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MMS 2026 Midway Edition

event starts

25 Oct 2026

event ends

28 Oct 2026

location

Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, California, United States


Welcome to MMS 2026 Midway Edition! As we gear up for this exciting event in San Diego, we want to ensure you have all the information you need for a seamless experience. Be sure to read up on guidelines and deadlines here. Attendees are seeking deep technical advice on all things related to systems management.

Join us for an unforgettable experience! MMS 2026 Midway Edition is more than just an event; it's a community coming together to learn, network, and make a difference. We can't wait to welcome our speakers, sponsors, and attendees aboard.

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02 May 2026

Call closes at 12:00 AM

20 Jun 2026

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  • There is no guarantee your co-speaker will be accepted, although we'll do our best.
  • Review our speaker agreement for reimbursement rates, deadlines, expectations, etc.
  • Your submission should be technical (generally 300-400 level) and will include 65-75 minutes of presentation (with your agreed-upon co-speaker) and 30-40 minutes for questions and answers.
  • We expect you to actively encourage dialog between the audience and your co-speaker—our attendees love this format!
  • If you submit a part 1/part 2 set of sessions, we'll do our best to schedule them before and after lunch.

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40 submissions
Submitted sessions
Travis Roberts
  • Lights, Camera, Upload: A Guide to Starting Your IT YouTube Channel
  • Windows 365 Unleashed: Scalable Cloud PCs Made Simple
  • Mastering AVD Deployments: Azure Azure Local, or AVD Hybrid?
  • Mastering AVD Autoscaling: Choosing the Right Strategy for Maximum Efficiency
  • Directory Showdown: Windows AD, Entra ID, and Entra Domain Services Explained
Carrie Cook
  • Intune Basics to Brilliance: The "Intune Time" Myth-Busting Playbook
  • From Meh to Meaningful: A Realistic Guide to Microsoft Secure Score
  • How to Build Confidence in Your Users: Turning M365 Rollouts into Real Adoption
Jan-Tore Pedersen
  • Disconnected and Sovereign: Building a Private Cloud with Azure Local and M365 Local
  • Protecting your Virtualization infrastructure with a isolated Fabric Domain
Jörgen Nilsson
  • Windows 11 Hardening: From Secure by Default to Secure by Design
  • Community Tools for the Device Administrator
  • Edge Management Service - the modern way to manage Edge
  • Troubleshooting Tips From The Trenches
Ben Dumke
  • Rewinding the Ransomware Attack: Lessons from the Incident Timeline
Nicklas Ahlberg
  • Intune Administration: Real-World Solutions with PowerShell and Graph
  • 10 security settings you must configure in Windows 11 - 2026 edition
  • Midway Mission: Enforcing Order in the Windows 11 War Zone
Sandy Zeng
  • Getting Windows Autopilot to Work for You
Sherry Kissinger
  • SQL-fu for Comanaged/OnPrem ConfigMgr
  • Configuration Items and Custom Inventory
  • ConfigMgr Fundamentals: Optimize Infrastructure and Security
  • ConfigMgr Fundamentals: Advanced Techniques
Simon Skotheimsvik
  • Inside the Worst Tenant We’ve Ever Seen
  • Avoiding Policy Sprawl: Intune and Its Cloud Counterparts
Florian Salzmann
  • Intune at Scale: Automating the Boring Stuff with PowerShell and Graph API
  • Diagnose Faster: Modern Troubleshooting for Intune-Managed Devices
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Kristopher Turner
  • AI Goes Home: Build Tools with Foundry Local on Azure Local and Windows Server
  • Build the MP Microsoft Forgot: SCOM and Azure Monitor Health Models for Azure Local
  • Bake Your Own Cluster: Building a Real Hybrid Lab Without Selling a Kidney
  • AVD Anywhere: Have Profile, Will Travel — Azure, Azure Local, and AVD Hybrid
  • Trust No One: Zero Trust for the Hybrid Server Fleet
John Joyner
  • Achieve Zero Trust objectives with Defender for Cloud and Defender EASM integrated with Defender XDR
  • An Observability Renaissance: Azure Monitor comes of age
Chris Sires
  • Using AI for modern threat detection
  • AI tips and tricks
Rod Trent
  • Empowering SOC Teams: How Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT, MCP Servers, and Agents Drive Efficiency
  • How Using AI Agents with Microsoft Sentinel Automate Triage and Create SOC Power Users
Mike Marable
  • I’ve looked at life from both sides now: My journey from in-house admin to Intune consultant
  • Intune Migration: How can I get from where I am to where I want to be?