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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.
This Week in IT now has its own YouTube Channel! If you have been watching This Week in IT since it started more than a year ago, you will probably realize that home was the Petri IT Knowledgebase YouTube channel. We recently decided that it would be nice to give the show its own identity…
With the exception of Windows 11 Moment 3 landing for everyone in July, it’s been a fairly quiet month. But Insiders did get access to Windows Copilot and the new Outlook for Windows client and Microsoft revealed more about Windows 11 version 23H2. Let’s get started! Windows 11 Moment 3 generally available with July Patch…
Last Update: Jul 24, 2023
Learn all about Exchange Online Archiving, a set of optional features that can be purchased separately from Exchange Online, which is also included in some Office 365 plans.
Last Update: Jul 24, 2023
Russell explains what Windows Hello for Business is and how it differs from Windows Hello for consumers.
Last Update: Jul 24, 2023
Learn how to set up Windows Hello for Business using Microsoft Intune.
Last Update: Jul 24, 2023
In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how Microsoft’s Role-Based Access Control can help you manage administrator access to its Mobile Device Management service.
Last Update: Jul 21, 2023
Search for and remove inactive users and computer accounts and query Active Directory – all by using PowerShell. Find out how in this handy post!
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
Configure MDM autoenrollment to solve Invalid_Client Azure AD join error message.
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
Devices hybrid joined to AAD are not joined to AAD. But instead, joined to ADDS and automatically registered with AAD.
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
Configure SMS-based sign-in for Azure Active Directory and Microsoft 365 users.