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Observe Your Google Cloud Infrastructure | Demo: New Grafana Cloud Application | Grafana Labs

Want to monitor your Google Cloud infrastructure more effectively? Join Vasil Kaftandzhiev as he introduces Grafana Cloud’s new application designed specifically for Google Cloud observability. In this video, you'll discover how to: Optimize and troubleshoot your Google Cloud services Leverage out-of-the-box dashboards with key metrics and thresholds Set up comprehensive alerting for real-time incident response Streamline log management with an all-in-one logs view for faster root cause analysis Configure logs and metrics effortlessly using Grafana Alloy.

How to visualize user journeys with Site24x7 to spot opportunities to improve the UX

Before judging anyone, walk a mile in their shoes. This is a great idiom that emphasizes the importance of experiencing what your customers experience when you offer a service. With empathy, IT product owners can ensure that their operations take into account user journeys to be responsive and responsible.

Why observability needs FinOps, and vice versa: the Vantage integration with Grafana Cloud

Ben Schaechter is co-founder & CEO of Vantage, a cloud cost management platform that provides actionable insights for every engineer. Observability tools have changed the way we monitor infrastructure and applications, as teams get complete visibility into performance across complex, multi-cloud environments. But as all that infrastructure scales, costs rise with it, and organizations are left to ask: Where are my costs going—and why?

Getting started with PowerShell dashboards

SquaredUp is a flexible dashboard and analytics platform that makes it really easy to turn your PowerShell scripts into dashboards that you can use for monitoring or sharing. In this article we’ll take a look at getting started with the PowerShell plugin for SquaredUp and build our first dashboard. Sign up for a free account if you’d like to follow along.

How to visualize CSV data with Grafana

While CSV data is often associated with popular spreadsheet apps like Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel, Grafana offers a number of capabilities to quickly visualize and analyze data stored in a CSV format. In this post, we’ll walk through an example of how to use Grafana to visualize any CSV file from anywhere on the web. More specifically, we will: Moving forward, you can also apply these steps to build any kind of dashboard within Grafana.

Getting Started with M365 dashboards

SquaredUp is a flexible dashboard and analytics platform that makes it really easy to dashboard your M365 and Intune usage and analytics. You can then use it for monitoring or sharing! In this article we’ll take a look at getting started with the M365 plugin for SquaredUp and building our first dashboard. Sign up for a free account if you’d like to follow along.

SLOs: a guide to setting and benefiting from service level objectives

If you’re running a technology-driven business, reliability isn’t optional—it’s essential. But how do you balance speed and innovation with a level of reliability that satisfies your customers? That’s where service level objectives (SLOs) come in. SLOs offer a framework for defining and achieving reliability goals, aligning technical efforts with user needs, and driving meaningful outcomes for your business.

How to Set Up Actually Useful SLOs | Introduction to SLOs | Grafana Labs

Service Level Objectives (SLOs) should be more than just numbers on a dashboard—they should help your team deliver real value to your users. In this video, Jake Swiss from Grafana Labs walks you through three simple steps to create SLOs that align with business goals and drive better decision-making. Step 1: Understand What Really Matters – Align SLOs with customer expectations Step 2: Define Clear, Measurable Targets – Use RED metrics (Rate, Errors, Duration) to track meaningful performance Step 3: Continuously Iterate & Fine-Tune – Adjust SLOs based on historical data and team feedback.