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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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Export Azure Resource Group as a JSON Template
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Aug 01, 2016
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Russell Smith
Learn how to export resource groups (RGs) as Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates using JSON, then deploy that resource group using your JSON template.
Add NAS-Based Network Locations to Windows 10 for Fast Search
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 29, 2016
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Russell Smith
In this article, learn how to add network locations to File Explorer in Windows 10 for faster search.
Configure RDS Collections Using PowerShell RDS Commands
Last Update: Jun 12, 2025
- Jul 28, 2016
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Russell Smith
Learn how to configure Remote Desktop Services (RDS) collections using Windows PowerShell, including how to create, enumerate, and remove collections from RDS Connection Brokers, and how to add and remove RemoteApps to collections.
GitHub for Windows – Installation, Adding Accounts, Committing Changes, and Syncing Repos
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 26, 2016
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Russell Smith
Learn how to get started with GitHub for Windows. We’ll install it, add accounts, clone a repository, commit changes and sync repositories.
Configure Remote Desktop Services Collections in Windows Server 2012 R2
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 25, 2016
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Russell Smith
Learn how to configure Remote Desktop Services collections in Windows Server 2012 R2.
Deploy a Read Only Domain Controller
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 22, 2016
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to deploy a Windows Server 2012 R2 Read Only Domain Controller (RODC).
Azure Usage and Billing Portal Released
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 21, 2016
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Russell Smith
Russell provides a closer look at the recently released Azure Usage and Billing Portal.
Attach a Data Disk to a VM in the Azure Portal
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 20, 2016
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Russell Smith
Russell demonstrates how to create and attach a new disk to an existing virtual machine in Azure.
Deploy Remote Desktop Services using PowerShell
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 19, 2016
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Russell Smith
Russell demonstrates how to deploy Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012 R2 using PowerShell.
Installing Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012 R2
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 18, 2016
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to install RDS in Windows Server 2012 R2. In Remote Desktop Services Deployment Options in Windows Server 2012 R2 on Petri, I walked you through the available deployment options, but in this article I’d like to show you how to use Server Manager to deploy RDS….
Introduction to Azure Automation Desired State Configuration
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 15, 2016
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Russell Smith
Russell explains that Azure Automation Desired State Configuration (DSC) is comprised of Azure Automation and PowerShell DSC.
What Is Azure Information Protection?
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 14, 2016
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Russell Smith
Russell Smith looks at components of Microsoft’s new Azure Information Protection service, which includes identity-driven security, encryption, information rights management, automatic classification and more.