FRIDAY 24TH OF MARCH 2023
LONDON 09:00 GTM/UTC // NEW YORK 05:00 EDT
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0600 BRT // 0500 EDT Welcome
0610 BRT // 0510 EDT Master Packager – Framework to Package any Win32 Application
What does enterprise IT require when it comes to application packaging? Quality, speed and affordable software to help achieve that. But the most important – knowledge, knowledge of how to do packaging and never get stuck. Join us to uncover the foundation of this knowledge in the form of our developed framework and software that will help you save time and money.
0630 BRT // 0530 EDT Marius Sandbu – Azure Arc
Azure Arc is Microsoft’s way to provide hybrid management, what kind of capabilities does it have and how can we use it? in this session, we will go through some of the features, use cases, and real-life scenarios of how customers use Azure Arc to manage their workloads, use automation, and provide PaaS services. We will also explore some of the new PaaS capabilities that have recently arrived.
0715 BRT // 0615 EDT 5 Minute Break
0720 BRT // 0620 EDT uberAgent – Determining the user experience with uberAgent
uberAgent provides exceptional insights into your IT landscape, especially when using Citrix. With its logon monitoring capabilities alone, uberAgent stands out as a must-have tool for Citrix administrators. Discover how uberAgent UXM goes beyond just measuring logon times and see which other important aspects, that may affect the user experience, are monitored. Get a glimpse into the wide range of functions offered by uberAgent UXM and learn how to determine user experiences from various angles.
0740 BRT // 0640 EDT Martin Therkelsen – Azure Workbooks for EUC
During this session, we will explore how Azure Runbooks can be used to monitor EUC environments that are operating on Azure. I will walk you through the necessary prerequisites, as well as provide step-by-step guidance on how to create and run a runbook. By the end of this session, you will be able to generate your own runbooks that gather data from both services and servers. Additionally, it is important to note that through Azure Arc, you can collect information from servers that are located outside of Azure.
0825 BRT // 0725 EDT 5 Minute Break
0830 BRT // 0730 EDT deviceTRUST – Community Session
Zero Trust requires device trust! Use your devices as an additional factor with deviceTRUST and bring your conditional access to the next level! Stealing users’ credentials is one of the most significant attack vectors nowadays. Even traditional multi-factor methods can often be copied or bypassed. With deviceTRUST, you can add an additional layer of security to your Zero Trust strategy. deviceTRUST Contextual Security continuously validates information about your devices and manages access based on the validity of the device’s context – without requiring the user to interact! We will show our core function principle. Based on that we’ll give ideas on how to secure your access and add value to your Zero Trust concept for your digital workspaces.
0850 BRT // 0750 EDT Daniel Wedel – Troubleshooting Citrix/Performance, Applications + Tips & Tricks
This session will be focusing on how to optimize and troubleshoot your Citrix environment, both on prem & cloud including both the Citrix platform and applications. What issues we have seen in the field recently and how we have mitigated them and which tools we are leveraging to solve issues.
0935 BRT // 0835 EDT 5 Minute Break
0940 BRT // 0840 EDT eG Innovations – How end-to-end monitoring increases efficiency and job satisfaction for both the IT Pro and end user
During this session I will talk about how our modern monitoring (aka observability) functionalities help improve the user experience and make the work for the IT Pro more enjoyable. I’ll also be covering some of the latest enhancements introduced in eG Enterprise for effective digital workspace monitoring, diagnosis and reporting.
1000 BRT // 0900 EDT Sune Thomsen – Windows 365 End-User Experience (Tips & Tricks)
As organizations are moving the Windows 10/11 experience to the cloud, it’s perhaps more important than ever before for IT admins to ensure that we deliver the best possible end-user experience. In other words, in addition to being easy to configure, the Windows 365 Cloud PC is also expected to perform as well as a physical PC, be reliable, and be available from anywhere with very little latency. But how do we meet those expectations? Follow along as I go through some areas that will positively impact the end-user experience. I will also demo the benefits of Multimedia Redirection (MMR) on Windows 365 and how we can automate the configuration through Microsoft Intune.
1045 BRT // 0945 EDT 5 Minute Break
1050 BRT // 0950 EDT Goliath Technologies – Deliver Exceptional Citrix End-User Experience with Automation & Intelligence
See how IT generalists can deliver exceptional end-user experience using Citrix, regardless of their degree of Citrix expertise. Goliath automatically discovers, maps, and draws dependencies of your Citrix Delivery Infrastructure, monitors health and performance based on industry best practices, and alerts on issues that may impact end-user experience – letting you quickly pinpoint and resolve the true root cause.
1110 BRT // 1010 EDT Mick Hilhorst – Writing a Citrix API application; a Noobs Lessons Learned
Automation and you got something very important in common, you are both capable of amazing things. How do you write your own application for a Citrix API though? If you feel like writing your own application but have 0 experience; this presentation is for you. I explain what my first mission was, the roadblocks and the choices I made to fix them. I hope to pass on my lessons learned and inspire you to automate with Citrix APIs too.
