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3 zero-day fixes in heavy April Patch Tuesday release

Complications arising from the coronavirus pandemic could slow the rollout of this month's Microsoft security updates as IT teams deal with an influx of remote workers.

By Tom Walat • April 15, 2020

What is an Active Directory forest (AD forest)?

An Active Directory forest is the highest level of organization within Active Directory.

By Brien Posey • April 14, 2020

Increase PowerShell security with help from AppLocker

Learn how to curb the native abilities of the expansive scripting tool in the Windows OS to prevent your users from being unwitting participants in a cyberattack.

By Dan Franciscus • April 13, 2020

Improve container monitoring with these strategies and tools

Containerized infrastructure significantly expands the number of available metrics within an IT environment. Take a layered approach to container monitoring and lean heavily on automation.

By Kurt Marko • April 13, 2020

Container logging tips for IT troubleshooting and more

Don't just leave container log data on a host and forget about it. Instead, establish a detailed strategy to index, search, correlate and analyze that data.

By Stephen Bigelow • April 10, 2020

Find value in real-time application monitoring

What started as a way for administrators to know if a system went offline has morphed into a broad combination of monitoring that involves admins, engineers and operations staff.

By Brian Kirsch • April 9, 2020

Learn to manage Office 365 ProPlus updates

The traditional Microsoft Office applications you get from Office 365 might appear to be the same on the surface, but how you administer them differs in several key ways.

By Adam Fowler • April 9, 2020

HashiCorp Vault secrets manager ups Enterprise edition value

HashiCorp Vault 1.4 sweetens the deal for users of the paid Enterprise version, which had been subject to questions about differentiation from the free version in the past.

By Beth Pariseau • April 9, 2020

Foundation exec seeks Cloud Foundry vs. Kubernetes detente

New Cloud Foundry Foundation Executive Director Chip Childers plans to steer the community into the next phase of cooperation with Kubernetes, Knative, Istio and more.

By Beth Pariseau • April 8, 2020

Active Directory nesting groups strategy and implementation

Does your current Active Directory permissions setup spark joy? If not, then it's time to unscramble that confusing design into something that's easier to use and maintain.

By Adam Bertram • April 8, 2020

4 components of a disaster recovery plan to prepare for a crisis

IT teams must take a proactive approach to crisis management and disaster recovery. Use these four guidelines around communication, monitoring and more to build a plan that works.

By Brian Kirsch • April 8, 2020

What is wbadmin?

Wbadmin is an elevated command prompt that allows administrators or backup operators to backup and restore an operating system (OS), volume, file, folder or application.

By Toni Boger, Linda Rosencrance • April 7, 2020

Tap into these dark data use cases for IT ops and the business

Untapped data sources cause enterprises to forgo a wealth of information that benefits both IT operations and the business. Here's why -- and how -- to shine a light on dark data.

By Will Kelly • April 6, 2020

As Atlassian cloud push ramps up, users assess migration

Atlassian's cloud products offer sought-after enterprise features and extend integrations, but some organizations will still struggle to transition from its on-premises tools.

By Beth Pariseau • April 3, 2020

SysAid announces launch of new workflow tool, Workflow Designer

Workflow Designer uses a drag-and-drop process to make workflows easier to create with less training and can be crucial with the rise of employees working from home.

By Taylor Driscoll • April 3, 2020

IT service desks rush to support remote work amid pandemic

IT service desks bore the brunt of the sudden transition from centralized business locations to remote work for most white-collar employees, as COVID-19 forced social distancing.

By Beth Pariseau • April 2, 2020

Consider the pros, cons of AI-based log analysis tools

Machine learning can help IT teams uncover new insights in system log files. But these advanced analytics capabilities, especially when achieved through on-premises tools, can be costly.

By Brian Kirsch • April 2, 2020

Rancher plots enterprise Kubernetes management takeover

Flush with funding, Rancher hopes to win deals away from major IT software vendors such as VMware as enterprises seek help with Kubernetes management.

By Beth Pariseau • March 31, 2020

Log monitoring refinements control data growth, costs

Whether it's pricing according to access frequency or reducing the volume of logs sent by IT infrastructure, fresh IT monitoring approaches make cloud-native visibility manageable.

By Beth Pariseau • March 31, 2020

Lay the groundwork for a SecOps team structure

A good partnership between IT operations and security teams requires trust, mutual commitment and continual work -- but results in significantly reduced security exposures and a healthier work culture for all.

By Kurt Marko • March 31, 2020

Configure advanced VM settings in vSphere 6.7

Configuring advanced VM settings is no easy task. Some common questions admins ask include where to place VM swap files and how many sockets and cores they should use.

By Rob Bastiaansen • March 30, 2020

Do you need to make Exchange Online backups?

Microsoft has several protective measures in place to let customers restore deleted mail in Office 365, but backup vendors will say it's not enough to cover every scenario.

By Nathan O'Bryan • March 30, 2020

Employ log management best practices to better analyze, protect data

Log files generate vast amounts of data, which negatively affects performance. As a result, admins should build logging strategies to prioritize and protect data.

By Stefani Muñoz • March 30, 2020

What is ISA (Industry Standard Architecture)?

ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) is a standard bus (computer interconnection) architecture that was associated with the IBM AT motherboard.

By Corinne Bernstein • March 27, 2020

Walk through 5 common PowerShell uses for IT ops teams

PowerShell use cases have expanded past Microsoft's original design -- but IT automation is still at the tool's core, whether it's to support an AIOps strategy or monitor server performance.

By Alyssa Fallon • March 27, 2020