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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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Create a Virtual Machine in the Azure Cloud

Quickly provision your first virtual machine in the Azure cloud.

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Azure Monitor: Creating Metrics

Find out how to define metrics in Azure Monitor.

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Russell Smith explains what Microsoft’s Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) is and how it can help keep your systems secure.

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Azure Monitor: Logs and Saving Queries

In this article, you’ll learn how to view and filter activity and diagnostic logs in Azure Monitor and save your queries.

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Learn how to visualize Azure ARM templates using an online tool called ARMVIZ.

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Learn how to quickly deploy a Remote Desktop Services (RDS) farm in Microsoft Azure.

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Install the RTM version of the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10.

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Using Virtual Desktops in Windows 10

Use virtual desktops in Windows 10 to improve productivity.

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Learn how to create a new taskpad view in a Microsoft management console (MMC).

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Azure Security Center Adds Support for Windows Server 2016

Microsoft adds support for Windows Server 2016 virtual machines (VMs) to its centralized solution for monitoring the security of Azure apps.

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