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title: "Tour Grafana Cloud capabilities | Grafana Labs"
description: "Welcome to the Grafana Cloud learning path that shows you how to explore the key capabilities of the platform."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Tour Grafana Cloud capabilities

Welcome to the Grafana Cloud learning path where you can explore many of the features offered.

Grafana Cloud is a fully managed observability platform. Each stack includes managed databases for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles, along with a Grafana instance and a suite of platform tools. You don’t deploy or manage any of these. They come preconfigured as part of your account.

This path is a guided tour, not a deep dive. By the end, you’ll know where to find each major capability and which learning paths to take next.

## Here’s what to expect

When you complete this path, you’ll be able to:

- Describe what Grafana Cloud offers as a managed observability platform.
- Recognize options for sending data to Grafana Cloud.
- Locate options for connecting external data sources to Grafana Cloud.
- Explain core platform components.
- Explore dashboard options for visualizing your data.

## Before you begin

Before you tour Grafana Cloud, ensure that you have:

- A Grafana Cloud account. To create an account, refer to [Grafana Cloud](/signup/cloud/connect-account).

## Troubleshooting

If you get stuck, we’ve got your back! Where appropriate, troubleshooting information is just a click away.

## More to explore

We understand you might want to explore other capabilities not strictly on this path. We’ll provide you with opportunities where it makes sense.