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# Guides

## Guides{% #guides %}

- [Getting Started with OpenTelemetry at Datadog](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/getting_started/datadog_example)
- [Producing Delta Temporality Metrics](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/guide/otlp_delta_temporality/)
- [Sending Data from OpenTelemetry Demo to Datadog](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/guide/otel_demo_to_datadog/)
- [Visualize Histograms as Heatmaps](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/guide/otlp_histogram_heatmaps/)
- [Instrument Unsupported Runtimes with OpenTelemetry](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/guide/instrument_unsupported_runtimes/)

## Migration guides{% #migration-guides %}

- [Migrate to OpenTelemetry Collector version 0.120.0+](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/migrate/collector_0_120_0)
- [Migrate to OpenTelemetry Collector Version 0.95.0+](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/migrate/collector_0_95_0)
- [Migrate to New Operation Name Mappings](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/migrate/migrate_operation_names)
- [Migrate to the Datadog Distribution of OTel Collector](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/migrate/ddot_collector)

## Read more on the blog{% #read-more-on-the-blog %}

- [Datadog's partnership with OpenTelemetry](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/opentelemetry-instrumentation/)
- [Monitor OpenTelemetry-instrumented apps with support for W3C Trace Context](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/monitor-otel-with-w3c-trace-context/)
- [Send metrics and traces from OpenTelemetry Collector to Datadog via Datadog Exporter](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/ingest-opentelemetry-traces-metrics-with-datadog-exporter/)
- [Forward logs from the OpenTelemetry Collector with the Datadog Exporter](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/opentelemetry-logs-datadog-exporter/)
- [OTLP ingestion in the Agent](https://www.datadoghq.com/about/latest-news/press-releases/datadog-announces-opentelemetry-protocol-support/)
- [Learn more about AWS's managed Lambda Layer for OpenTelemetry](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/aws-opentelemetry-lambda-layer-datadog/)
- [Correlate Datadog RUM events with traces from OpenTelemetry-instrumented applications](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/correlate-traces-datadog-rum-otel/)
- [Monitor runtime metrics from OTel-instrumented apps with Datadog APM](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/opentelemetry-runtime-metrics-datadog/)
- [Unify OpenTelemetry and Datadog with the DDOT Collector](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/datadog-distribution-otel-collector/)