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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.

LATEST

What’s New in Windows 10 Version 1809 For IT Professionals

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell takes look at what’s new in Windows 10 version 1809 for system administrators and developers.

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How To Install Puppet Enterprise on Red Hat Linux

Russell shows you how to install Puppet Enterprise server version 7 on a Red Hat Linux VM running on Hyper-V.

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Self-Encrypting SSDs Vulnerable to Attack, Microsoft Warns

Researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands, Carlo Meijer and Bernard van Gastel, have published a paper claiming that encryption on SEDs can be bypassed using different attack vectors

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – October 2018

Microsoft bungles rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 update, Windows Server 2019 skips RTM, and Always-Connected PCs are the next big thing for businesses.

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Windows Server 2019 Essentials Gets Stripped Back

Microsoft says that it is working on some recommendations for its small business customers on how best to replace the lost features in Windows Server 2019 Essentials.

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Small Businesses Targeted by 43% of Cyberattacks

According to SCORE, the US association for small businesses, a survey conducted for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month shows that 43% of cyberattacks are targeted at small businesses.

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Managing Windows 10 Updates in a Small Businesses Environment

In this article, Russell explains the ways you can manage Windows Update to give you a more reliable computing experience.

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Windows Server 2019 Skips RTM, But What Does that Mean?

Windows Server 2019 is the first version of Microsoft’s server OS not to RTM. But what does that mean in practice?

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Patch Tuesday October 2018

This month sees the Windows 10 October 2018 Update pulled from Windows Update, 49 vulnerabilities patched in Windows, and the usual round of security fixes for other Microsoft and Adobe products.

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Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 October 2018 Update from Windows Update

Microsoft acknowledges disappearing files after installation of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) and pauses rollout.

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