| Infrastructure Observability |
- Monitors the health and performance of hosts, networks, and cloud environments in real time.
- Covers metrics collection, alerting, and anomaly detection across physical and virtual infrastructure.
- Includes understanding of OneAgent deployment and how infrastructure data is collected automatically.
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| Foundational Platform Capabilities |
- Introduces core Dynatrace concepts including Smartscape topology, Davis AI, and entity relationships.
- Covers navigation of the Dynatrace platform, tenant configuration, and key platform terminology.
- Establishes the baseline knowledge needed to work effectively across all other exam domains.
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| Synthetics |
- Focuses on proactive monitoring of applications using simulated browser and HTTP monitor tests.
- Covers creating, configuring, and interpreting synthetic monitors to detect issues before users do.
- Includes understanding availability, performance thresholds, and alerting tied to synthetic results.
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| Log Investigation |
- Covers ingestion, search, and analysis of log data within the Dynatrace platform.
- Focuses on using Log Viewer and log queries to identify errors, patterns, and root causes.
- Includes correlating log data with other observability signals like metrics and traces.
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| Reporting and Analysis |
- Covers how to interpret performance data, trends, and problem summaries within Dynatrace.
- Focuses on using built-in analysis tools to communicate findings and support decision-making.
- Includes understanding of SLOs (Service Level Objectives) and how they are tracked and reported.
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| Security |
- Introduces Dynatrace Application Security capabilities including vulnerability detection and risk assessment.
- Covers runtime vulnerability analysis and how security findings are surfaced within the platform.
- Includes understanding of security problem lifecycle, severity levels, and remediation guidance.
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| User Experience Monitoring |
- Focuses on Real User Monitoring (RUM) to track how actual users interact with web and mobile applications.
- Covers session analysis, user actions, Apdex scoring, and performance from the end-user perspective.
- Includes understanding of how JavaScript tags and OneAgent capture user experience data.
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| Business Analytics |
- Covers capturing and analyzing custom business metrics and conversion data within Dynatrace.
- Focuses on defining business events and linking technical performance to business outcomes.
- Includes understanding of funnel analysis and how business KPIs are tracked alongside IT metrics.
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| Traces |
- Focuses on distributed tracing to track requests as they flow across services and microservices.
- Covers PurePath technology, service flow analysis, and identifying bottlenecks at the code level.
- Includes understanding of how traces are captured, visualized, and used for root cause analysis.
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| Kubernetes Infrastructure |
- Covers monitoring of Kubernetes clusters, nodes, workloads, and namespaces using Dynatrace.
- Focuses on OneAgent and Operator deployment strategies within containerized environments.
- Includes understanding of Kubernetes-specific metrics, events, and how Dynatrace maps cluster topology.
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| Automation |
- Introduces Dynatrace workflow automation capabilities for triggering actions based on platform events.
- Covers integration with external tools, self-healing use cases, and automating remediation tasks.
- Includes understanding of how Davis AI-driven problems can initiate automated responses.
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| Dashboards |
- Covers building and customizing dashboards to visualize key metrics, SLOs, and entity data.
- Focuses on using tiles, filters, and data sources to create meaningful operational views.
- Includes sharing, managing, and interpreting dashboards to support monitoring and reporting goals.
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| Official Information |
https://learn.university.dynatrace.com/assets/lms/exam-guides/How+to+Prepare+for+Dynatrace+Certification+-+Associate.pdf |
