Russell Smith

This Week in IT, I explain how IT certifications can help not only change the trajectory of your career but also make sure that when recession hits, you are in a good position to compete in a tough market.

Would you like to never be bothered by Windows Update again? Or wake your laptop using a voice command or play music and put your device into a low power state? Then you need a device with Modern Standby. In this article, I explain how Modern Standby enables ‘instant on’ for your device, allows Windows…

It’s time for you and your team to take a short break from your busy work demands and deadlines to refresh, revitalize and invest in yourselves at ESPC22, Nov 28 – Dec 1 – Europe’s premier Microsoft technologies conference. ESPC22 offers you the choice of 9 expert-led full-day Microsoft 365 and Azure tutorials. This is…

August was relatively quiet as Microsoft prepares to begin rolling out Windows 11 22H2 in the coming month or two. But nevertheless, there are some important updates to Windows 11 on Arm, the Windows Subsystem for Android, and Insider builds. So, let’s get started. Microsoft Edge 104 released and new sidebar rolling out Microsoft released…

As more organizations look to consolidate infrastructure in the cloud, Petri is hosting a 1-day conference in September where industry experts will guide you through the technologies and best practices for deploying VDI in the cloud and migrating an on-premises VDI to Azure. Conference sessions and speakers The lineup of speakers for the conference includes…

This Week in IT, I show you how sharing files in OneDrive actually works. And how you can modify the default sharing settings to prevent users sharing files with people outside your organization. About This Week in IT This week in IT is a weekly podcast hosted by Petri’s Editorial Director Russell Smith. Each week, Russell…

Cybersecurity company Mandiant has discovered that an elite group of Russian hackers, otherwise known as the APT29 group, is using a new technique to target enterprise networks. The researchers warns that the hackers are exploiting multifactor authentication (MFA) to gain unauthorized access to dormant Microsoft accounts. Accessing dormant Microsoft 365 accounts MFA is a security…

In this article, I will show you how to share files in Teams. Not only that, but I will also explain how file sharing in Microsoft Teams actually works and where your files are stored after you share them. For those of us who learned how to use a computer before the cloud era, the…

According to the tech press, ‘it’ doesn’t exist until Apple announces it first. In this case, Apple passkeys. But you can already use Microsoft’s implementation of passwordless authentication today on Windows, iOS, and Android. Microsoft has been pushing and implementing passwordless authentication for years. But you’d think that Apple had invented passkeys, judging by some…

Check out this week’s video for my top 5 new features in Microsoft Teams for July 2022! About This Week in IT This week in IT is a weekly podcast hosted by Petri’s Editorial Director Russell Smith. Each week, Russell rounds up the most important stories for IT pros in a short video.

As I sat down to write this month’s installment of What’s New in Windows, I thought that there hadn’t been much news in July. That is until I started checking the updates to builds in the Insider Program. It really is a lot. So, let’s get started with the most important news for Windows users…

Are you in the market for a new laptop? Or maybe you need to make a decision about what new desktops or notebook computers to buy for your company? There are so many things to consider when choosing between Mac vs PC, like price, security, compatibility, processing power; and much more – that it can…