Although broadband services and Wi-Fi have dramatically improved, the connectivity experience for remote
corporate users remains largely unchanged. Microsoft is leveraging the DirectAccess feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to allow seamless remote access to corporate applications and data for its employees. The solution, which only requires Internet
connectivity and credentials, reduces costs by leveraging the Internet as a transport mechanism. It also provides a compelling user experience, enables unified access architecture, and offers strong host based security.
Presenters: Jeri Suzuki, Microsoft IT Principle Project Manager, Microsoft Corporation and Paresh Haridas, Senior Service Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Jeri Suzuki is a principal program manager in the Windows Services Engineering organization responsible
for remote access technologies in Microsoft IT. One of her primary responsibilities is to partner with the Product Groups to deploy and integrate pre-released Microsoft products into the Microsoft enterprise with the objective of validating and enhancing
the products in a true production environment before they are released to customers. Prior to Microsoft, Jeri worked in numerous project management, product management, technical sales and consulting positions for major high tech companies in Washington and
Los Angeles. Jeri also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
As the remote connectivity service manager, Paresh Haridas is responsible for the various remote access services within Microsoft IT such as RAS, DirectAccess, TS Gateway and Remote Access Portal (Microsoft's internal implementation of Intelligent Application
Gateway 2007 and Unified Access Gateway ). Paresh works in the Windows Services organization within MSIT that owns the engineering and operations of these various remote access technologies. Paresh is accountable for the user experience, satisfaction and
service management of these remote access methods by collaborating with the various IT teams as well as product groups that deliver these bleeding edge technologies. He owns communication and relationship with the various Microsoft businesses and Field IT
in order to deliver a high available service and great user experience. One of his key roles involves working with the core architecture and engineering team on building Microsoft's long-term remote access strategy by leveraging the latest Microsoft technologies
(such as DirectAccess). Paresh is also engaged in telling Microsoft's enterprise customers on how we do IT by means of IT Showcase white papers and customer engagements.
Before his current role in Redmond, WA, Paresh worked in Microsoft India as a Service Manager for Microsoft
IT's worldwide data replication service. Here, he was responsible for roll-out of Microsoft's DFS-Replication technology across the enterprise and achieving data replication efficiencies. Prior to joining Microsoft in June 2004, Paresh worked in several
technical support positions for over 8 years – primarily at Microland, an India based remote infrastructure management services company, as a Technical Specialist, supporting the worldwide messaging (Exchange) infrastructure for GE. Prior to Microland, he
worked for Compaq Computers, where he was designated in the IT team at Microsoft’s Sales and Marketing office in Bangalore, India. Paresh has been in the IT industry for over 12 years in diverse areas such as Support, Operations and Service Management. He
holds a Masters Degree in Computer Applications, a Bachelors Degree in Commerce and Diploma in Software Engineering, in addition to ITIL and Microsoft certifications.
