- Release Notes
- SAM 2025.1 release notes
- SAM 2024.4.1 release notes
- SAM 2024.4 release notes
- SAM 2024.2.1 release notes
- SAM 2024.2 release notes
- SAM 2024.1.1 release notes
- SAM 2024.1 release notes
- SAM 2023.4.2 release notes
- SAM 2023.4.1 release notes
- SAM 2023.4 release notes
- SAM 2023.3.1 release notes
- SAM 2023.3 release notes
- SAM 2023.2.2 release notes
- SAM 2023.2.1 release notes
- SAM 2023.2 release notes
- SAM 2023.1.1 release notes
- SAM 2023.1 release notes
- SAM 2022.4.1 release notes
- SAM 2022.4 release notes
- SAM hotfixes
- SAM release history
- Install or Upgrade
- Get Started
- Administer
- SAM Administrator Guide
- Introduction to SolarWinds SAM
- Discover servers in your SAM environment
- Discover applications in your SAM environment
- Use the Application Discovery wizard to add multiple nodes in SAM
- Use the Add Node wizard to assign SAM application monitors to a node
- Customize Application Details views in SAM
- Customize Application Summary views in SAM
- View node and application data in SAM tooltips
- Add SAM data to the Node Details view
- Monitor your environment with SAM
- Monitor with SolarWinds Platform agents in SAM
- Monitor your SAM environment with AppStack
- Use alerts to monitor your SAM environment
- Monitor processes, services, tasks, and events in real time with SAM
- Use SolarWinds Platform Remote Collector with SAM
- Monitor your virtual infrastructure with SAM
- Use API pollers to monitor metrics in SAM
- How the API Poller feature in SAM works
- API poller requirements
- API poller licensing
- API methods
- API poller authentication and authorization
- Chain multiple API requests in a single API poller in SAM
- SSL certificate verification for API pollers
- Configure monitored values in API pollers
- How monitored API metrics in SAM impact Node status
- API poller alerts
- Manage API pollers
- Add API pollers in SAM
- Configure credentials for an API poller in SAM
- Assign API poller templates to nodes in SAM
- Edit API pollers in SAM
- Recreate existing API pollers with the latest templates
- Reassign an API poller to a different node
- Import API pollers into SAM
- Export an API poller
- Delete API pollers in SAM
- Use macros and custom properties to populate API requests in SAM
- Work with API pollers
- Troubleshoot API pollers in SAM
- How the API Poller feature in SAM works
- Use SAM application monitor templates and application monitors
- About the template and application monitor relationship
- Best practices for SAM templates, application monitors, and script monitors
- Manage SAM application monitor templates and application monitors
- Manage application monitor thresholds in SAM
- Inherit thresholds from SAM application monitor templates
- Multi-value scripts and thresholds
- Apply baseline thresholds at the template level
- Apply baseline thresholds at the application-monitor level
- Adjust threshold settings and apply baseline data in SAM
- View the Latest Baseline Details for an application in SAM
- Use WinRM for application monitor polling in SAM
- Work with SAM component monitors
- View the Component Monitor Library in SAM
- Manage component monitors in SAM templates and application monitors
- Edit component monitors in templates and application monitors
- Use the Component Monitor Wizard in SAM
- Use the Fetching Method Skip Fallback option for component monitors
- Convert values in data transformations for SAM component monitors
- Use PowerShell in SAM
- Use properties, variables, and macros in SAM alerts
- Example tasks for SAM application monitors
- Create your first application monitor and alert
- Scan for applications to monitor
- Monitor a specific URL in SAM
- Monitor VMware performance counters using an application monitor in SAM
- Monitor and restart stopped Windows services in SAM
- Monitor large directories using the Windows Script Monitor
- Monitor IIS application pools
- Monitor external nodes in SAM
- Monitor with AppInsight applications
- Monitor with AppInsight for Active Directory
- AppInsight for Active Directory requirements and permissions
- AppInsight for Active Directory and component-based licensing
- Best practices for AppInsight for Active Directory
