SolarWinds Platform 2025.2 RC is here!
This release is packed with impactful updates—and I’m especially excited to see a few features I’ve personally advocated for make it into the platform! 
Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s new:
Platform & Map Enhancements:
• Intelligent Maps now support:
• Multiple links between entities
• Background colors in text boxes
• Hyperlinked lines
• Dark Mode support 
• Disconnected pills for improved clarity
️ Making Network Atlas ➝ Intelligent Maps migration smoother than ever!
Dashboard Improvements:
• 
Custom Properties in Global Filters – a feature I’ve been requesting for a while, now finally available!
• Revamped My Deployment and new HA Pools tabs for better visibility and management.
Smart Alerting:
• New alert variables to identify downstream impact:
${NodeDependencies} & ${NodeDependenciesWithLinks}
WinRM & Security Enhancements:
• Full gMSA support across WMI/WinRM polling
• “Inherit from node” option for WinRM in SAM components
• Enhanced SNMP polling (Cisco, Aruba, Arista)
Highlight: Recurring / Scheduled Maintenance Windows
Previously, we had to rely on Windows Task Scheduler for recurring maintenance.
But now it’s natively built-in—another one I’ve long requested!
️ Daily, weekly, or monthly scheduling
️ Choose to mute alerts or unmanage devices
️ Multiple windows per device
️ Easily managed via the Manage Nodes page
️ Scalability & API Enhancements:
• Polling engine capacity increased to:
• 1,000 Agents
• 60,000 SAM Components
• New API: SelectiveSwitchover to toggle engine roles
• Performance boosts across dashboards, forecasting, and component widgets
️ SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Essentials:
• Support added for:
• Azure: ExpressRoute, App Gateway
• AWS: Direct Connect, S3
• GCP: VM lifecycle management, VPC, Persistent Disks
• Redesigned Cloud Summary Dashboard
• 
PoE Monitoring with new visualization widgets
Other Highlights:
• IPv6 support for wireless, SD-WAN, and topology
• SNI support in SSL Expiry monitoring
• VLAN/STP/MAC visualization for switches
• Aruba Central API polling with deep node/interface metrics
• Topology engine now 64-bit by default
It’s incredibly rewarding to see user-driven feedback shaping the platform. Kudos to the SolarWinds dev team for listening to the community and delivering such a solid release!
