March 1st.
MMS 2010 Hotel Room Rate Reduction - January 29, 2010
The Microsoft Management Summit 2010 Planning Team today notified all registered
attendees that the room rate for the Palazzo and Venetian will be reduced from
$219 to $189. This applies to those that have already registered and any new registrations.
For those that have already registered the difference will be automatically refunded
based on your payment method.
The MMS 2010 Hotel Registration site has already been updated with the new rates:
http://www.mms-2010.com/public/hotelaccommodations.aspx
Any questions can be directed to the MMS 2010 Planning Team below.
Telephone (U.S.): 1-888-464-7486
Telephone (International): +1 (206) 829-1374
Fax: +1 (206) 441-6369
Email: MMS-2010@microsoft.crgevents.com
Use Premier Support contract hours to pay for MMS 2010! - *UPDATED* January 27, 2010
We have the final word on the “Using Premier Hours for MMS Registration” question.
This facility is now only approved for:
· Customers in the US who are also…
· …Clients from State, Local or Federal Government entities
Customers who meet those criteria should contact their TAM. Any US customers
who are already in process for this and do not meet that criteria will still
be honored. However new requests must meet the criteria above.
MMS 2010 - Registration is Now Open! - December 9, 2009
Microsoft Management Summit 2010,
April 19 – 23, Las Vegas, Nevada
It’s time to start planning for the Microsoft Management Summit 2010 (MMS 2010) - the place
to learn about the latest IT Management products, technologies and solutions from Microsoft
and partners.
Registration is now open, and can be accessed from the event web site at www.mms-2010.com.
This site also provides an overview of the event, the overall schedule and information about
available hotel accommodation.
Read the rest...
Welcome to myITforum, Martin Dey, Microsoft Director and MMS Event Owner - December 5, 2009
myITforum.com has been friends with the MMS organizers since the very beginning,
even before it was a Microsoft event. We have a long friendship and history together.
There are a lot of people behind the scenes who are dear, dear friends, and I could go
on and on about those friendships, probably even tear-up about it because there are
some we’ve lost over the years, but I won’t for the moment.
What I’m really excited to announce, though, is that Martin Dey, the original organizer
for the Microsoft Management Summit has started a blog to finally detail his “Road to MMS”.
Martin has agreed to finally tell the story of MMS, from its inception, through the planning
and execution, to the final wrap-up of the event so you can get a real taste of what its like
to plan an event this large and this popular.
So, welcome Martin to the myITforum.com fold by reading his first post
and letting him know what you’d like to hear from him next.
Starting the MMS Story
EXHIBIT REGISTRATION OPENS: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:05am (Pacific Time) - November 11, 2009
Exhibitor Options
The Exhibit Hall will again be featured at this year’s Microsoft Management Summit. The Exhibit Hall kicks off the
festivities with the Welcome Reception on Monday evening, April 19th, and will remain open during set hours Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday. As you know, being an exhibitor is a fantastic way for you to be able to showcase, network,
educate, and share best practices with thousands of IT Professionals from around the globe.
The MMS 2010 web site is Alive with Content - October 16, 2010
Here’s some quick links to get you started:
MMS 2010 Web site
Chat about MMS 2010Henry Wilson's MMS 2010 Cost Justification Document
What is it?
MMS is the premiere technical event of the year for IT professionals, covering the latest management products from Partners and Microsoft including the System Center family of management products. With next-generation products such as System Center Operations Manager 2007 and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 shipping this year, MMS is the ideal opportunity to come listen to the technical experts, try out the new products and discuss solutions with leading experts and peers in the IT industry.
MMS has become the staple for Windows Management Administrators everywhere. Each year, Admins involved in managing Microsoft products make the journey to MMS and take back valuable information from the sessions and also from the labs. It has been said many times that 1 week at MMS is worth more (and costs less, I might add) than any training class you can take.
