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Container management tools must overcome limitations

As container adoption surges, the management tools organizations need to support these deployments at scale are still in their infancy.

By Paul Korzeniowski • March 13, 2019

Understanding the three main goals of PowerShell Core 6

The book 'Learn PowerShell Core 6.0' offers a closer look into the history of PowerShell and its evolution into the PowerShell Core open source project.

By Kristen Gloss • March 13, 2019

Assess the micro VM market with AWS Firecracker

Consider the benefits of AWS Firecracker as it compares to other micro VMs and system containers, but be wary of its limitations before installing this virtualization technology.

By Adam Bertram • March 13, 2019

March Patch Tuesday shuts down two zero-day exploits

In addition to the March Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft's attempts at improving performance following Spectre variant 2 patches backfire for some users on Windows 10.

By Kristen Gloss • March 13, 2019

Lessons learned during a migration to Exchange Online

There are a number of perks for administrators who move to Exchange Online, but there are spots of frustration that will require a few workarounds to ease the transition process.

By Adam Fowler • March 12, 2019

Get familiar with these SLA maintenance tips

The basics of SLA management come at the intersection of business goals and the reality of possibility. IT teams must learn how to strike a balance between specific and conditional promises.

By Clive Longbottom • March 11, 2019

Release automation tools link legacy, modern app management

Release automation tools will evolve in 2019 to embrace advanced application development and infrastructure automation techniques.

By Beth Pariseau • March 8, 2019

Accenture acquisition highlights recent IT services M&A

The acquisition of a consulting company is expanding Accenture Industry X.0, while SADA Systems and Wipro are seeking greater focus in divestitures; more news from the week.

By John Moore and Spencer Smith • March 8, 2019

GitOps provides an answer for complicated IT deployments

Version control isn't a new concept in IT, but ops pros are applying it to distributed environments for declarative configuration management.

By Tom Nolle • March 8, 2019

What Windows Server 2019 SDN features should I know about?

Administrators in highly virtualized environments can tap into enhanced Windows Server 2019 SDN functionality to run Hyper-V VMs more efficiently.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 7, 2019

What features make up Windows Server 2019 cluster sets?

Windows Server 2019 takes clustering to a new level with the cluster sets feature that wraps another layer of high availability around critical VMs.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 7, 2019

How to configure Windows container networking

The default network setting for Windows containers is Network Address Translation, but you can also set up a transparent Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol or non-DHCP network.

By Nirmal Sharma • March 6, 2019

Steps to safely build and manage a preproduction environment

A well-run testing lab is a true asset to developers. An uncontrolled one, on the other hand, is a massive liability that can cost dearly. Plan lab builds along these guidelines.

By Stuart Burns • March 6, 2019

Container security tools turn heads with expansion to hosts

Vendors that sell container security tools now face off against traditional security tool providers, as both vie for the attention of IT pros who look to fortify their cloud-native infrastructure.

By Beth Pariseau • March 5, 2019

How to measure IT performance, step by step

While IT performance measurement can be a tedious challenge, done correctly, this process provides essential analysis and assessments. Learn how to optimize these reviews.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 4, 2019

Sensu architecture smoothes monitoring data workflow for NCR

Sensu Go's architecture and monitoring as code prompted NCR to switch away from Zabbix and pass on SolarWinds, as it sought to collect data from 80,000 restaurant customers.

By Beth Pariseau • Feb. 28, 2019

Istio security drives Auto Trader UK move to GKE

The U.K.'s largest online automotive marketplace put Istio security features in place before it adopted containers and GKE, rather than the other way around.

By Beth Pariseau • Feb. 28, 2019

ICYMI: How IT monitoring systems take on modern challenges

Don't lose track of IT monitoring as you come to grips with containers and AI advantages. These articles gear up IT and cloud admins to refine processes and improve efficiency.

By Emily Mell • Feb. 28, 2019

Grasp these basic Salt configuration management concepts

Not sure how Salt conveys configuration instructions to systems? Wonder if your programming skills will carry over to the tool? Use these best practices and tips to assess Salt.

By Kristin Knapp • Feb. 28, 2019

Compare the pros and cons of container management tools

From the ever-popular to the obscure, evaluate different container management options based on the user interface, documentation, ease of use, available features and integrations.

By Brien Posey • Feb. 28, 2019

IT pros must adapt to Azure certification path changes

Microsoft reworked its Azure certifications recently and offers an upgrade path for IT pros with older credentials, but there is little time before the transition tests expire.

By Kristen Gloss • Feb. 27, 2019

Let an IT and application monitoring strategy drive tool choices

A monitoring tool that simply gets the job done isn't always the best option for IT ops teams. Use metrics and staff feedback to determine if it's time for a change.

By Brian Kirsch • Feb. 27, 2019

What container management software features are important?

Because containers are easy to spin up, the infrastructure can quickly get out of hand. A tool that simplifies container management can help, if it provides certain capabilities.

By Brien Posey • Feb. 27, 2019

Set up users with key PowerShell Active Directory commands

User management in Active Directory doesn't have to fill you with click-induced anxiety. Try these PowerShell tips for a more efficient way to get this work done.

By Richard Siddaway • Feb. 26, 2019

Create Hyper-V containers in Windows Server 2016

Once you enable the Hyper-V role and Windows container feature, install Docker Engine, container modules and a base OS image to prepare the host for Hyper-V container deployment.

By Nirmal Sharma • Feb. 26, 2019