- Assign the AppInsight for Active Directory template to domain controllers
- Configure AppInsight for Active Directory on nodes
- Edit the AppInsight for Active Directory template
- AppInsight for Active Directory alerts and reports
- Troubleshoot AppInsight for Active Directory
- Monitor with AppInsight for Exchange
- Monitor with AppInsight for IIS
- AppInsight for IIS requirements and permissions
- AppInsight For IIS and component-based licensing
- Assign AppInsight for IIS to nodes in SAM
- Edit the AppInsight for IIS template
- Manually configure AppInsight for IIS on target servers in SAM
- Set up PowerShell on target servers in SAM
- Set the execution policy on target servers
- Create a self-signed certificate for AppInsight for IIS
- Create a firewall rule for AppInsight for IIS
- Update WSMan limits for AppInsight for IIS
- Create a WinRM listener for AppInsight for IIS
- Find IIS URL settings for AppInsight for IIS
- Alerts and reports for AppInsight for IIS
- Monitor with AppInsight for SQL
- AppInsight for SQL and component-based licensing
- AppInsight for SQL requirements and permissions
- Add AppInsight for SQL to nodes
- Display AppInsight for SQL data in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console
- Add AppInsight for SQL to a named instance
- Use AppInsight for SQL to monitor an active SQL Server cluster
- Edit the AppInsight for SQL template
- Hide databases from AppInsight for SQL in the All Databases widget
- Use the DPA Integration Module with SAM
- Work with AppInsight for SQL alerts
- Increase the number of AppInsight for SQL connections to speed polling
- Use automation scripts to add AppInsight applications to nodes with the SolarWinds Platform SDK
- Monitor with AppInsight for Active Directory
- Integrate AppOptics monitoring into SAM
- Monitor application dependencies in SAM
- How the Application Dependencies feature in SAM works
- Application Dependencies requirements in SAM
- Configure Application Dependencies settings in SAM
- Display application dependency data in SAM
- Manage polling for application dependencies
- Troubleshoot application dependency issues in SAM
- Troubleshoot agent-related issues for application dependencies in SAM
- Troubleshoot data-related issues for application dependencies in SAM
- Troubleshoot miscellaneous application dependency issues
- Locate SAM application dependencies log files
- Monitor hardware health in SAM
- Hardware health monitoring requirements for HPE and IBM devices in SAM
- Enable hardware health monitoring for nodes in SAM
- Monitor hardware health for VMware in SAM
- Configure certificate error handling for hardware health polling
- Troubleshoot hardware health monitoring in SAM
- Troubleshoot hardware health monitoring on SNMP nodes
- Troubleshoot hardware health monitoring on WMI nodes
- Troubleshoot ESX hardware monitoring
- Monitor Asset Inventory in SAM
- Asset Inventory polling requirements
- Enable Asset Inventory polling for multiple nodes in SAM
- Enable Asset Inventory polling for individual nodes in SAM
- Display Asset Inventory data in SAM
- Display the warranty status for physical servers in SAM
- Adjust the Asset Inventory polling frequency in SAM
- Configure SSL certificate validation for Asset Inventory polling
- Disable Asset Inventory polling in SAM
- Troubleshoot Asset Inventory polling issues in SAM
- Manage credentials in SAM
- SAM API Poller Template Guide
- Artifactory Cloud health status API poller template
- Atlassian API poller templates
- Atlassian Bitbucket (Self-Hosted) license usage API poller template
- Atlassian Bitbucket (Self-Hosted) status API poller template
- Atlassian cloud health status API poller template
- Atlassian Confluence (Self-Hosted) license check API poller template
- Atlassian Confluence (Self-Hosted) status API poller template
- Atlassian Jira (Self-Hosted) license usage API poller template
- Atlassian Jira (Self-Hosted) status API poller template
- CircleCI health status API poller template
- GitHub health status API poller template
- JetBrains TeamCity API poller template
- Microsoft 365 API poller templates
- Microsoft 365 Admin Center API poller template
- Microsoft 365 Email Application Statistics API poller template
- Microsoft 365 Exchange Mailboxes API poller template
