Articles

From the Same Mold  

The new Windows 10 update strategy, called an in-place upgrade, requires some manual adjustments for third-party components, as well as accommodations for multilingual and non-English enterprises.

Cloud Worker  

Employees or individual teams who need a workstation quickly can benefit from XenApp Essentials and XenDesktop Essentials; those who need more extensive services can move to XenApp and XenDesktop Services.

Inner Renewal  

Docker has radically changed the way admins roll out their software in many companies. However, regular updates are still needed. How does this work most effectively with containers?

Always On  

Implementing highly available SAN data storage virtualization.

Makeover  

The Prometheus monitoring tool might not always look like one of the Titans, but add-ons like Alerta or Telegraf can improve its looks.

Waking Up the Neighbors  

Take your performance tuning into the cloud with the top utility.

Assembly Line  

GitLab provides the perfect environment for generating Docker containers that can help you operate critical infrastructure reliably and reproducibly.

Tower of Power  

The upstream project of the Ansible Tower enterprise solution is now freely available as AWX. We look at Red Hat’s new web-based console manager for Ansible deployments and discover its capabilities.

Beyond the Horizon  

Microsoft has broken new ground with the release of PowerShell Core 6.0, which at heart is a complete reboot in terms of architecture and objectives. For the first time, a new version is not linked to the Windows operating system.

Teamwork  

Because Samba can be integrated easily into heterogeneous environments, a kind of heterogeneous administration is often necessary, and security falls by the wayside. We show you how to use a Samba file server securely in heterogeneous environments.