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How to set up synthetic monitoring at scale with Grafana Cloud

While unit testing and integration testing can give you insight into the individual functionalities of an application, “at times you need some sort of monitoring or testing mechanism which also simulates a user’s behavior to test how the application would work or look to an actual user in the world,” says Grofers Software Development Engineer Yashvardhan Kukreja. That’s where synthetic monitoring comes in.

Managing Microsoft 365? See What You're Missing

If a customer has an issue with any part of Microsoft 365, MSPs just don’t have the native visibility to identify the root cause, let alone respond to and remediate the problem. Most of the time, it’s little more than checking Microsoft’s Service Health status to see if Microsoft knows it’s having a problem.

Should Intune Be Part of Your Tech Stack? Time to Make a Choice

We’ve seen a number of MSPs hesitant to dive into using Microsoft Intune for their customers. One reason for this is that it may require them to encourage customers toward Microsoft 365 Business Premium, which, at an additional cost per seat, may seem like a tall order for a client for a 30-person team. It’s also a new discipline for many technicians, and often requires they find time to hone their skills while tackling existing tickets throughout a normal day.

What is Website Monitoring?

Website Monitoring is a broad phrase used to describe the way web teams measure website reliability, performance and security. In today’s increasingly fast-paced world, website monitoring is becoming much more than that. Businesses have been driven online by socio-economic issues like reductions in retail footfall and, most recently, the Covid-19 pandemic. Websites are critical.