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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

Windows 10 Creators Update Delivers a More Secure Edge

Apr 03, 2017
Russell Smith

Learn about new security defenses in Microsoft Edge in the Windows 10 Creators Update.

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3 Ways to Get More from IT — And Not Be a BOFH

Mar 30, 2017
Russell Smith

In this article, Russell Smith shares his thoughts about how to live peacefully with the tech in your life.

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Azure Autoscaling with VMSS and Managed Disks, Part 3: Vertical Autoscaling

Mar 28, 2017
Russell Smith

Learn how to vertically scale VMs in a VMSS using Azure Automation.

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Windows 10: Intelligence and Office 365 Integration in Windows Ink

Mar 27, 2017
Russell Smith

Learn how Windows Ink enables pen input in useful ways in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

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Microsoft Azure: Enable Encryption for Data at Rest

Mar 24, 2017
Russell Smith

Learn how to enable Storage Service Encryption for storage accounts in Microsoft Azure.

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Deploying Windows Server 2016 Containers Using Azure and Docker

Mar 24, 2017
Russell Smith

Learn how to get started quickly with Windows Containers and Docker with a little bit of help from Microsoft Azure.

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Azure Autoscaling with VMSS and Managed Disks, Part 2: Deployment

Mar 22, 2017
Russell Smith

Russell Smith shows you how to deploy VMs in a Virtual Machine Scale Set with autoscaling enabled and a load balancer on the front end.

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What Is Azure AD Privileged Identity Management?

Mar 20, 2017
Russell Smith

Learn how Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management can improve tenant security.

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Azure Autoscaling with VMSS and Managed Disks, Part 1: Concepts

Mar 16, 2017
Russell Smith

Learn how Virtual Machine Scale Sets and Managed Disks make Azure Autoscale easier to work with.

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Understanding Azure Storage: Managed Disks and Storage Accounts

Mar 14, 2017
Russell Smith

Learn about the different types of Azure storage account and Managed Disks.

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