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User Group Navigation

User Groups By Location: Click on a link to see what's available in your area

U.S.
Alabama
Arizona
Colorado
DC
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Maryland
Minnesota
New England
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Texas
Virginia


World
Belgium
Canada
Tasmania
UK


Can't find one in your area? Try a Virtual User Group. Or, contact for help in starting a User Group in your area.

If you want your User Group exposed to the System Center community, myITforum.com is the place to do it. myITforum.com represents the largest group of System Center customers in the world, and if you want to get noticed, you have to have a presence here.


The User Group listing page can be edited by anyone, but if you don’t want the hassle of developing a format of your own, and we'll post it for you.


Send us the User Group name, your web site address, contact information, and a short blurb about your User Group.


If you want your User Group to get noticed and you want it to grow, you need to be listed here.




Alabama


Birmingham Management User Group

Contact(s):






Web site: http://www.myitforum.com/groups/group81/

Additional Information: The Birmingham Microsoft Management User Group is a forum for those interested in administering Windows-based environments. We share our experiences, tips and tricks for everything from software distribution and patch management to application monitoring and scripting. Please join us in discussing the latest enhancements and issues with managing Microsoft networks.



Arizona


AZSMUG - Arizona Systems Management User Group

Contact(s):

Mike Terrill:


Web site: http://www.azsmug.org

Additional Information: AZSMUG is an acronym for Arizona Systems Management User Group. The purpose of the AZSMUG is to provide new and experienced Systems Management administrators with a place to meet in Southern Arizona. The meetings will enable Systems Management administrators to exchange ideas, work out problems, and discuss new and improved technologies and partnership amongst your peers and people with similar interest. Membership is free, so there are no collected fees for joining. All we ask is for your time and to actively participate with questions, tips and other useful information.



Colorado




Denver - The Microsoft Enterprise Management User Group (MEMUG)

Contact(s): Anthony.Puca@microsoft.com


Web site: http://www.facebook.com/memug#!/pages/Denver-Memug/192818450751016


Additional Information: The Microsoft Enterprise Management User Group (MEMUG) meets monthly on the fourth Friday of each month and covers all of Microsoft's System Center technologies. The group hosts the meetings in the Denver Microsoft office as well as online via a Lync Meeting.





DC, Virginia, Maryland


DMVMUG (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia Management User Group)

Contact(s):

DeLise Coleman:


Web site: http://www.dmvmug.com

Additional Information: DMVMUG (District of Columbia Maryland Virginia Management User Group) is a community comprised of motivated individuals who are passionate about further learning System Center products. Our focus is to assist in the support curve with System Center products and solution accelerators with Management, Operations and Deployment. This is goal is achieved within metro DC and surrounding areas with informative product sessions, partner updates and round table discussions.



Florida


SPUGJax - SystemCenter Professionals User Group of Jacksonville

Contact(s):

Contact Form: http://spugjax.tech.officelive.com/contactus.aspx

Web site: http://spugjax.tech.officelive.com/default.aspx

Additional Information: The SystemCenter Professionals User Group of Jacksonville is an independent PUG providing a forum for sharing knowledge among IT pros that work within the Microsoft SystemCenter ecosystem. Associated products include third-party offerings that support and enhance the SystemCenter applications such as offerings from 1E and SecureVantage as well as training centers and integrators.



Georgia


Southeast Management User Group
Contact info:
Web site: http://www.systemcenterusergroup.org/blogs/smug/default.aspx




Illinois


Chicago Windows User Group
Contact info:

Web site: http://portal.cwug.net/default.aspx

More Information: Generally two or more tracks are created during the meeting. At least one for a topic on anything Microsoft related (anything from using your Zune to getting the most out of Home Server), and one for a topic related to System Center products.



