BigFix Masters Class 2019 "Tour" Continues Week 2 of 2 - Oct 15-18 Emeryville, CA
BigFix deep dive into the various technical aspects of BigFix.
October 15 - 18, 2019  ·  Room 300

Please join us in a fun filled deep dive into BigFix!  This is a four day course that is intended to stretch your brain into aspects of BigFix that you might not have given any thought to or you did and just didn't know where to start.   The BigFix Masters Class is for you!  There will be two sessions for this.  Each session will have a max of 24 attendees.  You can sign up for one session or the other (both are the same content).  If you attended the May 2019 session, you can skip these, since there will be little to no net new.

Breakfast will be included. 

Agenda
Tuesday, October 15
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:40 AM - 10:25 AM
9:40 AM - 10:25 AM
10:25 AM - 11:55 AM
10:25 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:55 PM
11:55 AM - 12:55 PM
12:55 PM - 2:25 PM
12:55 PM - 2:25 PM
You'll have to use BigFix to solve the puzzle(s) to escape the "escape room"!
2:25 PM - 2:55 PM
2:25 PM - 2:55 PM
2:55 PM - 4:40 PM
2:55 PM - 4:40 PM
What's currently planned for V10.
4:00 PM - 4:40 PM
4:00 PM - 4:40 PM
How to customize your WebUI display screen.
Wednesday, October 16
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
How to integrate BigFix and Service Now.
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
JGStew presents multiple Client Settings, recommendations and stuff you probably didn't know existed.
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
How to configure a custom BigFix Domain. I'll call this "filters" on steroids! REALLY Cool stuff here!!!
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
JGStew - Presents how to create a custom dashboard's and some interesting things with WebReports.
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Talk with the Dev guys! Ask them your burning questions.
Thursday, October 17
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
What is a Relay, Why have a Relay? What are the rules around a Relay? What are some of these settings?
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
An introduction to the BigFix REST API with lab. Tips, tricks, time savers.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
How to secure your BigFix server using features builtin to BigFix.
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
What are the rules to applying Patches to Redhat and CentOS. How to use only one YUM call to deploy a baseline of patches.
Friday, October 18
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
How to use the Excel Connector to make custom WebReports!
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
JGStew - Basically have James create content/relevance on the fly! He Builts-IT Live.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
LOCATION
Room 300, 6001 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, CA 94608
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Location: Room 300, 6001 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, CA 94608

If you attended the May 2019 session then you should skip this session, it will not include very much net-new content!


Attendee should possess at least two years experience in BigFix administration to include a few core skills from the list below:

 

·         Platform configuration and maintenance

·         Tuning for agent performance

·         Content manipulation (Action Script, Relevance)

·         Creation of custom content

·         Integration of BigFix with other platforms (API use)

    

       System Requirements:

 

Personal/business owned Laptop for use with hands on labs.

Ability to run RDP on your laptop.

Ability to run a virtual image via VMWare Workstation, VMWare Player, or Fusion.

Ability to access standard BigFix ports: 52311, 443, 80

Growing List of topics:

 

·         BigFix Escape room elective session

·         Roadmap and direct feedback to product management

·         BigFix WebUI

·         Technician Dashboards (Client UI)

·         Relevance use cases from hell

·         Parsing XML with Relevance

·         Security settings 101/201

·         Ask us Anything

·         9.5.x Deep Dive

·         Linux and RHEL Patching best practices

·         Excel Connector to custom reports – Cheaters guide.

       More Dashboards!