Check out April’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 @AhamBramhasmi. Since joining the Community three short weeks ago, @AhamBramhasmi has contributed 16 posts and received 3 kudos by asking great questions and sharing helpful answers in the Wireless and Dashboard & Administration boards. Check out his contributions on his profile.   @AhamBramhasmi   Thanks for your posts @AhamBramhasmi — 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 @Gordon-HoC for sharing a snippet of code that extracts error details from a web request when using Powershell. This makes troubleshooting an issue easier and faster to resolve, and by giving back to the community by sharing this with our members, Gordon is helping many others who may face the same issue one day!   @Gordon-HoC   Thanks @Gordon-HoC for taking the time to help your fellow Community members and do the right thing!   The Top Twelve   Here, we congratulate our top twelve 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 an impressive 56 solutions in all and received a total of 868 kudos for their efforts. Incredible!     @Mloraditch 182 kudos 11 solutions MOTM score: 204 @alemabrahao 143 kudos 24 solutions MOTM score: 238 @PhilipDAth 137 kudos 7 solutions MOTM score: 151 @cmr 110 kudos 2 solutions MOTM score: 114 @RaphaelL 72 kudos 1 solutions MOTM score: 74 @DarrenOC 61 kudos 3 solutions MOTM score: 67 @ww 34 kudos 3 solutions MOTM score: 40 @rwiesmann 37 kudos 0 solutions MOTM score: 37 @RWelch 30 kudos 3 solutions MOTM score: 36 @Brash 27 kudos 1 solutions MOTM score: 29 @BlakeRichardson 17 kudos 1 solutions MOTM score: 19 @Inderdeep 18 kudos 0 solutions MOTM score: 18 (MOTM score = kudos received + 2*solutions authored)     Employee of the Month   This award allows us to highlight the actions of a Meraki employee whose contributions have made a significant impact on the community or helped our members in some way.   This month’s award goes to @Tony-Sydney-AU for sharing a very thorough and helpful response to a series of questions on Anyconnect and IPSec Client VPN routing full and split tunnel. His response was friendly and gave many details including links to documentation that will help anyone understand this topic better.    @Tony-Sydney-AU   Thank you for your continued helpfulness to Meraki Community members!   Congratulations to all of our ✨stellar contributors✨  and thanks to everyone who participated on the community in April!      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 directly to the Community team via PM.  ... View more

  This May the 4th, we’re bringing the power of the Force and the magic of networking together for a galactic contest that’s sure to excite both Star Wars fans and tech enthusiasts alike! 💫 In honor of Star Wars Day, we invite YOU to participate in our Meraki Star Wars Meme Contest. It’s time to get creative, combine your love of Star Wars with the cutting-edge technology of Meraki, and show us your best memes!   Your challenge is simple: create and share a meme that blends the epic world of Star Wars with Meraki technology. Whether it’s about the power of cloud-managed networks, the ease of Meraki solutions, or the importance of secure and fast connections, we want to see how you can bring the galaxy of Star Wars into the world of IT.   We put together a few examples for some inspiration to get you started 👽     How to enter Create a meme using your imagination to combine iconic Star Wars references with networking humor. Think of moments from the movies and how they could relate to your network, security, or wireless challenges. The more creative, the better! Share your meme in a comment below before 11am ET on Monday, May 12th to be entered to win.    How to win After the contest ends on May 12th, we will draw three at random to win a Cisco Meraki Product Magnet set:   Let the memes begin, and may the Force guide your creativity. We’re looking forward to seeing what you come up with!   The Fine Print Limit one entry per community member  Submission period: Sunday, May 4th, 2025 at 11am EST through Monday, May 12th, 2025 at 11am EST Complete rules and eligibility can be found here. This contest is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lucasfilm or Disney.  ... View more

