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Russell Smith
Editorial DirectorEditorial 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.
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How to Check Whether Windows 10 is Joined to Azure Active Directory
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
- Dec 05, 2019
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How to check if Windows 10 is connected to an Azure Active Directory domain.
How to Enable Passwordless Authentication with Azure AD
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
- Mar 04, 2021
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Microsoft announced at its Ignite conference, which ran March 2nd – 4th 2021, that passwordless authentication is now generally available. Microsoft has been pushing passwordless over the past couple of years as a more secure way to provide access than passwords and multifactor authentication. Now that passwordless authentication is generally available, organizations can roll out…
How to Factory Reset Windows 10
Last Update: Jul 07, 2023
- Jun 10, 2019
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Looking to reinstall Windows 10 quickly and easily using the ‘Reset this PC’ feature? This is how you can do that.
The Role of Identity Threat and Detection Response in Zero Trust Security
- Jun 16, 2023
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I recently spoke to Sean Deuby, who is Principal Technologist at Semperis and an Identity expert. Sean told me about the importance of protecting identities in the current landscape and how Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) is a critical component of the Zero Trust security model. The emergence of cloud computing and the shift…
Stephen L Rose Joins Petri.com as Chief Technology Strategist
Last Update: May 31, 2023
- May 30, 2023
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I’m delighted to announce that Stephen L Rose has joined Petri.com as Chief Technology Strategist. For those who don’t know Stephen, for fourteen years he led Microsoft deployment, adoption, and usage of Windows, Office, OneDrive, and Teams and Co-Pilot for IT professionals worldwide. And Stephen currently holds over 15 Microsoft and CompTIA technical certifications. As…
Microsoft Releases Machine-Learning Backed Password Spray Attack Detection
Last Update: May 31, 2023
- Dec 03, 2020
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New machine-learning backed password spray attack detection spots twice the number of compromised accounts.
Azure AD Password Protection to Prevent Password Spraying Attacks
Last Update: May 31, 2023
- Jul 30, 2018
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell takes a look at Azure AD Password Protection and why Microsoft believes it will improve Active Directory security.
First Ring Daily – Stephen Rose Talks Build 2023
- May 30, 2023
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In this episode of First Ring Daily, Stephen Rose, Petri’s Chief Technology Strategist, talks to Paul and Brad about the most interesting news from Build 2023.
Build 2023 – AI Hype or Should You Adopt Early?
- May 25, 2023
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This Week in IT, Stephen Rose meets Richard Campbell, host of RunAs Radio, to discuss all the major AI announcements at Microsoft Build 2023. Including, Windows Copilot, Microsoft Fabric, AI plugins, privacy and security, and the AI hype cycle.
Windows Copilot Brings AI Personal Assistant to Windows 11
- May 23, 2023
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Today at Build 2023, Microsoft announced Windows Copilot for Windows 11. As the first PC operating system to include integrated artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, like those found in ChatGPT and Bing Chat, Microsoft is centralizing AI features already available in Bing Chat as a new capability in Windows 11. It will also allow users to…