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Virtual Customer Workshop 2023

Last week, we were very excited to host our first ever SquaredUp Virtual Customer Workshop! We’d received so much positive feedback on the intimate in-person workshop we ran in the UK last month that we wanted to extend the invitation worldwide – by recreating the experience virtually. Using the digital conferencing app Gather Town, we were pleased to welcome 23 SquaredUp customers from 12 countries to our virtual “SquaredUp Town”.

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Unveiling Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance

In the ever-evolving landscape of IT operations, the introduction of Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance (SCOM MI) stands as a testament to Microsoft's commitment to providing advanced monitoring solutions. This article is a comprehensive exploration of SCOM MI, its journey to General Availability (GA), anticipated features, the seamless integration of NiCE Management Packs, and the positive impact it promises on the world of IT operations.

NiCE VMware Management Pack 5.7

In the dynamic realm of virtualization management, the latest release of the NiCE VMware Management Pack is bringing new, much-desired monitoring features to the SCOM admin table. Packed with a slew of powerful features and enhancements, this release promises to enhance the monitoring capabilities for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) and Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance.

Microsoft Ignite 2023: Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance now available

Today, at Microsoft Ignite, the release of Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance (SCOM MI) was announced. In recent years, the IT industry has increasingly gravitated towards cloud-based solutions. Microsoft, as a leader of innovation, has been at the forefront of this shift, by consistently developing the best possible cloud alternatives for their products.

Dashboarding Azure Monitor SCOM MI in SquaredUp

Big news! Microsoft have just dropped Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance (SCOM MI), their cloud-based alternative to SCOM. It’s fully Microsoft managed, and so it promises to take the headache out of deploying, scaling, and managing your SCOM Management Groups. Read Microsoft’s announcement blog to learn all about it.

Introducing the Notification API

You'll often hear us saying "everyone loves a dashboard", and that's most certainly true, but nobody loves staring at a screen all day waiting for something to happen. Real magic is when your awesome dashboard comes to you, where you need it, when you need it. Over the last few months we've introduced a bunch of powerful features to make "taking action" as simple as possible... Monitors let you define the health of your data so you can see at a glance if something isn't right.

Solving Common System Center Orchestrator Problems

Sometimes, when building Runbooks in Orchestrator, it can feel like you’ve hit a dead end with no way to achieve the functionality or automation you require. For newer users, Orchestrator can be daunting because it is a completely blank canvas; there are no sample runbooks included or out-of-the-box automations. In addition, with a shift in focus to cloud automation, there is limited guidance and ‘how to’ advice available to help users.

SCOM meets ServiceNow with the Opslogix ServiceNow Incident Connector

With the Opslogix ServiceNow Incident Connector for SCOM, you get a bi-directional data sync between SCOM Alerts and ServiceNow Incidents and Tickets Most organizations rely on a number of different tools to keep their operations running smoothly. Getting these tools to integrate seamlessly with each other is an essential factor in streamlining your operations, but sometimes, additional connectors might be needed in order to do so optimally.