  The Atacama Large Millimeter-Submillimeter Array (ALMA) has opened a new
window for studying the Sun via high-resolution high-sensitivity imaging at
millimeter wavelengths. In this contribution I review the capabilities of the
instrument for solar observing and describe the extensive effort taken to bring
the possibility of solar observing with ALMA to the scientific community. The
first solar ALMA observations were carried out during 2014 and 2015 in two ALMA
bands, Band 3 (3 mm) and Band 6 (1.3 mm), in single-dish and interferometric
modes, using single pointing and mosaicing observing techniques, with spatial
resolution up to 2arcsec and 1arcsec in the two bands, respectively. I overview
several recently published studies which made use of the first solar ALMA
observations, describe current status of solar observing with ALMA and briefly
discuss the future capabilities of the instrument.
