**Evaluate this session.**
Smart grid expanded, technology evolved, customers became more demanding, but business size or budgets didn’t increase. You are ready to deploy an advanced distribution management systems (ADMS) but where do you start? How do you rollout and leverage a successful ADMS without breaking the bank? What do you need to look for when evaluating an ADMS? What questions do you ask and how do you deploy? The speakers in this session will provide small to medium-sized electric utilities with ideas, tools and lessons learned to successfully evaluate and deploy an ADMS and leverage the power of the smart and self-healing grid.