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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

  • Getting Started with Test Optimization

    NEW! Accelerate your CI pipelines by implementing Datadog Test Optimization. Set up test monitoring, identify flaky tests, and leverage Test Impact Analysis to run only the tests that matter.

  • Tracing LLM Applications

    Trace key operations for end-to-end-visibility in multi-step pipelines. Visualize execution flows in complex LLM chains. Debug failures and understand model behavior using detailed traces, contextual annotations, and performance metrics.

  • Configure AWS Lambda for Serverless Monitoring with Datadog

    Integrate Datadog with AWS Lambda to monitor performance, trace requests, and quickly diagnose errors, cold starts, and latency issues.

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