TOPICS
Autotask - Silver Sponsor
Life After SBS - Samba4
Agenda:
5:00 - 6:30 pm = [Optional] Pre-Meeting Networking and Dinner at Astor Hotel (437 Pulteney Street, Adelaide) [menu]
6.30 - 6.40 pm = Welcome and meeting agenda review. Introduction of attending members & visitors
6:40 - 6:50 pm = SMBiT Professionals news and announcements
6:50 - 7:40 pm = Presentation 1 – Silver Sponsor, Autotask (Jonathan Pullen)
Autotask Corporation provides the world's leading hosted IT business management software to streamline and optimize business processes for technology solution providers. The software integrates a broad range of critical business systems, including customer relationship management (CRM), service desk, contracts, tech scheduling, project management, billing and reporting, and provides real-time service delivery intelligence to help users understand the factors that drive their business and their profitability.
7:40 - 8:30 pm = Presentation 2 – Life After SBS – Samba4 Preview (Brian Macintosh)
With the end of Small Business Server, what alternatives are there for SMBs who need to have a cost effective, easily manageable, and compatible solution. Join us as we look at various solutions that are out in the industry, or soon to be released in the series – “Life After SBS”. This month, we will be investigating the up and coming Samba4 release, which is rumoured to incorporate a Windows compatible Active Directory structure and SMB3 implementation.
8:30 - 8:45 pm = Q & A and meeting survey
8:45 pm = Networking and meeting close