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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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Windows 10 May 2019 Update and Windows Server Version 1903 Available for Download
Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
- Jul 01, 2019
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Russell Smith
Microsoft made the Windows 10 May 2019 Update and Windows Server version 1903 available for download May 21st.
Microsoft Releases Hyper-V Server 2019
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jun 26, 2019
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Russell Smith
Download Hyper-V Server 2019 now from Microsoft’s Evaluation Center website.
Windows Terminal Preview Available in the Microsoft Store
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jun 26, 2019
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Russell Smith
An early preview version of Windows Terminal is now available to download from the Microsoft Store.
How to Create Puppet Bolt Tasks
Last Update: Sep 05, 2024
- Jun 24, 2019
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Russell Smith
Puppet Bolt tasks are scripts that you can run on Linux or Windows systems. A task contains a script, completely unmodified, written in any language supported by the remote system on which the task will run.
Patch Tuesday – June 2019
Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
- Jun 19, 2019
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Russell Smith
This month Microsoft patches four zero-day flaws in Windows 10 and some Bluetooth security keys stop working.
What You Need to Know About PowerShell 7
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jun 17, 2019
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Russell Smith
PowerShell 7 (PS7) is based on .NET Core 3.0 and Microsoft is aiming to provide much greater compatibility with Windows PowerShell modules, as much as 90 percent.
How to Install Windows Software Using Chocolatey
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jun 11, 2019
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to install Windows software in bulk using package manager Chocolatey.
How to Factory Reset Windows 10
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jun 10, 2019
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Russell Smith
Looking to reinstall Windows 10 quickly and easily using the ‘Reset this PC’ feature? This is how you can do that.
What’s New in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jun 07, 2019
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Russell Smith
These are the most important new features in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update that you need to know about.
What is the Windows Terminal?
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jun 06, 2019
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, I explain how Microsoft’s new terminal software for Windows 10 improves on the existing console.
Everything You Need to Know About Windows – May 2019
Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
- Jun 03, 2019
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Russell Smith
This month’s news roundup includes important announcements made at Microsoft’s Build conference in Seattle, and the general availability of Windows Server 2019 version 1903 and the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.
Patch Tuesday – May 2019
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- May 27, 2019
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Russell Smith
This month’s quality update for Windows 10 is so good that it installs itself twice, Microsoft releases patches for Intel Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) attacks, and there’s a fix for a zero-day flaw in Windows Error Reporting.