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Azure management is a very dynamic yet competitive industry whereby differentiation may sometimes remain a challenge. Every Managed Service Provider (MSP) and IT consultancy is working hard to showcase their Azure expertise. At Turbo360, our partners view our product as being a core piece of their cloud operating model.

This cheat sheet provides practical guidance for diagnosing issues and understanding trends.

Get a quick overview of Day 1 at PromCon 2024, which featured significant announcements on Prometheus 3.0 and OpenTelemetry compatibility.

Cloud migration–often also referred to as digital transformation or cloud modernization–is a critical process organizations undertake to enhance their IT infrastructure. Whether moving from traditional data centers to the public cloud (“lift and shift”) or transitioning from public cloud VMs to PaaS services (“refactoring”), cloud migration presents a set of common challenges that can impact project success.

Measuring progress in software development is hard. Our industry is defined by complexity, entropy, shifting deadlines and priorities, and customer expectations that evolve almost as quickly as the technology that we use every day. The nature of this environment means that we need to apply continuous feedback loops, robust frameworks and structured approaches to do good work.

As your startup grows, infrastructure and deployment get more complex, raising a key question: “Do we need a DevOps engineer?” While automation tools can handle many tasks early on, there comes a point when manual intervention becomes necessary to scale efficiently and securely. This guide will help you assess when it’s time to hire your first DevOps engineer, the key responsibilities they bring, and alternatives that can delay the need for a full-time hire.

AWS Auto scaling Auto scaling is a powerful feature that allows your cloud infrastructure to dynamically adjust capacity based on demand, optimizing both performance and cost. However, to truly harness the power of Auto Scaling groups in AWS, you need to move beyond basic setup and dive into fine-tuning with advanced monitoring. This blog will guide you through advanced strategies for optimizing your AWS auto scaling using enhanced monitoring functionalities.

In today’s interconnected business world, external collaboration is essential. SharePoint Online provides the flexibility to share documents with external partners, clients, and vendors, but this can also expose organizations to data security risks. Securing external sharing while ensuring smooth collaboration is key to maintaining trust and protecting sensitive information. Here’s how you can achieve that balance.