IETA 2019

"Intune for Education is Microsoft's modern management solution for schools. The ability to remotely manage devices makes Intune essential for the IT department that is looking for low touch, high efficiency Windows 10 management. Participants will see a demo of the “Windows Configuration Designer” and “Setup School PCs” apps being used to enroll Windows devices into an Office 365 tenant that will then be managed by Intune for Education.  Manage your devices from anywhere with Intune for Education.
• Explain how Intune for EDU provides ease and efficiency
• Intune for EDU works with the Windows Configuration Designer and Setup School PCs apps to enroll Windows 10 devices in seconds via USB
• Differentiate between Intune and Intune for EDU"

SSL encryption (port 443) is the de‐facto encryption technology for delivering secure Web browsing, and the benefits it provides. SSL encryption is driving the levels of SSL Web traffic to new heights. According to different industry authorities such as Google, Gartner & Forester in 2018 about 70% of all casual Web traffic is now HTTPS encrypted. Some industries such as finance, government, healthcare & legal are even higher. Warning ‐not all SSL traffic is benign. Without the right security tools, SSL is a blind spot in your network rendering gateway security measures neutered. 

Spend the morning learning how to prepare and manage Apple Devices. We will start off with an overview of the latest management techniques. The rest of the morning will be spent having you prepare and manage devices, hands on! By the end, you will be able to prepare and deploy thousands of Apple Devices. If you are familiar with managing Apple Devices, come in the morning and learn about the latest techniques. If are newer to the Apple platform, spend the whole morning! Topics will include: Mobile Device Management, Shared iPad, Classroom.app, Apple School Manager, Apple Configurator 2, Volume Purchase Program, Device Enrollment Program. Apple Caching Server. Infrastructure requirements.
 

See how single sign-on and class rostering has been transformed from a thankless job into a catalyst for meaningful use of digital learning resources.  

Presenters will demonstrates:
Why school districts large and small are moving away from in-house and/or inflexible systems to a customizable single sign-on option for students and teachers
How this change creates a fast, easy, and sustainable win for the CIO while meeting the needs of instruction along the way
How business practices employed by providers affect your investments in technology
Why factors such as security, flexibility, and expanding resource libraries are driving districts towards next-gen platforms
How individualized access is leading to organizational improvements in utilization
How analytics as a function of single sign-on and rostering is informing strategic level decisions

Serving districts from 1,000 - 200,000+ students, this session cites the experiences that district leaders have had in scaling up technologies that drive access. As a result, presenters will give a first-hand account of what it's like to evaluate, implement, and manage a robust single sign-on, class-rostering, and analytics platform.
 

macOS Mojave provides new ways to deploy your Apple devices. Using Apple School Manager with a mobile device management (MDM) solution gives you greater flexibility and control over your deployments. Explore the changes and determine a new plan for getting users up and going with macOS. Learn how to install Windows on Macintoshes with Bootcamp and WinClone. See how Boot Runner can present the user macOS and Windows.
 

Join Ednetics and Cisco Meraki and get a hands-on Meraki full stack experience. Create your own network with multiple VLANs, wireless SSIDs, different user profiles, traffic shaping, content filtering – all remotely via the cloud. Use Cisco Meraki auto-provisioning site-to-site VPN technology to establish full mesh connectivity across all sites and back to headquarters with a couple of clicks. Once you’ve finished the lab, stick around for a whiteboard session where we will discuss how Cisco Meraki cloud networking technologies could fit in your specific environment. (please bring your own laptop) 

Everybody is asking how to do more with Data, and it has become easier than ever to investigate the Data we have available to us.  In this session we will review Power BI fundamentals for use in a K12 context.  Attendees will learn how to connect data from multiple sources, integrate and model Data for analysis, and to create Dashboards and web-based reports that are exciting to interact with and can be securely shared.   While we explore techniques for using Data more effectively, we will also consider how we use Data ethically.

You have heard a lot about Apple School Manager and maybe already begun using it, but now it is time to get into the details of Apple’s new single portal management space. Connect your devices to multiple MDM’s, manage your People, Devices and Content all in one great easy to use interface. Join us as we go through initial setup to customer integration with your existing SIS and MDM. See how you can use Apple School Manager to purchase volume purchase applications and configure Classroom and Schoolwork apps.

"Intune for Education is Microsoft's modern management solution for schools. The ability to remotely manage devices makes Intune essential for the IT department that is looking for low touch, high efficiency Windows 10 management. Participants will see a demo of the “Windows Configuration Designer” and “Setup School PCs” apps being used to enroll Windows devices into an Office 365 tenant that will then be managed by Intune for Education.  Manage your devices from anywhere with Intune for Education.
•    Explain how Intune for EDU provides ease and efficiency
•    Intune for EDU works with the Windows Configuration Designer and Setup School PCs apps to enroll Windows 10 devices in seconds via USB
• Differentiate between Intune and Intune for EDU"

On Dec 11, 2017, Jerome School District was victim of a "ransomware" attack that destroyed data and backups on all of their servers. Come and hear the story of how Jerome School District survived a ransomware attack. Presenters will talk about strategies to recover lost servers and what new security measures have been put into place to prevent complete loss again.

Simplify surveillance for your schools. Verkada has been taking off in K-12 and higher education across the United States for their revolutionary approach to physical surveillance and ease of deployment. Founded by MIT & Stanford computer scientists along with Meraki co-founder Hans Robertson, Verkada has created a hybrid-cloud surveillance platform which require zero NVR/DVR/Servers or thick clients. Verkada is an end-to-end solution, combining high quality security cameras with backend infrastructure and an intuitive end user interface focused on proactive alerting through Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Verkada stores 30, 60, 90, or 120 days of footage locally on the camera while sending encrypted metadata to the cloud for viewing and securely tying in with any identity/access management solution you may use today. Only operating at 5-20 kbps per camera, Verkada allows you to access footage from anywhere, on any device, and at any time securely.