DPA new feature summary
Use the following table to compare features in supported versions of DPA. For a complete list of all features, see the release notes for each version.
| Feature | 2025.2 | 2024.4 | 2024.3 | 2024.2 | 2023.4 | 2023.2 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Query Assist |   | |||||
| Support for IPv6 |   | |||||
| PostgreSQL plan collection for SQL with parametrized queries |   | |||||
| DBSH and DBSHDS licenses types |   |   | ||||
| Table and index advisors for MySQL and Percona instances |   |   | ||||
| Support for the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin |   |   | ||||
| Support for gMSAs |   |   | ||||
| Platform Connect to send alert notifications to ServiceNow and PagerDuty |   |   |   | |||
| Table and index advisors for PostgreSQL |   |   |   |   | ||
| Alert information in DPA Central |   |   |   |   | ||
| Azure SQL Database instance or ASMI instances can authenticate the monitoring user with a Microsoft Entra service principal |   |   |   |   | ||
| DPA Central performance improvements |   |   |   |   |   | |
| HTTPS connections required |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| SAML authentication with Microsoft Entra ID (previously Azure AD) |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Improved import of alerts, rules, and custom properties |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Import and export of alerts, rules, and custom properties |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Utility to encrypt the keystore password stored in the Tomcat server configuration file |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Index advisors |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| SAML authentication with Okta |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Additional PostgreSQL alerts |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| API endpoints to manage encryption |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Google Cloud SQL for MySQL support |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Automatic rule-based assignment of database instances to alerts |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Alert notifications in Slack and Teams |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Google Cloud SQL for SQL Server support |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Alert acknowledgement and improved alert status and details interface |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Custom property GUI |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Database instance registration without entering privileged user credentials |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| CyberArk integration |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL support |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| SSL authentication |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Find SQL feature |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| User Manager role |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Alerts and metrics to track information about SQL Server backups and the TempDB database |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Support for monitoring PostgreSQL database instances |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Notification when a triggered alert returns to Normal |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Trusted certificate management |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Custom email templates for alert notifications |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Table tuning best practices |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| VM co-stop metrics |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Support for Azure SQL Managed Instances (ASMIs) as monitored instances |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| DPA 12.1 feature: Anomaly detection |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| DPA 12.1 feature: REST API |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| DPA 12.0 feature: Query performance analysis |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| DPA 12.0 feature: Table advisors |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Aggregated tuning advice on the Tuning tab |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Blocking session data in PerfStack |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| DPAIM 11.1 feature: DPA data in PerfStack |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Improved wait time status meter |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Subscription licensing for AWS DPA servers |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| DPA 11.1 feature: Improved monitoring of SQL Server Availability Groups |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Support for Azure SQL and Amazon RDS for Aurora as monitored databases or the DPA repository |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Availability Group status information |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Oracle adaptive plan support |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Support for MySQL as the DPA repository |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Detailed blocking and locking information for SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and Sybase |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Idle blocker information for SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and Sybase |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Deadlock information for SQL Server 2012 and later |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Active Directory/LDAP configuration wizard |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Support for SQL Server 2016 as a monitored database or the DPA repository |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Support for monitoring Oracle 12c database instances with multi-tenant architecture |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Support for Oracle 12c PDB as the DPA repository |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Option to deactivate license keys offline |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Support for monitoring MySQL database instances |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Baseline data for resource metrics |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Support for the DPA Integration Module |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Instance-based licensing |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Ability to deploy SolarWinds DPA in Amazon EC2® |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Support for monitoring Amazon RDS#8482; instances |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Ability to add time-stamped annotations to Trend charts |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Ability to exclude SQL statements from Trend charts |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Predicate information for Oracle explain plans |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Support for IBM DB2 10.5, Microsoft SQL Server 2014, and single-tenant Oracle 12c as monitored database instances or the DPA repository |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Storage I/O view |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| SQL query analysis and performance advice |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Files and Drives tab for Microsoft SQL Server database instances |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Alerts based on resource metrics |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Blackout periods for alerts |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Baseline data for resource metrics in the Trends view |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| OpenLDAP support |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
DPA 2023.2 is the earliest supported version of SolarWinds DPA. For more information about supported product versions, see DPA release history.