Splunk Platform Highlights
Check Out Our Weekly Connected Experiences Blog Series
Following the many Connected Experiences announcements at .conf21, we are publishing blogs each week diving into all of the exciting new releases.
Try Out the Splunk Enterprise Beta
Sign up for the Splunk Enterprise Beta and try out our newest capabilities including:
- Ingest Actions: Easily redact, filter and route data on events before they are ingested
- SmartStore for Microsoft Azure: Decrease infrastructure cost with this additional remote cloud storage option
- Configuration Change Tracking: Optimize your auditing and troubleshooting efficiency
Meet the New Data Manager (Preview)
Learn about Data Manager, a new Splunk Cloud Platform feature to simplify getting your data into Splunk, that is available now in Preview for customers on AWS with Victoria Experience.
Splunk Observability Highlights
Left Navigation Changes
To provide better navigation throughout the product, a new left navigation experience will be added to the product. Instead of being hidden, a thin navigation bar will persist on the left side of the screen. No menu items will be moved so it should still feel familiar to you.
Data Setup Page Update
The new Data Setup page provides a more intuitive experience for customers on their integration journey with Splunk Observability Cloud. Filters provide a way for users to focus on only the integrations that impact their integration and a condensed table view provides a visually faster way to find specific integrations.
Better Onboarding Experience
The new Data Setup page provides a more intuitive experience for customers on their integration journey with Splunk Observability Cloud. Filters provide a way for users to focus on only the integrations that impact their integration and a condensed table view provides a visually faster way to find specific integrations.
APM
AlwaysOn Profiling
AlwaysOn Profiling is now GA! AlwaysOn Profiling continuously analyzes your code level performance to identify service bottlenecks in your production environment, with minimal overhead.The feature is available today for Java applications, with more coming soon. For more information, please use the following links:
Infrastructure Monitoring
Pivot Sidebar
Splunk Observability Cloud now supports viewing dependent services of an infrastructure entity. Starting from December 7th 2021, a new right navigation experience has been added to the entity navigators in the Infrastructure page of Splunk Observability Cloud. This allows you to see all of the services such as Kafka or MySQL that are running on a collection of hosts such as AWS EC2, Azure Virtual Machines, GCP Compute Instances, or on-premise hosts.
Further, you can debug issues faster by navigating i.e. pivoting to the interested service instance, such as Kafka, or Cassandra, with the click of a button. No menu items will be moved so it should still feel familiar to you.
More detailed documentation is available here.
Education Corner
Certification Update
In alignment with recent product changes, Splunk Certification has renamed the Splunk Phantom Certified Admin track. Candidates and badge-holders will now see Splunk SOAR Certified Automation Developer in their exam authorization and digital badge records. No action is required by existing cert-holders.
Any questions regarding this change can be directed to certification@splunk.com.
Education Launch
Splunk Education Launches Authorized Learning Partner (ALP) Program! Our mission is to build a community of Learning Partners who will expand our reach and scale globally to support Splunk adoption through education - for Customers, Partners and Splunkers alike. ALPs bring a value-add of localization, language and cultural skills to bring Splunk education to more markets than ever before.
Whether you are looking for multi- or single-topic training courses, in-person or virtual training, ALPs will deliver. Click here for more information or contact partner+@splunk.com for more details.
Looking for Splunk Training + Certification resources?
- All things Splunk Certification are here
» Splunk Certification Handbook - And ICYMI: The newest comprehensive resource is here
» Splunk Education Student Handbook
More Ways You Can Get Involved with the Splunk Community
The Splunk community has been super-active and we've captured some data from November that we thought you might find interesting and motivating to check out. Some highlights from Splunk Answers are # of folks who authored accepted solutions, those who started brand new conversation threads, people replying for the very first time, and karma love that y'all have been giving to one another.
Our blogs have been getting lots of eyeballs, too, and we are ever so appreciative of your engagement with the Community Blog, Tech Talks, and the Product News & Announcements blog. See the data for yourself - check out the blog post showcasing these awesome activities! Just from November, we've got numbers to share that show how much love the Community gets - and gives.
» Read More
Digital Happenings
Grey’s Academy
Splunk’s Technical Marketing Manager, Grey, Dziuba hosts fun and informative monthly sessions on Thursday’s at 12 pm PT/ 3 pm ET:
- 101: Fundamentals for beginners | First Thursday
- 201: Deep dives for intermediates | Second Thursday
- 301: Unique use cases for experts | Third Thursday
In case you missed it, Grey’s Academy streams on Twitch, YouTube and LinkedIn! » Watch Now
Tech Talks Now Available On Demand
IT Edition - Using Custom Entity Types in Splunk IT Essentials Work » Watch Now
DevOps Edition - Tips for a Successful OpenTelemetry Deployment » Watch Now
You'll also find insightful and valuable deep-dives for any technical practitioner right here on Splunk Community.
SplunkBase App
Did you see the Featured Collections in the new Splunkbase Preview? There you will find collections for Staff Picks, Pipeline Analytics for DevOps, XDR, and Accenture Cloud Services. Take a look at these and come back often to find new curated collections of helpful solutions.
The Splunk App for Stream is a popular wire data app with associated add-ons designed to capture packets, dynamically detect applications, parse protocols, and send metadata back to your Splunk environment for over 30 protocols and 300 commercial applications.
Splunk App for AWS
End of Life/End of Support date has been extended to July 15, 2022 (previously set for January 5, 2022). For more details, check out this community post.
