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On Monday March 31st, new persona-based learning paths, certification preparation learning paths, and more were added to the Learning Center! See what changed →

Learning Paths

A Learning Path is a recommended grouping of courses based on a persona, product, or related set of skills. Complete the courses in a Learning Path to earn a Credly badge.

Universal Learning Paths

These paths cover foundational concepts and skills relevant to multiple personas and Datadog products.

  • Core Skills Learning Path

    5 Courses

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

    Enroll for free

  • 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.

    Enroll for free

Persona-Based Learning Paths

These learning paths cover skills that are relevant to specific personas using Datadog.

  • 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.

    Enroll for free

  • Frontend Engineer Learning Path

    4 Courses

    This learning path covers the basics of Real User Monitoring (RUM), Synthetics Monitoring & Browser Testing, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Log Explorer in Datadog.

    Enroll for free

  • Site Reliability Engineer Learning Path

    4 Courses

    This learning path covers the basics of Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Infrastructure & Cloud Network Monitoring (CNM), and Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Incident Response in Datadog.

    Enroll for free

  • Application Security Engineer Learning Path

    4 Courses

    This learning path covers the basics of Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Application and API Protection (AAP), and Incident Response in Datadog.

    Enroll for free

  • Cloud Security Engineer - Cloud SIEM Learning Path

    3 Courses

    This learning path covers the basics of Log Explorer, Cloud SIEM, and Incident Response in Datadog.

    Enroll for free

  • Cloud Security Engineer Learning Path

    4 Courses

    This learning path covers the basics of Infrastructure & Cloud Network Monitoring (CNM), Cloud Security, Workload Protection, and Incident Response in Datadog.

    Enroll for free

Product-Based Learning Paths

These learning paths offer courses curated to specific Datadog product areas and tasks.

  • Dashboards Learning Path

    3 Courses

    This learning path covers creating, customizing, and optimizing dashboards for real-time data monitoring in Datadog.

    Enroll for free

  • Application Performance Monitoring Learning Path

    5 Courses

    This learning path covers investigating, tracking, and managing metrics and traces in Datadog Application Performance Management (APM).

    Enroll for free

  • Log Querying & Analytics Learning Path

    4 Courses

    This learning path covers querying, analyzing, and investigating logs using Datadog Log Management.

    Enroll for free

  • Log Configuration & Processing Learning Path

    5 Courses

    This learning path covers log configuration, collection, processing and indexing for Datadog Log Management.

    Enroll for free

  • Kubernetes Monitoring Learning Path

    5 Courses

    This learning path covers the foundation of monitoring Kubernetes with Datadog.

    Enroll for free

  • Attacks & Threat Detection Learning Path

    4 Courses

    This learning path covers detecting, investigating, and responding to threats and attacks using Datadog.

    Enroll for free

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