For Linux admins, SSH is one the most important tools of remote administration. SSH also works in Windows, with tools such as PuTTY or WinSSH, MobaXterm, WinSCP, or Swish.

Windows Admins have to know something about Linux, so expand your current skills to include it in your administrative toolbox.

Windows administrators: Expand your horizons and your opportunities with Unix commands via Cygwin. Use Cygwin’s extensive list of Unix utilities for scripts, maintenance, compatibility, and automation.

Using a Tablet as a portable management console makes sense but could make you too accessible.

Sometimes data that’s five minutes old just isn’t good enough. An abundance of network monitoring tools for SNMP makes a sys admin’s job easier by collecting and displaying a superabundance of constantly changing data.