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SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

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Purpose
SAM monitors server and application health, availability, performance, and dependencies from one place.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Intended users
SolarWinds describes SAM as designed for IT teams monitoring servers, applications, and infrastructure across environments of all sizes.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Deployment
SAM is an Orion module built on the SolarWinds Platform; the company describes its monitoring portfolio as self-hosted and suitable for on-premises and hybrid IT environments.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Trial
SolarWinds offers a fully functional 30-day trial of SAM.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Integrations
Supported applications include Microsoft Exchange, IIS, Active Directory, SharePoint, and SQL Server, as well as third-party products such as Oracle, Java, Tomcat, Citrix, and MySQL.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Security
SolarWinds says its software development methodology follows NIST Secure Software Development Framework and Enduring Security Framework guidelines, and that it conducts regular external penetration tests.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Support
SolarWinds provides technical support, documentation, training, and a user community with more than 200,000 registered members.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Headquarters
Austin, Texas, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · solarwinds.com
Founded
1999Read 28 Sep 2026 · solarwinds.com
Alerting and reporting
SAM offers customizable alerts and reports, including alerts based on deviations from baseline thresholds.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
API monitoring
SAM API pollers collect metrics from external REST APIs and support alerts for numeric and string values.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Cloud
SAM supports monitoring Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS services, and the product page describes coverage across hybrid and cloud environments.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Custom monitoring
Users can create or customize templates and use custom Windows, Linux, and UNIX scripts to monitor applications.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Discovery and mapping
SAM can automatically discover applications and servers and map application dependencies to underlying infrastructure.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Monitoring coverage
SolarWinds says SAM supports monitoring across Windows, Linux, VMware, Azure, and AWS environments.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Templates
SAM provides out-of-the-box templates for more than 250 application types, including specialized AppInsight templates for SQL Server, Exchange, IIS, and Active Directory.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com

Plans and prices

Server & Application Monitor Priced on request Get a Quote; a SolarWinds page says “Starts at $2,900” but does not state a billing term. Licensing guide says licenses are based on application component monitors; physical servers, hypervisors, and disk volumes are included at no extra cost. Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com

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