Kansas


Kansas City Regional Systems Management Users Group

Contact(s):

Don Hite at:
Kevin Zaner at:
Reed Porter at:

Web site: http://www.myitforum.com/groups/group70/


More Information: KCRSMUG is an acronym for "Kansas City Regional Systems Management Users Group"

The KCRSMUG is composed of men and women from the Systems Management community located in and around the Kansas City Missouri area.

The group is open to all Systems Management administrators and users of all levels from beginning to expert.

We are sponsored in part by myITforum, the Microsoft North Central District and Centriq University. Any topic that is represented on the myITforum website from Altiris to Windows can be covered and discussed. We also have special guest speakers, outside vendors and topic experts in their respective fields appear on occasion.

The purpose of the KCRSMUG is to provide new and experienced Systems Management administrators with a place to meet on a monthly basis. The meetings will enable Systems Management administrators to exchange ideas, work out problems, and discuss new and improved technologies and partnership amongst your peers and people with similar interest.

Membership is free, so there are no collected fees for joining. All we ask is for your time and to actively participate with questions, tips and other useful information.

The KCRSMSUG meets the Fourth Wednesday of each month from 5:00 - 7:00pm at the Centriq University Offices which is located at:


Leawood Training Center and Offices
8700 State Line Road
Suite 200
Leawood, KS 66206
Tel: 913.322.7000




Minnesota


Minnesota System Center User Group

Contact(s):

Brian Mason

Contact form: http://www.mnscug.org/contact-us.html

Web site: http://www.mnscug.org/

RSS Feed: http://www.mnscug.org/index.php?format=feed&type=rss





New England


New England Area SMS User Group

Contact(s):

Ed Aldrich (Chair)
401.924.2293


April Cook (Co-Chair)
978.858.8540


Web site: http://www.myitforum.com/groups/group57/

Additional Information: This group is affiliated on a national level with www.myITForum.com and www.culminis.com. Regionally, we are also affiliated with Boston User Groups, Inc. (www.bostonusergroups.com), a centralized home for technical user groups in the eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and Rhode Island areas.




New York


New York System Center User Group

Contact(s):

Ivan Avelancio -
Dipendra Bantawa -

Web site: https://www.hensongroup.com/usersgroups/systemcenter/default.aspx

Additional Information: We are a New York Based User Group that meets Monthly at the Microsoft NY building. Our focus is System Center Technologies, our presentations vary from SCVMM, SCCM,SCOM, SCDPM and many other technologies that intertwine with System Center.

Membership Benefits:…. System Center User Group Membership will keep you in tune with the latest IT trends and is an excellent platform for networking with professionals with similar backgrounds and interests. If you have not attended a SCUG event please register for an upcoming monthly session. There will be giveaways, pizza and beverages an as always , a great place to network.

Join us this Thurday May 28th at the Microsoft HeadQuarters 1290 Avenue of the Americas 6th Floor.

Topic: Virtualization, Real World Management and integration . What it means to go green. ____


Contact us for Live Meeting Access






Ohio


Ohio SMS Users Group

Contact(s):



Web site: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/osug/





Oklahoma


Microsoft IT Pros of Tulsa

Contact(s):
Tim Vander Kooi


Web site: http://www.oklahomaitpros.com

Additional Information: Microsoft IT Pros of Tulsa is a user community where the support and management of all Microsoft products are discussed. We deal heavily with all System Center products as they apply throughout the lifecycle of our networks.



Wisconsin


MSMUG – Madison Systems Management User Group

Blog: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/msmug/default.aspx
Web: http://msmug.groups.live.com/
Forum: http://www.myitforum.com/forums/MSMUG-Madison-Systems-Management-User-Group-f195.aspx

Additional Information: User group dedicated to Systems Management in the business/enterprise space. The goal of the group is to bring together IT Professionals to share hints, tips and experiences.



