Below is a collection of useful websites and tools that I find myself using on an regular basis.
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whatsmydns.net Useful website for checking DNS propogation. |
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mxtoolbox.com Excellent MX record and Blacklist checking website. |
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network-tools.com Excellent general purpose DNS and Network tools website. |
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remote.12dt.com Good reverse DNS checking website. |
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www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com Good free training resource for Microsoft products. |
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WinDirStat – http://windirstat.info/Great visual representation of used disk space. |
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mRemote – (mremoteNG) – http://www.mremoteng.org/Useful resource to keep all your RDP connections in order. I’ve used mRemote for years, but it is no longer available, mRemoteNG is a fork of the code, I’ve yet to test it but it looks identical and is still being developed. |
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Putty – http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/A free Telnet, SSH, Serial client for Windows by Simon Tatham. A really useful tool for Switch, ESXi and Terminal Sessions. |
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Sam Spade – http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/sam_spade.htmlA great little DNS query tool for Windows, useful for check nameservers, MX records, whois information. |
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Classic Shell – http://www.classicshell.net/A Windows 8 and 8.1 Start Menu that I’ve been using since I upgraded. Really useful, great little program. |
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TeamViewer – http://www.teamviewer.comExcellent remote support/remote connection program.
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Filezilla FTP Client – https://filezilla-project.org/Excellent FTP client and server. |
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Irfanview – http://www.irfanview.com/Simple and quick image viewer. I mainly use for cropping images, and batch processing. |
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CutePDF – http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.aspFreeware PDF writer |
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Sync Toy – http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=15155Excellent simple File synchronisation program by Microsoft. |
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Truecrypt – http://www.truecrypt.org/If you synchronise files, you’re going to want a secure environment to store them. TrueCrypt is great free open-source disk encryption software. |
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Evernote – http://evernote.com/Useful tool for keeping notes, and synchronising them between devices. |
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Veeam – http://www.veeam.com/virtual-machine-backup-solution-free.htmlI’ve used the full version of Veeam with VMware for nearly four years, and with Hyper-V for the past year. The free version is packed with many of the features from the paid for versions. |