Microsoft Ignite 2015 Conference – Topics Released

Microsoft did a great job in merging multiple conferences into one conference called Microsoft Ignite Conference. Let us look forward to see what is there for Exchange.

Previously we published a blog to introduce you with Ignite Conference here – https://msexchangeguru.com/2014/10/19/microsoft-ignite-spark-the-future-may-4-may-8-2015/

At the same time Microsoft liked Ignite word a lot because Microsoft and Ignite we are listening from long term. Microsoft had designed Exchange 2013 training program for premier customers with the name Ignite and we can also watch some Exchange training videos with name Ignite on the internet.

Microsoft Ignite 2015 Conference is scheduled between May 04^th 2015 and May 08^th 2015 at Chicago, USA.

Merging the conferences is a great idea so that everyone can be approachable at one place rather than travelling to multiple places, taking or giving time out to the team multiple times in the year or travelling to multiple places with different weather condition and adopting them.

Makes sure to watch Exchange Team blog and small video by Greg Taylor and Jeff Mealiffe here – http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2015/01/28/get-the-inside-scoop-on-exchange-at-microsoft-ignite.aspx

As per Exchange Team blog mark your calendars for an #IgniteJam on Twitter

To participate in the #IgniteJam

Log in to Twitter on Feburay 3^rd, at 9:00 a.m. PT. For easier real-time participation, use Twubs and join us at: twubs.com/ignitejam.
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Watch for questions coming from @MS_Ignite and chime in with your answers and commentary, using the hashtag #ignitejam.

Here I am going to share more on the following topics:

Why you should attend Ignite?
Exchange Topics
Registration Links
Pass Options and cost details

Why you should attend Ignite?

-There are going to be 49 topics you can browse at the link below.

http://ignite.microsoft.com/Sessions?filter=|P|0ab205d6-1070-e411-b87f-00155d5066d7|/P|#fbid=WGSRQ2ewtKR

-Topic will not just be on exchange but also on Exchange with Lync, Exchange with SharePoint, Exchange with Office 365 etc.

–The most interesting and unspoken topic will be about the next version of Exchange. I am sure this has ignite the interest and you are rethinking of attending Ignite!!!

-If you are still thinking then check out Why Ignite here. http://ignite.microsoft.com/WhyIgnite#fbid=WGSRQ2ewtKR

Exchange Topics

Modern Authentication for the Office 2013 Clients

We are making updates to the Office 2013 clients (including Outlook) to support new Authentication Protocols and to enable support for Multi-Factor Authentication and authentication with SAML-based Identity Providers. In this session, we walk through and discuss these updates in depth.

Tools and Techniques for Exchange Performance Troubleshooting

Why is W3WP using 12GB of RAM? Getting to the root cause can take time, but we’re here to help. This session focuses on the tools and techniques used by Microsoft escalation engineers as they diagnose performance issues, including high CPU, memory contentions, and issues caused by dependent components like Active Directory, storage, and networking. We use recent support cases as examples, so you leave with practical guidance on how to better troubleshoot your Exchange environment.

Meet Exchange Server v.Next

The next version of Exchange Server is arriving in the second half of 2015. Come learn about new capabilities, architecture changes, and the upgrade path from previous Exchange versions.

Driving User Adoption from a Technical Standpoint for SharePoint, Exchange and Office 365

Good news, IT pros, there are useful technical configurations in the SharePoint administration console that will improve user satisfaction and increase productivity and adoption. Topics covered and demonstrated include defining user s, improving Microsoft Office integration, and managing available apps. This session uses real-world experience to help you define a specific action list that may be used to optimize user experience and drive user adoption.

Exchange Design Concepts and Enterprise Architecture: Expand Your Vision

Over years, Exchange became an increasingly complex technology. However, Exchange evolution follows simple design concepts, achieving reliability and scalability via the building blocks principle. Understanding these concepts and expanding them to the enterprise level allows you fully realize technology potential and bring modern cloud architecture principles to the enterprise. The same design concepts allow you maximize solution availability and minimize deployment and operation costs.

Deploying Exchange Server v.Next

Learn how to deploy Exchange Server vNext or Exchange Server 2013 on-premises into existing deployments of Exchange. The session includes real-world best practices and first-hand feedback.

Behind the Curtain: Running Exchange Online

How does Microsoft run the world’s largest Exchange implementation? This session explores what it takes to keep Exchange Online humming smoothly and how running the service helps improve the product.

Experts Unplugged: Office 365 Security

This is the place for few slides, heavy discussion, and workshop style activity for participants. This session is intended for attendees with advanced interest in the given topic. We expect that participants already have a working understanding of the topics covered – intro or foundational levels of related content can be found in breakout sessions. By choosing to attend an expert session you are agreeing to be an active participant, ready to provide insight and perspective based on your current experience. Join this session to be part of a discussion among experts on everything related to security in Office 365. We cover built-in security in Office 365 from physical datacenters all the way to customer controls such as RMS, MDM, etc.