Along with the great information that MMS always provides, it also brings the myITforum.com community together in a real-world setting. Putting faces with the names and email addresses you see in the community is a huge plus. It provides the best networking available. And, the memories! Once you attend MMS once, you always want to go again, and again, and again. You will beg management each year for the budget money to attend. In the past, some folks loved it so much, after management turned them down for attendance, they decided to pay for it themselves and take vacation time to attend. That's how important MMS really is!
Each MMS brings great information that you can take back to your company and implement immediately. Each MMS also brings new memories, new friends, and a chance to catch up with old friends.
The Microsoft Management Summit 2009 will take place April 27-May 1, 2009 | Las Vegas, Nevada.
The History of MMS
- The Computing Edge/Swynk.com conference 1998 was held in Newport Beach, California. Attendance was less than 100 people, but the content was great. Paul Thomsen spoke at the conference (prior to working for Microsoft), as did Stephen Wynkoop and Duncan McAlynn (Larry Duncan at the time). The conference was hosted by Computing Edge (now Altiris) and Swynk.com (now defunct).
- SMS User Conference 99 was held at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, Florida. To this day, those that attended still favor this conference over the others. But, the good news was that there were simply too many attendees the following year to hold the conference back in Naples. The conference continued to grow in popularity and attendance every year. The 1999 conference was hosted by Computing Edge -- soon to be Altiris.
- SMS & W2K User Conference 2001 was held at the MGM Grand Hotel. The conference was hosted by Altiris. This conference introduced the very first myITforum.com party, hosted by Swynk.com and Intrinsic (now part of the SMS Alliance).
- MMS 2002 was held at the MGM Grand Hotel during the week of April 29th-May 3rd, 2002. MMS 2002 was the first year that the conference was labeled the Microsoft Management Summit. MMS 2002 was actually labeled as the 5th annual SMS & W2K User Conference. The MMS 2002 web site can still be viewed here on myITforum.com. MMS 2002 was still being managed and maintained by Altiris, even though Microsoft stamped their name on the conference this year. Most folks complained about the horribly long walk from the hotel to the conference center, but it was still probably the best location for MMS so far (well, except for the one in Naples, Florida). MMS 2002 brought about the terms "cones", "thongman", "witchdoctor", "hockeylady" and the phrase "how'd he do that?" among other things. MMS 2002 also introduced the very first myITforum.com awards at the myITforum.com party sponsored by Wise (now Altiris). This was also the first annual "changing of the shirts" between Chuck Young and Paul Thomsen. How important was the party? Rich Bentley, from Wise, counts it as one of his best memories.
- MMS 2003 was located at the Mandalay Bay. The Orchid Lounge became our meeting place. MMS 2003 saw two myITforum.com community folks tie the knot. Michael Schultz and Chuck Young were both married to their better halves. Wise, once again, sponsored the myITforum.com party, which included the second annual myITforum.com awards, and the 2nd annual "changing of the shirts" (once again by Chuck Young and Paul Thomsen).
- MMS 2005 was located at the Mandalay Bay. Mandalay Bay was our first glimpse of the Aureole as we walked the long storefront hallway to the conference center. It was also our first foray into the nightlife known only as the Rum Jungle. MMS 2005 brought about cool phrases like the "Quartermaster". Once again, The Orchid Lounge was our meeting place. This is also the year that the conference speakers stayed in the newly built THEhotel.
- MMS 2006 was the first conference held outside of Las Vegas since Microsoft took it over from Altiris. It was held April 24–28, 2006 at the San Diego Convention Center. The closing party on Thursday was at the SeaWorld Adventure Park.
Do you want to attend MMS? Use these documents to help justify to management that MMS is a requirement for attendance.
- MMS 2005 Summary - From Henry Wilson, this great doc gives an example of how to show management how much value MMS provides.
MMS Downloads
MMS History in Pictures and Video¶
Attendee Notes and Stories¶
From
Wcox:
I just want to say that I' ve been a system engineer for 13 years. I' ve been to TechED since 1998. I got more out of MMS 2005 than in all of the TechEds combined. The quality engineers I met, the sessions I attened and the virtual labs were awesome.