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Get started with Grafana Cloud
You have several ways to get started with Grafana Cloud, but the first step is to sign up for an account.
Set up your account
Set up your account: create a Grafana Cloud account, then connect or send your data.
Connect externally managed data to Grafana Cloud
Connect your externally managed data to Grafana Cloud with a data source, and create a dashboard to visualize your data.
Send data to Grafana Cloud
Send your telemetry data to Grafana Cloud. To learn more, refer to Data managed in Grafana Cloud.
Learn observability concepts
If you are new to Grafana Cloud and observability, learn key observability concepts such as what observability is, Prometheus, time series, metrics, dashboards, histograms, and plugins.
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Set up your account
Create your Grafana Cloud account, connect or send data, explore demo data, and use the Instrumentation Hub to instrument your services.
Learn observability concepts
New to observability? Learn key concepts such as what observability is, Prometheus, time series, metrics, dashboards, histograms, and plugins.
Migrate
Move from a self-managed Grafana OSS or Enterprise instance to Grafana Cloud, either manually or with the Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant.
