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AwesomeOps Part 8: A Pre-Audit Security Odyssey

Learn why it is important to be proactive about audits, and how to implement some simple tools to prepare for the dreaded audit.

AwesomeOps Part 6: Windows Server 2022 Ansible Drift Control In-Depth

Deep dive on Windows Server 2022 drift control with Ansible.

AwesomeOps Part 4: Ansible Drift Control On Windows

Ansible drift control for Windows Server environments using Git to create a dynamic golden inventory and schedule Ansible control drift.

AwesomeOps Part 2: Demystifying Windows Automation with Ansible

Getting started with WinRM and Ansible.

Alpaca AI Security Scanning

If you are an information technology (IT) executive like me, you have - hopefully - spent far too many nights sitting and thinking about...

Preflight Check for Ansible Code Before Take Off

Introduction In this modern age, most of us have taken a trip by plane. In aviation, a preflight checklist is a list of tasks that should...

Network Device Telemetry at Scale

Detecting and visualizing common errors and misconfigurations across your network Introduction All too often technology managers believe...