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Logic App Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks: #37 How to handle special characters inside Logic Apps actions?

Today, I will speak about another useful Best practice, Tips, and Tricks that you must consider while designing your business processes (Logic Apps): How to handle special chars inside Logic Apps actions.

6 Things Critical to Cloud Optimization Programs

Enterprises face many challenges when FinOps programs turn to infrastructure optimization to find cloud savings. Cloud catalog complexity, reluctant engineers or even having the staff and time to make the many changes required can all slow down or impede progress and savings. In this 20-min session we will cover the 6 things leading large scale cloud users have learned are critical to cloud optimization programs.

6 Ways Cloud-based Computerized Accounting Systems Can Help Small Businesses

Small enterprises and startups typically grapple with numerous challenges due to their limited resources. For such organizations, effective accounting practices are often a prime concern. In many cases, small companies hesitant to invest in modern technology will instead depend on traditional, pen-and-paper accounting. Such processes, while familiar and seemingly more affordable, are frequently cumbersome and error-prone-which can, in turn, be more costly for businesses in the long run.

A Guide to Assessing Cloud Server Pricing

Businesses and individuals wanting to leverage cloud services must pay prime attention to it. They will need to boost their understanding of how cloud servers work and practice informed decision-making in areas of cloud usage and optimization of costs. To address this, we'll seek to understand the key components of cloud computing as a resource for cloud server pricing guide and explore computing resources. After that, consideration shall also be given to data transfer costs, network bandwidth, and latency.

Unveiling SharePoint

In the realm of enterprise solutions, Microsoft SharePoint has emerged as a cornerstone for fostering collaboration and managing content. Originating back in 2001, SharePoint has meticulously evolved, aligning itself with the changing dynamics of the corporate world. Today, it stands as a robust platform enabling organizations to create, manage, and share content in a highly secure environment.

Regulating hyperscalers: How the CMA investigation could alter cloud computing

In 2022, Ofcom, a UK regulator, began its market study into the cloud industry to investigate the dominance that hyperscalers, especially AWS and Microsoft, hold over the industry and the limits this creates for customers. This investigation follows concerns surrounding customers feeling “locked in” to a single provider, potentially leading to inflated prices in the market¹.

Simplifying Azure for business and support users

Due to Azure's technical complexity, support and business users often face challenges in using the Azure portal. Serverless360 steps in to mitigate these challenges by providing a user-friendly experience for both IT operations and support users, bridging the common challenges in managing Azure-based solutions. In this video by Michael Stephenson, he contrasts the operational and business process views offered by Serverless360 with Azure Portal's deployment-focused perspective.

Monitor Azure Resource Events with LogicMonitor Logs

The integration of Azure’s event-driven model with LogicMonitor’s monitoring capabilities offers businesses a robust solution for real-time IT infrastructure monitoring. LogicMonitor’s cloud-based platform provides a comprehensive overview of an organization’s IT infrastructure, both on cloud and on-prem.

Office 365 Services Overview

Microsoft Office 365, often simply referred to as Office 365, represents a significant shift in the way we approach work in a digital environment. It’s a subscription service that ensures you always have the most up-to-date modern productivity tools from Microsoft. This suite of services and applications goes beyond the traditional software suite to offer a wide range of tools and solutions to modern-day challenges faced by organizations and individuals alike.