Russell Smith

This Week in IT, Microsoft fixes some critical issues in this week’s Patch Tuesday, new research shows businesses increasingly concerned about Broadcom’s pricing strategy and business model for VMware, and Oracle partners with AWS to offer multi-cloud features. Links and resources Episode Overview This week’s IT updates cover critical Windows vulnerabilities, Broadcom’s VMware pricing concerns,…

In this article, I look at three easy ways to help prevent shadow IT becoming a problem in your business. Shadow IT isn’t a new problem facing IT departments. But with the explosion in remote working, cloud Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions, and generative AI it’s become harder than ever to mitigate the risks. What are the…

This Week in IT, the Windows Control Panel is back from the dead, LinkedIn is moving from CentOS, Microsoft will discuss Windows security at an upcoming conference, and I have some updates on Microsoft 365. Thank you to Semperis for sponsoring this episode of This Week in IT. Download Purple Knight for free. Links and…

This Week in IT, Microsoft announces that Loop 2.0 is gradually rolling out to commercial customers, but has it changed enough to be a serious challenge to Notion? Plus, on the back of Copilot security problems highlighted recently at Black Hat, Microsoft offers some free protection if you’re using Copilot with an Entra ID account….

In this episode of Petri Dish, Mike Walters, President and co-founder of patch management solution Action1, shares his journey from co-founding Netwrix to reinventing patch management with Action1. Mike explains why he and his partner decided to create Action1 and how it is growing to become a game-changer in the patch-management space. Mike discusses the…

This Week in IT, businesses are cautious about implementing A.I, solutions like Copilot for Microsoft 365, because of concerns they might not be secure. But as Microsoft announces fast adoption of the new technology, can your organization afford to sit back and wait to see how it all unfolds? Thank you to Semperis for sponsoring…

This Week in IT, I look at Microsoft’s new backup and storage service for Microsoft 365 and whether you even need to back up your cloud data. Plus, why Secure Boot might not be quite so secure after all. Thank you to Semperis for sponsoring this episode of This Week in IT. Download Purple Knight…

This Week in IT, I look at Microsoft’s recently published security best practice advice following the CrowdStrike outage and how managed detection and response solutions fit into it. Links and resources Episode Overview In this week’s IT news, the focus is on Microsoft’s security advice following the CrowdStrike incident and how Managed Detection and Response…

This Week in IT, security software CrowdStrike brings down 8.5 million Windows devices worldwide but who is ultimately responsible? Microsoft is blaming the EU but would changes to Windows prevent security channel updates causing so much disruption in the future? Links and resources Episode Overview A recent CrowdStrike security update caused a massive IT outage,…

This Week in IT, Windows 11 is getting more efficient updates, the new Outlook client is due to hit GA August 1st for commercial customers, and Config Refresh is now available for Windows 11. Links and resources Episode Overview In this week’s episode:

This Week in IT, Microsoft announces the public preview of Microsoft Entra PowerShell module, helping organizations who are still running the old AzureAD cmdlets. Windows 11 versions 21H2 and 22H2 are being retired October 8, 2024. And M365 apps are getting support for the OpenDocument Format version 1.4. Links and resources Episode Overview Microsoft Unveils…

This Week in IT, rumors about a new edition of Windows 11 spread on the Internet, no more driver synchronization for WSUS, and Microsoft previews a new optimization architecture for Teams running on VDI. Links and resources Episode Overview In this episode, Russell delves into the fake Windows 11 Government Edition. This rogue software masquerades…