# Exernal Service

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/exernal-service/39816>\
**Category:** Open Q&A\
**Created:** [May 19, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/exernal-service/39816 "2023-05-19T01:49:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Candy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/candy/32/20581_2.png) [@Candy](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Candy)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/exernal-service/39816/1 "2023-05-19T01:49:51Z")

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what’ the Exernal Service in Dynatrace?

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**Author:** ![Ahmed\_Khaled](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/ahmed_khaled/32/4595_2.png) [@Ahmed\_Khaled](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Ahmed_Khaled)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/exernal-service/39816/2 "2023-05-19T05:14:39Z")

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An external service to Dynatrace is any service that is called&nbsp;by your application or another service that isn’t directly monitored by Dynatrace OneAgent is considered to be an external service.

You can find more definitions here:&nbsp;[Dynatrace glossary | Dynatrace Docs](https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/get-started/glossary#glossary-externalservice)

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**Author:** ![Shibu\_M\_Nair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Shibu\_M\_Nair](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Shibu_M_Nair)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/exernal-service/39816/3 "2023-05-19T09:27:27Z")

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Dynatrace considers a service to be external if the service being called is outside the management zone of the caller.