This Week's Community Digest - Splunk Community Happenings [02.22.2022]

[bjennewein]

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This Week in Product News and Announcements 🆕

Check out the latest news, product updates, and newsletters written by Splunkers who’ve got helpful information to share with the community:

• Splunk APM's AlwaysOn Profiling is GA! APM's AlwaysOn profiling is now available for Java applications, giving app developers and service owners visibility of code level performance to troubleshoot production issues faster.

ICYMI: Some of last week's can't-miss highlights...

• February Splunk Newsletter 
• Simplify Out-of-the-box Alerting in Three Steps With new AutoDetect! 
• Splunk Enterprise Security 7.0 is Here! 

User Groups and Other Can't-Miss Community Events! 👏

We always have a bevy of events happening in the community, and here are a few highlighted happenings you might want to check out this week:

February Upcoming User Group Events:

• Toronto User Group 2/23 (Tomorrow!) [RSVP]
• Sao Paolo User Group 2/23 (Tomorrow!): Vamos falar de Splunk SOAR [RSVP]
• Fort Worth User Group 2/24: Intro to HEC Tokens in Splunk, creating, onboarding and troubleshooting demo [RSVP]
• Baltimore User Group 2/28: February Meeting [RSVP]
• Harrisburg User Group 2/28: February Meeting [RSVP]
• Chicago User Group 3/10: Quest Behind the Quest: Using Observability Cloud to Support Q11yQuest.

Don’t see your UG? Check out the full list!

Tech Talks Updates:

March schedule is coming soon! Until then, check out any of the hundreds of Tech Talks on-demand!

This Week From Splunk Answers…✍️

It can take a lot of courage to post that first question, seeking help, advice, or guidance. So this week we want to give a special shout-out to some of last week's first-time posters (which of course also earned you your badge!): @ankitsaini20 , @dougburdan , @ainap , @Rapidz , @andreaantonioni , @jimrp , @mikepangrac , @3cime , @Drates , @hichem_khalfi , @Mr2022 , @decenior , @rkeenan , @DukeScottWu , @ChrisW-TX , @mchristian , @NewGhost , @THenryWV , @shreem , @MarkNicholls , @stavakler , @n37w0rk , @ashwinve1385 , @hj9b7Cn , @malo1230 , @icehack , @akhil11 , @akyz , @WollyCGN , @syamato @KingAD , @siddhantkumar08 , @JMondares , @davidbuttler , @Gian89 , @rsahoo , @Yy4pb , @rasikmhetre , @amitbenda , @rajshekarv , @baz , @sundarhcl_2022 , @ragonfly , @akasmika , @KDallman , @Pat , @Hadad , @bobmcperson , @tokio13 , @user9025 , @cdaviet , @Caren 

Kudos again for taking a brave first step in posting! And while our broader community leans in to help where they can, don't forget you can always search the existing Splunk Answers for similar questions, comments, and solutions!

What do you say, community? Think you can help some of our new friends out? Check out some of the unanswered questions and see if there's some commentary or a solution that you can offer someone. On the Splunk Answers page, just click on the dropdown next to “Category Activity” and choose “Unsolved”, or choose your own category of expertise to explore or post a question yourself!

Splunk Love! ❤️

Last week we shared a short kudos and brava for some of our earliest supporters of the new Splunk Love program, and there's still plenty of time to have YOUR success and achievements recognized through expertly crafted videos, written case studies, major speaking opportunities, blogging, media interviews, analyst relations opportunities, and more. 

There's also ONE WEEK LEFT to snag that $25 Amazon Gift card by leaving your honest review here! All reviews, public or anonymous, are eligible for the gift card, and all public reviews earn that Splunk Love community badge, too!

— Bryan Jennewein, Sr. Director of Splunk Community

— Michelle Schlachta, Community + Content at Splunk