Create Datadog downtime from Outlook outage notices
Suppress expected alerts as soon as an approved outage notice lands in Outlook.
Trigger
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Action
Create downtime
Creates a new downtime in datadog to suppress alerts during maintenance windows or planned outages. useful for preventing false alarms during deployments or maintenance.
Why this helps
Teams receive outage notices but alert suppression is delayed or forgotten.
- Cut noisy alerts during planned outages
- Reflect approved outage timing quickly
- Reduce manual coordination
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Datadog in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation that extracts approved outage timing and creates Datadog downtime.
- 3Pick New Outlook Message as the trigger.
- 4Choose where reports go and test with one approved notice.
Questions about this workflow
How are approved notices recognized?
Tell Notis to require a specific subject phrase, sender, or approval wording.
What if service scope is unclear?
Notis can report the ambiguity and wait for a clearer message.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Dashboard
Create a dashboard in datadog. dashboards provide customizable visualizations for monitoring your infrastructure, applications, and business metrics in a unified view.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create downtime
Creates a new downtime in datadog to suppress alerts during maintenance windows or planned outages. useful for preventing false alarms during deployments or maintenance.
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
Create monitor
Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Create SLO
Create a service level objective (slo) in datadog. slos help you define and track reliability targets for your services, enabling data-driven decisions about service quality and reliability investments.
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Create Synthetic API Test
Create a synthetic api test in datadog. creates a new synthetic api test that continuously monitors api endpoints from multiple locations worldwide. useful for proactive monitoring of api uptime, performance, and functionality.
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
Create Webhook
Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.
Delete Dashboard
Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Outlook and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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