Session Information: Tuesday, April 13, 2021

1:30pm - 2:00pm	Welcome	Welcome to BigFix Days! A lot has happened since our last event in November. We'll bring you up to speed on some of it, as well as talk about the schedule for the day	Ben Dixon Technical Advisor & BigFix Evangelist Rhonda Studnick Kaiser Director, BigFix Customer Experience Program
2:00pm - 2:30pm	Keynote	BigFix Product Management leads off with a preview of the BigFix Roadmap, and a preview of coming attractions	Michelle McGough BigFix Product Manager
2:30pm - 3:00pm	After the Gather and BigFix 10	We continue the "After the Gather" series, talking about things that should be set up and/or configured in your environment, to make things run smoothly. You've all seen the moniker "JGStew" on the BigFix forum and message boards, and he joins us today to talk about his current list of "After the Gather" settings and configurations.	James Stewart BigFix Automation Engineer
Break (10 minutes)		Catch up on some email, or head over to Slack to continue the technical discussion
3:10pm - 3:40pm	The New License Key Center	We've updated the BigFix License Key Center. Most of the changes are on the back-end, but you'll see some differences too. This is a great knowledge session to learn about licensing so you can anticipate changes and keep your environment running smoothly	Dan Paquette BigFix Technical Advisor
3:40pm - 4:10pm	BigFix & MultiCloud	BigFix Multicloud provide operators with a single representation of cloud resources, regardless of whether they are managed by the BigFix Agent, by the the Plugin Portal through the cloud plugins, or by both. This way, you as an operator can have complete visibility into and control over your cloud infrastructure. Today we’ll take a look at Multicloud configuration and use with BigFix	Don Moss BigFix Technical Advisor
Break (10 minutes)		Catch up on some email, or head over to Slack to continue the technical discussion
4:20pm - 4:50pm	Making BigFix Reporting work for you	Marjan Radanovic from our BigFix Professional Services team will demonstrate some advanced capabilities of our BigFix API and how he used them to create a custom autopatching solution.	Marjan Radanovic BigFix Professional Services
4:50pm - 5:20pm	BigFix Insights: Another look	We provided a ton of information on BigFix Insights last time we were together, and the recordings have consistently been one of the most viewed replays. Michael Schwarz is back with us today to show us some new reports available, but also to talk about the schema that has recently been published. If you want to connect with BigFix Insights, you definitely do not want to miss this!	Michael Schwarz BigFix Professional Services
5:20pm - 5:30pm	Day 1 Wrap-up	We'll wrap up the day with some Q&A, some last-minute announcements, and results of our poll questions for Day 1	Ben Dixon Rhonda Studnick Kaiser

    Webinar Chat & Slack Channel Information: Tuesday, April 13, 2021

2:00pm - 5:30pm	BigFix Days Webinar Chat	During BigFix Days, you'll have the ability to ask questions about the demonstrations and presentations as they happen! We'll have some pretty smart folks monitoring the chat, so bring your questions
	Ask The Experts Slack Channel Monitor	Think of it as free services! How often do you get to engage in real-time with some of the most knowledgeable folks in the BigFix Business. James Stewart (@JGStew) will be monitoring all day, and we may see some other familiar names! This is truly your chance to ask the experts your BigFix questions
	BigFix New User Slack Channel Monitor	We've even got a discussion place for "new" users, those who feel that maybe their question is a bit to novice for the experts channel (which it isn't, by the way!) Jared Levy, one of our most seasoned BigFix Technical Advisors, will be monitoring this channel, and he has lots of knowledge, so if you've got a question about setup, configuration, best practices, or something like that, he's the one to ask!

 

 

Session Information: Wednesday, April 14, 2021

1:30pm - 2:00pm	Welcome	Welcome to BigFix Days, Day Two! We'll have some announcements and a few things to cover before we get underway.	Ben Dixon Rhonda Studnick Kaiser
2:00pm - 2:30pm	Panel Discussion: How Our Customers Use BigFix	Our Technical Advisors see a lot of customers! Believe it or not, we learn as much from you as you hopefully do from us. Ben Dixon will lead a short panel discussion where we will cover some customers that really think outside the box, and construct some unique	Ben Dixon BigFix Technical Advisor Panel
2:30pm - 3:00pm	The BigFix Dashboard UI	What in the world is a Dashboard UI? Marjan will pick up where he left off yesterday and show how he created the Autopatch solution, and some of the code under the covers. If you like BigFix for the information it provides you are not going to want to miss this!	Marjan Radanovic BigFix Professional Services
Break (10 minutes)		Catch up on some email, or head over to Slack to continue the technical discussion
3:10pm - 4:10pm	BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation: LIVE!	If you want a way to take that vulnerability list you get from security every month and correlate it to the actions you need to perform with BigFix, you'll want to see BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation! Aram Eblighatian walks us through an overview of the solution, then digs into how it works, and how it can work in your environment. Many of you have been waiting for this, so now's your chance to see it live!	Aram Eblighatian Senior BigFix Product Manager
Break (10 minutes)		Catch up on some email, or head over to Slack to continue the technical discussion
4:20pm - 4:50pm	BigFix and ServiceNow: Another Look	The BigFix integration with ServiceNow has been out for a year now, and it's time to take another look at what's available, how it's configured, and how it can work for you.	Gary Louw BigFix Professional Services
4:50pm - 5:20pm	Strengthen Operational Security with BigFix Advanced Options	The BigFix platform is powerful, and provides a wealth of capabilities. But what if we want to limit some of those capabilities, maybe provide some chacks and balances for our administrators? In this session, Brad Sexton walks us through some of his favorite "Advanced Options" - what they do, and how to apply them	Brad Sexton BigFix Technical Advisor
5:20pm - 5:30pm	Day 2 Wrap-up, announcements, looking ahead	We'll spend a little time wrapping up, going over survey questions, and talking about our next BigFix Days	Ben Dixon Rhonda Studnick Kaiser

Webinar Chat & Slack Channel Information: Wednesday, April 14, 2021

2:00pm - 5:30pm	BigFix Days Webinar Chat	During BigFix Days, you'll have the ability to ask questions about the demonstrations and presentations as they happen! We'll have some pretty smart folks monitoring the chat, so bring your questions
	Ask The Experts Slack Channel Monitor	Think of it as free services! How often do you get to engage in real-time with some of the most knowledgeable folks in the BigFix Business. James Stewart (@JGStew) will be monitoring all day, and we may see some other familiar names! This is truly your chance to ask the experts your BigFix questions
	BigFix New User Slack Channel Monitor	We've even got a discussion place for "new" users, those who feel that maybe their question is a bit to novice for the experts channel (which it isn't, by the way!) Jared Levy, one of our most seasoned BigFix Technical Advisors, will be monitoring this channel, and he has lots of knowledge, so if you've got a question about setup, configuration, best practices, or something like that, he's the one to ask!

 

 

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