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Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

Muhammad-Ayaaz — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 09:25:56 GMT

Hello Dynatrace Community,
I am seeking professional guidance from individuals who have recently passed the Dynatrace Associate certification with the new changes and practical additions.
Kindly guide me regarding the preparation for the practical section, as the theory section has been well understood by me.
what topics need to be covered specifically to proficiently to pass the certification
Thank you!

Re: Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

dannemca — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:18:24 GMT

Add to your study list:

Classic Dashboard / Data Explorer (Updating - https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Dynatrace-Associate-Certification-2025-Updated/m-p/292907/highlight/true#M1432 )
Notebook / DQL
Web Frontend settings
Distributed Traces
Synthetic Classic

Regards.

Re: Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

t_pawlak — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:03:16 GMT

You should also refresh your knowledge of:

Business Events
RUM (e.g., key user actions, cost controls)
Logs & Events
Workflows (a simple one is enough)
Plus the items mentioned by @dannemca

Re: Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

Akshay_Hulekal — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 07:30:41 GMT

Hello sir,

Could you please elaborate like what kind of questions we can expect on these and what are study materials we can follow

Re: Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

dannemca — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:23:11 GMT

These are for the practical questions... so if you do have practice in those areas, you will handle then.

Know the purpose of Data Explorer and its features.

Know the purpose of Notebooks/Dashboards and how to use DQL to query data.

Know the available settings for RUM and their purpose.

Know what are Distributed Traces, use filters and navigate to its findings.

Know the purpose of Synthetics, their settings and executions.

Re: Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

Georgi_Vuldzhev — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:15:53 GMT

Hi Muhammad,

I have recently passed by Associate exam - literally 10 days ago. The official materials basically cover all the theoretical questions. I don't really remember the questions themselves but the topics were covered here:

https://university.dynatrace.com/learn/learning-plans/31/dynatrace-essentials-learning-plan

and also in the knowledge areas mentioned in this thread:

https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Dynatrace-Associate-certification-mock-exam/m-p/195643

In the practical part I saw there are several questions where need to build DQL queries, also some from Synthetics, dashboards and notebooks. Please note that they mostly ask you to use the new apps instead of the classic ones. During the praktical part you are allowed to use the official Dynatrace documentation.

I would advise you to keep an eye on the time - I did the 60 theoretical questions for 45 minutes and the remaining 2h15m were barely sufficient for me for the 16 practical ones (I lost a lot of time on the first one), so for me it makes sense to skip questions that you see would require a lot of time, mark them and then get back to them.

I have also proposed an idea to recreate the mock exam that was removed when the format was changed:

https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Product-ideas/Associate-Certification-mock-exam-available-again/idi-p/288804

Wish you best of luck on your exam!

Re: Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

Muhammad-Ayaaz — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:36:04 GMT

Thank you, Mr. Georgi, for such informative feedback, which clears up many questions I had.

Re: Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

Muhammad-Ayaaz — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:36:53 GMT

Thank you, Mr. Pawlak, i will start working on the advised topics asap !!!

Re: Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

dannemca — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:17:46 GMT

I have just taken the Associate cert last week and would like to update the topic for Dashboarding...
Forget about classic Dashboard. All the questions asked to create dashboards in 3rd gen. So be prepared and study DQL (timeseries).

Re: Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

Muhammad-Ayaaz — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:02:52 GMT

How did u manage to clear the MCQS theoretical portion? What content have you studied in specific that helped u clear that MCQs part? Practical is not that difficult compared to the MCQS

Re: Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

skaezer — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:25:11 GMT

Hello everyone,

I’m looking for feedback from people who have passed the Dynatrace Associate certification, especially regarding the practical section.

I’d like to better understand the expectations around screenshots:

Should they be full screen or only focused on the relevant area?
Are there any specific naming conventions or formatting requirements?
Any tips to make sure they are correctly evaluated?

Thanks in advance for your feedback 🙏

Re: Dynatrace Associate Certification 2025 (Updated)

Muhammad-Ayaaz — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:45:01 GMT

Hello Skaezer,
- It's most appropriate to take a complete screenshot of the practical screen.
- You must name the conventions by carefully reading the question, as every detail for the dashboard name or the notebook name or the tile name is given by the question requirements

- You must be very careful with naming the practicals, as a small mistake will be considered an error, and your question might not be graded because it's graded by an advanced AI bot system.

Goodluck !!