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# Events Guides

An event represents any record of activity noteworthy for engineers (devs, ops, and security).

- [Custom Agent Check](https://docs.datadoghq.com/events/guides/agent/)
- [DogStatsD](https://docs.datadoghq.com/events/guides/dogstatsd/)
- [Email](https://docs.datadoghq.com/events/guides/email/)
- [Datadog API](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/v1/events/#post-an-event)

- [Best Practices for Tagging Events](https://docs.datadoghq.com/events/guides/recommended_event_tags/)

- [Use cases for events](https://docs.datadoghq.com/events/guides/usage)

- [Migrating to the New Events Features](https://docs.datadoghq.com/events/guides/migrating_to_new_events_features/)

## Further Reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Datadog Events Explorer](https://docs.datadoghq.com/events/explorer/)
- [Event Monitors](https://docs.datadoghq.com/monitors/types/event/)