docs/content/v2.25/explore/_index.md
Whether you're setting up your first YugabyteDB cluster, evaluating YugabyteDB for a deployment, or want to learn more about YugabyteDB, Explore offers hands-on guidance to YugabyteDB's features, with examples. From core database operations to advanced features like distributed transactions, real-time data streaming, and robust security, Explore equips you with the tools and knowledge to harness YugabyteDB's cloud-native architecture and unlock its full potential for your mission-critical workloads.
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{{< sections/3-box-card title="Resiliency" description="Learn how YugabyteDB survives and recovers from outages with zero downtime." buttonText="Resiliency" buttonUrl="fault-tolerance/"
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{{< sections/3-box-card title="Distributed transactions" description="Learn how distributed transactions work and about YugabyteDB's isolation levels." buttonText="Transactions" buttonUrl="transactions/"
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{{< sections/3-box-card title="Observability" description="Monitoring, alerting, and analyzing metrics." buttonText="Observability" buttonUrl="observability/"
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{{< sections/3-box-card title="Security" description="YugabyteDB supports authentication, authorization (RBAC), encryption, and more." buttonText="Security" buttonUrl="security/security/"
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{{< sections/3-box-card title="Change data capture" description="Stream data to Kafka using PostgreSQL logical replication." buttonText="Change data capture" buttonUrl="change-data-capture/"
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{{< sections/3-box-card title="Point-in-time recovery" description="Recover your database at a specific point in time." buttonText="PITR" buttonUrl="cluster-management/point-in-time-recovery-ysql/"
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