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Azure Service Principals: The Ultimate Guide

Azure Service Principals are a crucial aspect of managing your Azure resources. They provide a secure and efficient way to manage your resources, without the need for human intervention. In this article, we will explore what Azure Service Principals are, how they work, and why they are important. As you may already know, Azure is a cloud computing platform that allows you to host, deploy and manage your applications and services.

Identify unused, costly metrics with Cardinality Management dashboards in Grafana Cloud

Organizations are dealing with an explosion of metric data as they shift to cloud native architectures and adopt tools like Prometheus and Kubernetes. This in turn can lead to surges in spending on observability metrics. So while teams want a way to scale out metrics adoption to improve their observability — and thus, improve system performance and reliability — they also need to be mindful of skyrocketing costs that could scuttle those efforts before showing meaningful results.

Monitor your Roku channels with Datadog RUM

Roku is a popular streaming platform that allows users to access a wide variety of TV shows, movies, and other types of online video content. With its easy-to-use interface and affordable hardware, Roku has become one of the most popular streaming platforms in the world. At the end of 2022, Roku reported having over 70 million active users, with content available through 350+ channels.

Challenges of observing Kubernetes: Understanding a complex and dynamic system

As technology evolves in the enterprise, oftentimes the processes and tools used to manage it must also evolve. The increased adoption of Kubernetes has become a major inflection point for those of us in the monitoring and management side of the IT operations world. What has worked for decades (traditional infrastructure monitoring) has to be adjusted to the complexity and ephemeral nature of modern distributed systems where Kubernetes has a prime role.

Defined and Explained: IT Infrastructure Monitoring

Modern IT environments and networks are more complicated and distributed than ever before, spanning public clouds, private clouds, edge locations and on-premise data centers. What once worked well—manual or simple monitoring tools—can no longer ensure end-to-end visibility within complex networks. How can you monitor what you can’t see? Fortunately, you now have access to a new generation of monitoring tools designed for the hybrid network.

Mind Your MANRS: A Safer Internet Through Secure Global Routing

We access most of the applications we use today over the internet, which means securing global routing matters to all of us. Surprisingly, the most common method is through trust relationships. MANRS, or the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security, is an initiative to secure internet routing through a community of network practitioners to facilitate open communication, accountability, and the sharing of information.

A Guide to Working with the Dateutil Module in Python

Python is a highly versatile language. From software engineering to machine learning and data analysis, it’s everywhere. As a multipurpose scripting and programming language, it’s often utilized for manipulating and working with data. So, when you’re working with Python, whether you’re analyzing data or writing scripts, you’re likely to encounter dates and time stamps.

A Systematic Approach to Collaboration and Contributing to the Lattice Design System

The Honeycomb design team began work on Lattice in early 2021. Over several months, we worked to clean up and optimize typography, color, spacing, and many other product experience areas. We conducted an extensive audit of all components, documenting design inconsistencies and laying the foundation for a sustainable design system. However, a more extensive evaluation and audit were necessary before updating or developing components.

The Advantages of NFC Tags for Office Asset Management

Introduction: Office asset management is a crucial part of running any successful business. Managing assets such as computers, printers, and other office equipment can be a daunting task, especially in larger organizations. However, advances in technology have made office asset management much easier and more efficient, and one such technology is NFC tags. NFC tags have gained popularity in recent years for their ease of use and versatility.