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Replay messages in Azure Service Bus dead-letter queue

When working and dealing with asynchronous messaging patterns – in this case, using Azure Service Bus – depending on the requirements, you will find many scenarios when you need to reprocess messages. Sometimes, a message failed because a system was offline for a certain period, there was a bug with the service, and we needed to resend specific messages and many other reasons.

Harnessing PowerShell to Optimize SharePoint Online Management

In the realm of collaborative digital environments, SharePoint Online emerges as a quintessential platform fostering seamless interactions, data sharing, and project coordination among teams. As part of the Microsoft 365 suite, it encapsulates a rich array of features tailored to meet the diversified needs of modern organizations.

5 Reasons Why You Should Migrate to the Cloud in 2023

Even though cloud migration is rapidly increasing globally, larger enterprises may hesitate to adopt this technology. This is typically the result of imagined obstacles like possible dangers, complex migrations, or a deficiency of specialized knowledge. Organizations that choose not to go to the cloud, however, run the risk of suffering a far more significant cost for their inaction. This article outlines the top five arguments for moving your company toward cloud computing and overcoming reluctance.

Lessons Learned from a Digital Transformation in the Finance Industry

In May 2023, Thomas Kronawitter, Head of Data-Driven Applications & Services at Grenke AG, joined Redgate CPO David Gummer at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit to provide insights and advice based on his own digital transformation journey in financial services. This post highlights the key take-aways from David’s conversation with Thomas, including the strategies, challenges, and successes that shaped Grenke’s experience.

Migrating from Travis to Github Actions

For CFEngine we manage several public and private repositories of code in GitHub for our Open Source and Enterprise products. In order to ensure quality we run many checks on the code both with nightly builds as well as on each pull request. We use a Jenkins server for nightlies which also includes more extensive deployment tests on all of the platforms we support. Previously we had used Travis for many of these checks but that system started to show its age and limitations.

Plan new architectures and track your cloud footprint with Cloudcraft by Datadog

In a rapidly expanding, highly distributed cloud infrastructure environment, it can be difficult to make decisions about the design and management of cloud architectures. That’s because it’s hard for a single observer to see the full scope when their organization owns thousands of cloud resources distributed across hundreds of accounts. You need broad, complete visibility in order to find underutilized resources and other forms of bloat.