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Russell Smith

Editorial Director

Editorial Director at Petri IT Knowledgebase. Russell has more than 20 years' experience working in IT. From small business to large government IT infrastructure projects.

Russell started his writing career for Windows IT Pro magazine in the early 2000s. Since then, Russell has contributed to a variety of publications, including Petri, CDW's list of publications, and various industry blogs including Netwrix, BeyondTrust, and others.

In addition to more than 1000 articles Russell has authored, he has also written a book on Windows security and co-authored another for Microsoft's MOAC series. Russell has also authored several courses for Pluralsight.

LATEST

Synching Office 365 with Active Directory: Using Directory Synchronization

Aug 21, 2013
Russell Smith

Learn to install and configure the Directory Synchronization tool for account and password sync in part 2 of our series on synching Office 365 with AD!

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Find AD Replication Errors Quickly with Active Directory Replication Status Tool

Aug 20, 2013
Russell Smith

In this Ask an Admin, find out how to quickly find AD replication errors with the Active Directory Replication Status Tool.

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Synching Office 365 with Active Directory: Prepare for Directory Synchronization

Aug 19, 2013
Russell Smith

The updated Directory Synchronization tool is pretty handy. Learn more about how to sync Office 365 and AD in part 1 of this series.

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Enable Disk Quotas in Windows Server 2012

Aug 15, 2013
Russell Smith

Managing disk space on file servers can be a challenge. Learn to create disk quotas in Windows Server 2012 in this Ask an Admin.

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Import IP Address with IP Address Management (IPAM) into Windows Server 2012

Aug 13, 2013
Russell Smith

Why add manually when you can do a bulk import? Learn to import IP addresses with IPAM into Windows Server 2012 in this Ask an Admin.

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Configuring Windows Server Core 2012

Aug 08, 2013
Russell Smith

Want to get Server Core up and running quickly? Discover how to set basic configuration parameters in Windows Server Core 2012.

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Configure a DNS Server Address for a Network Adapter in Windows Server

Aug 06, 2013
Russell Smith

DNS plays a vital role in a healthy AD environment. Learn to configure DNS settings for a network adapter in Windows Server 2012 in this quick Ask an Admin article.

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Managing Active Directory in PowerShell 3.0 with Out-GridView

Aug 01, 2013
Russell Smith

PowerShell’s Out-Gridview cmdlet is your friend. Learn to manage AD in PowerShell using Out-Gridview and filter your results.

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Is PowerShell the Future of Windows Server Management?

Jul 30, 2013
Russell Smith

Are you giving PowerShell a fair shake? Read about PowerShell features that could help you with Windows Server management strategy.

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Deploy Windows Server 2012 in an Azure Virtual Machine

Jul 25, 2013
Russell Smith

We get caught up in the cloud today as we show you how to create and connect to a new Windows Server 2012 VM Windows Azure.

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