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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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Windows 10 May 2019 Update and Windows Server Version 1903 Available for Download

Microsoft made the Windows 10 May 2019 Update and Windows Server version 1903 available for download May 21st.

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Microsoft Releases Hyper-V Server 2019

Download Hyper-V Server 2019 now from Microsoft’s Evaluation Center website.

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Windows Terminal Preview Available in the Microsoft Store

An early preview version of Windows Terminal is now available to download from the Microsoft Store.

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How to Create Puppet Bolt Tasks: Understanding Modules and Tasks

Puppet Bolt tasks are scripts that you can run on Linux or Windows systems. A task contains a script, completely unmodified, written in any language supported by the remote system on which the task will run.

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Patch Tuesday – June 2019

This month Microsoft patches four zero-day flaws in Windows 10 and some Bluetooth security keys stop working.

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What You Need to Know About PowerShell 7

PowerShell 7 (PS7) is based on .NET Core 3.0 and Microsoft is aiming to provide much greater compatibility with Windows PowerShell modules, as much as 90 percent.

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How to Install Windows Software Using Chocolatey

In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to install Windows software in bulk using package manager Chocolatey.

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What’s New in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update

These are the most important new features in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update that you need to know about.

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What is the Windows Terminal?

In today’s Ask the Admin, I explain how Microsoft’s new terminal software for Windows 10 improves on the existing console.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – May 2019

This month’s news roundup includes important announcements made at Microsoft’s Build conference in Seattle, and the general availability of Windows Server 2019 version 1903 and the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.

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