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For my wife, Julie, and my children, Kevin, Abby, and Ben. My everythings.

I could not have written this book without the help and support of many people. First, I need to thank my wife, Julie, for putting up with me for the last six months being busier than usual and for picking up the slack as alwaysand for always supporting the crazy things I want to do. My children, Kevin, Abby, and Ben, always make all the work worthwhile and can turn the worst, most tiring day into a good one with a smile and a laugh. Thanks to my parents for raising me to have the mindset and work ethic that enables me to accomplish the many things I do while maintaining some sense of humor.

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Many people have helped me over the years with encouragement and technical knowledge, and this book is the sum of that. The following people helped with specific aspects of this book, and I want to thank them and give them the credit they deserve for helping make this book as good as possible (and if I've missed anyone, I'm truly sorry): Aashish Ramdas, Ben Armstrong, Charley Wen, Corey Sanders, Don Stanwyck, Elden Christensen, Gabriel Silva, Gavriella Schuster, Jake Oshins, Jeff Woolsey, John Howard, Jose Barreto, Kevin Holman, Kevin Saye, Matt McSpirit, Michael Gray, Michael Leworthy, Mike Schutz, Patrick Lang, Paul Kimbel, Scott Willwerth, Stephen Stair, Steve Linehan, Steven Ekren, and Vijay Tandra Sistla.

John Savill is a technical specialist who focuses on Microsoft core infrastructure technologies including Windows, Hyper-V, System Center, and anything that does something cool. He has been working with Microsoft technologies for 20 years and is the creator of the highly popular NTFAQ.com website and a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro magazine. He has written five previous books covering Windows and advanced Active Directory architecture. When he is not writing books, he regularly writes magazine articles and white papers; creates a large number of technology videos, which are available on his YouTube channel,