VIRTUAL
Learn, connect & interact with Splunk subject matter experts, colleagues and industry peers, and have some fun on the way!
These 3-4 hour virtual hands-on taster sessions are a convenient and interactive way to discover how you can utilise the power of Splunk in a variety of different real-world scenarios and use cases. There are many different topics to choose from and you can find all the workshop sessions details at the bottom of this page.
We welcome you to join us for one, a few or all of our workshops in this series.
Who should attend?
If you are wanting to gain a better understanding of what Splunk can do and get a feel of the platform in a hands-on environment these sessions are for you. These sessions are recommended as an introduction to new tools or use-cases, as opposed to training which can be found here.
What you’ll need?
Just you, your laptop, and a browser that can access external websites. You will also need a splunk.com account to access the workshop environment (create an account here).
| Workshop Title | Level | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk4Rookies | Beginner | Go from Splunk Zero to Hero in 3 hours! Splunk4Rookies sessions are a great opportunity for you to discover the value of Splunk… Learn More Splunk4Rookies sessions are a great opportunity for you to discover the value of Splunk hands-on in a matter of hours. Attendees get an introduction to Splunk, along with hands-on experience creating a Splunk app and dashboard based on multiple use cases.
During a session, we will walk you through a series of exercises designed to get you to a point where you understand what Splunk is and how you can use it within your organisation. Attendees will create their own Splunk app, add some data, and then search and analyse that data to create an interactive dashboard. Target Audience Sessions are designed for Splunk beginners. Whether your organisation is just starting to consider using Splunk or you have just joined a team of Splunk users and need to understand the basics, Splunk4Rookies is for you! |
| Splunk4Rookies Dashboards | Beginner | Get an introduction to Splunk Dashboard Studio, along with hands-on experience creating a dashboard based on multiple use cases… Learn More Splunk4Rookies sessions are a great opportunity for you to discover the value of Splunk hands-on in a matter of hours. Attendees get an introduction to Splunk Dashboard Studio, along with hands-on experience creating a Splunk dashboard based on multiple use cases.
Participants will learn the basics of creating a dashboard using Splunk Dashboard Studio, and how to populate the dashboard with visualisations and manipulate them to provide maximum value. Target Audience: Sessions are designed for Splunk beginners. Whether your organisation is just starting to consider using Splunk or you have just joined a team of Splunk users and need to understand the basics of dashboarding, Splunk4Rookies - Dashboard Studio is for you! |
| Splunk4Rookies Machine Learning Primer | Beginner | Walk through a series of exercises designed to teach you some basic ML techniques you can take back to work/home and use over and over… Learn More Splunk4Rookies sessions are a great opportunity for you to discover the value of Splunk hands-on in a matter of hours.
Attendees get an introduction to Splunk Machine Learning (ML), along with hands-on experience solving real world problems with ML on multiple use cases. During this session, we will walk you through a series of exercises designed to teach you some basic ML techniques you can take back to work/home and use over and over. Attendees will create their own ML Models, use them, and then repeat for a number of use cases across IT, Security and Business analytics. Target Audience Sessions are designed for current Splunk users. Whether your organisation is just starting to consider using Machine Learning or you want to know how you can use ML in Splunk, the Splunk4Rookies - Machine Learning Primer is for you! |
| Splunk4Ninjas SPL Best Practices | Intermediate / Advanced | Deepen your existing Splunk skills in a matter of hours including tips & tricks, best practices and practical examples on how to improve your SPL… Learn More SPL best practices sessions are a great opportunity for you to deepen your existing Splunk skills in a matter of hours. Attendees benefit from lots of useful information including tips & tricks, best practices and practical examples on how to improve their SPL in our hands-on lab environment.
During the session, we will show you how to write better and efficient searches. We’ll share some useful tips & tricks, deal with complex data sets, different commands, macros, multi-value fields, regex and we will provide you with useful resources at the end of the session as well as cover Q&A. Target Audience Sessions are designed for experienced Splunk users looking to take their skills to the next level. |
| Workshop Title | Level | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk4Rookies Observability | Beginner | Experience an issue and discover how you can use Splunk Observability Cloud to troubleshoot and identify the root cause… Learn More Get insights into your applications and infrastructure in real-time with the help of the monitoring, analytics and response tools of the Splunk Observability Cloud. These workshops are going to take you through the best-in-class observability platform for ingesting, monitoring, visualising and analysing metrics, traces and logs.
