John Savill

Create a Minecraft server in Azure IaaS

What’s a great introduction to the new Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capability which allows you to run virtual machines in the Microsoft cloud service? Create a Minecraft server! If you have an MSDN subscription you can use your MSDN benefits to leave it running or if you just want to try itContinue reading “Create a Minecraft server in Azure IaaS”

New video on File Classification Infrastructure

Data classification is a huge topic in the industry right now and many people are not aware of the great in-box feature, File Classification Infrastructure that has been available in Windows Server since 2008 R2. In this video I walk through the basics of using FCI. http://youtu.be/rIVTyuVGDyA.

Updated my YouTube channel

Finally updated the channel to the new YouTube format and think it looks pretty good. Look out for lots more content very soon. http://www.youtube.com/NTFAQGuy.

Four new articles posted on WindowsITPro.com

http://windowsitpro.com/hyper-v/windows-server-2012-hyperv-getting-started – Getting started with Hyper-V (a good start for clients not sure about Hyper-V). Includes a video. http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server-2012/windows-server-2012-installation-options – Configuration Levels (Server Core) in Windows Server 2012. Also a side article on the history of Server Core at http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server-2008/server-core-past . Includes a video. http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server-2012/windows-server-2012-storage-live-migration – Storage Live Migration overview. Includes a video. http://windowsitpro.com/system-center-2012/what-s-new-system-center-2012-service-manager-sp1 –Continue reading “Four new articles posted on WindowsITPro.com”

New video on maintaining a VM template with Hyper-V

Posted a new video on maintaining a VM template for use with Hyper-V without using offline tools (which I already have another video outlining at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOUlW2bJnK0) Find the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dddszeRHpM.

Hyper-V Replica article in Windows IT Pro live

Just wanted to let everyone know my Hyper-V Replica article is live in the April Windows IT Pro magazine at http://www.windowsitpro-edition.com/windowsitpro/201304. It’s also available online for general reading at http://windowsitpro.com/hyper-v/using-windows-server-2012-hyper-v-replica. Enjoy!!!!

Understanding how Microsoft products make each other better!

I was recently looking to understand the various benefits Microsoft products/services bring to each other. I wanted this to help my customers get the most out of the Microsoft solutions they already owned by maximizing the value they brought to each other but also to help see how other solutions may not only bring valueContinue reading “Understanding how Microsoft products make each other better!”