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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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Install and Configure Puppet 5 Part 1: Set Up Red Hat Linux in Hyper-V

As a companion to my series on managing Windows Server with Puppet Enterprise, this short two-part article will guide you through installing your own Puppet 5 server on Red Hat Linux in Hyper-V.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – July 2018

This month Microsoft trials a new managed desktop service as part of Microsoft 365 in the US and UK, Windows gets leap second support and a new time protocol, and Windows Update will use machine learning to learn when you’ve gone for a coffee break.

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Microsoft Releases Remote Desktop Web Client for Windows Server 2016 and 2019 Preview

Microsoft has announced Remote Desktop Web Client general availability for Windows Server 2016 and 2019 Preview.

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Microsoft Brings Local Predictive Analytics Capabilities to Windows Server

In this Ask the Admin, Russel looks at the new analytics capabilities in Windows Server 2019.

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Windows 10 April 2018 Update Brings UWP Multi-Instancing, UWP Console Apps and Broader File System Access

The Windows 10 April 2018 Update introduces support for UWP Multi-Instancing, UWP console apps, and broader access to the file system. In this Ask the Admin, I’ll give you an overview of these new features and why Microsoft introduced them.

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Revisiting Application Guard in the Windows 10 April 2018 Update

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll look at new functionality and examine whether performance has improved.

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Patch Tuesday — July 2018

This month’s Patch Tuesday was a relatively quiet one. Microsoft made a minor update to Spectre v4 patches, issued critical updates only for desktop editions of Windows, and patched three vulnerabilities that had already been publicly disclosed.

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View Diagnostic Data in Windows 10 April 2018 Update

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you the new Diagnostic Data Viewer in Windows 10.

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Demoting a Windows Server 2016 Domain Controller

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to demote a domain controller and remove the Active Directory Domain Services server role.

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Managing Windows Server with Puppet Part 7: Installing Active Directory

In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to install and configure Active Directory using Puppet.

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