- Microsoft 365 Exchange Online API poller template
- Microsoft 365 Group Statistics API poller template
- Microsoft 365 License Statistics API poller template
- Microsoft 365 Mail Traffic API poller template
- Microsoft 365 Mobile Device Management API poller template
- Microsoft 365 OneDrive API poller template
- Microsoft 365 SharePoint API poller template
- Microsoft 365 Teams API poller template
- Microsoft Azure API poller templates
- Microsoft Azure Active Directory API poller template
- Microsoft Azure App Service API poller template
- Microsoft Azure Batch Account API poller template
- Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Account API poller template
- Microsoft Azure Event Hub Namespace API poller template
- Microsoft Azure IOT Hub API poller template
- Microsoft Azure SQL Database API poller template
- Microsoft Azure SQL Server Database Elastic Pool API poller template
- Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics API poller template
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine API poller template
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set API poller template
- RabbitMQ API poller template
- ServiceNow API poller template
- SolarWinds API poller templates
- SolarWinds AppOptics Monitored Services API poller template
- SolarWinds Pingdom Transaction Checks API poller template
- SolarWinds SAM License Usage for Component-based licensing API poller template
- SolarWinds SAM License Usage for Node-based licensing API poller template
- SolarWinds Service Desk Incidents and Problems API poller template
- VMware API poller template
- SAM Application Monitor Template Reference
- Configure servers for SAM application monitoring
- AIX
- Apache
- APC PowerChute Agent (Windows)
- AppInsight
- Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall
- Bind
- BizTalk
- Blackberry
- Cisco
- Citrix
- Citrix Hypervisor template
- Citrix XenApp 6.0 Core Counters
- Citrix XenApp 6.0 ICA Session
- Citrix XenApp 6.0 Presentation Server
- Citrix XenApp 6.0 Services
- Citrix XenApp and Xen Desktop 7.x (Advanced)
- Citrix XenApp and Xen Desktop 7.x (Events)
- Citrix XenApp and Xen Desktop 7.x (Performance Counters)
- Citrix XenApp and Xen Desktop 7.x (Services)
- Clam AV
- CUPS
- DHCP User Experience Monitor
- Directory Size
- Distributed File System (DFS)
- DNS User Experience
- Download Speed Monitor
- Errors in Application Event Log
- Files
- FTP User Experience
- GlassFish (JMX)
- GoodLink Server for Microsoft Exchange
- Group Policy Object (System and Application Logs)
- Helix
- HP-UX
- HTTP
- IBM
- IMAP4 Round Trip Email
- ISC DHCP Server (Linux)
- Java Application Server (SNMP)
- JBoss (JMX)
- JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Server Manager (Windows)
- Kaspersky Security Center Antivirus
- LDAP User Experience Monitor
- Linux application monitor templates
- Log Parser
- Lotus templates
- MAPI Round Trip Email
- Memcached
- Active Directory
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Direct Access
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Exchange templates
- Exchange 2016 Unified Messaging Role Counters (Advanced)
- Exchange 2013 Client Access Role Counters (Advanced)
- Exchange 2013 Client Access Role Services and Counters (Basic)
- Exchange 2016 Client Access Role Services and Counters (Basic)
- Exchange 2016 Client Access Role Services and Counters (Advanced)
- Exchange 2016 Hub Transport Role Counters (Advanced)
- Exchange 2016 Hub Transport Role Services and Counters (Basic)
- Exchange Active Sync Connectivity
- Exchange Web Services Round Trip Email
- Microsoft Forefront
- Microsoft IIS
- Microsoft Lync
- Microsoft Message Queuing
- Microsoft Network Policy
- Microsoft 365 application monitor templates
- Integrate Office 365 application monitor templates with Microsoft Graph in SAM
- Microsoft Office 365 Exchange Mailboxes
- Microsoft Office 365 Exchange Mobile Device Statistics
- Microsoft Office 365 Group Statistics
- Microsoft Office 365 License Statistics
- Microsoft Office 365 Mail Traffic Statistics
- Microsoft Office 365 OneDrive
- Microsoft Office 365 Security Statistics
- Microsoft Office 365 SharePoint Online
- Microsoft Office 365 Skype
