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We provide an overview of the features, fields of application, and pricing of Microsoft Power Automate, highlighting the pros and cons of the SaaS platform for optimizing and automating workflows and business processes.

After acquiring Ansible, Red Hat integrated it into its portfolio and now offers the Ansible Automation Platform as a comprehensive automation and orchestration tool. We look at how the product performs in practice.

The free Alerta fields alerts from several monitoring systems and delivers them in a web GUI or at the command line.

DRBD9 and DRBD Reactor create a Linux high-availability stack for virtual instances with replicated storage comparable to the classic Corosync and Pacemaker solution.

Goss checks your servers, delivers a machine health status report, and allows you to evaluate the test results from a full-blown monitoring system. We show you how to get started with this free tool and how to run a variety checks on Linux and Windows computers.

Microsoft decided to discontinue the Windows Server Update Services update helper and declare it deprecated at the end of Windows 2025 support. We look at whether companies need to take action now and analyze the tools available as alternatives for Windows updates and patch distribution.

The AzureADRecon tool lets you analyze Entra ID environments, generate reports, and identify potential risks at an early stage by providing detailed insights into users, roles, and service principals. We show you how to set up, automate, and use the tool for security checks.

The Falco tool promises comprehensive threat detection for Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes from network traffic streams.