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Russell Smith

Editorial Director

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.

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What Is the Difference Between WMI and CIM?

Russell explains whether there is a difference between WMI and CIM.

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Getting Started with Windows Server 2019 System Insights

Install Windows Server 2019 System Insights using Windows Admin Center.

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Test Microsoft Security Patches Early on the Security Update Validation Program

SUVP provides patches up to three weeks before their official release and encompasses all Microsoft products that are supported for security fixes.

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What Is WSUS Dual Scan?

Dual Scan enabled clients scan WSUS and WU, but only download Windows patches from Microsoft’s update servers (Windows Update).

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Troubleshoot Windows Update Delivery Optimization

Russell explains how to troubleshoot problems with the Delivery Optimization service in Windows 10.

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How to Enable Windows Sandbox

Learn how to enable Windows Sandbox in Windows 10 to help protect against malicious applications.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – December 2018 Edition

December is usually a quiet month at Microsoft, but this year there have been several newsworthy events, including Microsoft’s plans to drop the EdgeHTML rendering engine and a new virtualization feature called Windows Sandbox.

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Patch Tuesday December 2018

In what Microsoft says will be the last cumulative update in 2018 before the holiday season, there are patches for 38 CVEs, including a zero-day.

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Are IT Certifications Worth It?

Russell Smith looks at whether certifications are worth having and how they can help your IT career.

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IT Governance with Azure Policy

Learn how to control the properties users can select when provisioning resources in the Azure cloud.

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