In this 100-level class, Kevin M. Sparenberg, Technical Content Manager for THWACK®, presents a simple introduction to the SolarWinds® Orion® Software Development Kit (SDK). Instructions include how to download the SDK, installing the PowerShell module, and performing basic read operations within the API. No previous PowerShell or Orion API experience is necessary. Kevin discusses when, how, and why to use the API.

ITIL incident management is a key component of ITSM. Watch this video to see how SolarWinds Service Desk makes it easy to work incidents efficiently.

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How much do you really know about the Orion® Platform? Regardless of your level of expertise, even the most seasoned user will learn a thing or two in this episode. We'll go through dashboards, customizations, features, functions, you name it. Learn from SolarWinds® Orion Platform experts, ask them questions, and share your own pro tips during live chat and Q&A.

This video will show how leveraging APM and log management together (metrics, traces, and logs) can accelerate the identification of root cause when troubleshooting performance problems.

Your public-facing websites can be a secret backdoor to personally identifiable data. Simple SQL queries executed on your website search bar could create a data breach. In this video, we'll cover how you can can identify and stop this malicious activity with SolarWinds Security Event Manager.

Your organization has internet use policies in place for multiple reasons: protecting your network against security breaches, keeping organizational costs down, and protecting your employees, end users, or customers. Anonymizer websites provide a workaround to these policies that can put your organization at risk. In this video we'll show you how to identify and stop the use of anonymizer websites on your network with SolarWinds Security Event Manager.

Log and event data are a boundless and valuable resource for identifying suspicious network activity and stopping potential breaches. However, analyzing lines and lines of text-based data can make this resource more trouble than it's worth. In this video, we'll explore the different ways you can customize log data in an easy-to-understand and visual dashboard in Security Event Manager to help turn it into something you can act on.

SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor (SCM) is designed to provide insights into Windows® server and application changes to help you pinpoint the root cause of performance problems faster. Detect, track, and receive alerts when changes occur, allowing you to correlate system performance against configuration changes, know who made changes, and compare configurations over time. SCM integrates with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor, allowing you to extend troubleshooting of system and application performance from one unified console.

Virtualized database instances are becoming more and more common, but many DBAs try to avoid virtualized databases because of the added complexity they can bring to performance resolution. With the VMware option, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) provides detailed information related to whether the culprit affecting database performance is located in the virtualization layer or inside the database itself.