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Learn by coding on real cloud compute instances on our free interactive platform. Confidently monitor, scale, and secure your applications whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, an operations pro, or a security expert.

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Featured Learning Paths

  • Core Skills Learning Path

    6 Courses

    This learning path covers the basics of navigation, tagging best practices, Metrics, Monitors, and Dashboards in Datadog.

  • Configuration Learning Path

    5 Courses

    This learning path covers the basics of Datadog Agent on a Host and on Docker, Integrations, Universal Service Monitoring (USM) & Software Catalog, and tagging best practices.

  • Backend Engineer Learning Path

    3 Courses

    This learning path covers the basics of Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Log Explorer, and Infrastructure & Cloud Network Monitoring (CNM) in Datadog.

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Certification Exam Preparation

  • Datadog Fundamentals Certification Learning Path

    16 Courses

    The courses in this learning path cover topics in the Datadog Fundamentals Certification exam.

  • APM & Distributed Tracing Fundamentals Certification Learning Path

    16 Courses

    The courses in this learning path cover topics in the Datadog APM & Distributed Tracing Fundamentals Certification exam.

  • Log Management Fundamentals Certification Learning Path

    13 Courses

    The courses in this learning path cover topics in the Datadog Log Management Fundamentals Certification exam.

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New Courses

  • Configure and manage the APM SDK for your applications

    Configure and manage the APM SDK for your applications. Apply recommended practices and build confidence when adding APM to your applications.

  • Monitoring a Postgres Database with Datadog DBM

    Identify inefficiencies and optimize your database. View query metrics, explain plans, and visualizations from all of your databases in a single place.

  • Getting Started with DDSQL Editor

    NEW! Learn to query, analyze, and correlate telemetry data using DDSQL Editor. Investigate service health, CPU utilization, and error rates across an ecommerce app's microservices and share your audit findings with your team.

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