# How to configure DynaTrace to alert me when an application stops running

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-configure-dynatrace-to-alert-me-when-an-application-stops-running/31920>\
**Category:** Alerting\
**Tags:** problem-detection, problem-notification, problems-classic\
**Created:** [June 24, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-configure-dynatrace-to-alert-me-when-an-application-stops-running/31920 "2021-06-24T18:55:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![DuaneRoelands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DuaneRoelands](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/DuaneRoelands)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-configure-dynatrace-to-alert-me-when-an-application-stops-running/31920/1 "2021-06-24T18:55:06Z")

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We have a .NET application that runs as a Windows Service (MyService.exe).

I want DynaTrace to let me know if that application is not running.

What is the proper procedure to configure this sort of monitoring?

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**Author:** ![ChadTurner](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/chadturner/32/161_2.png) [@ChadTurner](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/ChadTurner)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-configure-dynatrace-to-alert-me-when-an-application-stops-running/31920/2 "2021-06-24T20:25:59Z")

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Are you talking about the service, or the application as a whole?

For service go to the .Net Service, and edit the anomaly detection. For application, It will alert you when there is unexpected low/no traffic.

 ![ChadTurner_0-1624566346837.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/original/3X/a/f/af1fbd804cecc3b09137e26004a31fc0214c9b5e.png)

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**Author:** ![DuaneRoelands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DuaneRoelands](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/DuaneRoelands)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-configure-dynatrace-to-alert-me-when-an-application-stops-running/31920/3 "2021-06-24T20:30:34Z")

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Can monitoring be turned on for specific processes within a process group, or is it all or nothing?

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**Author:** ![r\_weber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/r_weber/32/24884_2.png) [@r\_weber](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/r_weber)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-configure-dynatrace-to-alert-me-when-an-application-stops-running/31920/4 "2021-06-25T07:42:18Z")

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This is always done on processgroup level. But you can organize your processgroups accordingly (e.g. to put one specific process - by parameters, cmdline etc. - in a dedicated processgroup)