Stay Connected: Your Guide to March Tech Talks, Office Hours, and Webinars!

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🍀A new season is on the horizon, and March brings fresh opportunities to grow! Our Community Office Hours, Tech Talks, and Webinars will help you develop new skills, spark your creativity, and connect with like-minded professionals. Whether you’re welcoming spring or just seeking a burst of inspiration, these events have you covered. Explore the details below and make this month count! 🌸 

What are Community Office Hours?

Community Office Hours is an interactive 60-minute Zoom series where participants can ask questions and engage with technical Splunk experts on various topics. Whether you're just starting your journey with Splunk or looking for best practices to take your deployment to the next level, Community Office Hours provides a safe and open environment for you to get help.

If you have an issue you can’t seem to resolve, have a question you’re eager to get answered by Splunk experts, are exploring new use cases, or just want to sit and listen in, Community Office Hours is for you!

What are Tech Talks?

Tech Talks are designed to accelerate adoption and ensure your success. In these engaging 60-minute sessions, we dive deep into best practices, share valuable insights, and explore additional use cases to expand your knowledge and proficiency with our products.

Whether you're looking to optimize your workflows, discover new functionalities, or troubleshoot challenges, Tech Talks is your go-to resource.

SECURITY

Office Hours | Security: Cisco Talos Integration	March 19, 2025 at 1pm PT	What can I ask in this AMA? How does Cisco Talos threat intelligence integrate with Splunk Security products? What kinds of intelligence are provided by the Cisco Talos integrations? How can I start using Cisco Talos intelligence in my Splunk Security products? Anything else you’d like to learn!
Tech Talk | SOC Modernization: How Automation and SOAR are Shaping Next-Gen Security Teams	March 26, 2025 at 11am PT	Security automation is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Join us to learn how Splunk ES and SOAR empower SecOps to automate time-consuming workflows, orchestrate investigations, enhance threat detection, and speed up response times. Discover how an automation-first approach to security operations helps teams stay ahead of sophisticated adversaries and adapt to evolving techniques and threats.

OBSERVABILITY

Office Hours | Debugging Microservices with Observability Cloud	March 18, 2025 at 1pm PT	What can I ask in this AMA? How do I detect issues with microservices and address them quickly? How do features like Service Centric Views, Tag Spotlight, and Trace Analyzer accelerate the troubleshooting process? How do Observability Cloud and Splunk Cloud/Enterprise work together to enhance troubleshooting capabilities? Anything else you'd like to learn about!
Tech Talk | Ask It, Fix It: Faster Investigations With AI Assistant in Observability Cloud	March 25, 2025 at 11am PT	Join us in this Tech Talk and learn about the recently launched AI Assistant in Observability Cloud. With this new GenAI-powered experience, Splunk users can easily extract insights in Splunk Observability Cloud and accelerate their investigations simply by asking questions using natural language. In this session, we’ll go over: An overview of the AI Assistant and its main functionalities Best Practices for AI Assistant: when and how to use it effectively A demo covering monitoring and troubleshooting examples

PLATFORM

Workshop | Splunk Data Management Workshop: SPL2 Deep Dive	March 4, 2025 at 11am PT	Get a technical deep-dive on how to leverage SPL2 in Data Management. Learn how to effectively build pipelines in Edge Processor & Ingest Processor to collect, transform, and route your data like never before. Key takeaways: Learn how SPL2 is leveraged in Edge & Ingest Processor Understand the differences between SPL vs. SPL2 Get key SPL2 commands for filtering, masking, and enriching data Demo walking through common use cases and how to build SPL2 pipelines to process and route data to Splunk or Amazon S3
Office Hours | Splunk AI: Ask me Anything	March 20, 2025 at 1pm PT	What can I ask in this AMA? How does Splunk use generative AI? What are some common use cases to get started with the Machine Learning Toolkit (MLTK) app? How can Splunk help me monitor and secure my generative AI applications? How do the Splunk AI Assistants keep customer data confidential? How can I leverage ML for anomaly detection? Can I develop and package a custom machine learning model in Splunk? Anything else you’d like to learn!