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@NTFAQGuy
John Savill
3 years
I created a new GitHub repo with all the materials for my various courses and crams and in the main readme I link to the playlists, crams, and artifacts. As always zero adverts or interruptions. Good luck! #azure #azurecertification #azurecertified
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2 years
Yesterday I finished the v2 Azure Master Class. The complete playlist can be found at and is over 22 hours of content! As always, no advertising or upsell, just help. I recommend using the GitHub repo at which includes all the demo
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3 years
Over the holidays I created an 8.5-hour, free AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals full certification course. Zero adverts, just learning. Good luck! 📽️ AZ-900 Full Course Playlist 📖 AZ-900 Course Handout ☁️🤙 #azure #az900
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3 years
Just arrived!!!!!
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1 year
2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🎉🎊 Big milestone hit today, 200,000 subscribers. Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the support. It is not lost on me how fortunate I am to be in the position where I have the time and opportunity to learn and create this content as my hobby. I'll be
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11 months
The Well-Architected Framework was completely refreshed, and its structure updated to make it easier to use. In this video I explore WAF and how to use it. 00:00 - Introduction 00:11 - Cloud Adoption Framework 01:25 - What is a workload 03:27 -
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John Savill
3 years
For those studying for AZ-700, the Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions certification. I have a playlist of key videos I've created that should help you including a 3-hour study cram. Zero adverts as usual :-) Good luck!
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4 years
Just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone that has supported my channel and subscribed. Just hit a big milestone of 50,000 subscribers and couldn't have done this without your support. My wife made me a surprise cake to celebrate :-D #azure #microsoftazure #microsoft
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9 months
After the previous version hit a million views, I figured I should update it so here is the v2 of the AZ-104 Azure Administrator Study Cram. Good luck! 00:00 - Introduction 00:44 - Materials to prepare 02:20 - Entra ID 05:01 - ADDS to Entra Sync 07:59 -
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John Savill
3 years
Ironman 19 done. Lots of wind on the bike but overall happy!
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John Savill
3 years
I've been asked a lot of times about my recommended path for learning Azure. I've created a new site: This just provides a curated path of my videos, MS Learn and some other free resources. introduces the site. #azure #cloud
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3 years
FYI I've added my recent AZ-500 study cram, playlist and whiteboard to my certification resource repo at . Good luck. #azure #cloud #microsoft #microsoftazure #azureadministrator #azurearchitect #microsoftcloud #azurecertification #azurecertified
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John Savill
1 year
I was today years old when I learnt you can hold Ctrl key in Task Manager and it stops updating!! #Windows
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John Savill
2 years
Just hit 125,000 subscribers so THANK YOU! Trying something different for the Ask Me Anything to enable all time zones to participate. Post your questions below and then I'll create a video answering the best ones :-) .
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John Savill
2 years
Family went bowling and they had 3 foot pizza so yes we had to try :) 🍕
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John Savill
3 years
AZ-104 study cram just passed 50,000. The AZ-305 just passed 15K views as well. AZ-104 (Azure Administrator) Study Cram - AZ-305 (Design Azure Infrastructure) Study Cram - Thank you! #azure #cloud #microsoft #cloudcomputing
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John Savill
2 years
Just finished recording probably the most complicated video I've ever created, lol. 2.5 hours and #exhausted
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John Savill
2 years
1️⃣7️⃣5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🎉🎊 Another huge milestone hit yesterday and a great way to start the year, 175,000 subscribers!!! #azure #microsoft #cloud #cloudcomputing #microsoftazure #azurecloud #azureadministrator #azurearchitect #microsoftcloud #devops #powershell #azurecertification
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John Savill
1 year
Just hit 2️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ subscribers so huge thank you to everyone. I thought I would mark this milestone with base-2 donuts. For those thinking I did this just so I would have more donuts to eat, yes, yes I did! Thank you for all the support 😉 If you've not subscribed head over
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11 months
New video looking at Azure Copilot with a focus on how it works, what access it has, the guardrails enforced and a little bit of fun demonstrating. 00:00 - Introduction 01:04 - LLM and GPT4 03:35 - Microsoft use of GPT4 04:27 - How the Azure Copilot
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John Savill
2 years
Some asked. Yes, I finished Ironman Alaska. Was a very difficult course but an amazing day! @IRONMANtri
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John Savill
6 months
Passkeys are everywhere so thought I should dive into what they are, what's so great about them and how to get started! 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - Authentication history 02:04 - Why Authenticator wasn't phishing resistant 07:40 - Need protection from
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John Savill
7 months
Goodbye my old friend.
