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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.
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.
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
Before you perform an AAD domain join, you should understand the difference between an AAD domain-joined device and one that is registered with AAD.
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
How to check if Windows 10 is connected to an Azure Active Directory domain.
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
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…
Last Update: Jul 07, 2023
Looking to reinstall Windows 10 quickly and easily using the ‘Reset this PC’ feature? This is how you can do that.
Last Update: May 31, 2023
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…
Last Update: May 31, 2023
New machine-learning backed password spray attack detection spots twice the number of compromised accounts.
Last Update: May 31, 2023
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.