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Solving Common System Center Orchestrator Problems

Sometimes, when building Runbooks in Orchestrator, it can feel like you’ve hit a dead end with no way to achieve the functionality or automation you require. For newer users, Orchestrator can be daunting because it is a completely blank canvas; there are no sample runbooks included or out-of-the-box automations. In addition, with a shift in focus to cloud automation, there is limited guidance and ‘how to’ advice available to help users.

Git leaks, FTW

Stop committing code without automatically scanning for secrets. This tip walks you through git leaks, a useful little utility in every dev's toolbelt. Give Sleuth a try and see how we give teams actionable insights on how to improve with no-code automations to instantly ship improvements, and metrics to measure their impact — all in a way that both managers and developers love.

Azure Service Bus Monitoring and Alerting

Microsoft Azure offers a cloud-based messaging service called Azure Service Bus. The goal is to streamline communication between disparate components or applications, regardless of whether they are distributed across multiple environments and locations or operating on the same Azure platform. With Azure Service Bus, you can develop distributed systems that are scalable, reliable, and decoupled.

Event Hubs Kafka and event streaming at high speed - Kasun Indrasiri and Steve Gennard

Microsoft's Kasun Indrasiri and Steve Gennard from the London Stock Exchange break down the world of Event Hubs in this session titled "Event Hubs - Kafka and event streaming at high-speed". Learn about the importance of streaming events in real-time and how Azure Event Hubs makes it easy to work with Kafka. They also introduce new tools and updates, such as the Data Generator preview. Plus, find out about the latest upgrades that make Event Hubs faster and more efficient.

Software Development Life Cycle: Day 1 Best Practices

Welcome to Day 1 of the software development life cycle — what now? We’ve already covered Day 0 server provisioning, and you should be ready to start writing code that will support your DevOps initiatives and make your life easier …or are you? Put some of our wisdom and experience at work for Day 1 of the software life cycle, and make sure you’re fully prepared to handle common pitfalls and problems that can become ongoing issues for Day 2.

5 AWS Tagging Challenges - And How CloudZero Solves Them

As an AWS user, you know how important it is that your organization understands what you’re spending and why. AWS is a tremendously powerful resource, and when you have complete visibility into the cost efficiency of your AWS environment, you can use it to remove many of the scaling obstacles that companies faced in the past.

ITIM and the Public Sector: How Network Monitoring Rises to the Challenge

Government agencies and public sector organizations are a tantalizing hacker target. Cybercriminals go after public sector organizations because they hold confidential, often classified, information – the exact data state-sponsored and other criminal groups salivate over. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, along with the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or CERT, have warned public sector IT of key threats.

Formalize your organization's best practices with custom Scorecards in Datadog

The Datadog Service Catalog is a centralized hub of information around the performance, reliability, security, efficiency, and ownership of your distributed services. By using the Service Catalog, teams can eliminate knowledge silos and realize seamless DevSecOps workflows.