Author: Marc Wilson

Marc Wilson

Marc is the lead editor of PCWDLD. He holds a CCNP and has worked in organizations across the private and public sectors with roles spanning network administration, server administration, Microsoft Exchange administration, network security and engineering.

His written work has been cited as reading material for students at UC Berkeley, University of Texas and Duke among others. His work is also frequently cited in industry forums and community wikis.

A self-confessed networking nerd, he spends his time outside of work getting his hands into things he shouldn't and as a hobbyist audio engineer.

VXLan – What Is it & Quick Tutorial

Your network is growing up and getting out of control. You might have physical hosts and Virtual Machines distributed across the entire network, which you might want to get into…

Risk Management

Risk Management – Definition, Strategies and Processes

In the business world, risk management is the forecasting and evaluation of financial as well as capital risks together with the identification of procedures to avoid or minimize their impact….

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Cloud computing services includes three main categories:…

Best FTP, SFTP,SCP Clients for Windows

Best FTP & SFTP Clients for Windows [ FREE and Paid Alternatives ]

One of the main reasons you are looking for an FTP or SFTP client is probably to transfer files between a local client computer and a remote server. FTP/SFTP clients…

NSLOOKUP – Tutorial and how To Check DNS Records

NSLOOKUP – Tutorial & How-To Check DNS Records, etc

There are many different good reasons why you would need to check DNS resource records. Maybe you need to test whether the updates on the DNS configuration took effect, or…

couchdrop ftp review

Couchdrop Review

Maintaining files on remote computers such as webservers and cloud services can be a real pain. There are many different approaches to undertaking this kind of work, but normally it…

Monitor Windows Server Bandwidth Usage [ Free Tools & Utilities]

Monitor Windows Server Bandwidth Usage [ Free Tools & Utilities]

We’ve already heard the usual complaints from end-users… “my Internet is slow…,” or “my downloads are taking too long…” and the first thing that comes to our mind is to…

Domain Password Policy – How To Configure and Setup

Domain Password Policy – How To Configure & Setup!

Having strong passwords in an Active Directory (AD) network ensures that hackers can’t crack user’s passwords with methods such as brute-force dictionary attacks. By default, in an Active Directory domain,…

Best PING Sweep Software & Tools

Best Ping Sweep Software & Tools for Bulk Uptime/Downtime Stats

One of the easiest and most efficient ways to determine a range of IP addresses mapping to live hosts in a network is through the basic network scanning method, known…

Monitor Windows Services via Powershell!

How to Monitor Windows Services via PowerShell & Alert if Down/Up!

There are many ways to monitor Windows services but one of the most flexible methods is via PowerShell (PS). The advanced PS scripts referenced in this post will help you…