The Orion Platform

Even outside of the IT world, the first thing that many people think of when you hear the term 'monitoring' is alerts. Whether it be a flashing light, a siren, or in the case of SolarWinds, an email in your inbox, alerts are an important part of a mo...

I started working with the SolarWinds Orion® Platform and its modules over ten years ago. During this time, I’ve seen various phrases, such as “single pane of glass” or “integrated, modular platform,” used to d...

Without too much preamble, automation solutions can make our lives easier in two major ways: Reduce the time needed to do tasks manually Reduce the number of errors injected by the humans doing the manual work I’ve always been a fan of automa...

Part 1 and 2 Recap As we conclude this short series looking into my adventure of introducing Modern Dashboards and my personal crash course into SWQL queries, this part will provide some of the feedback I received from my supervisor, director, and o...

Part 1 Recap Early in this short series, we talked about SWQL and how to format queries to bring information out of the SolarWinds Orion Platform and making it work for you and your users/customers. If you’re just joining us, I’d recomme...

When the Modern Dashboard feature was introduced with the Orion Platform 2020.2 release, like many others, I got excited. The idea of having new widgets to tell a better story to my users was great. I made the same enthusiastic mistake everyone makes—I sent my directors the link to the Modern Dashboard page...

CURRENT RELEASE  The latest release of  the Orion Platform 2020.2.6 is available on solarwinds.com and in your customer portal. We hope you're enjoying the features of our current Orion Platform 2020.2.6 What We're Working On Sup...

As part of our commitment to being Secure by Design and providing a more resilient platform, this Service Release focuses on hardening of the Orion Platform and its modules, removal of legacy code, security and bug fixes, and feature enhanc...

The 3.0.309 version of the SwisPowerShell module is now available for use – on Windows, macOS, or Linux.

Following the Sunburst security incident, SolarWinds remains committed to the safety and security of our products and technology. Throughout 2021, we will prioritize security enhancements ahead of feature development to maximize custom...