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Microsoft System Center 2025

Microsoft System Center 2025, the latest version of its flagship suite for data center management, has been released on November 1. This new release continues to build on its established reputation for streamlining IT operations, with key improvements in automation, cloud integration, and enhanced security features that align with modern hybrid infrastructure needs.

Building a better search experience

As someone deeply invested in the evolution of SquaredUp, I’d like to share more about our search capability and how we designed the functionality. SquaredUp can connect to 100+ data sources, thousands of objects, tons of metrics, and and we offer many purpose-built out-of-the-box dashboards and monitors. We've deliberately designed our search experience to be able to handle the complexity of various data environments and make finding relevant information seamless and efficient.

Perspectives: Our solution to dashboard sprawl

What if I told you that you're using dashboards wrong? Imagine this: You're on a call with your team, staring at a big, static dashboard full of graphs and numbers. Someone pipes up, "Okay, so what now?" Everyone exchanges glances, unsure of how to move forward. You've got the data, but somehow, you're still stuck. If you’re nodding along, we feel you. The truth is, the way we’ve been using dashboards is outdated. They’re static. They’re rigid.

Rolling your own DevOps metrics

The principle of continuous improvement is central to the practice of observability. Naturally, within the data-driven philosophy of DevOps this implies an ongoing cycle of acting, measuring and improving. For many teams, the classic four DORA metrics are seen as a gold standard. As I discussed in a previous article, whilst DORA metrics are a great starting point for assessing your agile capabilities, they are not necessarily definitive.

SquaredUp Live 2024: A round-up of our virtual customer workshop

Last week, we were very excited to host our second virtual customer workshop! We’d received so much positive feedback on last year’s debut that we knew we had to do it again. Using the digital conferencing app Gather Town, we were pleased to welcome 89 attendees from 13 different countries to our virtual “SquaredUp Town”.

DORA Metrics in perspective

A friend of mine once had an annual appraisal where his manager blithely declared to him that his target for the next year was "to exceed his targets". Rather than spend the next year screaming silently whilst trapped inside an MC Esher-esque cycle of infinite recursion, my friend politely demurred and requested a more achievable goal, such as building a time machine out of jellybeans.

Introducing dashboard folders

One of the most common challenges our users face is navigating a growing number of dashboards as their SquaredUp usage increases. That's where dashboard folders come in! We’ve designed dashboard folders to help our users stay organized, even in large and complex environments. Here are some ways we think dashboard folders can improve your dashboard organization and navigation.
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