I discovered a cool Chrome browser trick today that turns web pages into dark mode! We’ve heard your feedback that you really want a dark mode setting for the community. While it doesn’t meet that need for everyone, for the 62% of you using Chrome, this is a cool thing to try out for any page!    Note: It is an experimental feature of the Chrome browser, so please review the warning from Google prior to trying. Use at your own risk.      To enable the feature on Chrome, navigate to chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark and select Enable from the dropdown menu.     You’ll be asked to relaunch the browser to apply the changes. Voila! Meraki Community in dark mode. ... View more

Check out March’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 @Jobsp. Since joining the Community in February, @Jobsp has contributed 17 posts and received 6 kudos by asking detailed questions and engaging in discussion throughout the Switching and Wireless boards. Check out his contributions on his profile.   @Jobsp   Thanks for your posts @Jobsp — 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 @EvaF for coming back to share the detailed steps she followed to assign more than one camera role to a user with Azure SAML and Role-Based Access. By taking the time to document and share the solution with the Community, Eva is helping countless members who may have the same issue in the future.   @EvaF   Thanks @EvaF for taking the time to help your fellow Community members and do the right thing!   The Top Twelve   Here, we congratulate our top twelve 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 an impressive 71 solutions in all and received a total of 1,375 kudos for their efforts. Incredible!     @Mloraditch 229 kudos 21 solutions MOTM score: 271 @PhilipDAth 224 kudos 7 solutions MOTM score: 238 @alemabrahao 147 kudos 11 solutions MOTM score: 169 @cmr 152 kudos 7 solutions MOTM score: 166 @RWelch 152 kudos 6 solutions MOTM score: 164 @RaphaelL 96 kudos 5 solutions MOTM score: 106 @DarrenOC 87 kudos 1 solutions MOTM score: 89 @rwiesmann 74 kudos 4 solutions MOTM score: 82 @rhbirkelund 62 kudos 1 solutions MOTM score: 64 @ww 50 kudos 4 solutions MOTM score: 58 @KarstenI 49 kudos 3 solutions MOTM score: 55 @Inderdeep 53 kudos 1 solutions MOTM score: 55 (MOTM score = kudos received + 2*solutions authored)     Employee of the Month   This award allows us to highlight the actions of a Meraki employee whose contributions have made a significant impact on the community or helped our members in some way.   This month’s award goes to @PaulF. Paul shared a proof of concept he put together on how to create a Time Lapse with MV, Meraki API, Python and FFMPEG.  This creative and useful solution is appreciated by our members and will prove useful for anyone who uses his script and steps to do the same.    @PaulF   Thank you for your continued helpfulness to Meraki Community members!   Congratulations to all of our ✨stellar contributors✨  and thanks to everyone who participated on the community in March!      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 directly to the Community team via PM.  ... View more

  UPDATE: This challenge has now ended! Thank you to everyone who participated by showing off your latest Meraki deployments in our Projects Gallery ⭐ Congrats to our three randomly selected winners: @Baxter, @Emmy418, and @Heidette!!! 🎉   Completed a Meraki implementation recently? Whether it’s a sleek network deployment, a smart office setup, or a refresh of an older rack, we want to see it!   This month, we’re launching the Meraki Community Projects Challenge, where we invite you to share pictures of your latest Meraki project in our Projects Gallery. This is your chance to showcase your work, inspire others, and connect with fellow Meraki enthusiasts.   You’ll not only get to show off a project you’re proud of and be recognized by peers, but you will also have the chance to win some sweet Meraki swag. You can even draw a little inspiration for your next deployment by checking out the gallery to see how others are using Meraki in the wild.    How to enter   Snap a picture 📸 or screenshot of your latest Meraki project and upload it to the Meraki Projects Gallery by 11am ET Wednesday, April 30th. Be sure to include a brief description of your project in the post!   We will then draw 3 at random to win a prize of a Cisco Meraki Black Tote Bag.     The Fine Print Limit one entry per community member  Submission period: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 11 a.m. ET through Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 11 a.m. ET  Complete rules and eligibility can be found here. ... View more

