Russell Smith

Microsoft had a lot to say about Windows 10 yesterday, but what about Windows Server 10, also known as Windows Server vNext? Russell Smith gives us an update on the state of the next Windows Server release.

Russell Smith shows us how to generate reports in Office 365 using PowerShell in this step-by-step tutorial.

Azure Active Directory Administrative Units are a great way to limit the scope of administrative roles. Learn how to create and manage them in this how-to article by Russell Smith.

Russell Smith walks us through how to use PowerShell to create and assign licenses to Office 365 users in this helpful tutorial.

Russell Smith shares some practical advice if you’re considering to work from home before you decide to make the move permanent.

When should you use Restricted Admin Mode for remote desktop connections? Russell Smith outlines limitations and advantages to using this mode in your environment.

Russell Smith takes a look at the core functionality of Windows Phone 8.1 and discusses some issues he encountered with offline use in his long term review of Microsoft’s smartphone OS.

Easily secure subnets in a virtual network with the help of Network Security Groups in Microsoft Azure.

Russell Smith compares Microsoft Azure to Amazon EC2 in the realm of cloud security. Which cloud provider has the better security options? Read on for Russell’s take.

Russell Smith shows us how to determine which Group Policy settings are actually being applied to devices using the Group Policy Results Wizard.

Russell Smith shows us how to create, load and save starter Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in Active Directory.

Russell Smiths shares simple steps for assigning elastic IP addresses to Amazon EC2 instances.