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Russell Smith
Editorial DirectorEditorial 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.
LATEST
Secure Microsoft Azure VMs Using Just-In-Time Access
- Feb 06, 2018
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how the solution works and why you should use it when it reaches general availability.
Everything You Need to Know About Windows – January 2018 Edition
- Jan 31, 2018
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It’s been a busy month for Windows, and in case you didn’t get a chance to catch all the news, here’s everything you need to know from January 2018.
Populate Active Directory with Test User Accounts
- Jan 24, 2018
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith uses a PowerShell script to populate Active Directory with test user accounts.
PowerShell Core 6.0 and Why Windows PowerShell Is No Longer Being Developed
- Jan 23, 2018
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Microsoft announced the general availability of PowerShell Core 6.0 on January 10th. In this Ask the Admin, we will look at the roadmap for PowerShell and some of the dramatic changes since Microsoft announced that PowerShell will be open source.
Patch Tuesday January 2018
- Jan 16, 2018
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This month’s Patch Tuesday is one of the most interesting in a while. Not just because the patches Microsoft was preparing for release today came a week early, but also because of the potential issues these patches might cause.
Active Directory Security: Understanding the AdminSDHolder Object
- Jan 15, 2018
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains how this mechanism works and how you can change the way that it works.
Do You Need Third-Party Antimalware in Windows?
- Jan 12, 2018
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In today’s Ask the Admin, we discuss whether it’s necessary to use third-party antimalware in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 on your company’s PCs.
Change the System Partition From MBR to GPT in Windows 10
- Jan 12, 2018
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to change the system disk partition type from MBR to GPT in Windows 10 Creators Update using a command-line tool.
Secure Active Directory Using the Clean Source Principle
- Jan 11, 2018
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Russell Smith explains how to integrate the clean source principle into your Active Directory design and management practices to keep your systems secure.
Protect Users Against Malicious Websites Using Windows 10 Application Guard
- Jan 10, 2018
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how Windows Defender Application Guard can protect enterprise users against malicious websites.