The history of AZSMUG:

We have been planning this meeting for a long time and I really wanted to make this a special meeting. I got the idea to start the user group from a session that I attended at the Microsoft Management Summit in 2006. A Microsoft MVP by the name of Ed Aldrich gave a session on starting a local user group and I followed up with him afterwards for help on get things started (ironically Ed is now my coworker at 1E – although neither of us worked at 1E when we first met).

I also went through several Microsoft employees trying to find someone (a Microsoft blue badge employee) that would sponsor us so that we could host the meetings at the Microsoft office (back then it was at Central and Thomas). After striking out multiple times, I came across a Microsoft person by the name of Harold Wong (many of you probably know him from the TechNet Events). At the time, Harold was traveling as much, if not more than I was, but he always made time for us  when we wanted to have a meeting (even during his personal time, as most of our meetings were in the evenings). So a huge thanks to Harold for helping out all of these years! (BTW – he still travels a lot)

Our very first meeting was on September 21st, 2006. I think we had about 12 people attend the very first meeting – ironically many of those people still attend the user group today, so another thanks to all of you for sticking with us throughout the years!

Now, I know it would have been epic to have the 10-year meeting on the same exact day this year, but due to logistics October 7th turned out to be the ideal day. I personally am super excited for this meeting and hope to see as many of you there as possible.

So what is a Taste of MMS? The AZSMUG 10-year Anniversary Meeting IS a Taste of MMS. MMS, the Midwest Management Summit, is a systems management conference that provides top quality real-world sessions in a relaxed, setting. There is plenty of time for questions or even talking to speakers and peers.

So what makes this 10-year Anniversary Meeting a Taste of MMS? Every single speaker (Kent Agerlund, Brian Mason, Peter Daalmans, Greg Ramsey, Michael Niehaus and myself) has presented multiple sessions at the previous MMS conferences, which makes this meeting a ‘taste’ of what you get by attending the next MMS.

Registration is filling up fast, so be sure to book your ticket soon.
10 Years of AZSMUG
6 Speakers
4 Microsoft MVPs
1 Day (Friday, October 7th 2016, Tempe, AZ Microsoft Office)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/azsmug-10-year-anniversary-meeting-tickets-27330799156

Thanks,
Mike Terrill
AZ Systems Management User Group

Originally posted on https://miketerrill.net/