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Datadog Fundamentals

This course will teach you to configure Datadog to collect metrics from infrastructure and applications for monitoring, alerting, and tracking system performance.

Michael Jenkins - Pluralsight course - Datadog Fundamentals
by Michael Jenkins
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Datadog provides infrastructure and application monitoring as a service. In this course, Datadog Fundamentals, you will learn to use Datadog as a central location for collecting and visualizing system metrics and performance information. First, you’ll learn to set up monitors and notifications that alert you when your servers or applications are not running as expected. Next, you’ll explore how dashboards are used to visualize metrics. Finally, you’ll discover how advanced log aggregation can be used for additional insight into system behavior. By the end of the course, you’ll understand how Datadog provides a complete picture of application performance from end to end.

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Michael Jenkins - Pluralsight course - Datadog Fundamentals
Michael Jenkins

Michael Jenkins has more than 20 years of experience working with automation technologies and is well versed with AWS, GCP, and Azure clouds.

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