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Datadog recommends using CloudFormation because it's automatic and easier if you are using multiple AWS regions.

**Note**: Metric streaming to Datadog currently only supports OpenTelemetry v0.7 output format.
**Note**: Metric streaming only supports OpenTelemetry output format. Latest version is v1.0; v0.7 is supported but may result in missing metrics.

1. On your Datadog site, go to the **Configuration** tab of the [AWS integration page][1].
2. Click on the AWS account to set up metric streaming.
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To set up metric streams using the AWS Console, create a [CloudWatch Metric Stream][1] for each AWS region.

**Note**: Metric streaming to Datadog currently only supports OpenTelemetry v0.7 output format.
**Note**: Metric streaming only supports OpenTelemetry output format. Latest version is v1.0; v0.7 is supported but may result in missing metrics.

1. Choose the **Quick AWS Partner Setup** and select **Datadog** as the AWS Partner destination from the dropdown menu.
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