Experts Unplugged: Office 365 Compliance

The unplugged panel is your chance to hear directly from product experts in an unscripted, conversational format. The panel includes a mix of perspectives—from engineering to support to real-world deployment experts—so you get answers that range from visionary to practical. Bring your tough questions and hear them answered live on stage, as top experts discuss the issues that matter to you. In this particular panel discussion, we discuss everything related to compliance in Office 365. From built-in compliance in Office 365 such as FISMA/ISO, all the way to customer controls such as Auditing, Archiving, DLP, etc.

Exchange Online Protection, Mailflow, and Encryption: Notes from the Field

Learn how easily you can prepare and deploy Exchange Online Protection (EOP), set up mail-flow and manage your encryption needs in Microsoft Office 365, from the people who handle it everyday. We start from scratch and deploy each of these services to give you a complete hands-on experience. We cover the best practices while configuring and using these critical services in your organization. From mailflow to spam filtering, from different encryption controls to advanced threat protection, we cover it all so you have the latest and greatest information!

Exchange Online Archiving: Notes from the Field

Users love email—so much so that their mailboxes can grow almost without limit over time. Archiving old mail helps keep things tidy, and Microsoft has offered personal archives as part of Exchange since Exchange 2010. Moving your archives to Exchange Online Archiving (EOA) gives you flexible archiving, but to get the most from EOA, you’ll need to know how it works, how EOA integrates with on-premises and Office 365 mailboxes, how to efficiently move your users’ data into EOA, and how to manage and troubleshoot both the import process and ongoing operations— luckily, all topics covered in this session.

Device and Data Protection with Mobile Device Management in Office 365

In this session we dive deep into mobile device and data management for Office 365. This includes our MDM for Office 365 and application management with Microsoft Intune. Along with that, we talk about our overall device strategy and vision for PCs and Macs including conditional access to Office 365 data so you can protect Office 365 content on any such device with ease!

Case Study: How Two Companies Do eDiscovery (Featuring Rogers Communication and Microsoft Legal)

From the horse’s mouth: learn how the legal personnel from within Rogers Communication and Microsoft IT started using hold and eDiscovery instead of third party products, and hear best practices learned in real-world scenarios.

Get Visibility and Transparency with Auditing in Office 365

In this session, learn about how Office 365 is working to provide visibility into user interactions with data and complete transparency into administrator activity and how you can make use of this data. We also provide insights into the right level of extensibility to allow export of critical data into third party analytics and intelligence solutions.

Keeping Your Data in Place with Office 365 Archiving and Retention

Don’t outsource your data to third-party archives—come learn how to retain the data you want to keep and delete the data you don’t want in Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync. We also provide a sneak peek into our future roadmap and run live code from soon-to-be-released features.

eDiscovery Redefined: Real Time and In-Place

Don’t wait days or weeks to conduct eDiscovery for email, documents, and instant messages. With eDiscovery for Microsoft Office 365 you can search real-time and get answers in minutes vs. days or weeks. Come learn about end-to-end eDiscovery in Office 365. We provide a sneak peek into our future roadmap, including technology from the acquisition of Equivio Zoom, and run live code from soon-to-be-released features.

Meet Office 365 Compliance Center: Your One Stop Shop for Everything Compliance

Compliance is single biggest productivity challenge for organizations around globe. With Office 365 Compliance Center, you now can easily manage your compliance needs such as eDiscovery, auditing, archiving, DLP, encryption, etc. from one single management console. Come learn about the Office 365 Compliance Center that will bring together compliance features from different Microsoft Office 365 services such as Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Lync so you can easily manage your compliance requirements.

Deep Dive into How Microsoft Handles Spam and Advanced Email Threats

Did you know that more than half the total number messages received in Microsoft Exchange Online are spam, phishing campaigns have around a 40% chance of getting clicked, and most hacking attacks start with a phishing message? In this session, we help you tackle these risks. This is a deep dive session on Microsoft philosophy of handling spam and email-borne threats. We cover the different measures taken by Microsoft to protect against these attacks and how you can better prepare for fighting back.

Evolving Email Protection for Tommorow’s Needs with Exchange Online Protection

As spammers and attackers around the world get more sophisticated, learn how we are evolving Exchange Online Protection (EOP) to protect against those threats. We look at our latest releases in this space, from bulk mail, to improved service capabilities, to our latest offerings in advanced threat protection. We talk about our future investments and give a sneak peek at what’s coming up!