Target Audience Those wanting to gain an understanding of Splunk Observability in a hands-on environment. This workshop is designed for people with little or no experience with Splunk Observability. |
| Simplifying Observability for Java Microservices in Kubernetes | Beginner | Discover how to leverage Splunk's automatic discovery and configuration for Java microservices in a Kubernetes-based environment… Learn More Join us for this hands-on workshop designed for SRE and DevOps professionals looking to modernize their approach to application deployment and observability. In this session, you'll discover how to leverage Splunk's automatic discovery and configuration for Java microservices in a Kubernetes-based environment to overcome these challenges with ease.
By the end of this workshop, you’ll see firsthand how Splunk simplifies observability for Java-based microservices, enabling you to reduce troubleshooting time and gain actionable insights into customer impact. This session is perfect for net-new Splunk customers ready to unlock the full potential of their cloud-native environments. |
| Profiling: Identifying App Performance Bottlenecks with No Code Changes | Beginner | Uncover how to leverage Splunk's AlwaysOn Profiling feature, powered by OpenTelemetry, to troubleshoot and rapidly fix a performance issue in a Java application with ease… Learn More Join us for this hands-on workshop designed for SRE and DevOps professionals looking to find the root cause of performance problems faster. In this session, you'll discover how to leverage Splunk's AlwaysOn Profiling feature, powered by OpenTelemetry, to troubleshoot and rapidly fix a performance issue in a Java application with ease.
By the end of this workshop, you’ll see the power of code profiling through identifying and repairing a serious application performance problem. This session is perfect for new Splunk customers - no prior knowledge of Splunk or OpenTelemetry is required. |
| IT Foundations | Beginner / Intermediate | Discover the ability to investigate an incident and find root cause through search, flexible analysis and monitoring metrics and logs in context… Learn More The IT Foundations workshop is a great opportunity for you to discover the value of Splunk hands-on in a matter of hours. The aim of the workshop is for attendees to develop an understanding of a foundational IT and observability strategy and how Splunk for IT Foundations can help. Participants will be introduced to Splunk IT Foundations solutions, including Splunk Search and Reporting, Splunk IT Essentials Learn, Splunk IT Essentials Work, & Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring. Expect to discover the ability to investigate an incident and find root cause through search, flexible analysis and monitoring metrics and logs in context.
The workshop will provide a series of exercises that allow users to navigate through typical real-world incidents and tasks, correlating events and understanding how this can lower your downtime and prevent future outages by driving to root cause. Target Audience The workshop is designed for Application and IT Operations teams including System Administrators, IT Analysts, Tier 1, 2, 3+ Support Engineers, SREs, etc. who have limited exposure to Splunk and are looking to understand how the Splunk Platform can help them more effectively investigate incidents, make data-driven decisions, and monitor their systems and applications. |
| Workshop Title | Level | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk4Rookies Security | Beginner | Get an introduction to what Splunk is, how Splunk can be used specifically for security, and… Learn More Splunk4Rookies - Security is focused on security, where attendees get an introduction to what Splunk is, how Splunk can be used specifically for security, and hands-on experience where they are given the task to create some Splunk dashboards in their own hosted Splunk instance based on Splunk Boss of the SOC (BOTS) data sources.
Target Audience Sessions are designed for Splunk beginners. Whether your organization is just starting to consider using Splunk or you have just joined a team of Splunk Ninjas and need to understand the basics, Splunk4Rookies - Security is for you! |
| Investigating with Splunk | Beginner | Gain a better understanding of how Splunk can be used to investigate in your enterprise… Learn More This workshop provides users a way to gain experience searching in Splunk to answer specific questions related to an investigation. Users will leave with a better understanding of how Splunk can be used to investigate in their enterprise.
Target Audience This workshop is ideal for individuals who are new to Splunk and are part of a Security Operations team responsible for security monitoring and incident response. |