1155 BRT // 1055 EDT 15 Minute Break
1210 BRT // 1110 EDT LoginVSI – A New Way to Performance Monitor
In today’s digital landscape, businesses rely heavily on technology to provide critical customer services. To ensure the performance and reliability of these services, it’s essential to have an effective performance monitoring tool in place. Login Enterprise is pioneering a new way of performance monitoring by using proprietary virtual users to go beyond standard login technology to mimic end-users’ daily behaviors and deliver granular visibility from the first login to application actions. In this session, industry expert Brian Martynowicz will talk about: the past, present, and future of performance monitoring, why it’s a good investment, the benefits of leveraging virtual user technology, and how to ensure a great user experience while optimizing costs at the same time.
1230 BRT // 1130 EDT Rody Kossen – HDX Innovations – How they help to get the best User Experience
In this session you will learn all about the recent HDX innovations that help to further increase the user experience. From Graphics to Audio and connectivity, you will hear it all! Citrix HDX is a suite of proprietary technologies that delivers a high-definition experience to users of virtual desktops and virtual applications.
1315 BRT // 1215 EDT 5 Minute Break
1320 BRT // 1220 EDT Automai – Performance Testing with Automai
Find out about new features and functionalities in Automai’s software suite that enable a great Performance Testing experience. You’ll learn how Automai captures application response times, performance metrics and ties it all together for analysis.
1340 BRT // 1240 EDT Michel Roth – What does Azure High Performance Computing have in common with AVD?
As more and more customers are choosing Azure as their cloud of choice for their virtual desktops, customers are bringing their CAE/CAD or other visualization workloads that require a GPU, to Azure Virtual Desktop.
Join this session to learn how and why a perfect storm of RDP enhancements, new VM choices with a fractional GPU from #Nvidia / #AMD and new capabilities in #AVD make engineering from anywhere possible.
1425 BRT // 1325 EDT 5 Minute Break
1430 BRT // 1330 EDT ControlUp – Azure Virtual Desktop! FSLogix! Service Monitoring! New RemoteDX Metrics! Find out what’s new with ControlUp!
ControlUp’s Real-Time DX puts the power in your hands to monitor and manage your EUC environment. And now, ControlUp’s biggest release is just around the corner and I’ll be giving you a sneak peek of the new features. Azure Virtual Desktop integration highlights a feature packed release with over 120 AVD-specific metrics. Do you use FSLogix in your EUC environment? Wouldn’t it be great to get better insights in the performance of the industry standard profile solution? ControlUp has the answer here too! Whether it’s Citrix, Horizon, native RDSH or AVD, if you use FSLogix you’ll want to see what we have in store! Service Monitoring! This release introduces real-time service monitoring with alerting and/or remediation for your Windows services! Monitoring remote-work or work-from-home devices has always been a challenge. ControlUp’s RemoteDX is the premier technology for non-intrusive real-time monitoring of these devices. We’re adding new metrics to give you even more insight into the performance of these devices and their networks. Stop the finger pointing and end the frustration. Come see what’s new with ControlUp!
1450 BRT // 1350 EDT DaaS Like a Pro
DaaS Like a Pro is focused on executing tests, finding insights, deep technical best practices and performance analysis in the Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS), VDI and Cloud PC industry. The goal of DaaS Like a Pro is to analyze the developments in EUC, specifically the application and desktop virtualization market, and to objectively present the results. In the haze of the extreme rate of innovation within the virtualization market and corresponding marketing promises.
1535 BRT // 1435 EDT 5 Minute Break
1540 BRT // 1440 EDT Parallels – Parallels RAS with Azure Virtual Desktop—Hybrid Made Simple
It is commonplace for organizations to operate in hybrid-cloud mode—now and in the foreseeable future. Key to an efficient approach is to use existing resources wisely and to optimize the use of public cloud. Doing this within the skillset of existing IT teams is often difficult to achieve. In this session, Chris will walk through how Parallels RAS integrates cloud platforms, including Azure Virtual Desktop, allowing existing IT teams to take advantage of these delivery methods without a steep learning curve. He’ll also show how built-in cost optimization delivers benefits over and above native Azure Virtual Desktop, helping businesses remain competitive in these times of economic uncertainty.
1600 BRT // 1500 EDT Patrick Coble – Swiss Security Knife
In this session, you will learn about all the different blades you should be aware of. We will cover over 29 different IT security layers that can be applied to any deployment, how they work, and who the top vendors are in each space. With a well-funded adversary, you need all the defenses you can afford, mainly depending on the industry too. Learn some nerdy security things. We will also discuss the impacts of these items on VDI and Endpoints.
1645 BRT // 1545 EDT The End