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John Savill
4 months
Credential and token theft are impacting nearly every organization. In this video I look at what we can do to try and protect against these threats. 00:00 - Introduction 00:49 - Credential protection 05:46 - Authentication strengths 07:32 - Protection
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John Savill
3 years
Last few weeks been feeling very tired and stressed. Yesterday afternoon I stepped away from everything for 2 hours and just chilled out completely. Today I had great training and feel 100x better. It's OK to need a break and take it! 🤙 We are all human!
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John Savill
7 months
A number of people asked if the Entra Private Access could be used instead of a VPN to access on-premises AD joined resources. 100% YES, and in this video, I show you how! 00:00 - Introduction 00:23 - Entra-joined resource access 01:14 - Accessing
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John Savill
2 years
Well, let’s do this :)
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John Savill
11 months
Now it's in public preview it's time for a deep dive into the Microsoft secure web gateway solution, Microsoft Entra Internet Access! 00:00 - Introduction 00:24 - Why we need it! 02:00 - Microsoft Entra Internet Access 05:07 - Using Internet Access 05:48
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John Savill
2 years
Well that was the toughest day ever!
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John Savill
1 year
Microsoft have introduced a new FREE type of credential, Applied Skills. These hands on, on-demand lab experiences are a great way to learn, practice and demonstrate your mastery of specific skills. I quickly walk through them in this video. I even tried two and had a lot of fun.
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John Savill
10 months
New video walking through the new zero trust network access solution, Microsoft Entra Private Access. Had a lot of fun preparing and creating this video. 00:00 - Introduction 00:07 - Entra App Capabilities 03:59 - Traditional private access 06:38 - The
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John Savill
2 years
Long day but achieved the dream of taking part in Kona.
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John Savill
2 years
A Viking pizza cutter for Xmas!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!!
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John Savill
2 years
Noticed my AZ-900 9.5-hour course and study cram passed one million views! Appreciate all the views! There are zero adverts or upsell. Other content at . Good luck! #azure #azurecertified #az900 #azurefundamentals
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John Savill
10 months
Christmas workout finished. Now to replenish those lost calories with a lot of mince pies then turkey 🤣 Merry Christmas 🎄🎉
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John Savill
2 years
I've posted this before but wanted to ensure people knew about which is just a curated set of my videos in an order that may help when thinking about learning Azure. There is also a CSV download. I update it periodically. #Azure #Microsoft
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John Savill
3 years
Finished :) 8:55. So tired but it was great. Terrible at so many obstacles :) Aroo Aroo Aroo
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John Savill
1 year
This week's MASSIVE Ignite 2023 Azure Infrastructure Update is up! 00:00 - Introduction 00:29 - Ignite Book of News 01:33 - New videos 02:18 - Ubuntu Pro upgrade 02:43 - Azure Boost 03:29 - AKS Fleet Manager 04:18 - Azure Functions Flex plan 04:34 -
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John Savill
1 year
Home gym update! Go crush it!
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@NTFAQGuy
John Savill
2 years
I was today years old when I found you can change where Explorer opened its default location to!
