To start off the new year, today I’m starting a series of walkthrough videos which I plan to publish weekly for the duration of 2011. I’ve wanted to create some walkthroughs on a few technologies for a while now, so here I am, committing myself to a year worth.

Whether you’re an IT Pro, a hobbyist, or a web developer wanting to stay abreast of the admin side, I hope to cover content for you.

My goal is 10 minutes or less per video, making them quick and easy to watch, and I hope to provide various gold nuggets of information throughout the walkthroughs that offer additional value.

Topics planned include: troubleshooting essentials, ARR and load balancing, URL Rewrite, SQL syntax for the IT pro, scripting, command line basics, IIS Shared Configuration, keyboard shortcuts and more. I expect to jump back and forth between levels of difficulty to keep things mixed up.

Today I’m starting with a “Level 101” session on two basic but essential troubleshooting tools—ping and tracert. These lay the foundation for many deeper troubleshooting videos in the future.

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About Scott Forsyth

Senior Systems Engineer at ORCS Web, Inc (www.orcsweb.com) and co-founder of Vaasnet (www.vaasnet.com). Microsoft MVP for IIS. ASPInsider. Strengths are IIS, ASP.NET, DNS, Windows Server, and Hyper-V. This author has published 50 articles on DotNetSlackers. View other articles or the complete profile here.