---
title: 'psadmin.conf'
description: 'The first conference for PeopleSoft Administrators.'
long_description: >
psadmin.conf is a 1 day conference specifically for PeopleSoft Administrators.
The conference features talks from expert admins on a variety of topics.
The goal of the conference is to expand your knowledge of PeopleSoft Administration
and make you a better admin.
location: 'University of Minnesota (West Bank Office Building)'
address: '1300 2nd Street S, Minneapolis, MN, 55455'
date: 'September 12, 2017'
start-time: '09:00'
end-time: '17:00'
attendees:
cost: 'Free'
limit: '40'
registration: 'https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psadminconf-registration-36516690404'
selection: >
Because of the limited space for the conference, selections will be made to ensure
attendance is spread across organizations fairly. Submit your conference registration
now. We'll close registration on 8/16 and notify attendees on 8/18 if they were selected
to attend. We will give preference to people who sign up to present a Blitz Talk.
options: >
Is travel to Minneapolis not an option, can't get out of work, or weren't selected to attend?
We will be recording the talks and releasing them on psadmin.io after the conference.
This week on the podcast, Frank Dolezal joins us to talk about how he measure user testing and how it builds confidence when deploying updates. We also discuss self-service and fast database refreshes, and what skills to look for when hiring a PS Admin.
This week, Kevin Antoff joins Dan and Kyle to recap the Reconnect 2017 conference. Kevin also discusses his experience with Elasticsearch and how Oracle is improving the tool in newer PeopleTools releases.
This week Kyle and Dan discuss UI improvements from Sasank and Dan's new Fluid Stylesheets, using Git and GitLab to manage DPK files, managing Favorites with Unified Navigation and some "Gotchas" Kyle found during his 8.55 upgrade project.
This week Brad Carlson from the University of Minnesota joins us to talk about some recent projects he worked on. Brad explains why and how they consolidated their PeopleSoft database, an IB Monitoring tool that was recently open-sourced, and how the U of M can deploy CPU patches in 21 days.