I am not a fan of agents on machines. Agents take up resources, time and need to be updated. The Microsoft AMA or OMS agents are lightweight and easy to install, but both

It was 20 years ago January 2002 that I started a business called JSO Technology LLC. At the time, I was working for IKON Office Solutions and they decided to exit the IT

One of the items I feel is import to monitor is server reboots. Not only should server reboots be in change control, you should understand who rebooted a server and why. Most monitoring

This is a blog post I have been intending to write for at least a month. I needed to wait so I could calmly and objectively write this blog post. I am also

Microsoft has finally placed the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) into general release. The Azure Monitor Agent has some nice features including the ability to filter event logs before they are sent to Microsoft