diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ecomworker/templates/edx/app/ecomworker/ecomworker.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/ecomworker/templates/edx/app/ecomworker/ecomworker.sh.j2
index 82e5bf062f4..2d94a347e16 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ecomworker/templates/edx/app/ecomworker/ecomworker.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ecomworker/templates/edx/app/ecomworker/ecomworker.sh.j2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY='{{ NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}'
 
 {% if COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG and COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG_APP %}
 {% set executable = ecommerce_worker_venv_bin + '/ddtrace-run ' + executable %}
-export DD_TAGS="service:{{ ecommerce_worker_service_name }}"
+export DD_TAGS="service:edx-{{ ecommerce_worker_service_name }}"
 export DD_DJANGO_USE_LEGACY_RESOURCE_FORMAT=true
 # Copied from edx_django_service playbook for consistency; Datadog
 # trace debug logging issue doesn't actually affect edxapp for some
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/defaults/main.yml
index 19eb3a973b5..e0a1da0f162 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/defaults/main.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ edx_django_service_basic_auth_exempted_paths: '{{ edx_django_service_basic_auth_
 
 edx_django_service_newrelic_appname: '{{ COMMON_ENVIRONMENT }}-{{ COMMON_DEPLOYMENT }}-{{ edx_django_service_name }}'
 edx_django_service_enable_newrelic_distributed_tracing: false
+edx_django_datadog_service: 'edx-{{ edx_django_service_name }}'
 
 edx_django_service_repos:
   - PROTOCOL: '{{ edx_django_service_git_protocol }}'
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/app/app.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/app/app.sh.j2
index 17bac3789ee..a6c9e0a001e 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/app/app.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/app/app.sh.j2
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY="{{ NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}"
 
 {% if COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG and COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG_APP %}
 {% set executable = edx_django_service_venv_bin + '/ddtrace-run ' + executable %}
-export DD_TAGS="service:{{ edx_django_service_name }}"
+export DD_TAGS="service:{{ edx_django_datadog_service }}"
 export DD_DJANGO_USE_LEGACY_RESOURCE_FORMAT=true
 # Workaround for
 # https://github.com/edx/edx-arch-experiments/issues/591 (heavy
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2
index e92a73db9e1..1598a2d8388 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY="{{ NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}"
 
 {% if COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG and COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG_APP %}
 {% set executable = edxapp_venv_bin + '/ddtrace-run ' + executable %}
-export DD_TAGS="service:edxapp-cms"
+export DD_TAGS="service:edx-edxapp-cms"
 export DD_DJANGO_USE_LEGACY_RESOURCE_FORMAT=true
 # Copied from edx_django_service playbook for consistency; Datadog
 # trace debug logging issue doesn't actually affect edxapp for some
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2
index e514b406148..4ec43ff52ce 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY="{{ NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}"
 
 {% if COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG and COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG_APP %}
 {% set executable = edxapp_venv_bin + '/ddtrace-run ' + executable %}
-export DD_TAGS="service:edxapp-lms"
+export DD_TAGS="service:edx-edxapp-lms"
 export DD_DJANGO_USE_LEGACY_RESOURCE_FORMAT=true
 # Copied from edx_django_service playbook for consistency; Datadog
 # trace debug logging issue doesn't actually affect edxapp for some
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/forum/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/forum/defaults/main.yml
index 93228acc236..9e0c74130ea 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/forum/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/forum/defaults/main.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ FORUM_NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY: '{{ NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY | default("") }}'
 FORUM_NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME: "{{ COMMON_ENVIRONMENT }}-{{ COMMON_DEPLOYMENT }}-forum"
 
 # Datadog CONFIG
-FORUM_DD_TAGS: "service:forum"
+FORUM_DD_TAGS: "service:edx-forum"
 
 FORUM_WORKER_PROCESSES: "4"
 FORUM_LISTEN_HOST: "0.0.0.0"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/insights/templates/edx/app/insights/insights.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/insights/templates/edx/app/insights/insights.sh.j2
index 55a44b59c4e..1bf4cfbda30 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/insights/templates/edx/app/insights/insights.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/insights/templates/edx/app/insights/insights.sh.j2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY="{{ NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}"
 
 {% if COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG and COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG_APP %}
 {% set executable = insights_venv_bin + '/ddtrace-run ' + executable %}
-export DD_TAGS="service:{{ insights_service_name }}"
+export DD_TAGS="service:edx-{{ insights_service_name }}"
 export DD_DJANGO_USE_LEGACY_RESOURCE_FORMAT=true
 # Copied from edx_django_service playbook for consistency; Datadog
 # trace debug logging issue doesn't actually affect edxapp for some
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/xqueue/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/xqueue/defaults/main.yml
index 2fa2f610398..510d69f28f8 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/xqueue/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/xqueue/defaults/main.yml
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ XQUEUE_MYSQL_CONN_MAX_AGE: 0 # This is Django's default https://docs.djangoproje
 XQUEUE_NEWRELIC_APPNAME: "{{ COMMON_ENVIRONMENT }}-{{ COMMON_DEPLOYMENT }}-xqueue"
 XQUEUE_CONSUMER_NEWRELIC_APPNAME: "{{ COMMON_ENVIRONMENT }}-{{ COMMON_DEPLOYMENT }}-xqueue_consumer"
 
-XQUEUE_CONSUMER_DATADOG_APPNAME: "xqueue_consumer"
-XQUEUE_DATADOG_APPNAME: "{{ xqueue_service_name }}"
+XQUEUE_CONSUMER_DATADOG_APPNAME: "edx-xqueue_consumer"
+XQUEUE_DATADOG_APPNAME: "edx-{{ xqueue_service_name }}"
 
 # Set the number of gunicorn front end workers explicitely for xqueue
 XQUEUE_WORKERS: !!null
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/xqwatcher/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/xqwatcher/defaults/main.yml
index 2bfe8760ee8..9797e0c3989 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/xqwatcher/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/xqwatcher/defaults/main.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ XQWATCHER_REPOS:
 XQWATCHER_NEWRELIC_APPNAME: "{{ COMMON_DEPLOYMENT }}-{{ COMMON_ENVIRONMENT }}-xqwatcher"
 XQWATCHER_PIP_EXTRA_ARGS: "-i {{ COMMON_PYPI_MIRROR_URL }}"
 
-XQWATCHER_DATADOG_APPNAME: "{{ xqwatcher_service_name }}"
+XQWATCHER_DATADOG_APPNAME: "edx-{{ xqwatcher_service_name }}"
 #
 #
 # vars are namespace with the module name.