0830 BRT // 0730 EDT Master Packager – How to Create Self-Updating Installers That IT Pros Don’t Need to Repackage

Application management will remain expensive, time-consuming, and complex until we learn how to build great installers from the start. That is the root cause of most application management issues. A great installer is one that doesn’t need to be repackaged and ideally can self-update. This is true whether you’re an Independent Software Vendor (ISV), an internal developer at your organization, or an IT Pro who sometimes needs to create an installer for raw source files they get from vendors. Before we demand better installers from others, let’s learn how to do it ourselves first.

0940 BRT // 0840 EDT LoginVSI – Simplifying Image Management for AVD with Hydra: Automated Maintenance, Delivery, and App Integration

Managing images across AVD environments has always been complex—balancing updates, security patches, and application changes without disrupting end users. Hydra streamlines this process with automated image maintenance and delivery, making it simple to keep host pools current and reliable. In this session, we’ll demonstrate how task collections can be used to build and update images, orchestrate host pool maintenance, and integrate applications (including Winget packages) directly into your workflow. Hydra provides a powerful yet easy way to take control of image lifecycle management.

1050 BRT // 0950 EDT ControlUp – The New Era of ControlUp

ControlUp began by providing real time monitoring and troubleshooting for virtual desktop environments. It has since expanded into a full digital employee experience platform that collects and analyzes data across physical devices, VDI, cloud workspaces, SaaS applications, and networks. In this session we will dive into how ControlUp delivers deep endpoint telemetry, advanced analytics, and automated remediation to proactively resolve issues before users are impacted. We will also explore how its open architecture and AI capabilities extend visibility and control across the entire digital workplace.

1200 BRT // 1100 EDT Parallels – Dealing with choice & embracing Hybrid Apps with Parallels

In this session Chris will walk through how apps have grown up with us and where most organizations find themselves today. He’ll discuss how Parallels helps solve for this and that it’s possible to deal with choice and complexity with your application architectures whilst delivering simplicity to your consumers.

1310 BRT // 1210 EDT Nerdio – Better Intune Troubleshooting & Reporting with Nerdio

1350 BRT // 1250 EDT Doug Finke – AI with a Side of PowerShell

AI is transforming how we build, script, and automate—but most of the hype skips the command line. In this talk, we’ll explore how PowerShell, paired with modern AI tools, becomes a launchpad for the next-gen developer experience. You’ll see how GitHub Copilot and VS Code’s new agent mode let AI read your terminal context, suggest real commands, and guide automation in the loop. We’ll demo PSAI and show how to make PowerShell functions accessible to AI—bridging the gap between scripts and agents. This isn’t about replacing scripts—it’s about replacing how we think about scripting. AI writes the first draft now.

1500 BRT // 1400 EDT EfficientEther – No Installer to Intune in 20

We’ll capture a running app with EtherApps Forge, no installation media required. EtherAssist AI then documents and troubleshoots, and the EtherAssist browser extension guides you step by step to publish in Intune. We’ll demo detection rules, requirements and installer arguments generated for you. A fast, repeatable workflow you can use the same day.