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John Savill
2 years
Happy National Ice-cream Day 🍦😋
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@NTFAQGuy
John Savill
3 years
Well, what can I say but THANK YOU! Hit 100,000 subscribers early this morning! 🤙 #azure #microsoft @YouTube
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John Savill
11 months
Well that’s a cool milestone. 20 million views! Thanks for watching! 🤙
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John Savill
2 years
The SC-100, Cybersecurity Architect Expert is out of beta and results out. SC-100 Study Cram - AZ-500 Study Cram - SC-300 Study Cram - Good luck! #Azure #cybersecurity #azurecertified #azurecertification
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John Savill
3 months
Quick overview of the Microsoft Entra Suite. 00:00 - Introduction 00:13 - Entra ID P1 and P2 01:25 - New capabilities 03:41 - Per capability licenses 05:32 - Pre-reqs for suite 05:44 - Entra Suite content 07:29 - P2 step-up 07:48 - Summary #azure #cloud
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John Savill
10 months
My first video to hit 1,000,000 views. Thank you! Time to update it I guess :-D #azure @MicrosoftLearn
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John Savill
1 year
I saw someone talking about YouTube Premium so no adverts when watching my content. I have NO adverts enabled on my channel anywhere. I make zero money from it as my analytics shows lol.
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John Savill
2 years
That sense of relief when you move your PC to a new case and put on a new CPU AIO and all new fans to make it quieter and it actually turns on 😄 Now to test with this week's video!
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John Savill
10 months
Kicking off the New Year with a look at Conditional Access filtering and template usage. 00:00 - Introduction 00:10 - Conditional Access Basics 01:19 - Challenges with many policies 01:52 - Using filtering 05:10 - Policy options 06:13 - CA Templates
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John Savill
3 years
Just a little reminder I don’t discuss future content nor take requests. 😉 I want to enjoy creating content I want to create and not be chased for when things may be ready.
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John Savill
2 years
To celebrate hitting 140K subscribers last night did 140 mile bike ride on Zwift this morning. 6 1/4 hours @209 watts and done. Thanks for watching and subscribing!!!!
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John Savill
8 months
SUDO for Windows! Do not adjust your computer, this is not a typo :-) Find out about how it works here! 00:00 - Introduction 00:11 - Least privilege 01:01 - User Access Control 03:52 - Elevation experience 07:13 - How to elevate in command environments
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John Savill
2 years
Let’s do this. Aroo
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John Savill
4 months
Quick video looking at the Entra PowerShell module. 00:00 - Introduction 00:43 - Microsoft Graph 101 03:10 - Graph PowerShell module 07:18 - Entra module 08:45 - Installing 09:19 - API and module versions 10:44 - Connecting and scopes 12:50 - Commands
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John Savill
1 year
New deep dive video looking at Deployment Stacks. A new way to deploy your Infrastructure as Code on Azure to achieve better lifecycle management of the resources and optionally very powerful deny assignment capabilities. 00:00 - Introduction 00:27 -
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John Savill
6 years
Just posted a new 40 minute video on what Infrastructure as Code means for IT administrators all based around Azure. Features VS Code, templates, Azure DevOps and Git. Enjoy :-) #Azure #AzureDevOps
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John Savill
11 months
For those people taking AI-900 or AI-102 or just want to know more about generative AI I recorded a module based around what you need to know. Had a lot of fun at the same time as you'll see with burgers and British flags :-) 00:00 - Introduction 00:23 -
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John Savill
3 years
Friend of mine car just hit this on way “home” #nerdhumor #ipv4
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@NTFAQGuy
John Savill
3 years
If you ever have bluetooth headphones that suddenly go really poor quality its likely because they switch to headset mode. I have airpods that on PC only use for listening. Disable the headsfree telephony service and they will stay as stereo headphones and great sound!
