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Popular Courses
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Introduction to Observability
What is observability? This question needs to be answered before you start using the Datadog platform. In this introductory course we’ll cover the three pillars of observability and prepare you to move on to our Datadog Foundation training.
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Datadog Foundation
This course offers an entrypoint to the Datadog platform by introducing many of its basic products and concepts, including integrations, Universal Service Monitoring, Service Catalog, logs, metrics, monitors, service level objectives, and dashboards.
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Datadog 101: Developer
Learn the Datadog features and capabilities that are most fundamental to the application developer role, such as working with integrations, configuring your services for APM, synthetic API and browser testing, and RUM.
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Certification Practice Exams
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Datadog Fundamentals Certification Practice Exam
Test your knowledge of Datadog core products with this free 25 question quiz
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APM & Distributed Tracing Fundamentals Practice Exam
Test your knowledge of Datadog Application Performance Monitoring (APM) with this free 25 question quiz
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Log Management Fundamentals Practice Exam
Test your knowledge of Datadog Log Management with this free 25 question quiz
New Courses
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Getting Started with Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
NEW! In this course, you’ll deepen your understanding of Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and gain hands-on experience using them to solve issues in a web application. This builds on the concepts covered in Understanding Service Level Objectives.
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Getting Started with Infrastructure and Cloud Network Monitoring
NEW! Learn how to analyze metrics, visualize network and infrastructure performance, and troubleshoot issues effectively in this introduction to using Datadog’s Infrastructure and Cloud Network Monitoring (CNM).
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Understanding Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
In this course, you’ll learn how to create, configure, and apply Service Level Objectives (SLOs) in Datadog to monitor the health and performance of your services. SLOs are critical for defining the expected reliability of your applications.
Learning Paths
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Datadog Fundamentals Learning Path
7 CoursesComplete the courses in this learning path to build a foundation of basic knowledge about the Datadog platform and its core offerings. Upon completion, you will receive a Credly badge for Datadog Fundamentals I.
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Kubernetes Fundamentals Learning Path
5 CoursesComplete the courses in this learning path to build a foundation of basic knowledge about monitoring in a Kubernetes environment with Datadog. Upon completion, you will receive a Credly badge for Kubernetes Fundamentals.
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Log Management Fundamentals Learning Path
7 CoursesComplete the courses in this learning path to build a foundation for Datadog Log Management. Upon completion, you will receive a Credly badge for Log Management.