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Russell 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.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
How to connect Windows Server to Microsoft’s modern cloud-native SIEM solution Azure Sentinel.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
According to a recent blog post by Bruce Sherwin, a member of Microsoft’s Hyper-V Development Team, Cloud & AI, the hypervisor development team is working on bringing VBS to everyone and enabling it by default.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
This month is light on security fixes and there are no zero-days but there are still plenty of critical flaws that need patching.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Microsoft announced September 25th on its Security blog that Azure Sentinel has reached general availability. Based on Azure Monitor Log Analytics, Sentinel adds a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution to Azure’s already long list of services.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Microsoft now officially supports management of Android Enterprise fully managed devices using Intune.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
This month sees Microsoft designate Windows 10 1903 ready for broad deployment, BitLocker no longer trust SSDs that have built-in hardware encryption, Windows 10 reach 900 million devices, and much more.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Collections has made it to the Dev channel for Microsoft Edge Insiders. In this Ask the Admin, I look at how Collections works and where it might be useful.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
How to configure Windows and Outlook so that it works better with Windows 10 virtual desktops.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
How to configure a Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) host pool.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
This month Microsoft patches two zero-days that could lead to elevation of privileges and more Remote Desktop Protocol bugs.

Last Update: May 24, 2025
How to manage and secure Active Directory using PowerShell; I’ll look at the most useful PowerShell cmdlets and give examples of how to use them.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
With Google and Dell partnering to ship hardware that includes the Chrome OS Enterprise upgrade out-of-the-box, does Google’s push in the enterprise threaten Microsoft’s dominant position?