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I was just asked how to troubleshoot an HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error when trying to launch an ASP.NET Core website on IIS. I have seen this error too many times for both ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core so decided to write a blog post about at least one, obvious, fix. The problem happens when deploying the ASP.NET or ASP.NET Core website to IIS and getting the following error message in the browser.

We're excited to kick off our first-ever Spotlight Week, a week-long celebration of innovation and progress at Spectate! Each day, we'll be shining a spotlight on new features, updates, and announcements that showcase our commitment to making monitoring and incident management easier and more efficient.

In today’s hybrid IT environments, alert storms feel like a commonplace ocurrence. While serving their purpose of notifying ITOps teams of potentially urgent business-impacting issues, they can also create stress and fatigue as teams engage in what can feel like an endless fire drill, constantly switching between siloed monitoring tools to identify and resolve the root cause of software incidents.

In Azure cost tracking, automation is vital for streamlining processes and overcoming challenges associated with manual intervention and invoice analysis. Establishing an automated Azure cost report and tracking system ensures timely insights, facilitating informed decision-making, cost-saving measures, and financial control for organizations using Azure services.

In the ever-evolving world of IT infrastructure, there’s one question that often ignites passionate debates within IT teams: ‘What’s the golden ticket for our business?’. Hybrid cloud solutions are like stumbling upon hidden treasure in the vast IT landscape. But diving into them isn’t a leisurely stroll—it’s a thrilling adventure, complete with unexpected twists and turns. Each new step reveals new complexities, unraveling the quest for seamless integration.

Exciting news! We’re rolling out an update: You now have the ability to upload custom icons for any monitor, including service monitors. Previously, you were stuck with the platform-provided icon for services monitors. This enhancement is all about giving you more control and customization. Let’s take a closer look at how this update can enhance look of your board and status page.

AI has been the biggest macro-trend in technology for some time now, and the observability space is no exception to this rule. Just look at the findings of the 2024 Observability Pulse Report; it’s evident that organizations are hungry for AI capabilities that help address pervasive issues of observability process maturity, the talent shortage, ever-increasing MTTR, and the skyrocketing cost of observability.

Monitoring network traffic (which is defined as the data moving across your network at a given time) is important for any business looking to maintain a fast and efficient network. Automating network traffic monitoring and analysis with the support of a tool can help IT teams reduce downtime, identify the causes of bottlenecks, boost the efficiency of troubleshooting efforts, and more.

Spans are fundamental building blocks of distributed tracing. A single trace in distributed tracing consists of a series of tagged time intervals known as spans. Spans represent a logical unit of work in completing a user request or transaction. Distributed tracing is critical to application performance monitoring in microservice-based architecture. Before we deep dive into spans, let's have a brief overview of distributed tracing.