SCOM resource pools to gain high availability for remote monitoring
Speaker: Merijn Overgaauw | Product Architect & Developer
Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud
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SCOMathon 2020 Can virtual events actually be better than face-to-face ones?
The short answer is “yes they can” but let me elaborate. In 2009 I joined the team behind Mobile World Congress, an event brand that hosts over 100k attendees in Barcelona, 75k in Shanghai and 22k in Los Angeles. I spent the next 9 years with the GSM Association, owner of Mobile World Congress, and Global Expansion Summit organizing over 50 large scale events across all 5 continents.
SCOMathon 2020 - A big thank you
To our SCOM Community – thank you for making the first worldwide virtual SCOM event such a huge success! As co-hosts of SCOMathon 2020 that took place last week, we are happy to have provided a platform for the SCOM community to get together, learn and connect.
Future proof your VMware monitoring in SCOM
VMware vSphere 7, the new generation of vSphere was released in April 2020. This major new release brings a massive improvement in the work experience of vSphere administrators. If you work with VMware you probably noticed many exciting new features released in vSphere 7. Many of them are a bit out-of-scope for this blog post as we will primarily focus on monitoring. If you want to learn all about the latest VMware vSphere 7 release, I recommend checking out their blog.
Aggregating and Visualizing Data with Kusto
Got the basics down and ready to move on to more advanced aspects of Kusto? You’ve come to the right place! Here you will learn how to use aggregation functions, visualize query results and put your data into context. If you’re just getting started with Kusto, check out our ‘Jumpstart Guide to Kusto’ before starting on this one. Let’s get into it!
#ITConnections - Organizing Data from SCOM into Actionable Reports that Add Business Value
SCOM Reporting is often neglected due to lack of time, knowledge or awareness. SCOM is a feature-rich system, and navigating through these details to produce meaningful reports can be discouraging at times, especially when reports turn out empty. With many stakeholders in the company requesting frequent reports, to know basic metrics about the servers for capacity management, SCOM reporting is not something that can be ignored. Get the most actionable data out of your SCOM reporting with these best practices.
6 steps we took to regain control of our Azure spend at SquaredUp
In this write-up of our special webinar, we'll give you an insider’s look into how we took control of our Azure costs, and how you can do the same. We’ll take you through how we identified the problems and implemented lasting solutions to keep things under control. You’ll get to hear from our key stakeholders involved - Finance, Management, IT, Engineering.
Send SCOM Alerts to Slack
Looking to get some traction for urgent alerts? If you’ve got fifteen minutes to follow the below steps you can setup an Alert Subscription that sends alerts directly to Slack.
Azure Dashboards: SquaredUp vs. Azure Portal (Part 3 - Cost Management)
Previously on this Azure dashboards series, we covered making dashboards natively in the Azure portal vs. SquaredUp for Azure for VMInsights and AppInsights. In this third and final part we will be comparing our dashboard experiences when it comes to cloud cost management and visualization. We’ve already talked about the resource-level cost dashboards in the previous parts, our main goal in this one is to display costs on the subscription level. Alright, let’s jump straight into it!
Identify, Reconcile & Rock the Multi-Source CMDB: From Nathan Foreman, Solutions Architect - Cookdown
Nathan Foreman, our solutions superstar here at Cookdown, shares his knowledge on how to successfully blend data sources to create a beautifully populated CMDB, as well as tips on how to customise and maintain data quality. Nathan talked us through the process of using ServiceNow’s out of the box Identification and Reconciliation Engine (IRE) to ensure a smooth integration of a multi-source CMDB.