How to start a user group Microsoft Ignite 2016 7/3/2018 1:28 AM BRK1035 How to start a user group Kent Agerlund © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

How to start a user group Microsoft 2016 7/3/2018 1:28 AM BRK1035 How to start a user group Kent Agerlund #BRK1035 @Agerlund © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Agenda Why start a user group How to start a user group Word from Microsoft Word from sponsors

Why start a user group Why Resources You have deep passion for a technology You like to share knowledge You love the idea of having 100’s of peers to play ball with Resources http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1682.starting-and-running-a-user-group-best-practices.aspx http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1707.how-to-request-funding-through-user-group-support-services.aspx https://www.technicalcommunity.com/default.aspx

Southwest & Europe Mike Terrill AZSMUG - Arizona Systems Management User Group.  The purpose of the AZSMUG is to provide new and experienced Systems Management administrators with a place to meet in Southern Arizona. The meetings will enable Systems Management administrators to exchange ideas, work out problems, and discuss new and improved technologies and partnership amongst your peers and people with similar interest. Membership is free, so there are no collected fees for joining. All we ask is for your time and to actively participate with questions, tips, tricks and other useful information. Kent Agerlund – System Center User Group Denmark & Norway, assisting NYC, Switzerland and Des Moines Quarterly meetings Full day events Focus on everything System Management, Client, Cloud, Server & Automation Just started our own YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsV8XMEkzqniWuS93AllPqw Norway, Denmark, NYC, Des Moines are free events

Northwest & Texas Pete Zerger: Houston Area Systems Management User Group (HASMUG) Quarterly meetings that bring together folks from all walks of systems management in the Greater Houston area Focused on systems management technology, primarily Microsoft System Center Encourage the community to participate in ways that make them comfortable – ask questions, share stories Find speakers and sponsors through Twitter or Facebook (hashtags), LinkedIn (relevant groups), websites (myitforum.com or mscloudcommunity.com) Meet in Microsoft offices or technology centers Consider forming a Board of Directors for help with management, decision making, finding speakers and venues, etc. Wally Mead: Northwest System Center User Group (NWSCUG) Monthly meetings based in Bellevue, WA dedicated to sharing information, ideas, and solutions Goal is to provide an exceptional experience to all System Center product users with an end goal of delivering exceptional service to customers   Heavy focus on Configuration Manager Board of Directors Highly encourage community participation – ask questions, share tips and tricks from their environment, relay information from recent conferences Reach out to other well established User Groups for advice, help with speakers and sponsors Matthew Hudson

Word from Microsoft Ken Hyld, Microsoft Denmark Microsoft might be able to provide Meeting facilities Room Breakfast, sandwiches etc. Help on invites – Promoting events Making invites Sending out invites Contact details for other partners Sponsoring – Help finding sponsors

Parallels Traditionally known as a “Mac company”, Parallels has evolved to become a dedicated partner to organizations who need to support multi-platform environments Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM We participate in User Groups to become integrated into the SCCM community and drive awareness of Parallels solutions. User Groups also allow us to have deeper engagements with Microsoft MVPs and SCCM admins which help in product development and customer insight. Interested groups may contact us at Carlos Capó: ccapo@parallels.com Erin Paiso: epaiso@parallels.com

1E – Enterprise Client Management Brand Awareness Speaking Opportunities Valuable Content and Learning Networking

Cireson – Microsoft Cloud & System Center World leader in Microsoft Cloud and System Center Mission: To make your working life ridiculously more productive by bringing service and asset management together Solutions: Service Management, Asset Management, Password Reset, and Free Community apps for Service Manager and Configuration Manager We participate in User Groups to give back to the community, share our knowledge, experience and best practices gathered from over 20 years of System Center experience, as well to promote our products and services with the ultimate goal of helping the community solve business challenges and achieve their goals Interested parties can contact us through social media, email, at events/conferences, or via telephone. The quickest way is usually through our PR/Marketing department.

VEEAM Availability solutions We participate in User Groups for many reasons Knowledge sharing and receiving Promotion of our solutions Support of user groups and community events Networking Veeam Vanguards 1+1=3 Sponsorship / assistance through local marketing departments (or contact Veeam evangelists)

Flexera Participated in User Groups since 2013 (globally) Was able to significantly increase brand awareness Allowed us to connect with users, enterprise accounts, new partners and influencers in this community in a genuine, organic manner Learnings as a sponsor: Have one main person responsible for SCUG, watch who the other speakers are, make sure to share meaningful info and not be only sales focused. What’s most important to a sponsor: a clear path to leads (company, title, all contact details), audience is interested in our topic (SCCM), number of attendance, time to network.

User groups https://mnscug.org/misc/web-links/other-user-groups

Please evaluate this session 7/3/2018 1:28 AM Please evaluate this session Your feedback is important to us! From your PC or Tablet visit MyIgnite at http://myignite.microsoft.com From your phone download and use the Ignite Mobile App by scanning the QR code above or visiting https://aka.ms/ignite.mobileapp © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

7/3/2018 1:28 AM © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.