Previews and Early Adopter releases

Learn how you can participate in Previews and Early Adopter releases.

Previews

Previews provide you with access to new features so that we can hear your feedback and ultimately deliver features that exactly meet your needs.

Disclaimer

• While planned, there is no guarantee that a Preview feature will ever reach GA status.
• Previewed features can be used free of charge during the Preview period, but they may consume licensing units when they reach GA status.
• Preview features aren't meant to be used in production environments.
• Previews aren't covered by our Support team, but rather by product management. SLAs don't apply.
• Qualifying customers are selected based on technical criteria. Final decisions are made by product management and there is no guarantee of participation.
• While participating in a Preview, you agree to stay in touch and provide feedback.
• By participating in a Preview, you agree to contribute a quote related to your experience with the feature you are previewing. Your quote may be used by Dynatrace Marketing in a press release related to the Preview.
• Previews are available to both SaaS and Managed customers.

Early Adopter release features

New features are introduced in an Early Adopter release phase on an opt-in basis. Early Adopter release features are publicly available, fully supported, production-ready, and available as a user opt-in. Early Adopter release features consume licensing units in exactly the same way that GA features consume licensing units.

The following Early Adopter release features are currently available:

Dynatrace 1.202 | Data explorer

Early Adopter release factsheet
Since	Dynatrace version 1.202
Blog post	N/A
Documentation	Data explorer
Feedback	Dynatrace Open Q&A Forum
Planned GA date	February 2021

Dynatrace 1.196 | Network zones

Early Adopter release factsheet
Since	Dynatrace version 1.196
Blog post	Large scale deployments are easy and cost-effective with network zones (Early Adopter)
Feedback	Dynatrace Open Q&A Forum
Planned GA date	October 2020

Dynatrace 1.180 | W3C Trace-Context

With Dynatrace 1.180, you can now enable the W3C Trace Context for context propagation of distributed tracing. This help reduce broken traces as the W3C Trace Context headers are less likely to be dropped by proxies and cloud gateways. W3C Trace Context also helps to achieve trace tool interoperability and can be used in scenarios with multiple Dynatrace environments.

Early Adopter release factsheet
Since	Dynatrace version 1.180
Blog post	Distributed tracing with W3C Trace Context for improved end-to-end visibility
Feedback	Dynatrace Open Q&A Forum
Planned GA date	Not yet confirmed

ActiveGate 1.173 | Oracle database insights

Early Adopter release factsheet
Start date	August 2019
Available with	ActiveGate version 1.173+
Blog post	Oracle database insights Early Adopter release
Feedback	Dynatrace Open Q&A Forum
Planned GA date	Not yet confirmed

Dynatrace 1.152 | Process group monitoring rules

Dynatrace can now use process group monitoring rules to control the “deep” monitoring of your applications. These rules allow you to define which kinds of applications you want to exempt from deep monitoring and which ones you want to include.

Early Adopter release factsheet
Since	Dynatrace SaaS and Managed version 1.152
Blog post	Automated fine-grained control of monitoring at scale
Feedback	Dynatrace Open Q&A Forum
Planned GA date	Not yet confirmed

OneAgent Early Adopter releases

Early Adopter releases introduce new features on an opt-in basis. They are fully supported and production-ready.

• License unit consumption
  OneAgent Early Adopter release features consume licensing units in exactly the same way that GA features consume licensing units.
• Scope
  You can enable a OneAgent Early Adopter feature for the entire environment or within just a few process groups for testing purposes.
• Requirements
  Check the New OneAgent features table for basic requirements:
  • Min. OneAgent version specifies the minimum OneAgent version. You can enable an Early Adopter release only for OneAgents that meet that requirement.
  • Requires restart specifies whether it requires a process restart before it becomes operational.

Getting started

1. Go to Settings > Server-side service monitoring > Deep monitoring.
2. Expand New OneAgent features.
3. Switch Disable/Enable on to enable a feature.
   • To make a feature available only within select process groups, select the Process group override tab and then click Add process group override.