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As more companies continue to rely on SaaS and cloud applications to run their businesses, it becomes important for them to ensure their network infrastructures can withstand the demand, and that they’re able to offer their services quickly and reliably. Continuous network monitoring can help you ensure that your network is always performing at its highest level. So, we’re running you through exactly how to measure network performance, and what network metrics you should be looking at.

At the end of March 2021, Microsoft released Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) for General Availability. Built upon Azure Monitor Workbooks to give insights into the Windows Virtual Desktop environment, including: Connection Diagnostics, Connection Performance, Host Diagnostics, Host Performance, Utilizations, Users, Clients and Alerts.

Operating in today’s digital economy often involves dealing with an extensive network of third-party providers and partners. Common types of partner networks include affiliates, vendors, suppliers, marketing platforms, and payment gateway providers. Partner networks involve tracking and analyzing data from multiple providers, each of which creates thousands of metrics and billions of events each day.

Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) networks are inherently agile and able to adapt to demand spikes. This significant characteristic was most recently demonstrated by their success in handling pandemic-induced traffic surges.