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Publishing Clean-up Activities to Azure DevOps Plan

This video helps users uncover and clean up unused resources in their Azure environment. It covers practical steps for detecting idle resources—like virtual machines, SQL databases, and unattached disks—that can quietly drive-up costs if left unchecked. Discover how to set up a structured cleanup plan and integrate it with Azure DevOps, enabling teams to manage cleanup tasks as work items within their workflows. By organizing and prioritizing these activities, teams can efficiently reduce waste and optimize their cloud spend.

Transform Your Development Game: Focus on Workloads Over Infrastructure!

In this session from Civo Navigate Europe 2024, Will Stewart, CEO of North Flank, reveals the secrets to transforming your development process by shifting focus from infrastructure to workloads. Discover how this revolutionary approach can help developers bypass the complexities of infrastructure management and prioritize delivering valuable features.

Introduction to dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL: Your Comprehensive Database Management Solution

Join us for an in-depth overview of dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL, a powerful database management tool. This video tutorial demonstrates how to maximize productivity with features like code completion, query profiler, data editor, report and analysis, pivot table, report designer, schema compare, data compare, and data generator. Get ready to unlock the full potential of PostgreSQL with dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL!

Practical SSIS Webinar: Integration MySQL, PostgreSQL, Salesforce, and Zoho Books data

In this video, we walk through an e-commerce integration scenario using SSIS. Key Tasks Covered: This video shows you how to build an efficient, automated workflow in SSIS to streamline data flows across multiple systems, providing a unified view of customer order status for better decision-making and customer outreach.

SharePoint and Microsoft Information Protection

Managing sensitive information within an organization is no easy task, particularly when it involves archiving documents that are protected by Microsoft Information Protection (MIP). The challenge lies not only in the act of archiving but in ensuring that these documents remain secure, compliant, and accessible when needed. In this article, we’ll explore the intricacies of handling MIP-protected documents in SharePoint, especially when archiving them using Squirrel.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat is Now Supported!

Announcing support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat on all Cloud 66 products (including registered servers). From this point onward, newly added servers will have Ubuntu 24.04 installed. Don't forget, you can control your target Ubuntu version via a selection dropdown when scaling up via the UI, or through your manifest! Ubuntu 24.04 is a Long-Term Support (LTS) release and will receive ongoing app updates and critical security fixes until June 2029.

Seamless Connectivity: Dynamic Colocation Explained

In today's fast-paced, ever-evolving digital landscape, businesses need flexible, scalable solutions to manage and deploy applications across multiple regions. With constant fluctuations in demand, the concept of colocation has evolved from a simple server-renting model to an advanced digital strategy that promotes connectivity, reliability, and growth. This article explores the modern concept of dynamic colocation, a hyperconnected model that empowers businesses to meet evolving demands with ease and agility.

Identify and Fix SQL Server Backup Errors

Properly configured and easily locatable SQL Server backups are critical to maintaining data integrity and business continuity. However, missing or mislabeled backup files can complicate recovery processes, potentially resulting in data loss or extended downtime during restoration efforts. In this article, we’ll review why the backup process may fail, provide options for locating missing backups, and suggest several ways to address backup history challenges proactively.

How reliability engineering can verify disaster recovery plans

Disaster recovery plans have always been a crucial part of businesses—especially essential services like banks. These plans help keep your business up and running during a disaster or extreme scenario so you can be there for your customers when they need you the most.