John Policelli's Blog

I was very happy to hear that I was selected to present at TEC 2010 in Los Angeles.

TEC was previously known as DEC (Directory Experts Conference). The conference has been expanded to include training on Exchange and SharePoint, and effectively renamed to TEC. Here’s a snippet for the TEC 2010 Website:

For the 9th consecutive year, the TEC team will deliver expert-led, 400-level training on vital Microsoft technologies. In addition to its highly-acclaimed training on Microsoft Directory & Identity technologies, TEC 2010 will bring back a full agenda of Exchange training, staging the world’s leading authorities on Microsoft’s powerful messaging platform. And, this year, for the first time ever, we are pleased to introduce an entirely new TEC for SharePoint training conference!

I will be presenting in the Directory & Identity track. My session is called An In-Depth Look at AdminSDHolder, Protects Groups, and SDPROP.

Here is the abstract for my session:

Active Directory includes a number of built-in controls, which collectively provide an additional level of security for members of privileged groups. Even though these controls have been in place since the inaugural release of Active Directory a decade ago, administrators are still impacted by this functionality regularly. In this session, John Policelli will dive into the AdminSDHolder object, Protected Groups, and the Security Descriptor Propagator. Real-world examples, demos, and theory will be used to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of how these built-in controls interoperate and how you can use them to further secure members of privileged Active Directory groups.

I’ve attended DEC/TEC for several years, and it has proven invaluable each time. I have yet to find any comparable conferences. For more information on TEC 2010, please go to http://www.theexpertsconference.com/. I hope to see you there!