  UPDATE: This contest has now ended. Thank you to everyone who participated by helping us find threads that need updating! 🔍👀 Congrats to our three randomly selected winners: @TBHPTL, @andrew_radwifi, and @FreshFrank! 🎉   Spring is in the air, and it’s time to do some digital tidying! We’re inviting YOU, our amazing Meraki Community members, to join our Spring Cleaning Challenge and help us identify outdated forum posts whose answers are no longer relevant. Not only will you be making the community a more useful resource for everyone, but you’ll also have a chance to win some nifty Meraki prizes!   How it works   We need your keen eyes 👀 and expert knowledge 📚 to help us spot old forum threads that need updating. Start by finding an outdated thread - Browse the forums and look for posts that contain answers that are inaccurate or no longer relevant. Then comment on this blog post before 11 a.m ET on Thursday, April 17th with a link to the thread with a brief explanation of why the info is no longer accurate. Each valid entry will count toward a prize drawing, with a maximum of 10 entries per participant.   What you get   Besides the satisfaction of helping keep the Meraki Community fresh and useful, each thread you identify (up to 10) counts as an entry for a chance to win a Meraki Sport Quarter Zip shirt.     How long to enter   The challenge runs from now until 11 a.m. ET Thursday, April 17th, so start spring cleaning! Let’s work together to make the Meraki Community even better. Happy cleaning! 🧹🌸   The fine print: Drawing will be held on Thursday, April 17th at 11am ET Up to 10 entries per community member Full terms, conditions, and eligibility information ... View more

Today we celebrate our most recent member to earn the prestigious title of “Kind of a big deal” here in the Meraki Community:     🌟🏆🎉Congratulations to @Mloraditch!🎉🏆🌟   He joins an impressive cohort of 16 members and 14 All-Stars who share in the achievement. While we keep the criteria to earn this coveted rank a secret, you can rest assured it takes a LOT of participation and time spent in the community to reach “Kind of a big deal” status.    @Mloraditch has been a community member since 2018. During that time, he has contributed an impressive 506 posts, 793 kudos, and 43 solutions by answering questions and joining in discussions across a number of boards, including Security & SD-WAN, Switching and Developers & APIs, just to name a few.    Thank you to @Mloraditch for being a regular here on the Meraki Community and chiming in to help others so often!   As you continue to post in the Meraki Community, you too will see your user rank change. These are the fun titles that appear next to your username on posts and in your profile. You can check out the full list of Meraki Community user ranks here.    Who will be the next member to rank up?! ... View more

  We recently announced the impending arrival of the first ever Cisco Meraki Community Employee All-Stars program and we’re so excited to finally reveal the first group of Employee All-Stars!   These eleven community members have shown, through the frequency and quality of their contributions, that they are true Meraki Community Employee All-Stars.    @ConnorL @GiacomoS @GreenMan @IvanJukic @John_on_API @Kevin_R @KH @PaulF  @Ryan_Miles @SamerAl @Tony-Sydney-AU      👏👏 Please join me in congratulating the Employee All-Stars and thanking them for their contributions! 👏👏 ... View more

