IT Monitoring News | September '25 Edition
Latest updates, insights, events, and more regarding Microsoft SCOM, SCOM MI, and Azure Monitor.
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The latest News and Information on Service Center Operations Manager and related technologies.
Getting started with Jira dashboards
Jira is an industry favorite when it comes to managing software projects, yet its native dashboards can sometimes leave teams wanting more insight. The default views give a general update, but often lack the connection to the day-to-day activity happening in other parts of your workflow. As organizations use a wide mix of modern tools – from code repositories and cloud services to spreadsheets and reporting apps, it’s easy for critical details to get scattered or overlooked.
Upcoming Webinar: Discover the New NiCE VMware vSphere Management Pack 6.1
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Atlassian Bitbucket Monitoring on Microsoft SCOM
As part of a customer project, we developed a custom Bitbucket Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). This tailored solution enables IT operations teams to monitor key performance and health metrics of Bitbucket environments, ensuring planning and bug-tracking platforms remain available and performant. With this Use Case paper, we aim to share our knowledge with the SCOM community, highlighting the possibilities of advanced monitoring on Microsoft SCOM and helping teams improve their day-to-day tasks.
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The first rule of DORA Metrics...
DORA Metrics are widely regarded as the gold standard for measuring the performance of software development teams. The metrics themselves though are generic, high-level pointers – they are not an instruction manual. Adopting the DORA approach is the first step down the path to continuous improvement. The next steps are deciding how the measures should be defined in the context of your own organisations processes and then figuring out how to retrieve (and present) the relevant data.
Jira plugin spotlight
Native reporting Jira is limited. Learn how you can surface and make the most of your Jira data with SquaredUp's intuitive dashboards.
Ensure Microsoft 365 Works
Currently, you’ll hear a lot about Copilot, Microsoft 365 security, and modern workplace innovation. But here’s the question: Who’s making sure it all actually works, every day, without interruption?
How to create Jira work items from SquaredUp alerts
A step-by-step walkthrough on how to create a Jira work item from SquaredUp alerts.
Migrating to Citrix Cloud Without Breaking the Business
Not every migration is about rushing to the cloud. More often, it’s about timing, precision, and ensuring that end-users remain unaware of any underlying change. The goal isn’t just to modernize. It’s to do so without disrupting what’s already working. One of our customers, a global feed company with over 1,000 daily Citrix users, reached out to us for guidance.