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Course overview

What this course is

This is a decision support guide, not a deep dive. You’ll learn:

GoalOutcome
Understand the journeyThe 4 levels of observability maturity
Assess where you areIdentify your current level
See what’s possibleProblems you can solve at each level
Choose your pathNavigate to the right deep-dive courses

What this course is NOT

  • Exhaustive feature coverage
  • Hands-on tutorials
  • Implementation details

Who this is for

  • Teams new to Grafana Cloud
  • Teams evaluating their observability maturity
  • Anyone wondering “where do I start?”

Course duration

~30-40 minutes

Script

Welcome! Think of this course as your map to Grafana Cloud. Not the detailed street directions, but the big picture that helps you figure out where you want to go.

Here’s the thing: Grafana Cloud has a lot of capabilities, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Should you start with distributed tracing? Dashboards? Alerting? The answer depends entirely on where you are in your observability journey.

So instead of diving deep into any single feature, we’re going to walk through the stages of observability maturity, help you figure out where your team is today, and point you toward the right deep-dive courses for your situation.

By the end, you’ll have a clear picture of the path ahead, and you’ll know exactly what to learn next.

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