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Russell Smith
Editorial DirectorRussell Smith, the Editorial Director at Petri IT Knowledgebase, has over two decades of hands-on experience in IT, in both small business settings and government IT infrastructure projects.
Russell started writing for Windows IT Pro Magazine in the early 2000s. Since then, he has contributed insights to various IT publications, including Petri and CDW. His authoritative voice has resonated across industry blogs, where he dissects complex topics into an ‘easy read’.
Russell has authored over a thousand articles, each a testament to his depth of knowledge. His expertise doesn’t stop there: he wrote a book on Privilege Management and co-authored another for Microsoft’s MOAC series. Moreover, Russell’s commitment to education shines through in the courses he crafted for Pluralsight.
He is also presenter on his own YouTube channel, This Week in IT, and the current presenter of Petri Dish.
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Batten Down the Hatches, Hackers Are Coming for Your NAS
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Dec 18, 2019
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Russell Smith
According to Kaspersky’s Threat Evolution Report Q3 2019, there is new ransomware ‘focused solely on NAS’ active in the wild.
Microsoft Edge Integration with Windows 10
Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
- Dec 16, 2019
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Russell Smith
Microsoft has already updated current and older versions of Windows 10 to prepare them to integrate with its new Chromium-based Edge browser.
Patch Tuesday – December 2019
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Dec 12, 2019
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Russell Smith
This month’s end-of-year Patch Tuesday is relatively light, with Microsoft fixing a Windows zero-day and a spoofing vulnerability in SQL Server Reporting Services.
How to Connect to a VirtualBox Windows Guest Using Remote Desktop
Last Update: Jun 04, 2025
- Dec 11, 2019
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Russell Smith
How to connect to a VirtualBox virtual machine using Microsoft’s Remote Desktop.
How to Manually Onboard Devices to Windows Autopilot – Part 2
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Dec 09, 2019
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Russell Smith
How to manually onboard a device to Windows Autopilot.
Improve Windows Enterprise Application Deployment Reliability and Security using MSIX
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Dec 09, 2019
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Russell Smith
A closer look at some of the features of Microsoft’s new MSIX installer technology and how they can be used to improve application packaging and distribution in the enterprise.
How to Manually Onboard Devices to Windows Autopilot
Last Update: Sep 05, 2024
- Dec 09, 2019
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Russell Smith
How to manually onboard devices to Windows Autopilot.
How to Check Whether Windows 10 is Joined to Microsoft Entra ID
Last Update: Jun 04, 2025
- Dec 05, 2019
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Russell Smith
How to check if Windows 10 is connected to an Azure Active Directory domain.
Everything You Need to Know About Windows – November 2019
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Dec 02, 2019
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Russell Smith
The Windows 10 November 2019 Update is released for download and on Windows Update, Microsoft confirms that Win32 apps are coming to Windows 10X, Chromium-Based Edge gets a release date and new PWA integration features, and an early preview of WinUI 3.0 is released to help developers bridge the divide between Win32 and UWP apps.
MSIX Core Coming to Windows 7 and 8.1 in December, Plus New Features on the Horizon
Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
- Dec 02, 2019
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Russell Smith
Microsoft’s enterprise application packaging technology, MSIX, is being partially ported to down-level Windows clients and there are some interesting new features due in Windows 10 20H1.
Microsoft Announces Azure Managed Version of Connected Cache
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Nov 21, 2019
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Russell Smith
A new Azure-managed version of Microsoft Connected Cache enters private preview to help reduce Internet bandwidth for updates.
Join Windows 10 to Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) During OOBE
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Nov 20, 2019
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Russell Smith
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.