description Dynatrace Synthetic Monitoring Overview
Dynatrace Synthetic Monitoring provides continuous visibility into application performance. It uses automated probes to mimic real user behavior, assessing digital experience health across web applications, mobile apps, and APIs. This technology is valuable for IT operations teams and DevOps professionals seeking proactive insights into service availability and speed. It supports optimizing user journeys and identifying potential issues before they impact customers.
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How does Dynatrace Synthetic Monitoring differ from real user monitoring (RUM)?
Synthetic Monitoring uses automated, simulated browser or API interactions to proactively test application performance from various geographic locations, even when no real users are present. Real User Monitoring (RUM), by contrast, captures actual end-user experiences and metrics from live sessions. Dynatrace offers both capabilities, and combining them gives teams both proactive alerting and post-incident performance analysis.
Does Dynatrace Synthetic Monitoring support browser-based and API tests?
Yes, Dynatrace supports both browser-based synthetic monitors, which simulate full user click paths through a web application, and HTTP/HTTPS monitors that test individual API endpoints for availability and response time. Browser monitors can execute multi-step transactions like login flows or checkout processes. You can configure monitors to run from specific Dynatrace cloud locations or from on-premise private locations.
Can Dynatrace Synthetic Monitoring trigger alerts when response times degrade?
Yes, Dynatrace allows you to configure alerting thresholds based on response time, availability, or custom transaction failure rates, and can send notifications through integrations with Slack, PagerDuty, email, or webhooks. You can set baseline thresholds or use Dynatrace's AI engine (Davis) to detect anomalies automatically. Alerts can be tied to specific geographic locations or monitor configurations.
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