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DPA 2024.4.200 release notes

Release date: March 25, 2025

Here's what's new in DPA 2024.4.200. You can find the applicable system requirements here.

To view release notes, system requirements, and product guide PDFs for supported versions of DPA, see DPA previous versions. To view release notes for multiple versions and multiple SolarWinds Platform products on a single page, see the release notes aggregator.

Attention 2024.4.200 customers

Update the assertion encryption token certificate

If you have the SAML assertion encryption enabled for SAML SSO using DPA's default self-signed certificate, you must upload the new certificate on the Identity Provider portal because the existing certificate expired on January 13, 2025.

Certificate path: DPA_Installation_Dir\iwc\tomcat\webapps\iwc\WEB-INF\classes\DefaultPublicCertForSaml.crt

Follow the instructions to enable SAML assertion encryption and upload the certificate in Azure or in Okta:

New features and improvements in DPA

There were no features or improvements added for DPA in this release.

Fixed customer issues

Case number Description
01898189

Updated the expired certificate for SAML assertion encryption.

Installation or upgrade

For new installations, you can download the installer from the SolarWinds website or from the Customer Portal. For more information, see the DPA Installation and Upgrade Guide.

For upgrades, use the DPA Installation and Upgrade Guide to help you plan and execute your upgrade. When you are ready, download the upgrade package from the SolarWinds Customer Portal.

End of life

Integration with the SolarWinds Platform requires a supported version of the platform.

Version EoL announcement EoE effective date EoL effective date
2023.2 July 18, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPA version 2023.2 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPA. October 18, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPA version 2023.2 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. October 20, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPA version 2023.2.
2023.1 April 19, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPA version 2023.1 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPA. May 20, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPA version 2023.1 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. May 19, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPA version 2023.1.
2022.4 January 19, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPA version 2022.4 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPA. May 20, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPA version 2022.4 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. May 19, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPA version 2022.4.
2022.3 November 23, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPA version 2022.3 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPA. April 12, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPA version 2022.3 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. April 14, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPA version 2022.3.

See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier DPA versions, see DPA release history.

Deprecation notice

The following platforms and features are still supported in the current release. However, they will be unsupported in a future release. Plan on upgrading deprecated platforms, and avoid using deprecated features.

DPA server OS

Support for installing DPA on a server with a Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system is being removed.

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