The Experts Conference

I am sitting in a session at The Experts Conference (formerly The Directory Experts Conference), an annual conference that was originally started to support those who manage Active Directory. However, TEC has been expanded to include Microsoft's identity and access management technologies, and this year it has expanded to include a complete Exchange-oriented track, as well.

Lots of very good, technically-oriented content on managing Exchange and other Microsoft technologies, although I attended an interesting session on e-discovery issues that would be useful for legal counsel to attend. TEC is underwritten by Quest Software and has been assembled and managed very nicely. None of the sessions has a salesy feel in the slightest, but instead are run by consultants and Microsoft MVP-types. Plus, the event is being held in Henderson, NV, just a few minutes south of the Las Vegas Strip, which offers a very different feel from Las Vegas itself.

All in all, a very good conference that should be on the short list of meetings to attend for anyone who manages Microsoft technologies.