SystemLink Server New Features and Changes

Learn about updates, including new features and behavior changes, introduced in each version of SystemLink Server.

Discover what is new in the latest releases of SystemLink Server.
Note If you cannot find new features and changes for your version, it might not include user-facing updates. However, your version might include non-visible changes such as bug fixes and compatibility updates. For information about non-visible changes, refer to your product Release Notes.

SystemLink Server 2025 Q4 Changes

Learn about new features, behavior changes, and other updates in SystemLink Server 2025 Q4.

  • Security updates.

SystemLink Client 2025 Q4 Changes

Learn about new features, behavior changes, and other updates in SystemLink Client 2025 Q4.

  • Security updates.

SystemLink Server 2025 Q3 Changes

Learn about new features, behavior changes, and other updates in SystemLink Server 2025 Q3.

  • Security updates
  • Track user licenses and system licenses using the Licenses application. To access this application, click Access Control » Licenses.

SystemLink Client 2025 Q3 Changes

Learn about new features, behavior changes, and other updates in SystemLink Client 2025 Q3.

  • SystemLink now excludes the LAN eXtension Instrumentation (LXI) asset type when you configure automatic utilization reporting in the SystemLink Client Tray App or in TestStand. You can report LXI asset utilization data through the following means:
    • LabVIEW
    • Python
    • REST APIs
    • By enabling automatic reporting for the NI-VISA driver (2025 Q1 and later)
  • Updates to the SystemLink Client Tray App:
    • Configuration settings now save at the system level. You can access these settings in the following location: %ProgramData%\National Instruments\Systems Management\NIMinionConfig\trayapp_settings.json
      Note With this release, every user on the system now uses the same configuration. This update removes all previous user-level customization.
    • The default value of the Enable Automatic Tracking setting has changed from All Assets to System Controller.

    For more information on these settings, refer to Tracking Asset Utilization on a Client.

SystemLink 2025 Q1 Changes

Learn about new features, behavior changes, and other updates in SystemLink 2025 Q1.

  • Updated the following components to improve security.
    • Apache httpd for NI Web Server
    • curl
    • OpenSSL

  • SystemLink 2025 Q1 includes version 7.0 of MongoDB. If your SystemLink uses the default database, running this installer makes your local database files compatible with MonogDB 7.0. You cannot load the converted database files to older versions of SystemLink.

    Note Server Configuration Utility refers to MongoDB as a NoSQL database.

    This installer does not modify data in an externally managed database. The data becomes accessible after upgrading. NI recommends creating backups of all data stored by SystemLink before you upgrade. For more information about creating a MongoDB backup, refer to Upgrading and Migrating SystemLink Server.

SystemLink 2024 Q1 Changes

Learn about new features, behavior changes, and other updates in SystemLink 2024 Q1.

  • Added support for SystemLink Client 2024 Q1.

SystemLink 2023 Q3 Changes

Learn about new features, behavior changes, and other updates in SystemLink 2023 Q3.

  • Updated the following components to improve security.
    • Apache httpd for NI Web Server
    • OpenSSL
      Note Supports TLS 1.3
    • Erlang
    • RabbitMQ
    • Dashboard dependencies
  • Web applications use the X-Content-Type-Options header.

SystemLink 2023 Q1 Changes

Learn about new features, behavior changes, and other updates in SystemLink 2023 Q1.

  • Added support for SLSC devices.