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This blog series on Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is designed to help you gain a good working knowledge of what Active Directory (AD) is. Each successive blog sheds light on some aspects of AD. All blogs are curated to include the right mix of AD theoretical basics along with some valuable hands-on exercises. Through the earlier parts of the blog series, it has become clear that AD DS installed in a Windows environment opens up a host of benefits to organizations.

The Java Collections Framework was a huge leap forward when it was introduced as part of Java 2 (JDK 1.2). Thanks to the included collection classes we finally moved beyond the limits of Vector and Hashtable to more mature and generic solutions. With the introduction of streams and functional concepts in Java 8 the framework took everything to the next level. One of the core principles underlying the framework is coding to the interface.

Today’s organizations are adapting office spaces and technology to meet the needs of a hybrid workforce. Microsoft is leading the way, bridging the gap between people working remotely and those in the office with the Microsoft Teams Meeting Room solution that allows everyone to be seen, heard, and fully participate from anywhere.

Not everyone knows that for quite some time now, as part of our website, we have been providing free tools designed for anyone who runs and promotes their own website. No matter if it’s a blog, a company website, an online shop or a SaaS application – everyone will find something useful here. Over the years we have gathered more than 10 tools, so we decided to remind you about them – or inform you if you don’t know them yet.

The recent release of Grafana 8.5 marks the start of enabling the jump from traces directly to Splunk logs. It’s a big leap that now allows you to draw a straight line between your traces — whether they are coming from Tempo, Zipkin, or Jaeger — to even more third-party logging data, all from the comfort of your traces view. Previously, the Grafana trace to logs enablement included only Loki logs.

Monitoring as code (MaC) is a shift in thinking that is now being increasingly adopted in software development. Knowing the significance of MaC and incorporating monitoring in the development process early on brings a great number of benefits for DevOps teams.