Solar Bytes - July 2025

We’ve passed the midpoint of our calendar year, but things are not slowing down. SolarWinds User Group came back with a virtual flair in June. Thanks to everyone who joined us, and special thanks to our guest speaker, THWACK^® MVP Adam Beedell, for sharing his insights and experience with us. We hope to see you at future virtual and in-person events. Check out the planned section below for opportunities.

What Might You Have Missed in June?

SolarWinds Platform and Products—Version 2025.2 is Now Generally Available! by James Barnes

June 22 Labs Release for SolarWinds®︎ Service Desk: Dark Mode by Joey Brown

Editor's Q&A featuring Abdul Rehmann Tariq Butt

Deploying the OpenTelemetry Collector in a Docker Environment by Peter DiStefano

Adding OpenTelemetry to a .NET Core Application by Peter DiStefano

Tuning JVM Performance with OpenTelemetry Metrics by Peter DiStefano

How to Effectively Monitor AWS With SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted by Ivo Dlouhy

SolarWinds Dameware 12.3.2 is Generally Available by Ivo Dlouhy

M&M: Swordfish (2001) featuring Andy Garibay

Key Insights From the GigaOm Radar Report 2025 by Sascha Giese

Revisiting Cloud: Nuances of On-Prem Repatriation by Sascha Giese

Why Hybrid IT is Gaining Ground featuring Sascha Giese

SolarWinds Observability SaaS - Q1 Highlights by Adrian Grigoras

Failing to Keep Pace with Cloud-Native Transformation? by Eoin Keenan

Dispatches From the SolarWinds World Tour featuring Kevin Kline and Chrystal Taylor

Mastering Interpersonal Skills: The Hidden Growth Engine Driving SMB Success by Kevin Kline

Exploring the Cloud, AI, and More at AWS Summits featuring Yvonne McGarry and James Kessinger

How To Handle Customer Complaints: ITSM Best Practices by Lauren Okruch

Introducing Database “AI Query Assist” in SolarWinds Observability SaaS by Venky Raman

Is Your Enterprise Ready for Autonomous AIOps? by Krishna Sai

Unlocking the Potential of AI Agents in Financial Services by Krishna Sai

Observability’s Role in Creating Resilient Cyberinfrastructures by Krishna Sai

4 Monitoring Alerts to Automate Service Desk Tickets and Reduce Downtime by Sean Sebring

Farewell, Cherwell: Celebrations, Migrations, and Considerations featuring Sean Sebring and Michael Clark

TechPod: The Mindset Shift: IT Operations to Security featuring Sean Sebring, Chrystal Taylor, and Chris Greer

SolarWinds Hones in on Enterprises with Full Stack Play featuring Rahul Tabeck

Observability Masterclass: Hang out with Chrystal, Sascha, Chad by Chrystal Taylor

Last Call: SolarWinds User Group (SWUG) Virtual Event 2025 by Chrystal Taylor

Master Your AWS Cloud Environment With Observability by Jason Tolu

What’s Planned for July?

SolarWinds will be in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for the CIO Summit on July 2. Sascha Giese will speak about Bringing IT All Together at 11:40 a.m.

We’re also looking forward to TechPod on July 8, when our hosts Sean Sebring and Chrystal Taylor celebrate 100 episodes!

Join Chrystal Taylor, Sascha Giese, and Chad Every on July 16 at 10 a.m. CT for the first session in the Observability Masterclass series,

The SolarWinds World Tour is making its next stop in Bengaluru on July 16. Join Bharat Bedi and others for in-person discussions, demos, and insights.

On July 21, Sascha Giese will speak at the Cloud Native Summit in Munich on Full Stack Observability in the Real World at 3:15 p.m.

The SolarWinds World Tour is making another stop on July 24 in Singapore, where you can meet Cullen Childress, Bharat Bedi, Samuel Koh, and others for great sessions and discussions.