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MMS 2026 at MOA

event starts

3 May 2026

event ends

7 May 2026

location

Radisson Blu Mall of America Bloomington, Minnesota, United States


Welcome to the main event of MMS in 2026! As we gear up for another exciting event, 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 advise on all things related to systems management.

Join us for an unforgettable experience! MMS 2026 at MOA 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 750 speakers, sponsors, and attendees. 

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Call opens at 12:00 AM

15 Oct 2025

Call closes at 12:00 AM

15 Jan 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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We cover up to $2,000 for international travel and $1,000 for domestic travel. Ground transportation (Ubers, trains, taxis, etc.) is not reimbursed.


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167 submissions
Submitted sessions
Nicklas Olsen
  • Intune Essentials: The Next Chapter in Modern Endpoint Management
  • Intune Settings That Look Safe Until They are Not
Peter De Tender
  • Why am I still nervous after presenting for +25 years, and what I learned
  • ACR, ACI, ACS, AKS, DCK... aka the Container Alphabet Soup
  • GitHub for system and cloud administrators like all of you
  • DevSecOps with GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS)
Morten Knudsen
  • Rethinking Security Prioritization in Defender: Ranking Security Risk with Tier-Based Risk Score
  • Every Device Is a Security Boundary: Secure It by Design
Ranjith Lewis
  • Business continuity and recovery: The challenges for Modern Endpoint Management
Rudy Ooms
  • Inside the Intune Management Extension: Why Applications Fail to Install
  • The Windows Troubleshooting Toolkit How to Investigate Any Intune or Windows Issue
  • Autopilot From Setup to Survival
Michael Niehaus
  • Windows technologies for restoring, resetting, and recovering: A comprehensive guide
  • Comprehensive guide to Windows Autopilot scenarios
  • Old-time OS deployment for the "modern" customer
Bryan Dam
  • Troubleshooting Application Installation: Who to Blame? (Part 1)
Adam Nichols
  • Windows 365 & Update Compliance: Best Practices for Enterprise Success
  • Hybrid Unlocked: Azure Virtual Desktop & Azure Arc
  • Windows 365 Frontline: Unlock Productivity With Dedicated, Shared, And Cloud Apps
Dustin Roy
  • Unified Kiosk and the Vision for LTSC 2027
Steve Jesok
  • Workspace Wizardry: Taming Intune with VS Code Workspaces
  • Patch Me If You Can: Surviving Multi-Phase Feature Updates with Windows Autopatch
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Mattias Benninge
  • DO Troubleshooting, when things go sideways
  • Delivery Optimization for the Endpoint Admin
Ken Goossens
  • PH5
  • Going deep into Autopatch reporting and remediation
  • Kiosk Reimagined: The Unified Windows IoT Kiosk Model on the Road to LTSC 2027
  • Day-Zero Ready with enhanced resiliency: Update, De-bloat, and Recover Windows from the Start
  • Secure Boot Certificate Refresh: Preparing Windows Fleets for 2026
  • The Future of Managing Windows Updates with Autopatch and Hotpach
  • Modern Cloud PC & VDI Management with AVD, Windows 365, Intune, Autopatch & DO/MCC
  • Agentic Web Apps for IT Admins: Automating Intune Management with AI
  • Mastering Update Automation with Windows Autopatch API.
  • Windows AI Unlocked: Managing the Future of Intelligent PCs
Donnie Taylor
  • AI 101
  • Automation for Evil
  • Automation for Good
Matt Zaske
  • Extreme Graph API: Pushing The Limits
  • Employing Git For Team Success: Automation Edition
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Graph API: Notes from the Field
  • Task Sequence Troubleshooting: OSD and Beyond
  • Advanced Home Assistant
Gary Blok
  • Endpoints, PowerShell, VSCode and GitHub with Copilot for the lazy admin
  • OSD Basics for the "Modern" Admin
Mike Terrill
  • Black Lotus Remediations: 2026 Edition
Sean Bulger
