This Week's Community Digest - Splunk Community Happenings [02.14.2022]

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Get the latest news and updates from the Splunk Community here!

Latest 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:

• February Splunk Newsletter The Splunk Newsletter launches every month, including updates on Platform, Observability, Security, Product Updates, and more.
• Simplify Out-of-the-box Alerting in Three Steps With new AutoDetect! New AutoDetect addresses alerts to monitoring and troubleshooting today with simplified, out-of-the-box alerting for quicker time to value.
• Splunk Enterprise Security 7.0 is Here! Did you know about the latest Security Analytics enhancements to Splunk Enterprise Security with our latest 7.0 release? Check out the deets!

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:

Featured Upcoming User Groups:

• New York City User Group 2/17: Special Splunk Workshop Event: Build Your First Splunk App. Have you ever wanted to build your own Splunk app but not known where to begin? This workshop is for you!
• 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!

Featured Tech Talks:

• Using Custom Entity Types in Splunk IT Essentials Work: What Entities are and how to set them up quickly in Splunk IT Essentials Work or IT Service Intelligence.
• Dashboard Studio: Reimagine What You Can Do with Your Dashboards: Dashboard Studio is our intuitive dashboard-building experience that allows you to easily communicate even your most complex data stories.
• Save Time with Intermediate Splunk Search Skills: Ramping up on Splunk? Search is one of the most important topics for users looking to get the most out of Splunk.
• Splunk Content Pack for Observability: Discover how you can maximize cross-domain visibility with minimal effort and time by bringing your Observability logs, metrics, and traces into the Data-to-Everything Platform.

This Week From Splunk Answers…✍️

Special shout out to the following community members for joining our collection of Solution Authors by getting their very first solution accepted on Splunk Answers last week! (And earning their new badge!) @yshen, @buysse, @tshah-splunk, @kheo_splunk, @Splunking, @BahadirS, @neerajs_81, @pbarna, @gazuluagac, @stricq, @smcdonald20, @titleistfour, @vgugale, @WhitneySink, and @andyd.

You can still join the ranks and help your community! 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! ❤️

Submit your story of how Splunk has helped to lead you to success by participating in our new program called "Splunk Love". We want to shine a light on your success with Splunk through expertly crafted videos, written case studies, major speaking opportunities, blogging, media interviews, analyst relations opportunities, and more. Read the blog post to learn more about this exciting program that recognizes and rewards your contributions through swag, a special badge, and more member-only incentives. Read more here!

— Michelle Schlachta, Community + Content at Splunk