Modernizing Active Directory for Azure and Office 365

On-Demand Webinar

Many organizations are moving or considering moving to the cloud — and for good reason. The cloud can drastically reduce the effort and maintenance cost of IT infrastructures. But, as an enterprise, how easy is it to get there?

Many people have heard of Azure AD but aren’t sure how it relates to on-premises AD. In this webinar Microsoft MVP Darren Mar-Elia will explain the difference and why the best path to the cloud starts with addressing your Active Directory (AD). In addition to explaining why a modernized AD is key, Mar-Elia will also explain the four basics of modernization:

Most enterprises will not initially move completely from on-premises to the cloud, so having a modernized, well-managed on-premises deployment will save you headaches — and resources — in the future.

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Speakers

Darren Mar-Elia is the CTO and Founder of SDM Software, a Microsoft systems management solutions company. Darren has 30 years of IT and Software experience in the Microsoft technology area, including serving as a Director of Infrastructure at Charles Schwab, IT Architect at Autodesk, CTO of Windows Management Solutions at Quest Software, and Senior Director of Product Engineering at                                DesktopStandard.

He has provided architecture and engineering for solutions ranging from private cloud to virtual desktop to network engineering.  He has been a Microsoft MVP in Group Policy technology for the last 11 years, and has written and spoken on Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy and PowerShell topics around the world. He has been a Contributing Editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine since 1997. He has written or contributed to 13 books on Windows and enterprise networking topics. Darren also speaks frequently at industry conferences on Windows infrastructure topics.

Michelle Fallon has been part of the Product Marketing team at Dell Software since 2007. She is responsible for guiding and positioning Windows management solutions, specifically for Active Directory, to better benefit Dell’s global customers and strategic partners.  Michelle has more than 17 years’ experience in the technology field, and earned her MBA in New Hampshire, where she currently resides with her husband and two spirited daughters.