"I'm already looking forward to DEC2007. This year's event was the best conference I had ever been to!"

-- Christoph Kuderna, Managing Consultant, infoWAN

"This conference is for serious Active Directory administrators, managers and those looking to leverage the strengths of the directory."

--Dave Kearns, Network World's Directories Newsletter

"NetPro CTO Gil Kirkpatrick promises that every attendee will come away knowing more about Active Directory then they did when they arrived. That's a pretty tall order, but one which NetPro delivered on at last year's event. I don't foresee that it'll have a problem doing that again this year."

--Dave Kearns, Network World's Directories Newsletter

"Leading Active Directory users will have the opportunity to build their bases of knowledge to better leverage directories in their organizations, while directory technologists will be given the rare opportunity to come up to speed with the needs and concerns of their most important enterprise customers - all in one event."

--Michael Hoch, Senior Analyst, Internet Infrastructure, The Aberdeen Group

"To me, the content of the Directory Experts Conference was the biggest draw. There was no need to pick apart content as is usually the case with larger conferences.

The lack of hype was impressive. I didn't know what to expect from NetPro in that regard, but was very pleased. The conference was toned down and focused.

Microsoft and NetPro executives were very accessible, and I've definitely been able to apply what was learned at DEC in my daily work - particularly the information about Windows 2003 feature set, upgrade and migration path."

--Cory Beck, Senior Engineer, IT, Sears, Roebuck and Co.

"I learned about DEC from a colleague in the Active Directory space, and have attended two of the conferences so far.

DEC is aimed at a much higher technical level than other conferences and is a great networking opportunity. In addition to having good access to the presenters, it's even better to mix with other Active Directory colleagues in the trenches and trade information on what works best in real-world deployments.

--Josh Russell, Systems Engineer, Volvo

"Attending DEC certainly provides value to my daily work - I probably learn more each time than I could ever accomplish between conferences!"

"I was very impressed by the DEC entrance requirements. You have to have a minimum of six months' experience using Active Directory in a live network environment to attend. The result is focused, highly-technical sessions that are relevant to my job. At many large conferences designed to appeal to a wider audience, presenters quit just when the content begins to get interesting!

It's great to be able to provide feedback to Microsoft designers of Active Directory and even more valuable to learn from my peers. NetPro is smart to keep the event limited in attendance, and the fact that they offer two DEC events focused on AD each year allows multiple people from a company to benefit."

--Consultant, Information Services, (Fortune 1000 company)

"I truly believe that NetPro is one of the best small companies out there doing the most to educate their user base. Keep up the great work!"

--Byron Boudreaux, State Department

"DEC is the only congress out there that is focused around Active Directory only. The goal of the event is twofold. On one hand, the attendees get information that is hard to find or cannot be found at all in the Microsoft documentation. On the other hand, DEC is the opportunity to do some networking with AD diehards inside and outside of Microsoft."

--John Reijnders, Senior Microsoft Architect, LogicaCMG

"I just wanted to again thank you and everyone for coordinating an excellent conference. Please pass this on to your management with my teams' complete satisfaction."

--Lawrence (Larry) R. Fondrick, IBM Global Services @ Nissan Data Center

"Best conference I've ever attended! - looking forward to next year."

Paul M. Schulte, Principal IT Technologist - Intel Server Architecture, Medtronic, Inc.

"I am glad I made it to DEC. Every time I attend, I spend the next couple of weeks writing down what I have learned. Man, there are people out there that walk and talk AD, and they know AD like the back of their hands."

--Dan Gilbert, Senior Active Directory Specialist, U.S. Army NETCOM

"The Directory Expert Conference is the most worthwhile industry conference I've ever attended. If I only attend one conference each year, this is it"

--Paul Rich, Senior Architectural Engineer at Microsoft.

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