Understanding who has permissions to what and how those permissions levels change over time is an important piece of the puzzle when it comes to protecting sensitive data from getting into the wrong hands. However, this can be a difficult task when dealing with permissions on Linux servers and files. In this video, we'll show you how you can see who has access on your Linux servers, monitor and alert on changes to those permissions, and track the changes over time for auditing purposes.

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Watch an introduction to SolarWinds® Service Desk to learn what today’s IT service management (ITSM) strategy demands from a solution. SolarWinds Service Desk provides a cloud-based, multi-tenant platform for integrated IT asset management and service desk.

Based on one of the most popular SWUG™ (SolarWinds User Group) sessions of 2019, Jim Hansen, SolarWinds VP of application management products, shows you how to combine user experience monitoring with custom metrics, distributed tracing, log analytics, and log management to provide unparalleled visibility into your custom applications. Jim will demonstrate, step by step, how Pingdom®, AppOptics™, and Loggly® integrate with one another to help you pinpoint performance issues and keep your end users happy.

The first step in improving system monitoring and visibility is getting data flowing sooner rather than later. For systems engineers managing diverse resources, it can be easier said than done. In this applications- and systems-focused conclusion of our year-end performance series, Server & Application Monitor (SAM) Senior Product Manager Serena Chou joins Head Geeks Patrick Hubbard and Sascha Giese to share shortcuts to streamline Azure monitoring configuration and get the cloud performance data you need, now.

Server and application configurations are a fundamental piece of securing your environment. If unauthorized changes are made to these configurations, you can be exposed to serious vulnerabilities. Learn how to harden your servers using PowerShell scripts in SolarWinds® Server Configuration Monitor. In this video, we'll create a custom profile including several PowerShell scripts to monitor changes to different aspects of your servers.

Local certificates provide a multitude of security benefits. From encrypting emails and allowing easier authentication, to securing connections between web browsers and your web servers, they're a necessary part of any network. Learn how to monitor changes to local certificates with SolarWinds® Server Configuration Monitor.

Want to learn a couple of easy ways to increase performance of your SolarWinds Orion Platform? Of course you do! In this networking-focused part one of our year-end performance series, Senior Network Performance Monitor (NPM) Product Manager Jason Carrier joins Head Geeks Patrick Hubbard and Sascha Giese to reveal how to free up CPU resources, load web views faster, and spend less time managing settings.

Your servers perform distinct functions in your environment. If one of those roles is removed or added unexpectedly, chaos could ensue. Learn how to understand the roles your servers are currently performing, and know if or when those roles change with SolarWinds® Server Configuration Monitor.

SolarWinds® ipMonitor is designed to provide essential IT monitoring for network devices, servers and applications, at an affordable price. From a single console, you can see the up/down status of your devices, CPU, memory and disk usage, as well as, any performance issues with your critical services or processes.