  • Securing the Unattended: Identity Management for Automation and AI
  • No Code, Big Impact: Copilot Studio for Real-World Admin Tasks
  • Graph 101+: Behind the Scenes of Intelligent Automation
Brian Wren
  • Data You Need, Price You Want: Engineering Azure Monitor for Efficiency
  • From Noise to Clarity: Health Models in Azure Monitor
  • One console to manage them all
Jan Ketil Skanke
  • Vibe Coding: Building Intune Magic with AI and Graph API
  • Getting started with MS Graph API for the Endpoint Administrators
  • Stop Trusting Defaults: Master Intune & Entra ID Security Before It’s Too Late!
  • Mastering Entra ID Privileged Identity Management: What, Why, and How to Do It Right
  • Secure your Intune Automation with Managed Identities
Matt Wreede
  • Entra OSD? What Hath God Wrought?
  • AutoPilot and ConfigMgr - Time Traveling Back to 2019
Lee Schlipphak
  • Autopilot Decision Guide: Which Deployment Strategy Fits Your Needs?
  • Hello Passkey, Bye Password: Phishing-Resistant MFA Made Simple
  • Beyond the Patch: The hidden risks behind Intune Compliance
Lewis Barry
  • Microsoft 365 Licensing Masterclass
  • The tenant is the new server: Are you protecting it well enough?
Andrew Taylor
  • An Introduction to Microsoft Graph for Intune Management
  • What to watch when configuring your Intune tenant - notes from the field
Tim De Keukelaere
  • Intune App Management : Automation, Insights, and Security
  • Housekeeping for the modern endpoint admin
Jeff Scripter
  • Automating the Un-Automatable: Deep-Dive PowerShell Techniques for Real-World Applications
  • From Script to Solution: CI/CD and Quality Automation for PowerShell in the Enterprise
  • Dark Arts of Debug Powershell
John Joyner
  • Achieve Zero Trust objectives with Defender for Cloud and Defender EASM integrated with Defender XDR
  • Integrate Azure Monitor alerts from servers with your ITSM system
  • Protect your industrial control systems with Microsoft Defender for IoT
Martin Himken
  • Intune Network Requirements are a team effort
  • Entra-Join only and why you won't look back
  • Windows Resiliency: Is your WinRE healthy?
Steve Sweeny
  • Kiosk: Building and troubleshooting a Multiapp Kiosk
Shane Johnson
  • Federating Azure
Kallum Kyle
  • Sharing WINS
  • Take a REST – GETting Started with APIs That Aren’t (Yet) Cmdlets
Jóhannes Geir Kristjánsson
  • What Is Autopilot Device Preparation All About?
David Brook
  • Modular Development: Building Bicep Modules for Effective Deployment
  • Building Blocks: The Foundations of the Graph API
  • DevOps Foundations: Setting Up Your Environment for Success
Jeff Gilbert
  • Workspace Wizardry: Taming Intune with VS Code Workspaces
  • Patch Me If You Can: Surviving Multi-Phase Feature Updates with Windows Autopatch
Christiaan Brinkhoff
  • What's next and next for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop
  • AI-Enabled Cloud PCs: Accelerating the Future of AI Desktop Workflows
  • From Clicks to Agents: How AI Is Rewriting the Personal Computer
Chris Cavazos
  • Moving Windows management from Configuration Manager to Intune
  • Securing your Azure Virtual Desktop Environment
  • Windows 365 Cloud Apps, an easy way to publish apps!
  • App Attach and Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Session Host Update, A great way to manage your Azure Virtual Desktop environment
Nathan Ziehnert
  • Whose Pipeline Is It Anyway? The Game Show Where Everything Is an Object
  • Less Shell, More Buttons - GUIs and TUIs in PowerShell
  • Hidden Secrets of the PowerShell Masters
  • PowerShell Hot Takes
Matt Wetherell
  • From Bare Metal to Cloud-Ready: Automating Hybrid Infrastructure Deployment
  • Azure Migrate: Your Bridge to Azure Local
  • Azure Local vs. Windows Failover Clusters: Choose Your Fighter
  • The Hybrid Update Blues: Orchestrating Patches for Servers, VMs, Clusters, and Clouds
  • AVD Anywhere: Azure Virtual Desktop on Azure Local Without Losing Your Mind
Kristopher Turner
  • AVD Anywhere: Azure Virtual Desktop on Azure Local Without Losing Your Mind
  • From Naked Metal to Cloud-Ready: Automating Hybrid Infrastructure Deployment
