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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.

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Use the Update Compliance in Operations Management Suite to Monitor Windows Updates

Russell Smith shows you how to configure Operations Management Suite’s Update Compliance to monitor Windows updates.

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Azure Active Directory Connect Makes Cloud Single Sign-On Easy

Russell Smith outlines two new features of Azure Active Directory Connect, Seamless Single Sign-On and Pass-Through Authentication.

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Shut Down Remote Workgroup Computers

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to shut down a remote workgroup computer using PowerShell.

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Windows Server 2016 Joins Windows Insider Program

Windows Server 2016 is joining the Insider Program this summer.

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Bypass the Lock Screen in Windows 10

In today’s Ask the Admin, I will show you how to set up Windows 10 to bypass the lock screen.

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Bash for Windows Comes to Windows Server 2016

Microsoft announces that the Windows Subsystem for Linux is coming to Windows Server 2016 at Build 2017.

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Introduction to Azure Active Directory Auditing

Find out what auditing features are available in Azure Active Directory.

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Windows 10: Pin Apps to the Taskbar Using Group Policy

Learn how to customize the taskbar in Windows 10 Anniversary Update using Group Policy.

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Create Deployment Rings Using Windows 10 Update for Business

Russell Smith shows you how to use Windows Update for Business policy settings to create deployment rings for Windows 10 Feature Updates.

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Enabling Windows 10 Device Guard

Russell Smith shows you how to get up and running quickly with Device Guard in Windows 10 Enterprise.

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