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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.

LATEST

Windows Server 2016: Set Up Privileged Access Management

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to implement Privileged Access Management (PAM) in Windows Server 2016.

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Windows 10 Protected Event Logging

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how Protected Event Logging is implemented in Windows 10.

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Code Signing Microsoft Office Macros and Visual Basic for Applications

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to sign Microsoft Office VBA code and macros so that it can be distributed securely to business partners.

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Making the Small Business Case for Chromebooks

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at Chromebooks and why they have become a popular choice for small businesses.

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Choosing Between Cloud or On-Premises Storage for Small Business

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at the benefits of cloud storage and why a combination of cloud and on-premises solutions is sometimes a happy medium.

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Microsoft Launches the Security Compliance Toolkit 1.0

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains why SCM was killed off and how the Security Compliance Toolkit stacks up in comparison.

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Managing Macro Security in Office 2016

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how you can secure Office 2016 macros and VBA code to prevent attacks.

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Microsoft Quietly Moved Font Parsing to AppContainer in the Anniversary Update

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains why you probably should not enable Untrusted Font Blocking in Group Policy.

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What Is Outlook Customer Manager?

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains what Outlook Customer Manager is and how it integrates with Office 365.

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Create Surveys and Questionnaires Using Forms in Office 365

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you what you can do with Office 365 Forms.

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