Your Encryption Controls in Office 365: Across Devices and Platforms

Whether it is at rest or in transit, Office 365 protects your data using a variety of encryption mechanisms. In addition to what’s baked into the platform, you have several options for customer-controlled encryption features to meet the business needs of your organization. Come learn about the different types of encryption technologies in Office 365 that you can use and how they work seamlessly across devices and platforms. In this session we talk about Information Rights Management (IRM) with RMS, S/MIME, Office 365 Message Encryption and how these encryption technologies help keep your data safe and secure.

End-to-End Data Loss Prevention

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) enables you to identify, monitor, and protect sensitive information in your organization. Learn how rich DLP functionality seamlessly integrates into different Office products and services and how we are taking this story across Microsoft with our integration with Windows and Azure. We talk about how we are expanding DLP across the Office family and the broader Microsoft ecosystem and demo some cool new things from the world of DLP including DLP for SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Office clients.

Exchange Server Preferred Architecture

This session reviews the preferred architecture for deploying Exchange Server. These principles apply to both Exchange Server 2013 and Exchanger Server vNext due later this year. Learn how the building block architecture is intended to be designed for your organization and the principles behind the recommendations. This session covers the new server architecture in detail, and the significant changes server roles. This session allows you to gain deep understanding of the Exchange Server 2013 and vNext architecture and is a “must-attend” session to begin your own design.

Office 365 Security and Control

We have been working hard to make Office 365 the most secure place for your data; even more secure than an on-premises environment. In the data center, between datacenters, on your devices, and everywhere along the way your data is secure and you are in control. Learn about both service security and the unique controls you have to help protect your data in transit, at rest, on devices, and anywhere else it may go.

Mail Flow & Transport Deep Dive

Regardless of how you run your email, whether it’s on-premises Exchange, Office 365, or a hybrid solution you need to understand the mail flow process. You may have a requirement to route mail through 3rd party services or have partners with which you absolutely want secure mail delivery. This session walks you through these scenarios, explaining in detail, how mail flow works in Exchange Server and in Exchange Online. The goal of this session is to provide you with the information you need to enable mail flow that best suits your organization’s needs. The session will dig deep into transport services, how delivery group mail routing works, and how to ensure your data is protected in transit with the Exchange Server and Exchange Online.

Experts Unplugged: Exchange Server Deployment and Architecture

Experts Unplugged: Exchange Server High Availability and Site Resilience

Experts Unplugged: Exchange Online Migrations

Experts Unplugged: New Exchange Scenarios

The unplugged panel is your chance to hear directly from product experts in an unscripted, conversational format. The panel includes a mix of perspectives—from engineering to support to real-world deployment experts—so you get answers that range from visionary to practical. Bring your tough questions and hear them answered live on stage, as top experts discuss the issues that matter to you. The session will focus on Clutter, Document Collaboration, and search features in Exchange and Outlook.

Experts Unplugged: Outlook, OWA, and Mobile

Exchange on IaaS: Concerns, Tradeoffs, and Best Practices

Many customers are interested in outsourcing the infrastructure requirements for an Exchange 2013 deployment to “the cloud” using an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider. Navigating supportability concerns, best practices, deployment issues, and tradeoffs for this scenario can be a significant challenge. We discuss scenarios where an IaaS deployment makes sense and how to compare such a deployment with the services provided by Office 365 or an on-premises deployment. We will review the options in deep technical detail and we discuss deployment best practices for IaaS scenarios.

Under the Hood with DAGs

Join this session to learn from the DAG master Tim McMichael. The session examines how an Microsoft Exchange 2013 Database Availability Group leverages the Windows Failover Clustering service. As a bonus, it provides a sneak peek at how this will evolve with Exchange Server vNext and Windows 10. It also explores registry replication, cluster networking, and cluster features such as dynamic quorum and dynamic witness. After this session, administrators should have understanding of cluster integration and basic support knowledge.

Exchange Hybrid: Make Office 365 Work for You

Exchange hybrid deployments are one of the most common Office 365 configurations. In this session, we dig into the architecture of hybrid deployments, review the deployment options, discuss the capabilities of the hybrid configuration wizard, and review the co-existence user experiences.

Advanced Exchange Hybrid Topologies

If you have a complex on-premises Active Directory (AD) or Exchange organization and you are moving to Exchange Online this session is for you. Join the session to learn about multi-org Exchange migration considerations, including AD and Exchange configuration requirements. We examine advanced hybrid migration topics including high availability and migration load balancing. The session includes both the configuration knowledge and learnings from real-world projects.

Tame Your Inbox: Clutter in Office 365

This session begins with an examination of the Clutter feature for your inbox in Office 365. See how Clutter applies machine learning to address the “information overload” problem by allowing them to focus on what’s important and keep focus on what’s important to them. The session also highlights the advanced controls to help meet customer requirements.

