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With Ivanti’s release of Endpoint Manager 2021.1 SU2, on-prem customers are now better equipped to modernize their Windows 11 migration and streamline patch automation.

If you’re looking for an alternative to Docker Desktop or to integrate Docker into your Multipass workflow, this how-to is for you. Multipass can host a docker engine inside an Ubuntu VM in a manner similar to Docker Desktop. That Docker instance can be controlled either directly from the VM, or remotely from the host machine with no additional software required. This allows you to run Docker locally on your Windows or Mac machine directly from your host terminal.

Ubuntu is the number one choice for data scientists worldwide. It is also by far the most popular Linux distribution used on public clouds with machine learning offerings. However, we don’t forget about our Windows friends – many of whom had their operating system chosen by corporate IT departments. Windows users can still get all the benefits of using Ubuntu thanks to Windows Subsystem for Linux.

The MSIX orb is the first “Windows-only” orb from CircleCI. When Microsoft approached us with the opportunity to build an orb that would help Windows developers build on our platform, we were enthusiastic. Most of our orbs, and general workload, revolve around Linux and utilize Bash. However, we recognized the deep need to provide good CI/CD solutions for building applications on Windows, and with use of PowerShell growing steadily within Linux, it was time to take the plunge.

If you’re responsible for a significant number of Windows servers, you already understand the importance of being aware of the health and security of your environment. Unfortunately, you’re probably also aware of the tremendous amount of effort and resources required to monitor your Windows environment. Let’s take a look into why and how you should be closely monitoring your Windows server environments from a security perspective.

The Windows Event log is an essential tool for administrators to investigate and diagnose potential system issues, but it can also be a daunting task to gain real value and separate useful log entries from noisy non-essential activity. Depending on the level of logging that can be useful, Windows events can span system issues, application-specific issues, and also dive into security type issues around unauthorized access, login failures, and unusual behavior.

Forty percent of enterprises say an hourly network outage costs up to $1 million. Evidently, one minor overlook in monitoring the performance and availability of a network can result in costly downtime. This is why firms that heavily rely on network operations should perform dynamic network monitoring to keep their network protected from unexpected downtime.

Today we are happy to announce, that Icinga for Windows v1.7.0 has been released! While this release includes lots of bugfixes for the Framework itself including the basic plugins, our main goal was to increase usability and make access for developers a lot easier.

After trying several Prometheus exporters, I think I’m ready to fight the final boss: Monitoring a Windows cluster with Prometheus. I need a dashboard where I can monitor all the Windows machines in a single pane of glass. Let’s do it.