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John Savill
2 years
Morning bike training done. Now to lift some weights then eat a lot :) I never forget how lucky I am that I get to choose to spend my time this way and have the opportunity 🤙
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John Savill
3 years
New video looking at Azure AD join capability and how to then RDP using an Azure AD account. This includes regular Windows 10/11 AAD join and then Windows Server 2019/2022 special case with the Azure AAD join extension and associated RBAC roles. #azure
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John Savill
3 years
Another nice milestone 🎉. Lesson one of the PowerShell Master Class hit 300,000 views! I keep this updated with recent new lessons around version 7, debugging, secrets and more. #powershell #azure
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John Savill
5 years
My new book is out today, Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services for Architects. I've started work highlighting the updates :-D #Azure #AzureAD #kidding #notkidding
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@NTFAQGuy
John Savill
2 years
Just finished recording the most interesting video I've done in a LONG time. So much fun to research! Will upload in a week :D
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@NTFAQGuy
John Savill
1 year
A look at the brand new version of Azure Update Manager for patching in and out of Azure! 00:00 - Introduction 00:17 - Patching 101 03:31 - Azure Update Manager (original) 06:40 - New solution 10:20 - Changing Azure VM patch orchestration mode 12:32 -
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John Savill
8 months
New video looking at how we can protect against phishing attacks for Entra ID authentication using Conditional Access and authentication flow conditions! 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - Device code flow 02:31 - Phishing the auth flow 03:47 - Authentication
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John Savill
5 months
Out for Father’s Day breakfast wearing my dad tax present t-shirt. I can’t help it I care and always need to ensure their tasty food is safe 😂
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John Savill
3 years
Lesson one of the 9-part PowerShell Master Class just passed 250,000 views. Zero adverts or interruptions, just info to help you learn this awesome technology. Thanks everyone for the support and good luck in your learning! #powershell #learning
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John Savill
2 years
I just wanted to wish everyone an awesome weekend! Hopefully your week was great and if not I'm sure people still appreciated your efforts and you are valued! Enjoy your weekend, you deserve it. 🤙
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John Savill
1 year
TL;DR Microsoft Entra SSE with Internet Access and Private Access. #azure #Microsoft
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John Savill
1 year
New video quickly looking at how to find gaps in your conditional access and prioritize which apps to protect first! 00:00 - Introduction 00:16 - Conditional Access 101 01:40 - Gaps in protection 02:07 - Coverage in CA 03:04 - Gap analysis workbook 05:06
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John Savill
3 years
Added Security section to the Learn Azure site over at . This is just a suggested, curated path of learning Azure. The new Security section is my YouTube AZ-500 playlist content with links to the MS learn module as well. #azure #az500 #security #learning
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John Savill
2 months
Just FYI. I won't post new content announcements here anymore. Recommend sub to channel or I'll still announce on LinkedIn. Thank you. 🤙
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John Savill
3 years
Done :) now to sleep. Go 2022 @GoZwift
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John Savill
11 months
After adopting the cloud and after initial excitement every organization will sit back and feel they are spending too much and very likely there is cost optimization to be found. There are many right ways to go about a cost optimization initiative but also a definite WRONG way.
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John Savill
3 years
I just wanted to say thank you to the supporters of my channel. You have now raised over $1000 for Cure Childhood Cancer so seriously thank you! Store is at if interested in donating to the charity by buying a silly t-shirt :-D 🤙 #azure
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@NTFAQGuy
John Savill
2 years
From me and my family to you and yours. 🎄🤙
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John Savill
2 years
My daughter just woke up and came into my office looking at all the tabs on my browser. We went through what they all were and then she wanted to change my reddit avatar :-) This is what she decided I should be. "If there are hair options we don't need them". Kids 🤣
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John Savill
3 years
Let’s do this :) Aroo
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@NTFAQGuy
John Savill
5 years
Many people have asked for a deep dive video on ExpressRoute. After a lot of work, here it is from soup to nuts! It's long, 80 minutes, so apologies in advance! #Azure #AzureNetworking #ExpressRoute
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John Savill
3 years
I couldn't help myself. Sorry 🤣
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@NTFAQGuy
John Savill
7 months
For those that don't know I'm moving lol. My new space to record will have a very similar look :-) Hopefully you won't even be able to tell. This wall was a fake texture, going to use brick tile on the new one :-)
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