Check out September's Members of the Month!   The Rising Star The Rising Star award recognizes our top new contributor. To achieve this award, you must fulfill BOTH of the below criteria:   Joined within the past 3 months Written the most posts in that time compared to your fellow new users   This month’s Rising Star award goes to @TheAlchemist! Since joining the Community in July, @TheAlchemist has amassed 20 posts in the Security SD-WAN forum by asking great questions and never hesitating to ask for more information when needed. Those conversations help others out, too!     @TheAlchemist   Thanks for your posts @TheAlchemist  — we hope you'll continue to find value from participating in our community!   Everybody Wins This award allows us to highlight the actions of a member whose recent contributions created a win for everyone involved.   This month's award goes to @RomanMD for creating and sharing this awesome guide on how to configure Meraki AnyConnect SAML authentication with ADFS. RomanMD saw a need and took the time to fill it for the greater good of the Community! Many are sure to benefit from the helpful detailed and clear instructions you created.     @RomanMD   Thanks @RomanMD for taking the time to figure out and document a solution so everyone can benefit!   The Top Four Here, we congratulate our top four contributors of the month, based on the number of kudos they’ve received and accepted solutions they’ve authored. This month these amazing members provided the community with a total of 20 solutions and received a total of 343 kudos for their efforts.   @PhilipDAth 117 kudos 6 solutions MOTM score: 129 @alemabrahao 72 kudos 10 solutions MOTM score: 92 @cmr 85 kudos 0 solutions MOTM score: 85 @KarstenI 69 kudos 4 solutions MOTM score: 77 (MOTM score = kudos received + 2*solutions authored)   Congratulations to all of our ✨stellar contributors✨  and thanks to everyone who participated on the community in September!      If you come across a truly helpful thread, or a post that’s teeming with positivity and you’d like to nominate the author for the Everybody Wins award, you can submit your nomination here. ... View more

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  UPDATE: this contest has ended. We really enjoyed reading everyone's thoughtful and kind appreciations for each other, so thank you for sharing! Our randomly selected winner and their nominee are: @BGibson and @Sandbag. Congrats!      IT Professionals Day celebrates the hard work of a group without whom this community would not exist. The folks who connect, secure, and automate our world; who keep technology – and our lives – running smoothly at work and at home. In honor of IT professionals everywhere, thank you for all that you do!  It’s no secret that IT can be a thankless job. You typically don’t hear from anyone until there is a problem, and unless they’re technologically aware, most people just aren’t cognizant of the hard work that goes into securing, managing, and maintaining technology.   This is why, back in 2015, a team of IT professionals from SolarWinds first created IT Professionals Day. They wished to bring more visibility and appreciation to the work that keeps the business running. Today, the day is recognized nationally and celebrated by hundreds of companies. In the spirit of honoring IT professionals, we want to hear from you! We all have those folks throughout our careers whose influence has shaped us. They motivate us to persevere when things get tough, inspire us to consider new perspectives when we get stuck, and challenge us to reach new heights when we feel ourselves falling short. We invite you to comment below and recognize a colleague who has inspired you, so we can champion our heroes of IT together! If they are a community member and you tag them, you will both have a chance to win a set of these Cisco Meraki Corkcicle rocks glasses.      How to win In a comment on this post, share an appreciation for someone you’ve worked with in IT who has inspired or motivated you before 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, September 27th (09/27/2022). Be sure to tag them in your post if they are a community member. We’ll then draw one at random to win a Cisco Meraki Corkcicle rocks glasses set for both you and the person you nominate! Your entries will be public and visible throughout the contest.   If the person you wish to recognize is not yet a community member, encourage them to join so you can tag them so you both win!  TERMS & CONDITIONS Limit one entry per community member. Submission period: Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 at 11am EDT through Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 at 9:59am EDT Prize will be a selection of Meraki swag with value not exceeding USD 50.00 Official terms, conditions, and eligibility information   ... View more

Check out August's Members of the Month!   The Rising Star The Rising Star award recognizes our top new contributor. To achieve this award, you must fulfill BOTH of the below criteria:   Joined within the past 3 months Written the most posts in that time compared to your fellow new users   This month’s Rising Star award goes to @Mak! In only a few short weeks, @Mak has amassed 18 posts by asking great questions in the Meraki Go forums and never hesitating to follow up when additional clarification is needed, like here and here.      @Mak   Thanks for your posts @Mak  — we hope you'll continue to find value from participating in our community!   Everybody Wins This award allows us to highlight the actions of a member whose recent contributions created a win for everyone involved.   This month's award goes to @raindropsdev for sharing a solution on an older discussion thread about how to bulk edit SSID access control.        @raindropsdev    Thanks @raindropsdev for taking the time to close the loop on this issue for future community members' benefit!   The Top Four Here, we congratulate our top four contributors of the month, based on the number of kudos they’ve received and accepted solutions they’ve authored. This month these amazing members provided the community with a total of 24 solutions and received a total of 385 kudos for their efforts.   @PhilipDAth 121 kudos 12 solutions MOTM score: 145 @ww 73 kudos 7 solutions MOTM score: 87 @KarstenI 80 kudos 3 solutions MOTM score: 86 @RaphaelL 58 kudos 6 solutions MOTM score: 70 (MOTM score = kudos received + 2*solutions authored)   Congratulations to all of our ✨stellar contributors✨  and thanks to everyone who participated on the community in August!      If you come across a truly helpful thread, or a post that’s teeming with positivity and you’d like to nominate the author for the Everybody Wins award, you can submit your nomination here. ... View more

