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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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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.
Getting Started with Office 365 Planner
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 13, 2016
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Russell Smith
Office 365 Planner has reached general availability and now it’s time to put it through its paces. I’m happy to say that it more than lives up to my expectations.
Remote Desktop Services Deployment Options in Windows Server 2012 R2
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 12, 2016
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Russell Smith
In this article, Russell explains how RDS Session Host deployment in Windows Server 2012 R2 differs from earlier versions of Windows Server and the deployment options available.
Windows 10 How to Get Better Battery Life
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 11, 2016
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Russell Smith
If you want better battery life from Windows 10, adopt Edge as your browser after Microsoft releases the Windows 10 Anniversary Update at the end of July 2016, and use Windows Store (UWP) apps where possible.
Manage Active Directory Groups Using PowerShell
Last Update: May 24, 2025
- Jul 08, 2016
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Russell Smith
In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to create AD groups using PowerShell, how to add parameters when creating an AD group using the Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE), and then modify (or remove) AD group membership using PowerShell.
Office 365 Tip: Exchange Server Retention Policies
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
- Jul 07, 2016
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Russell Smith
In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll explain how to use Retention Policies in Exchange Server, Exchange Online and Office 365. Hoarding information seems to be a hobby for many of us, and if you’ve ever been an Exchange administrator, you’ll be familiar with the problem of users who are determined to store every last email…