SolarWinds Platform and Products—Version 2024.4 Release Candidate Now Available!

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We’re excited to announce a release candidate (RC) for version 2024.4 of the SolarWinds® Platform, SolarWinds® Hybrid Cloud Observability, and the Network and Systems modules. Version 2024.4 RC is now available for all customers under maintenance, so log in to your customer portal to download it. Want to see everything new? Check out the Release Notes.

New Features 

Here is a quick list of all the major features with links to a post with more detailed information:

Hybrid Cloud Observability exclusives:

• Expanded Cloud Monitoring: Azure Managed Instance, Azure MySQL, Azure PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS for SQL Server
• Improved Polling Scalability
• Vulnerability and Risk Dashboard Improvements
• Hybrid Cloud Observability Standard Edition now includes licensing for Additional Web Servers

Hybrid Cloud Observability, Network, and Infrastructure Modules

• Expanded Network Coverage: Fortinet SDWAN, five Wireless Access Points, and Meraki switches via API
• Storage: Dell PowerMax T and PowerScale arrays
• NAT translation of Netflow data
• For Windows, you can now see the full build number including UBR (Update Build Revision) via WMI or Agent without turning on Asset Inventory

SolarWinds Platform (available to all products)

• GUI: Improvements to Modern Dashboards and Intelligent Maps
• Improved resource utilization for pollers
• Reduced chance of missed polls and out-of-memory errors on heavily loaded pollers
• Improved performance of charting with trendlines
• Bug and security fixes

Security Always

We focus on securely coding, building, and delivering software to you. SolarWinds Aims to Set New Standard in Software Development with Next-Generation Build System. Our choices in forging the SolarWinds Platform align with our Secure by Design philosophy, enhancing our ability to execute this vision now and in the future.

How to Download

The 2024.4 release candidate is a fully tested and supported version and is ready to install on a new server or update your current one.

• For all current Hybrid Cloud Observability customers, the release is available now. You can log in to your customer portal and download it.
• For all current module and bundle customers, the release is available now. You can log in to your customer portal and download it.
• If you don’t own Hybrid Cloud Observability but would like to try it or one of its new features, there are a couple of options for you:
  • Download a 30-day free trial and install it on a new server.
  • If you’re a current module or bundle customer, upgrade to 2024.4 first and use the instant evaluation feature to try Hybrid Cloud Observability for 30 days with a click of a button. You can switch back to your modules anytime.

To see everything included in the release, check out the Release Notes.

Not Quite Ready for the Release Candidate?

If you aren’t ready to upgrade to the Release Candidate, a 2024.2.1 Service Release is available – see the 2024.2.1 Release Notes for all the details.

What’s Next?

The 2024.4 release of the platform and products is another step forward, but there is always more to do. Check out our What We’re Working On post for what’s coming next for the SolarWinds Platform and products.

—The Hybrid Cloud Observability Team