John Savill

John Savill is a Windows technical specialist, an 11-time MVP, and an MCSE for Private Cloud and Server Infrastructure 2012. He's also ITIL certified and a CISSP. John is the author of the popular FAQ for Windows and a senior contributing editor to Windows IT Pro, as well as the author of The Complete Guide to Windows Server 2008 (Addison-Wesley) and Microsoft Virtualization Secrets (Wiley). John's blog is available at http://www.savilltech.com/blog.

Articles by John Savill
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Cluster-Aware Updating in Windows Server 2012 
Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) is a new capability in Windows Server 2012's Failover Clustering feature. With CAU, the update process for an entire Server 2012 failover cluster can be performed automatically.
Use FCI to Classify Non-Local Data?
Learn whether you can use File Classification Infrastructure to classify data on non-local storage.
Solve Problems Integrating FCI with RMS
Solve error 8004cf32 integrating FCI with RMS.
Help Getting Started with File Classification Infrastructure
Learn how to get help with File Classification Infrastructure.
Install RMS on a Domain Controller?
Learn if installing RMS on a domain controller is a good idea.
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Implementing QoS in Windows Server 2012 
With Windows Server 2012, QoS introduces relative minimums that simplify the process and help you maximize resource utilization. Find out more about software, hardware, and virtualization QoS and how to manage them in your organization.
DirectAccess
Deploying DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012 
In Windows Server 2012, installing and configuring DirectAccess is painless if you're using Windows 8 clients.
System Center 2012 App Controller
Getting Started with System Center 2012 App Controller 
System Center 2012 App Controller is a great web interface for consistently managing all types of cloud services in your organization. Get the basics for installing, deploying, and using this System Center 2012 SP1 component.
Enable Hyper-V Integration Services for a VM
Learn how to quickly enable all integration services for a Hyper-V virtual machine.
Manage Hyper-V VM Integration Services with PowerShell
How to manage Hyper-V virtual machine integration services through PowerShell.
Solving NIC Team Problems in a Hyper-V VM
Solving NIC Teaming problems in Hyper-V virtual machines.
Windows 8 Start Screen Live Tiles
Can you control Start Screen live tiles for your corporate image?
Windows Server 2012 Support in Ops Mgr 2007
Can Windows Server 2012 be monitored with Operations Manager 2007? Kind of.
System Center 2012 Orchestrator
Getting Started with System Center 2012 Orchestrator 
System Center 2012 Orchestrator is a process-automation toolbox that lets you say goodbye to time-consuming, complex operations.
Easily Maintain a Hyper-V Template Image
Learn how to easily maintain a Hyper-V virtual machine template.
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May 2013 - The NameTranslate object is useful when you need to translate Active Directory object names between different formats, but it's awkward to use from PowerShell. Here's a PowerShell script that eliminates the awkwardness.

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