Check out February’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 @guitb. In just over a week, @guitb has contributed 12 posts and received 6 kudos by asking thoughtful questions and engaging members in deeper discussion in the Security & SD-WAN and Wireless boards. Learn more about him in his Community Member Intros post and check out his contributions on his profile.   @guitb   Thanks for your posts @guitb — 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 @jimg3 for sharing a guide to Configuring the Meraki vMX in Azure for Routed Mode with LAN/WAN Separation and VNet Connections. He took the time to not only work out how to configure the Meraki vMX in Azure for routed mode (with a special shoutout to @ShaunB93 who helped), he also documented the steps in detail for other members to use for their own deployments. 👏   @jimg3   Thanks @jimg3 for taking the time to help your fellow Community members and do the right thing!   The Top Twelve   Here, we congratulate our top twelve 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 an impressive 56 solutions in all and received a total of 1,366 kudos for their efforts. Incredible!     @PhilipDAth 235 kudos 10 solutions MOTM score: 255 @RWelch 227 kudos 11 solutions MOTM score: 249 @Mloraditch 158 kudos 13 solutions MOTM score: 184 @RaphaelL 111 kudos 3 solutions MOTM score: 117 @DarrenOC 107 kudos 3 solutions MOTM score: 113 @cmr 105 kudos 3 solutions MOTM score: 111 @Inderdeep 91 kudos 3 solutions MOTM score: 97 @KarstenI 79 kudos 3 solutions MOTM score: 85 @rhbirkelund 80 kudos 2 solutions MOTM score: 84 @BlakeRichardson 63 kudos 0 solutions MOTM score: 63 @alemabrahao 51 kudos 4 solutions MOTM score: 59 @rwiesmann 53 kudos 1 solutions MOTM score: 55 (MOTM score = kudos received + 2*solutions authored)     Employee of the Month   This award allows us to highlight the actions of a Meraki employee whose contributions have made a significant impact on the community or helped our members in some way.   This month’s award goes to @AidanKamp. Aidan has been exceptionally helpful in his responses to community members by providing detailed answers with clear, actionable steps, clarification when needed, and additional resources to follow up with on their own. You can see some of his recent posts in the Wireless, Security & SD-WAN, and Developers & APIs boards.   @AidanKamp   Thank you for your continued helpfulness to Meraki Community members!   Congratulations to all of our ✨stellar contributors✨  and thanks to everyone who participated on the community in February!      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, send us a Private Message with your nomination! ... View more

  We’re thrilled to introduce a brand-new initiative in the Meraki Community: the Employee All-Stars program! This program is designed to recognize and empower Cisco Meraki employees who go above and beyond to support our community members.   What is the Employee All-Stars Program?   The Meraki Community thrives because of the collective knowledge and engagement of its members—including our amazing Meraki employees! The Employee All-Stars program is our way of celebrating and incentivizing employees who actively participate in discussions, provide valuable insights, and help our community members find the solutions they need.   Why Are We Launching This Program?   We know that timely responses and expert guidance are key to a thriving community. By encouraging and recognizing employee contributions, we aim to: Help you get answers even faster by increasing employee participation. Enhance the solutions you get with more expert-driven conversations. Strengthen community trust through direct interactions with Meraki employees. How It Works   Every six months, we’ll track employee contributions in the community, focusing on factors like: Number of replies and accepted solutions Quality and helpfulness of responses Engagement with community members Top contributors will be recognized as Employee All-Stars and receive exclusive perks, including badges, special shout-outs, and internal recognition within Meraki.   What This Means for You   If you’re a Meraki customer or partner, you can expect even more timely, high-quality answers from Meraki experts. And if you’re a Meraki employee, this is your chance to shine and be recognized for your community contributions!   Join Us in Celebrating Our First All-Stars!   We’ll be announcing our first Employee All-Stars soon, so stay tuned! In the meantime, let’s keep the conversation going—post your questions, share your knowledge, and help make the Meraki Community even stronger.    What do you think of this new program? We'd love to hear from you! ... View more

Today we celebrate our most recent member to earn the prestigious title of “Kind of a big deal” here in the Meraki Community:     🌟🏆🎉Congratulations to @RWelch! 🎉🏆🌟   He joins an impressive cohort of 16 members and 13 All-Stars who share in the achievement. While we keep the criteria to earn this coveted rank a secret, you can rest assured it takes a LOT of participation and time spent in the community to reach “Kind of a big deal” status.    @RWelch has been a community member since 2020. During that time, he has contributed an impressive 513 posts, 667 kudos, and 31 solutions by answering questions and joining in discussions across a number of boards, including Cloud Security & SD-WAN, Switching and Wireless, among many more.    Thank you to @RWelch for being a regular here on the Meraki Community and chiming in to help others so often!   As you continue to post in the Meraki Community, you too will see your user rank change. These are the fun titles that appear next to your username on posts and in your profile. You can check out the full list of Meraki Community user ranks here.    Who will be the next member to rank up?! ... View more