The Experts Conference

Founded by NetPro in 2002, The Experts Conference (TEC) provides experienced Active Directory and identity administrators with advanced technical education from the industry’s top experts and Microsoft technology leadership. Over the years, the conference has grown to nearly 700 participants annually and now includes an expanded emphasis not only on directory and identity technologies, but also on Exchange. In addition to being THE conference for the most experienced users of Microsoft directory and identity and messaging technologies, TEC offers:

In-depth, highly technical content
One-on-one access to industry leaders
Valuable networking opportunities
Career advancement possibilities

Taking the lead from this year’s theme — "Identity Without Borders: Bringing the Identity Metasystem to the Enterprise" — Directory & Identity Conference attendees will learn to drive the security and manageability of their next generation enterprise with four days of intense technical education. The Conference will be laser-focused on the core Microsoft identity technologies, including not only Active Directory and Identity Lifecycle Management (ILM), but also Rights Management Services (RMS) and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). The tracks will include:

Directory Services
Identity Lifecycle Management
ADFS
Windows RMS

In addition, The Experts Conference for Exchange - "Under the Hood: Architecting and Administering Exchange 2007, the Foundation for Unified Communications " - will offer a conference dedicated to advanced education around Windows Exchange Server. For users who want to better manage and leverage this business-critical technology, there is no better place. Topics will include:

Sessions for the Developer, including Scripting, PowerShell, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Messaging API (MAPI), Web Services

Unified Communications and how it interacts with Exchange
Exchange architecture and deployment architecture patterns
Message flow and MAPI drill down
MAPI drill down
Active Directory for Exchange administrators
High availability Exchange strategies, e.g. clustering
Troubleshooting tools and techniques