  • Azure Local vs. Windows Failover Clusters: Choose Your Fighter
  • The Hybrid Update Blues: Orchestrating Patches for Servers, VMs, Clusters, and Clouds
  • AI at the Edge: Running Real Workloads on Azure Local Without Setting Anything on Fire
Keeran Mistry
  • Application Packaging: Redefining the Balance Between Security and User Experience in Intune
  • Windows Autopilot Unlocked: Tips, Tricks, and Real-World Optimization
  • Demystifying the myth of 8 hours Intune sync and how it is evolving to the fastlane(s)
Chris Dalton
  • Application Packaging: Redefining the Balance Between Security and User Experience in Intune
  • Calling All Experts: Live Intune & ConfigMgr Fix-it Forum / AMA
  • Building Your Own RAG-Powered Chatbot
Garth Jones
  • Is the Grass Greener? Navigating IT Careers Through Q&A
  • My Solar Journey: Lessons from Real-World Home Setups
  • SCCM AMA: Your Questions, Expert Answers
  • Create Custom SCCM Right-Click Tools and Favorites Menu
  • Intune Reporting on a Budget: Build Interactive Dashboards with IIS
Peter Daalmans
  • BYOD vs Corporate-Owned: Intune Enrollment Strategies That Work
  • Intune Tips and Tricks – 2026 edition
  • Oops! Modern Managament Mistakes You Only Make Once
Gerry Hampson
  • Copilot demystified - what's it all about?
  • What do you mean - no more VPNs?
  • Mastering KQL: A Guide for Endpoint Admins
Carrie Cook
  • Security Says Patch, Admin Says Done—Now What?
  • Mastering Microsoft Entra Conditional Access: Secure Access with Precision
  • Unruly Devices, Controlled Access: Because Data Doesn’t Manage Itself
  • From Meh to Meaningful: A Realistic Guide to Microsoft Secure Score
  • From Management to Mitigation: Living the Security Admin Role
Steven Hosking
  • Windows Accessibility - Now with AI
  • Vibe Coding - It's not just for Devs
  • What's new in Windows Kiosk
Travis Roberts
  • Lights, Camera, Upload: A Guide to Starting Your IT YouTube Channel
  • What’s New in Windows 365: Unlocking the Latest Cloud PC Capabilities
  • Mastering AVD Autoscaling: Choosing the Right Strategy for Maximum Efficiency
  • Modern Identity Management: Navigating Microsoft’s Directory Services Landscape
  • Unlocking Access: Mastering Authentication for Azure Virtual Desktop & Windows 365
Scott Corio
  • Making Stuff with Fusion
  • Ask the Azure MVPs
  • Evaporate your Environment: Move it to the Cloud
  • Building a IaC Factory with DevOps
  • The Wizard of MMS: A peek behind the technical curtain of MMS
Maurice Daly
  • The MSP Survival Guide: Intune, Entra & Defender Without the Drama
  • Macs Aren’t Monsters: Taming macOS with Microsoft Intune
  • From Intune Admin to Cloud Automator: Building Awesome with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Graph
  • Windows 11 Security Wrangling: From Baselines to Keys and Everything in Between
Sergey Chubarov
  • Under the Radar: Evasion and Incident Response Beyond XDR
  • Information Protection from the Field
Jordan Benzing
  • ConfigMgr - Not Dead Yet, how to avoid accidentally killing it
  • Patch Automation, Tired of hearing about it yet?
  • Identity Governance for the Masses
Rod Trent
  • Governing GenAI: Monitoring and Securing Copilot with Microsoft Purview
  • From MCP Server to Sentinel Graph: Agentic Threat Hunting with Microsoft Sentinel
Ben Dumke
  • Dungeons & Downtime: Creating Engaging Tabletop Exercises for Cyber Resilience
  • Preparing for a Cyber Event
  • Building a Cyber Range
Mark Godfrey
  • Return of the PowerShell GUIs
  • Don't Fear the Hardwarewolf: Security at the Hardware Level
  • You Should Manage This and You Should Manage That
Andrew Kontio
  • Inventory Unleashed: ConfigMgr Beyond the MOF
  • Modernizing the Task Sequence: Tools, Tactics, and a Little Bit of Magic
  • From Queries to Clarity: Elevating ConfigMgr Reporting with Power BI
Sherry Kissinger
  • Basic to Intermediate SQL Reporting (For CM)
  • Configuration Items and Custom Inventory
  • ConfigMgr Fundamentals: Advanced Techniques
  • ConfigMgr Fundamentals: Infrastructure and Security