December Community Update

[Brooke Hammer]

New Features & Enhancements

Community Member Badges:  

• The Hall of Fame, VIP and Spotlight badges have been updated providing standardized icons across the community. 
• ThousandEye badges have also been uploaded allowing users with an enhanced community experience. 

Ask the Experts (ATXs):  

• The global navigation has been updated allowing easier navigation for users to the event boards. 
• The time and date have been updated for the Chinese Community allowing users with an community experience. 
• A tailored ATX duplicate registration error message has been created to help users during the registration process. 

Community Events & Webinars: Instead of label text appearing in the URL as a parameter, number codes have been added for each label/filter option selected. Thus, this allows for better search results and standardization for new API parameters. 

Community Content: To help provide relevant content to community users, the “Featured Articles” component has been moved to the top of the page.  

Community Health: As part of overall community clean-up, the spacing has been reduced for the Guided Resources. 

Community Experience Updates

VIP Spotlights 

Get to know our VIPs! 

• Fumihiro Takai: English | Japanese 
• Javier Acuna: English | Spanish 

#CommunityPoll on social 

"What's the TOP reason that keeps you engaged in an online user community?" 

• Collective knowledge = 69% 
• Giveback/share learning = 18% 
• Peer connection = 12% 
• No thanks = 18% 
• Other = 1% 

Source: [LinkedIn │ X/Twitter] 

Community Live Webinars 

Catch the October & November replays: 

• [Japanese] Webex セキュリティ設定の概要と動作解説 
• [Japanese] ネットワークエンジニア向け コンテナの基礎とメリット  
• [Japanese] Catalyst 9000 スイッチにおける Smart Licensing Using Policy 
• [French] Cisco Webex Calling La Téléphonie dans le Cloud 
• [French] Les fondamentaux de BGP EVPN VXLAN pour le Réseau d'Entreprise 
• [Portuguese] Meraki em ação: Segurança sem fronteiras e sem toques  
• [Portuguese] Wi-Fi 6E: Por que agora é a hora de investir? 
• [Portuguese] Segurança Efetiva: UTM vs SaaS  
• [Spanish] CWA para WLAN de invitados integrada con ISE 
• [Spanish] ¿Qué hay de nuevo en ISE? Funciones, versiones, parches y más 
• [Spanish] Cómo abordar Problemas de Superposición de VLAN en ACI 
• [Spanish] Técnicas de Phishing y Cómo Protegernos en la Actualidad 
• [Spanish] Herramientas de Solución de Problemas de NX-OS (Troubleshoot) 
• [Spanish] Secure Client (AnyConnect) con SAML: detalles, configuración y 
• [Spanish] Procesamiento de Paquetes hacia el CPU en Switches Catalyst 9K 
• [Spanish] Políticas Localizadas de SD-WAN 
• [Spanish] Resolución de Problemas de Conectividad entre Cisco DNA Center 

Member Recognition: 

• Spotlight Awards Updates: including new badge, multi-lingual nomination form and from monthly to quarterly - learn more. 
• Ranking Simplification: Remove VIP and Hall of Fame layers to simplify our ranking level and make things more transparent to our members.  

Additional Highlights: 

• Community @ Cisco Live APJC (Dec 5-8, 2023 | Melbourne) 
• Sustainability Central: A new quick guide to learn about all things sustainability in Cisco.   

Coming Soon: 

• VIP Class 2024 announcement in January!  
• Cisco Live EMEA (Feb 5-9, 2024 | Amsterdam)