- Microsoft Office 365 Skype for Business
- Microsoft Office 365 Teams
- Office 365 User Statistics with PowerShell
- Microsoft Routing and Remote Access
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Skype for Business templates
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Legacy SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
- Legacy SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
- Legacy SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
- Legacy SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services R2
- Legacy SQL Server 2008-2012 Reporting Services (Events)
- Legacy SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services
- Legacy SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services
- Microsoft Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)
- Microsoft Windows Server application monitor templates
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Failover Cluster
- Windows 2003 -2008 FTP Service
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2-2016 Failover Cluster (Advanced)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 - 2016 Failover Cluster
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster
- Windows 2016 FTP service
- Windows Update Monitoring
- Windows 2008 R2 - 2012 FTP Service
- Windows DHCP Server
- Windows DNS Server
- Windows Network Load Balancing
- Microsoft Windows Servers Print Services
- Windows Print Services 2016
- Windows Remote Desktop Services (Session Host Role)
- Windows Scheduled Tasks template
- Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller Security
- Windows Server 2003-2012 Services and Counters
- Windows Server 2008 - 2016 Domain Controller Security
- Windows Server 2016 Services and Counters
- Windows Server 2019 Services and Counters
- Microsoft System Center
- Mongo
- MySQL templates
- Nagios Linux File & Directory Count Script
- Novell GroupWise
- OpenLDAP
- Oracle
- POP3 Round Trip Email
- Postfix
- PostgreSQL
- Progress Database (Linux and Unix sh script)
- RADIUS User Experience Monitor
- Remote Desktop Services Licensing
- Server Clock Drift
- SOAP/JSON template example
- Solaris
- SolarWinds application monitor templates
- Squid
- SSL Certificate Expiration Date Monitor
- Streaming Media Services 2008
- Sybase
- Symantec
- TACACS+ User Experience Monitor
- Terminal Licensing Server
- Tomcat Server
- Trend Micro
- UniData Database (Windows)
- Unix application monitor templates
- Veeam Backup and Replication Server
- VMware
- Web Link
- Websense Web Security
- SAM component monitors
- DHCP User Experience Monitor
- Directory Size Monitor
- DNS Monitor - TCP
- DNS Monitor - UDP
- DNS User Experience Monitor
- Download Speed Monitor
- Exchange Web Services User Experience Monitor
- File Age Monitor
- File Change Monitor
- File Count Monitors
- File Existence Monitor
- File Size Monitor
- FTP Monitor
- FTP User Experience Monitor
- HTTP Form Login Monitor
- HTTP Monitor
- HTTPS Monitor
- IMAP4 monitor
- IMAP4 User Experience monitor
- JMX Monitor
- Create a custom JMX Monitor in SAM
- LDAP User Experience Monitor
- Linux/Unix Script Monitor
- MAPI User Experience Monitor
- Nagios Script Monitor
- NNTP monitor
- ODBC User Experience Monitor
- Oracle User Experience Monitor
- Performance Counter Monitors in SAM
- Choose a fetching method for Performance Counter Monitors in SAM
- POP3 Monitor
- POP3 User Experience Monitor
- Process Monitor (SNMP)
- Process Monitors for Windows
- RADIUS User Experience Monitor
- Service Status – SNMP Monitor
- SMTP Monitor
- SNMP Monitor
- SOAP Monitor
- Configure the SOAP Monitor in SAM
- SQL Server User Experience Monitor
- SSL Certificate Expiration Date Monitor
- TACACS+ User Experience Monitor
- TCP Port Monitor
- Tomcat Server Monitors
- VMware Performance Counter Monitor
- Web Link Monitor
- Windows Event Log Monitors
- Windows PowerShell Monitor
- Windows Script Monitors
- WMI Monitors
- SAM Custom Application Monitor Template Guide
Purchase additional licenses
By default, your SolarWinds Platform product includes one Network Sensor and ten Server Sensors. You can purchase more sensors by contacting SolarWinds Sales. After you purchase additional licenses for Packet Analysis Sensors, you must activate them.