What you'll learn

This course demonstrates the observability techniques needed to implement proactive monitoring with Datadog. In this course, Datadog Proactive Reliability, you’ll see practical strategies and techniques to improve system reliability by leveraging Datadog proactively. First, you’ll explore how to leverage out-of-the-box Datadog capabilities, such as Watchdog for automatic anomaly detection. Next, you’ll discover configuration options for creating meaningful alerts, and the core concepts of service level indicators (SLIs) and service level objectives (SLOs). Finally, you’ll learn how to configure Datadog to automatically trigger actions when alerts fire, enabling workflows that move systems closer to self-healing behavior and significantly reduce manual intervention. By the end of the course, you’ll have the tools and practical knowledge to shift from reactive firefighting to proactive operations improving operational efficiency, system reliability, and overall business value.