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Azure Monitoring Agent: Key Features & Benefits

Aug 13, 2023 By Squadcast Community In Squadcast

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses increasingly rely on cloud computing and infrastructure to support their operations. As organizations migrate their workloads to the cloud, robust monitoring and management tools are paramount to ensure optimal performance, security, and efficiency. In response to this demand, Microsoft Azure has introduced the Azure Monitoring Agent (AMA), a powerful and versatile solution designed to enhance the monitoring capabilities of Azure resources.

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Create PromQL alerts in Cloud Monitoring now in Public Preview

Aug 11, 2023 By Kyle Benson In Google Operations

You can now create globally scoped alerting policies based on PromQL queries alongside yourtheir Cloud Monitoring metrics and dashboards.

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5 Best FinOps Tools Companies Should Consider In 2023

Aug 10, 2023 By CloudZero In CloudZero

Cloud financial management has become an increasingly sophisticated business function over the past few years, far beyond what many cloud stakeholders anticipated. As a result, many companies are unable to monitor and allocate cloud costs accurately. In 2022, Gartner estimates companies will waste as much as 30% of their cloud budgets due to this problem. A more holistic approach to cloud cost management is necessary to reduce waste and optimize cloud spending.

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The Essential AzCopy Cheat Sheet

Aug 10, 2023 By Mark In SmiKar Software

AzCopy is a command-line utility designed for copying data to and from Microsoft Azure Blob and File storage. It allows for efficient data transfer, ensuring the integrity of the files and offering a seamless process. In a world where data is considered a valuable asset, AzCopy stands out as a vital tool for data administrators, developers, and Azure users.

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How to monitor Azure App Registration Client Secret Expiration Notification?

Aug 10, 2023 By Ranjith Eswaran In Turbo360

Security remains a paramount concern in the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud computing. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is a cornerstone for securing applications and services within the Azure ecosystem. Azure App Registrations offer a crucial mechanism to manage application identities and enable secure authentication and authorization. However, the expiration of client secrets associated with these app registrations can introduce security vulnerabilities.

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Debuggers Guide to the Galaxy - Promo Video

Aug 10, 2023 By Lumigo In Lumigo

Grab your digital towel and embark on an intergalactic coding adventure with 'The Debuggers Guide to the Galaxy,' hosted by the serverless sage Yan Cui and the code-wielding DeveloperSteve. In a universe where devops are as perplexing as Vogon poetry and deployment seems guided by Infinite Improbability Drives, our hosts will guide you through the cosmic chaos. With introductions that defy normal spacetime and a dart container debugging session (using dartfrog) that's almost, but not quite, entirely out of this world.

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Improved cost visibility and 60 percent price drop for Managed Service for Prometheus

Aug 9, 2023 By Lee Yanco In Google Operations

We’ve dropped pricing for samples ingested into Managed Service for Prometheus by 60%, and improved our metrics management interface.

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AzCopy and Azure File Sync: How They Work Together

Aug 9, 2023 By Mark In SmiKar Software

In the ever-expanding landscape of Azure data management, two powerful tools emerge as essential assets for tech professionals: AzCopy and Azure File Sync. While each has its unique capabilities, together they create an intricate symphony that enhances data transfer and synchronization within Azure. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll unravel the functionalities of both, explore their common use cases, delve into their integration processes, and weigh their benefits and drawbacks.

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How to optimize your high-performance computing workloads

Aug 9, 2023 By Ido Buchnik In Spot

One contributor to successful research is the ability to process and analyze enormous amounts of data. The speed of accessing information and performing computations is crucial to research institutions and organizations looking to innovate and lead in their domain. Yet to process and analyze all that data, researchers need high-performance computing resources that can handle these workloads.

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AWS Data Centers Today: 100+ Locations, 1.5 Million Servers, and More

Aug 9, 2023 By CloudZero Team In CloudZero

In 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) pioneered cloud computing as we know it today. And with about 34% of the market share, Amazon Web Services remains the largest cloud infrastructure provider today, followed by Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). AWS is a Cloud Service Provider (CSP). That means AWS builds, maintains, and continually improves multiple data centers worldwide and then rents the computing infrastructure out to other companies as needed, over the Internet.

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