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Microsoft is retiring Office 365 connectors, but there is now a new and easier way to send Redgate Monitor alert notifications to Teams, ready-formatted. Microsoft is retiring Microsoft 365 (Office 365) connectors on 31 March 2026. After that date, any Redgate Monitor alert notifications configured through the old connector method will stop appearing in Teams. From Redgate Monitor 14.1.0, there’s now a new and much simpler way to do it.

Editor’s note: This blog originally published in May 2025 when Azure Monitor dashboards with Grafana became available in public preview. It was updated in November 2025 to reflect general availability. The Grafanaverse just got a little bit bigger.

Our logs can tell us so much about the state of our systems, but they can also be a bit overwhelming. Yes, Grafana Loki—and, by extension, Grafana Cloud Logs, which is powered by Loki—reimagined the way log aggregation systems could meet modern engineering demands, but logs, by their very nature, are still voluminous.

Harness Database DevOps has added Flyway support alongside Liquibase, offering teams a choice between structured changelogs and SQL-first migration scripts. This multi-engine approach ensures developers can use their preferred tool while benefiting from centralized governance, automated safety features, and a unified pipeline for all database changes. The goal is to make database delivery safer, more automated, and flexible across the enterprise.

Master HIPAA compliance on Azure. Understand the Shared Responsibility Model, the critical role of the BAA, and how to configure Access Control, Encryption, and Networking. See how Qovery automates security controls for continuous compliance.

The rise of large language models (LLMs) and agentic applications promises to transform enterprise workflows. Yet, the core challenge remains: How do we ensure these powerful agents generate accurate, relevant, and trustworthy responses based on proprietary enterprise data rather than relying solely on their generic training knowledge? The answer lies in grounding — connecting the LLM to verified, trusted, and up-to-date information.

For decades now, search engine optimization (SEO) has been viewed as a “cheat code” channel – a method for businesses of any size or budget to achieve organic growth and scale against larger competitors. Industry research over the past two years has valued the SEO industry itself at over $150 billion, and projected to grow by an additional 20% by 2030, as there are thousands of case studies evidencing the value of investing in SEO as a growth channel.

Building automated workflows that adapt to real-world complexity can be a challenge. As systems scale and scenarios multiply, teams often end up hardcoding endless logic branches just to handle every potential outcome. That’s why we’re introducing Datadog Agent Builder, a powerful new tool that lets you create custom AI agents that are fully hosted by Datadog.

Over the past three decades, Ruby has assumed a pivotal role in the modern web stack and become a fixture in the tool kits of countless DevOps and platform teams. Today, it is a driving force in contemporary application development, testing, automation, and CI/CD. For this blog post, we used data from our always-on continuous profiling of more than 3,000 real-world services from hundreds of organizations to track trends in Ruby usage and performance.