It’s August! For many of us, that means back to school is happening for our kids – or yourselves if you work in education. Here at SolarWinds, the World Tour is still rocking on, and we’d love to see you at one.
What Might You Have Missed in July?
What Practitioners Really Want from an AI Agent in IT by Robert BlairVega
Monitoring SAP HANA in SolarWinds DPA by Ben Curtis
Community Update: Giving Our Knowledge Base a Tune-Up! by Marie Fabrigas
SolarWinds Web Help Desk 2026.2.1 Is Now Generally Available by Chinkit Modi
The Phantom Pilot and the Myth of the Average User by Jonathan Morgan
Why SAP HANA Performance Is an Application Owner Problem, Not Just a DBA Problemby Owen Murphy
ITSM for Healthcare: Compliance, Assets, and the Help Desk You Actually Need by Lauren Okruch
ITSM for Financial Services: Change Management, Audit Trails, and What Regulators Actually Want by Lauren Okruch
When ITSM Meets IT Operations: How Integrated Visibility Reduces MTTR by Lauren Okruch
Feature Focus for SWSD: Setting Up the DocuSign Built-in Process Integration by Lauren Okruch
Less Noise, More Control: Bringing AI/ML Anomaly Detection to On-Premises SEM by Kritin Paddington
Upcoming: July 14th SolarWinds Service Desk Release by Jasmine Park
Check-out/Check-in, Recurring SLA Policies, Slack Process Integration, & More! by Jasmine Park
Fixing Thin AP Alerting Without Leaving Behind Ghost APs by Balamurugan Rathinavel
Updates to SolarWinds Database Blogs by Gavan Stockdale
What’s Planned for August?
Join us on Aug 6 for Announcing SolarWinds DPA, Now Purpose-Built for SAP HANA.
Join Kevin Kline for the How to Build Custom Database Alerts webinar on Aug 11. Register today to reserve the time.
Aug 16 – 19, SolarWinds will be at TechNet Augusta 2026 in Augusta, GA. Stop by booth# 723 to get a demo or just say hello.
The SolarWinds World Tour arrives in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 18 for a day focused on modern IT operations and observability. Connect with peers and SolarWinds experts through live, unscripted product walkthroughs, practical sessions, and real-world discussions on using AI to simplify complex environments. Discover how teams are using modern observability and the SW1 architecture to reduce complexity and improve system performance. Reserve your seat today.
On Aug 18, join Lauren Okruch and guest, Stephen Mann, for episode 3 of the ITSM Maturity Playbook Series - The Unified Front Door: Delivering An Excellent Employee Experience.
SolarWinds will be at DAFITC 2026 in Montgomery, AL. Stop by our booth for a demo.
Join Chrystal Taylor and guest, THWACK MVP @Deltona , for the next Observability Masterclass, Trust Before Autonomy: A Framework for AI in Observability, on Aug 25 at 10 a.m. Central.
Join us in September as the World Tour stops in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on September 2. This free, full-day event brings you face-to-face with SolarWinds product specialists for interactive demos, open Q&A, and strategic sessions on AI-driven operations. Gather actionable insights and practical takeaways you can apply directly to your IT environment. Save your spot today.
Planning ahead? The 2026 SolarWinds World Tour continues its global roadshow through October and November. Upcoming stops include Toronto, Canada (September 15), Cairo, Egypt (October 14), Stockholm, Sweden (October 20), Washington, D.C. (October 21), and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (November 2–5). These events offer hands-on product sessions and discussions on modern architecture. Register today.
