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Foundation Enablement: Introduction to Synthetics

synthetics
beginner
english
DevOps
Operations
Developer
Product Manager
Business Analyst
SRE

About This Session

Datadog Synthetic Monitoring is a proactive monitoring solution that enables you to create code-free API, browser, and mobile tests to automatically simulate user flows and requests to your applications, key endpoints, and network layers. Quickly detect user-facing issues and jump-start system-wide investigations to optimize performance and achieve reliable user experiences.

Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate between Real User Monitoring (RUM) and Synthetic Monitoring.
  • Compare the different types of Synthetic tests that can be created in Datadog, and understand how to set up each type of test.
  • Understand how to connect Synthetic tests with APM and RUM tracking data for end-to-end visibility.
  • Demonstrate how to use the Test Coverage page to identify missing coverage areas.

language

english

Availability

1 available

length

60 minutes

Prerequisite

  • Monitoring and SLOs

    An introduction to configuring actionable monitors and Service Level Objectives

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Taking things to the next level

  • Introduction to Real User Monitoring

    An introduction to how Real User Monitoring can provide insights into end user behavior

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  • Intermediate Real User Monitoring

    A deep dive into Real User Monitoring

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