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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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Microsoft Announces New Project VAST Security Visualization Tool
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Apr 17, 2018
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Russell Smith
With a little help from Power BI and Azure Log Analytics, Microsoft’s new Project VAST promises to make it easier to identify important security events.
Microsoft Releases Remote Desktop HTML5 Client Preview
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Apr 16, 2018
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Russell Smith
At last year’s Ignite, Microsoft announced that it was developing an HTML5 web client for Remote Desktop Services. At the end of March, Microsoft made a preview available.
Redstone 4 Brings Better WebM Support in Edge
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Apr 11, 2018
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Russell Smith
Microsoft adds support for embedded WebM video content in Edge.
Focus Assist Replaces Quiet Hours in Windows 10 Redstone 4
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Apr 09, 2018
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Russell Smith
In Redstone 4, Quiet Hours has been renamed to Focus Assist and brings several improvements.
Managing Windows Server with Puppet Part 6: Installing, Updating, and Removing Software
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Apr 04, 2018
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to manage Puppet, Windows Installer, and Chocolatey.
Managing Windows Server with Puppet Part 5: Managing Local Users and Groups
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Apr 03, 2018
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to manage local users and groups using Puppet.
Enable Unauthenticated Access to a Windows File Share
Last Update: Jun 04, 2025
- Mar 30, 2018
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains how unauthenticated access to Windows file shares works.
Everything You Need to Know About Windows — March 2018
Last Update: Jul 02, 2025
- Mar 29, 2018
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Russell Smith
Windows 10 Redstone 4 reaches RTM and Microsoft announces the availability of a preview version of Windows Server 2019.
Patch Tuesday March 2018
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Mar 21, 2018
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Russell Smith
This month, Microsoft patches a remote code execution vulnerability for CredSSP, helps Intel distribute microcode updates to protect against Spectre Variant 2, and Office 2016 gets updated to version 1803.
Managing Windows Software Using Chocolatey
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Mar 15, 2018
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to get started with the Chocolatey package manager for Windows.
Managing Windows Server with Puppet Part 4: Working with Files and ACLs
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Mar 13, 2018
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Russell Smith
In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to use the file resource and manage permissions on files and folders.
Managing Windows Server with Puppet Part 3: Edit the Site Manifest
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Mar 09, 2018
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you to install modules on your Puppet master and how to open and edit the main site manifest using Secure Shell.