Texas


CTSMUG - Central Texas Systems Management User Group

Web site: http://www.ctsmug.org/

Contacts: ctsmug alias: ctsmug@myitforum.com




HASMUG - Houston Area Systems Management User Group

Contact(s):

Jeff Skelton: jskelton@fyrsoft.com
Ryan Brennan: rbrennan@fyrsoft.com

Blog: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/hasmug/default.aspx
Forum: http://www.myitforum.com/forums/Houston-Area-SMS-User-Group-f87.aspx

Additional Information: The Houston Area Systems Management User Group (HASMUG) is an association of area professionals working in IT infrastructure and operations with a focus on Microsoft System Center applications and services. Our mission is to aid members in further developing their expertise and knowledge in systems management and the System Center stack of products.This group is open to all levels of IT professionals.

Canada


Calgary Systems Management User Group (CSMUG)

Contact(s):

Kevin Kaminski
Subir Majumdar
Michael Hardy

Web site: http://www.csmug.ca

Additional Information: The Calgary Systems Management User Group (CSMUG) is an informal association of area professionals working in IT Infrastructure with a specialization in Application Management. We are dedicated to informing and educating members about advancements in systems management with a special emphasis on virtualization technologies. It is the mandate of this congregation to provide a mechanism for sharing common experiences to better understand these technologies and how they can help the organizations our members serve. Technology and knowledge transfer may include case studies/experiences, best practices, tools (Systems Management, Virtualization, 3rd party ESD solutions, etc.) and user created utilities.

Our goal is to bring together industry professionals and forge direct associations with major vendors like Microsoft, VMWare, Citrix, etc. to stimulate understanding of current and emerging technologies. With enough visibility and impact, we hope to become a focal point for vendors and industry professionals to develop knowledge and better the Systems and Application knowledgebase in Calgary.



Belgium


SCUG.be - System Center User Group Belgium

Contact(s):

Alexandre Verkinderen:
Kim Oppalfens (MVP, SCCM Expert)
Kenny Buntinx (SCCM Expert)
Yves Janssens (Webmaster)

Web site: http://scug.be/

Additional Information: The main goal of the UG is to share experiences and knowledge with each other. We want to provide the Belgian System Center community a single point of entry through our website. Besides the website we also want to provide the necessary resources and infrastructure to deliver technical quality content, created for users by users. Furthermore we want to organize meetings, sessions and hands-on labs on a regular basis.

Tasmania


Tasmania System Centre Configuration Manager Users Group

Contact(s):

Email:

Ian Mackintosh
c/o Information Services, DHHS,
Level 5, 99 Bathurst St,
Hobart,
Tasmania, 7000,
Australia

Web site: pending

Additional Information: Formed in November 2008, the TSCUG is mainly comprised of individuals from Tasmanian corporate and government institutions who currently have deployed Microsoft System Management Server or Systems Centre Configuration Manager.


The group is open to anyone in the systems management community from interested parties and occasional users to experts.


The purpose of the TSCUG is to provide new and experienced Systems Management administrators with a place to meet on a quarterly basis. The meetings will enable Systems Management administrators to exchange ideas, work out problems, and discuss new and improved technologies and partnership amongst peers.


Membership is free.

UK


WMUG - The Windows Management User Group

Contact(s):

Rob Marshall - MVP
Cliff Hobbs - MVP
David Scambler
Gordon Mckenna - MVP
David Allen - MVP

Web site: http://wmug.co.uk/default.aspx

Additional Information: The Windows Management User Group (WMUG), was formed by IT Systems Management professionals passionate about everything to do with managing the Windows platform.


The primary goal of the group is to simply bring together other like-minded Professionals to share hints, tips and experiences.


We arrange regular online and physical meetings at various locations across the UK so we can meet as many people face to face to talk about Windows Management tools and procedures, get your problems answered, and allow you to get advice from industry leaders, specialists and product vendors.




Virtual


System Center Virtual User Group

Web site: http://www.systemcenterusergroup.com/

Additional Information: The System Center Virtual User Group is a user group dedicated to providing resources for education and collaboration between users of Microsoft System Center technologies everywhere!



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