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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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Enable Modern Authentication in Exchange Online
Last Update: Dec 03, 2024
- Oct 07, 2016
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Russell Smith
Find out how to enable Modern Authentication in Exchange Online so that 2FA-enabled Office 365 can use Outlook 2013 or later.
Enable Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365 Users
Last Update: Dec 03, 2024
- Oct 07, 2016
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Russell Smith
Learn how to enable two-factor authentication on a Microsoft Account with the help of Microsoft’s Authenticator mobile app.
Azure Automation DSC Reporting
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Oct 06, 2016
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Russell Smith
Russell Smith describes how to access DSC node reports in Azure Automation DSC using the management portal.
Windows Server 2016: What’s in It for Small Businesses?
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Oct 03, 2016
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Russell Smith
Let’s examine whether there are any features in Windows Server 2016 that might be worth SMEs upgrading to it.
Synchronize OneDrive for Business Using the Next Generation Sync Client
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Sep 29, 2016
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Russell Smith
Find out how to synchronize OneDrive for Business using the Next Generation Sync Client in Windows 10.
Microsoft Azure: Set Up Billing Alerts
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Sep 27, 2016
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Russell Smith
Learn how to set up billing alerts in Azure to keep your cloud expenses in check.
Microsoft Azure: Understanding Shared Access Signatures (SAS)
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Sep 23, 2016
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains how Shared Access Signatures (SAS) can be used to grant access to objects in storage without revealing the storage account key.
Microsoft Azure: Prevent Accidental Deletion by Locking Resources
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Sep 20, 2016
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell shows you how to apply locks to Azure resources, to prevent accidental deletion or to make them read-only.
Secure Standalone Windows Servers Using Security Compliance Manager
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Sep 14, 2016
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Russell Smith
Russell Smith shows you how to use the localGPO command line tool in Security Compliance Manager (SCM) to apply security templates to computers that are not part of an Active Directory domain.
Create GPOs Using the Security Compliance Manager Tool
Last Update: Jul 08, 2025
- Sep 13, 2016
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Russell Smith
In today’s edition of Ask the Admin, Russell Smith will show you how to export security templates as Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
Microsoft Azure: Using Linked ARM Templates
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Sep 08, 2016
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll explain how to use linked Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates to facilitate complex deployment options.
Microsoft Azure: Use Visual Studio to Deploy a Virtual Machine
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Sep 07, 2016
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to create an ARM template in Visual Studio for deploying Azure virtual machines (VMs). Having used VS to deploy resources in Azure, this is the way I now recommend you work with Azure templates.