UPDATE: this survey has closed. Huge thanks to everyone who submitted their feedback! Congrats to our randomly selected winner: @TBHPTL  We want to hear from you! Everyone who responds to the survey below will be entered into a drawing to win a Cisco Meraki Cocktail (and Mocktail 😃) Kit.*         The survey closes on Wednesday, September 14th at 9am Eastern. Please submit your feedback today!     Loading…     *Terms, conditions, & eligibility information ... View more

  🎉🎉HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMMUNITY!!🎉🎉   My how the time flies when you’re having fun! Hard to believe our little Community is already turning 5, ain’t it? It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the launch of our first forum, and now look at us!     We’re more than just numbers though! Let’s take a moment to reflect on the many great memories we’ve made together over the past year, like sharing Two Twosday Tips to celebrate our first and last (until 2422, that is 😉) 2-22-22 Tuesday, or reveling in the satisfaction of a mess of cables put to right in our Spring Cleaning contest. We welcomed two new members to our Community team (hi! 👋), added a Service Notices board to keep you informed, and shared stories of sustainability for Earth Day.   This next year is sure to bring even more great times together.       Let's party!   We are honored to be celebrating our birthday with all of you. If you haven’t already, be sure to sign the Community’s birthday card. Take a moment to read through all of the great stories you’ve shared in our Community Memories contest as well! Finally, what kind of birthday would this be without presents? You can’t attend a party without getting a little treat of your own. As a token of our appreciation for helping us ring in our fifth year, members who log in on August 21st will receive a special badge.     Stay tuned! Badges will be applied later this month.   Year 5 Awards    We’d also like to commemorate some of our standout members for their dedication and hard work through the years. Award winners will also be recognized with a special badge and swag of their own, so stay tuned for more info! I will be reaching out later about that.     🏆 MVP 🏆 @PhilipDAth is a legend here in the Meraki Community. If you read through the discussions here, you won’t be able to miss his influence on our members. Philip’s been with us since the very beginning, and in five years, he has amassed nearly 12,000 posts (that’s more than 6 a day!!!), 9,500 kudos, and 900 solutions. Let’s give a standing ovation to Philip who has generously lent his time and expertise to all of us here. 👏👏👏   🌟 Rookie of the Year 🌟 @speakerfritz stood out quickly for his contributions since joining the Community only a few short months ago. He wasted no time diving right into discussions and hasn’t shied away from helping his fellow community members, either! In three months, he has managed to average one post every 2 days (!!) and provide more solutions than anyone else who joined this year. Thank you for your outstanding participation!         🍻The Regulars 🍻 Some of you are friendly faces around here. We see you year in and year out, consistently helping. Your efforts do not go unnoticed! Please join me in thanking and congratulating these 35 members who have posted at least 300 times. @cmr, @BlakeRichardson, @BrechtSchamp, @ww, @jdsilva, @NolanHerring, @DarrenOC, @Inderdeep, @CptnCrnch, @Bruce, @KarstenI, @Nash, @Adam, @Uberseehandel, @kYutobi, @BrandonS, @MRCUR, @GIdenJoe, @SoCalRacer,  @jared_f, @MarcP, @vassallon, @KRobert, @RumorConsumer, @AjitKumar, @RaphaelL, @MilesMeraki, @redsector, @rhbirkelund, @DHAnderson, @PeterJames, @Nick, @tantony, @Brash, and @Greenberet!!! 👍The Kudosers 👍 We all could use a little encouragement now and then. Luckily for us, the Kudosers have our backs. Please join me in thanking and congratulating these 20 most prolific kudosers!   @jbright, @Mario0603, @Roska, @Network-dad, @Welles, @Twitch, @rwiesmann, @MikeMandalorian, @WadeAlsup, @EJN, @Cmiller, @nuo, @strat, @MerakiNorway, @Mr_IT_Guy, @Jabettan, @NetworkDemon, @AutomationDude, @PacerX, and @Oscar_Espinoza!!!              ☑️ The Solvers ☑️ The Solvers are the ones out there answering all of your questions, and their replies are among some of the most helpful in the community. Please join me in thanking and congratulating our 20 most prolific solutioners!   @alemabrahao, @Ben, @CBurkhead, @CharlieCrackle, @DonAnnett, @Haydn, @HodyCrouch, @Jerome_EVAGroup, @Johnfnadez, @Kamome, @MacuserJim, @merakichamp, @MerakiJockey505, @MyHomeNWLab, @PaulMcG, @RomanMD, @Russ_B, @sshort, @sungod, and @VincentPanico!!! 💚 MVMs 💚 Of course, we’d be remiss if we failed to recognize the amazing contributions of our many fellow Merakians here in the community. It takes a village, and our little ol’ community team could certainly not do it all by ourselves. A HUGE shoutout of thanks 🙏 and congratulations 🙌 to our 20 Most Valuable Merakians! 🎉 They’ve posted the most-est.   @MerakiDave, @Ryan_Miles, @GreenMan, @AlexanderN, @meraki-don, @hidden0, @chengineer, @RaulR, @Bsalami, @DexterLaBora, @DCooper, @ConnorL, @Seshu, @Larry_Woods, @Raj66, @RafaelM, @Bettencourt, @JamesMW, @hiwamaru, and @SandroZ!!!    THANK YOU to every single one of our members for making the Meraki Community not only possible, but one of the best communities around.     💚 🥂 🎈 🍰 🎁 🎂 🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MERAKI COMMUNITY! 🎉 🎂 🎁 🍰 🎈 🥂 💚       We're just grumpy we only get to celebrate this occasion with you once a year! Here's to next time.  ... View more

