Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 23:48:30 -0500 From: WinServer list Subject: meeting notice ==> Boston Area Windows Server User Group WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY ============================================== Boston Area Windows Server User Group February 4, 2003 6:30PM Microsoft's Waltham, MA office ============================================== Details, directions, more at: http://www.windowsboston.com/ ______________________________________________________ 6:30PM PIZZA! 7:00 8:00 Internet VOODOO by Dwight Ernest, formerly Senior Manager for Network Peering, RCN What happens to that packet when it leaves your server or your desktop? An enormous infrastructure exists to get the data from Country-A to Country-B. This talk will explain how it all works but from an ISP's perspective that end users almost never get to see. * What is ISP-to-ISP peering all about * What is BGP-4 all about (aka multiple router failsafe paths) * How is BGP-4 different from OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) * What is an ASN? * Most importantly, what happens inside the smoke filled rooms when the major ISP's share their most intimate network secrets with each other? They work to cut deals between themselves for the common good of reliable, redundant service and lower cost. Dwight is both a skilled engineer and an entertaining speaker! 8:00 9:00 Simple Single Sign-on by Don Jones of Version3 See how to use an active directory integrated product to manage access to your applications. Version3 Simple Sign-On is an "application access management" solution for active directory networks. Simple Sign-On contains multiple features including windows, web, and terminal server SSO, application publishing, connection management, and application monitoring all tightly integrated into Microsoft's active directory. Combining these features along with delegated administration, self-service capabilities, provisioning, and aliasing/impersonation make Simple Sign-On a unique product for application access management. 9:00 Raffle/giveaways ======================================================== Agenda: 6:00 6:30 Pizza and Networking sponsored by Version3 6:30 7:00 Administrivia * Upcoming Office 2003 NFR distribution event * NEISUG Auction * Book Review Net Security and Cryptography * Pinnacle Training ½ price training raffle (see below) * Windows NT4 Professional upgrading to Windows 2003 Seminar on 3/4 Notices: 1) Microsoft is coming to Worcester Tuesday 2/3 (That s tomorrow). 2) Pinnacle Training Events a. Pinnacle training is offering two WSUG members the opportunity to take classes for 50% off the regular price. Classes must be registered for by February 15th, and taken during February, March, or April of this year. See their website for more information. We will raffle off the coupons at the meeting. b. There is a FREE ½ day seminar on March 4th held at Microsoft s Waltham office on Windows NT4 Professional upgrading to Windows 2003 Seminar . Details at the meeting. 3) Networking a. We are going to try to make these events more networking-friendly, so please bring a fistful of business cards (even if you make them yourself). We will be introducing a couple of members at each event so that you can better know your colleagues. Be prepared to introduce yourself in 15 seconds or less (this will be voluntary). ______________________________________________________ Boston User Groups, Inc. BostonUserGroups.com (http://www.BostonUserGroups.com) is our user group web "portal." Browse the site to get information on a number of local user groups, including a calendar indicating when each group typically meets in a given month. Links are provided to the individual groups' web sites. Although many of the user groups are Microsoft-centric, there are also a number of non-Microsoft groups, including Palm, Macintosh, Lotus, and more. ______________________________________________________ Details, directions, more at: http://www.windowsboston.com/ To unsubscribe or change your email address: http://www.windowsboston.com/lists ================== Kent Smith Chair, Boston Area Windows Server User Group Phone: +1-508-877-1401 http://www.windowsboston.com mailto:chair@windowsboston.com