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Hear ye, hear ye! Calling all those whomst Splunk for our first Answers-a-thon! Are you ready to put your Splunk skills to the test? The Answers-a-thon is your chance to show off your expertise, work with other members of the Splunk Community, and have a blast at .conf23 in Las Vegas this July.

.conf23 takes place July 17-20th — explore more than 200 sessions, across five tracks, and start planning your time with us in Las Vegas!

Good change is still change. Find out how to prepare for the launch of the new Splunk Learning Platform on May 22nd! Please note that the current system will be down May 17-21.

We're excited to announce the release of fresh video content on Splunk Lantern, created in collaboration with Splunk Education. In addition, we've also published a wealth of new informative articles this month, including a series of use cases for telecommunications organizations!

There’s a hero in all of us! Upskill-on-demand with our 3-part Hero’s Journey training series.

It's application season for the SplunkTrust(tm) and we love shining the spotlight on members of this incredible community! Come along as we chat with member Rich Mahlerwein — aka @Richfez — and learn about where his life and career have taken him since we last checked in (in 2017!)

We’re excited to announce an exclusive new Splunk certification exam is being released at .conf23 along with onsite testing for other certifications!

The Mission Possible: Splunk Adoption Challenge concludes this Sunday, April 30, and there is still plenty of time to gain valuable Splunk knowledge, earn prizes, and beat the game! The first 200 people to complete multiple levels of the challenge are guaranteed a $25 Splunk store gift card, and anyone who finishes will be eligible for 1 of our 3 grand prizes!

It's never too late to reflect on a stellar year of progress, and 2022 proved to be another exciting year for Splunkbase and our app ecosystem! Take a look at just some of our critical metrics in the infographic showcased here.

An industry influencer, a Splunk thought leader, and a current Splunker discuss the power of tech education in this three-part podcast.

We have some exciting news for you... We've decided to extended our Dashboard Studio Challenge to Friday, May 12th - don't miss out! This is your opportunity to level up your dashboard skills, showcase your visualizations, and win a $100 gift card to the Splunk Store. We supply the themes and the datasets. You create an impactful, story-telling dashboard in Dashboard Studio. It’s that easy!

In 2018, Splunk featured a video about SplunkTrust member Clara Merriman. We interviewed Clara for the Where Are They Now series of blog posts to share her career growth story with you. Read on to learn more about Clara since her video was released.

SplunkTrust Nomination and Application Forms are open for the .conf23 cohort selection. Nominate a peer or apply yourself through Friday, May 5th 2023 11:59:59pm PDT.

ATTENTION ATTENTION ...nominate forTHE SPLUNKIES! The deadline for nominations is April 14th.

This month we’re sharing some interesting metrics with you from our past financial year, with a spotlight on the articles that got the most views. We’ve also published new use cases, product tips, and more! If you want to jump straight to our new articles, scroll to the bottom to read more.

New podcast series highlights the critical and growing need for easily-accessible tech education. 

Splunk Lantern has been nominated for not one, but two awards in the second annual CXOne Expert Customer Recognition Awards! We have been recognized in both the Expert and Innovation categories. Read on to find out more, and vote for us!

It's officially .conf-irmed 🎉 🎉—  .conf23 registration is open!

Attention everyone! We have exciting news to share! We are recruiting new members for the Mission Possible: Splunk Adoption Challenge, which is now live and available for you to participate in!

This month we’re excited to announce that the Use Case Explorer for the Splunk Platform has arrived! This new tool is designed to inspire as you develop new use cases using either Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud Platform. We’ve also published a ton of new content covering a huge range of products, use cases, and industries! If you want to jump straight to our new articles, scroll to the bottom to read more.

Help congratulate our star community contributors that have shown consistent participation in our community programs.

Interested in getting hands-on, live help from a Splunk expert? Look no further! Community Office Hours is a new program that you don’t want to miss. Here, you can ask questions and get live help from a technical Splunk expert on a different topic every month. You must register to attend a session. But spots are limited - so don’t miss out! Check out our list of upcoming sessions and register now to join us.

Between November and January, over 47,000 thirsty-for-knowledge learners took at least one free Splunk Education course -- 5.8K took three or more and were entered into our contest to win Splunk swag! 

By Fabrizio Ferri Benedetti, Robin Pille, and Christopher Gales

As part of our long-term documentation strategy, now anyone, from Splunkers to Splunk users, can improve the Splunk Observability Cloud documentation by adding examples, documenting new settings, or fixing issues. By opening the Observability docs for community contribution,  we’ve made it easier to ensure we’re providing the highest quality, most up-to-date content for you to use every day. All you have to do is select the Edit  this page link on any page of the Observability Cloud documentation.

Join us for another free training course, taught by one of our seasoned Splunk instructors, to help you get started with Splunk.

For over a decade Splunk User Groups have helped their local Splunk users find success and provide networking opportunities for the attendees. We are excited to announce a new program for 2023:  Splunk User Groups: Plugged-In. Connect with your local community and Splunk experts, charge up your Splunk knowledge, and share your valuable experience with your peers!

This article is a code-based discussion of passing OpenTelemetry trace context across STOMP protocol pub/sub with a brokered websocket. This example uses Spring Boot for most components and leverages OpenTelemetry's APIs for manual instrumentation.

This month we’re excited to announce the relaunch of the Splunk Success Framework, a comprehensive resource for Splunk program managers to create best-practice processes for Splunk implementation. While we’ve been heavily focused on updating this tool, we’ve also got some new articles to share with you. Read on to find out more.