Meeting Complex Security Requirements for Publishing Exchange

A common question is “How can I securely publish Exchange?” This session reviews the recommended configurations and explores the options available to customers to publish Exchange. We might even find an elephant in this session.

Desktop Outlook: Evolved and Redefined

This session provides an overview of the upcoming key investments being made by the Outlook product team for the next release, which will lead the desktop version of Microsoft Outlook into the future.

Outlook on Mobile Devices

This session includes demos and roadmap discussion for Outlook and email on mobile devices. Topics include built-in mail experience in Windows 10, OWA for iOS, OWA for Android, and how the Acompli acquisition will help us expand our mobile email efforts.

The Latest on Modern Public Folders Design and Migrations

What are modern public folders? How are they different from legacy public folders? What’s new? How do you migrate to modern public folders? How do you deploy? Are they on the cloud? Meet the Microsoft Exchange engineering team to find out more about the architecture of modern public folders, public folders on Office 365, and the investments Microsoft is making. Also get a real-world perspective on deployment and migration.

High Availability and Site Resilience: Learning from the Cloud and Field

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 offers many enhancements for redundancy, availability, and recovery. Join this session to hear the first-hand experiences from experts in the Exchange Online service and deployment experts on how to best use the Exchange high availability and resilience capabilities.

Improving Search in Exchange and Outlook

The Exchange team is making updates to improve the search architecture and provide better user search experiences. Join this session for a deep dive into the search architecture updates and a close examination of how we plan to provide great user search experiences in Outlook.

Extending Outlook and OWA User Experiences

The Apps for Outlook platform, the way for third parties to extend Outlook, has been out for two years now and Compose Apps was released last year. The extensibility platform is one of the key investments across all our mail clients. Find out what’s new, such as new contextual UI entry points and APIs, what is on our roadmap, and what is our vision, including schema.org.

Using Connectors and Mail Routing

Inbound/Outbound connectors enable comprehensive custom mailflow in Microsoft Office 365 for your organization. This session covers the insights of connectors, end-to-end mail flow scenarios, and deep dives into key options for inbound/outbound connectors, best practices, and more. This session helps all customers who use Microsoft Exchange Online or Exchange Online Protections to configure mail flow properly in Office 365 and to best troubleshoot mailflow issues.

Ten Ways to Secure Your Office 365 Tenants

Do you want to ensure that your data in Office 365 is protected? Then come to this session where we look at ten things to help you further secure the access to the data over and above the security already in Office 365. We demonstrate and discuss features such as data loss prevention (DLP), message encryption , rights management protection (RMS), multi-factor authentication (MFA), client security such as patching and MDM, sharing content internally and externally, network encryption (SSL), AD FS restrictions, and anti-spam settings. But there is more, and we plan to cover that too!

Office 365 Deployment Engineering Panel: Transforming Carbon Problems to Silicon Solutions

In this session, hear from Microsoft Engineering leaders as they discuss Microsoft’s current approach and long-term roadmap of automation to ensure every customer has a great Office 365 deployment experience.

Email Migration to Office 365: Behind the Scenes with the Migration Velocity Team

How does Microsoft migrate customers to Office 365? In this session, we discuss the mail migration process, automated tools, and things you can do to prepare for fast migration to Office 365.

Re-Thinking Attachments: Collaborating in Outlook with OneDrive

This session provides an overview of the new streamlined document collaboration experience. We explore the experience from Outlook desktop and Outlook Web App. Learn how to email links to documents in OneDrive with a single click and edit documents using Office Online directly from Outlook Web App. With these new capabilities, attachments now become valuable assets for streamlined team and partner collaboration! We also take a look at how this feature will work in vNext of Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint.

Experts Unplugged: Exchange Top Issues

Building a Hybrid Exchange Server 2013 Environment

In this pre-day session, learn how to deploy a hybrid Exchange Server 2013 environment from scratch. Through a mix of tutoring and hands-on exercises, gain experience in how to install and configure Microsoft Azure Active Directory Synchronization Services (AAD Sync) and Active Directory Federation Services for Office 365. Learn how to use the Exchange Server 2013 Hybrid Configuration Wizard to set up a hybrid deployment and then move mailboxes to Microsoft Office 365. The lab is hosted in Microsoft Azure, so all you need to bring is your own laptop!

Get Ready to Deploy Exchange Server 2013

Learn from Exchange MVP experts and jumpstart your Exchange Server 2013 deployment. The day focuses on building a design for a selected scenario and provides opportunities to test your deployment knowledge first hand. This pre-day session provides deep hands-on opportunities and a chance to learn from experts in the field.

Registration Links

You need to browse this link to register for Ignite – http://ignite.microsoft.com/Register#fbid=WGSRQ2ewtKR

Pass Options and cost details

Following Passes are available.