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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.
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Infrastructure-as-Code Part 3: Deploy Active Directory and Certificate Services in Azure
- Jan 09, 2018
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In the final part of this series, Russell Smith shows you how to use the code I created in the previous two installments to provision the resources in Azure.
Deploy Active Directory and Certificate Services in Azure Using Infrastructure-as-Code — Part 1
- Jan 05, 2018
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In this three-part series, Russell Smith discusses how he deployed an Active Directory forest with 2 domain controllers and a member server running certificate services in Microsoft Azure.
Google Chrome Versus Microsoft Edge in the Enterprise
- Jan 03, 2018
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In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at the pros and cons of each browser for use in the enterprise.
Deploy Active Directory and Certificate Services in Azure Using Infrastructure-as-Code — Part 2
- Dec 21, 2017
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In part two of this series on deploying Active Directory and a member server running certificate services in Microsoft Azure, Russell Smith shows you how to add a PowerShell Desired State Configuration resource to the project.
What Is Hyper-Convergence in Windows Server 2016?
- Dec 19, 2017
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains what hyper-convergence is and how it can help simplify your IT systems.
Improve Office 365 Security Using Secure Score
- Dec 15, 2017
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you what Office 365 Secure Score can do for the online security of your business.
Microsoft Releases Compliance Manager Preview
- Dec 14, 2017
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how Microsoft’s new service can help organizations meet compliance requirements.
Getting Started with Project Honolulu
- Dec 12, 2017
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at the technical preview of Project Honolulu in Windows Server version 1709.
Adding a Subscription to an External Office 365 User
- Dec 11, 2017
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith walks you through what happened when he converted an external Office 365 user to a paid subscriber and how to avoid the problems encountered.
Managing File Associations in Windows 10
- Dec 08, 2017
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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains the changes to how default app file associations are managed in Windows 10.