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

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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.

OBSERVABILITY

Tech Talk | Observe and Secure All Apps with Splunk	October 14, 2025 at 1O1am PT	In this session, you will learn how to: Detect and protect against runtime attacks in real-time—from common exploits to sophisticated zero-day threats like the recent Shai Hulud Supply Chain Attack—directly within your applications. Prioritize threats based on actual business risk and impact, moving beyond simple severity scores to focus on what truly matters. Arm your application and security teams with actionable intelligence delivered straight to the Splunk tools you already trust.
AppDynamics Expert Insight Series | Expand AppDynamics Repsonse and Alert Functionality with Webhook...	October 16, 2025 at 12PM PT	Discover how to: Streamline alert and response practices with Splunk AppDynamics Integrate with leading incident management and communication platforms using webhooks, with a live demo on setting up targeted notifications for faster, more effective responses.
Tech Talk | Splunk + ThousandEyes: Correlate frontend, app, and network data to troubleshoot faster	October 21, 2025 at 11am PT	We’ll cover two powerful, free integrations available to all joint Splunk Observability Cloud and ThousandEyes customers: Visualize global user experience and network health together to isolate issues faster Drill from synthetic tests into backend traces with just a few clicks Correlate application traces with network telemetry to uncover the true root cause
Tech Talk | Take Action Automatically on Splunk Alerts with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform	October 27, 2025 at 11am PT	Join this Tech Talk to learn how to: Gain a unified view of IT health using Splunk's powerful data platform Integrate Splunk alerts with Event-Driven Ansible Use Event-Driven Ansible to design your desired response to a given IT event or incident Apply this solution to key operational challenges Apply technical resources to get started
Tech Talk | Observability Unlocked: Kubernetes & Cloud Monitoring with Splunk IM	October 28, 2025 at 11am PT	Here’s what you’ll learn: OpenTelemetry (OTel) Integration Observability & Monitoring for Kubernetes Infrastructure Faster Incident Detection & Resolution (MTTD & MTTR) Traffic Pattern & Release Impact Analysis Infrastructure Optimization & Scalability
How to Be Awesome at Splunk AppDynamics Query Language (ADQL) #2: Splunk AppDynamics Data Collectors and ADQL Searches	October 28, 2025 at 12PM PT	Building further on the foundation of our 1st ADQL session, we'll: Add data collectors into the mix to show how to correlate even more business context with analytics! Learn how to use the values customers enter (which are often specifics not normally captured by OOTB observability agents) to dig deeper into trouble shooting scenarios. Focus on capturing meaningful relational context that impacts or directly influences the bottom line of a business. (IE loan amounts, shopping cart values, regional patterns, etc)

PLATFORM

Office Hours | Splunk 10.0: Your Guide to a Smooth Upgrade Journey	October 2, 2025 at 1pm PT	What can I ask in this AMA about the next Splunk upgrade? What is included in Splunk 10? What are the key innovations in Splunk 10 that customers should know about? What is the benefit of upgrading to Splunk 10? How can I upgrade to Splunk 10 and what is inclusive of upgrade readiness? How can I use the Splunk Health Assistant Add-on? (address EOL Upgrade Readiness App) SCP vs Splunk Enterprise Upgrade Readiness What are the breaking changes customers need to be aware of and action on?
Office Hours | Platform: Splunk Cloud Migration	October 23, 2025 at 11am PT	What can I ask in this AMA? What are the primary benefits realized from moving to the Splunk Cloud Platform? What are the essential steps to prepare an on-prem Splunk environment for cloud migration? What are the key approaches and considerations for a successful cloud migration? How can I lower the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with the Splunk Cloud Platform? How can users optimize Splunk performance with the Splunk Cloud Platform? What are the key management differences between an on-prem and SaaS-deployed environment of Splunk? What are the different migration engagement models (i.e. self-service, partner-led, services-led)? Anything else you'd like to learn!