Patch catalogs and WinGet have become essential tools for application management, but catalog automation is only as reliable as the data behind it. Package counts are easy to advertise; quality is harder. Are the entries current? Are the download links valid? Do the install and uninstall commands still work? Has the application gone stale, dormant, or end-of-life? And what happens when the app was never a catalog candidate in the first place?

In this technical session, Bob Kelly will look beyond catalog coverage to the application intelligence required for reliable automation: validated metadata, dynamic command-line discovery, AI-assisted installer capture, managed VM validation, automated smoke testing, and feedback loops based on real execution results.

Using Juriba examples, live demonstrations, and lessons from real-world packaging operations, we’ll explore where catalogs work well, where they break down, and how automation and packaging expertise come together for gated, niche, legacy, and in-house applications that don’t fit neatly into any catalog.
By Bob Kelly

The ".packit" package manifest is a free, MIT-licensed, format accompanied by a free PowerShell module designed to liberate your packages from the platform lock-in many vendors try to push today.

Learn how to standardize your package metadata, keep deployment details version-controlled, and make packages easier to automate across Intune, Configuration Manager, PowerShell, CI/CD, and internal app repositories. 

Got in-house developers or or custom packaging tools/scripts? The free PacKit PowerShell module will enable you to standardize the packages you build and save precious time when handing out packages between different teams.
By Bogdan Mitrache

Over the past decade, identity security has gone through multiple waves of innovation. We moved from username and password to multi-factor authentication, and more recently to phishing-resistant MFA to defend against adversary-in-the-middle attacks.
By: Kenneth van Surksum & Erik Loef

Let's take a look at how the cybersecurity landscape changed this year. How did Mythos/MDASH etc. change the way we need to protect our environments. What can we learn from 2026 to prep for 2027.

By: Sami Laiho

When a cyber attack strikes, nobody gets handed a neat checklist and unlimited time. Things break, people panic, and priorities change by the minute. 

Join Mikael Nyström for a fast-paced session packed with war stories, practical demos, and real-world lessons from ransomware outbreaks, identity compromises, and other cyber headaches. 

You'll learn how to take back control, recover critical systems, and steer the business toward a comeback, even when the situation is anything but textbook.

By: Mikael Nyström

Designing Intune Policies is only the beginning. What really matters is what Windows does with them

From the Intune Portal to CSP execution. From Baseline Assignment to applying the registry values. From deployment ring change to update orchestration behavior
By Rudy Ooms & Joost Gelijsteen
     

Cybersecurity is no longer just an IT issue. It affects organizations, employees, customers, and individuals every day. Yet many of the most important questions about security remain misunderstood, oversimplified, or never asked at all.

In this engaging and practical keynote, we will explore how modern attackers think, how real-world breaches unfold, and why common assumptions about cybersecurity are often wrong. Through real attack stories, surprising examples, live-demo concepts, and insights from today's threat landscape, participants will gain a clear understanding of ransomware, phishing, identity attacks, cloud security, AI-driven threats, and the human factor behind most successful compromises.

The session combines technical depth with business relevance, making complex cybersecurity topics accessible to IT professionals, security practitioners, managers, students, and technology enthusiasts alike. Attendees will leave with practical strategies that actually improve security, a better understanding of emerging risks, and a fresh perspective on what it takes to defend organizations in an increasingly connected world.

By: Paula Januszkiewicz & Sami Laiho