Jeremy Girven

Are you a VMware administrator embarking on your first AWS migration journey? Join this chalk talk to gain a solid foundation and seamlessly bridge the knowledge between your familiar VMware environment and AWS.

Safeguarding your identity on AWS is paramount, and securing AWS Managed Microsoft AD is crucial. This workshop guides you through the AWS Well-Architected Framework’s security pillar design principles to help you fortify your managed AD environment.

AWS CloudFormation helps you manage your AWS infrastructure as code, increasing automation and supporting infrastructure-as-code best practices. In this chalk talk, learn the fundamentals of CloudFormation, including templates, stacks, change sets, and stack dependencies.

Whether you’re migrating an existing Microsoft Active Directory (AD) or starting from scratch on AWS, this chalk talk will help you choose the right Microsoft directory service for your needs. Learn about AWS Managed Microsoft AD, AD Connector, Simple AD, and AD Domain Services on Amazon EC2.

In this workshop, learn how to set up AWS Managed Microsoft AD, configure directory security settings, extend the directory across multiple AWS Regions, create trust with on-premises directories, and verify on-premises authentication to Amazon RDS for SQL Server resources. You must bring your laptop to participate.

This workshop covers setting up AWS Managed Microsoft AD, extending your directory across multiple AWS Regions, creating a trust with on-premises directories, and verifying on-premises authentication to Amazon RDS for SQL Server resources. Also, integrate your AWS Managed Microsoft AD with AWS Single Sign-On.