This month, the Meraki Community turns 5!!! 🥳 Celebrate with us as we feature YOU — all of the lovely folks whose questions, answers, and hot takes 🌶️🔥 have kept things spicy and fun over the years. Birthdays are a great time to reflect and appreciate our years together, as well as how far we’ve come. We thought what better way to honor the occasion than a Community Memories Contest!   UPDATE: This contest has ended. We’ve loved reading all of your favorite community memories, so thanks for all of your submissions! Our randomly selected winners are: @Bassdox, @AndrejR, and @ivankenley19. Congrats!   How to enter Simply comment below👇and share your favorite memory with the Meraki Community BEFORE 11 a.m. ET on Friday, August 19th (08/19/2022). This could be a time someone went above and beyond to help you, a favorite challenge you took part in, a thread you found particularly useful… the sky’s the limit! We’ll then pick three entries at random to win a Cisco Meraki bag. We will also be featuring a selection of your stories in an upcoming blog post and on our social media channels.     Stay tuned for coming announcements and more birthday fun as we celebrate the Community’s 5th birthday on August 21 together!! 🎈 🎁 🍰 🎉   The Fine Print Limit one entry per community member  Submission period: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 11:00am ET through Friday, August 19, 2022 at 10:59am ET Full terms, conditions, and eligibility information ... View more

Wow, can you believe the Meraki Community turns 5 this year?! They grow up so fast 🥲   In honor of the community’s fifth birthday on August 21, we wanted to create this virtual “card” for y’all to sign, so we can collectively show the community some love for being such a great place to gather and connect with each other. So, help us in wishing the community many happy returns and a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 🥳🎈🎉🎁 Sign below by leaving a comment with a fun gif, pic, or memory that you think helps celebrate! (I, for one, would love to see some pets in party hats). ... View more

Check out July's Members of the Month!   The Rising Star The Rising Star award recognizes our top new contributor. To achieve this award, you must fulfill BOTH of the below criteria:   Joined within the past 3 months Written the most posts in that time compared to your fellow new users   This month’s Rising Star award goes to @speakerfritz! Since joining mid-May, @speakerfritz has jumped right into participating in conversations and asking great questions, amassing 39 posts, 9 kudos, and even 4 solutions!   @speakerfritz   Thanks for your posts @speakerfritz — we hope you'll continue to find value from participating in our community!   Everybody Wins This award allows us to highlight the actions of a member whose recent contributions created a win for everyone involved.   This month's award goes to @Ilya_Kisel for posting a super helpful response to a question from two years ago on whether there is an API call to detect if an MX appliance is in Routed or Passthrough mode. @Ilya_Kisel shared a potential solution they found, tagged in a Meraki employee to confirm, and suggested updating the example in the documentation.     @Ilya_Kisel    Thanks @Ilya_Kisel for taking the time to close the loop on this issue for future community members' benefit!   The Top Four Here, we congratulate our top four contributors of the month, based on the number of kudos they’ve received and accepted solutions they’ve authored. This month these amazing members provided the community with a total of 24 solutions and received a total of 385 kudos for their efforts.   @PhilipDAth 110 kudos 10 solutions MOTM score: 130 @KarstenI 118 kudos 4 solutions MOTM score: 126 @cmr 85 kudos 4 solutions MOTM score: 93 @ww 72 kudos 6 solutions MOTM score: 84 (MOTM score = kudos received + 2*solutions authored)   Congratulations to all of our ✨stellar contributors✨  and thanks to everyone who participated on the community in July!      If you come across a truly helpful thread, or a post that’s teeming with positivity and you’d like to nominate the author for the Everybody Wins award, you can submit your nomination here. ... View more