# Take the Surprise Challenge! ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌❤️‍ **URL:** \ **Category:** Challenges\ **Tags:** community-challenge\ **Created:** [February 14, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124 "2022-02-14T10:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MichalGebacki](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/michalgebacki/32/41585_2.png) [@MichalGebacki](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/MichalGebacki)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/1 "2022-02-14T10:57:10Z")
Welcome back in another Community Challenge! ![Special "Dynatrace lover" badge](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/original/3X/b/3/b34aee87149f8df321a7057704c627dc4ea981b3.png) **This time we’d like to challenge your memory**. We can differ in many areas, but the one that is totally universal and brings us all here is the Dynatrace platform. Stop for a while and think: **what are the features or** **aspects of using Dynatrace that surprised you or simply made you love Dynatrace**? ❤ Share your insights below, in any form you prefer, about any great surprises with Dynatrace you can recollect! Every participant **gets 100 bonus points, a** dedicated “Dynatrace lover” badge you can see on the left, and something really exciting – a **1:1 session with the Dynatrace Community Team** to ask about anything! Can’t wait for your answers! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pahofmann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/pahofmann/32/17076_2.png) [@pahofmann](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/pahofmann)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/2 "2022-02-14T11:14:22Z")
Coming from DynaTrace/AppMon:appmon: the first thing I really appreciated about the new Dynatrace/Ruxit was the ease of installation updates. Especially when doing Presales, no longer having hour long setup sessions for servers/collectors and then manually finding the correct config files or wrapper script to add the agents is a big time saver. With Dynatrace now you can setup a cluster in well under an hour and have a few hundred or thousands of hosts deployed with e.g. ansible on the same day. An after that operation is a lot smoother, no more manual updates for each customer on every major version. ( What the didn’t appreciate where the many name changes of products, luckily all of that is in the past now. :winking\_face\_with\_tongue: ) ---
**Author:** ![dannemca](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/dannemca/32/7215_2.png) [@dannemca](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/dannemca)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/3 "2022-02-14T12:29:19Z")
I have worked with others APM tools before know Dynatrace… I will not mention those, because it is pointless and you will know why. The huge struggling point with all of these others tools are: You need to check the technology present on the hosts, then look for the specific agent to install/deploy , and some of these agents are really painful to deploy, need to change app start up manually, etc. In the end you will have more Agents than app process running on the host to manage. And what Dynatrace does?? It gives you ONE SINGLE AGENT THAT DOES EVERYTHING!!! (sorry, not sorry) I was happy with my job, since I was paid to manage the many agents health check (lie). Now I am even happier because I have time to do what I need to do, since Dynatrace OneAgent is smart enough to keep it healthy by it self. This make me focus on what really matter, the monitoring strategy. So thank you, Dynatrace, for bring us the OneAgent. … and Oh, yes!!! It does also instrument your frontend with the ruxit too. ---
**Author:** ![AntonioSousa](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/antoniosousa/32/50_2.png) [@AntonioSousa](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/AntonioSousa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/4 "2022-02-14T12:32:28Z")
Coming from a Synthetic background (Keynote Systems partner) and End User perspective, I remember quite clearly the first meeting when we were integrated with Dynatrace. At the time I was explained how APM worked, and I quickly figured that I had been loosing a lot of time without the correct tool. It was one of the few WOW moments that I experienced in my career. Of course, I fell in love with the ease of the Ruxit and then Dynatrace platform. So, and given Valentine’s day, I went looking for an adequate quote for my love with Dynatrace, and got one that seems appropriate for me: “_For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love._” – Carl Sagan ---
**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:** [February 14, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/5 "2022-02-14T21:21:33Z")
For me, I’d say the ability to achieve any goal/idea possible. Over the course my Dynatrace journey I’ve been faces with multiple questions mainly centering on the basic question “How can Dynatrace make my job easier?” We solved many of those questions from a “[Who you gonna call](https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/unleash-the-power-of-the-dynatrace-markdown-dashboard-tile/)” mark down tile or the [Disaster Recovery Dashboard](https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/supporting-disaster-recovery-with-dynatrace/) for our Leadership Team members to a method that allows you to map and test the [journey of a customer on a competitors site.](https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/staying-ahead-of-your-competition-with-dynatrace-synthetics/) While all these solutions are great, the cherry on top I’d say is not just the usage of the UFOs around the organization, but how we also formulated a way to have [Dynatrace Davis in your car](https://community.dynatrace.com/post/117000#M85) to give you real time updates on your organizations infrastructure during your commute. I highlight these ideas and methods to all of our customers, because Dynatrace might not offer an immediate solution to your question/ask. Rather, you can leverage your own creativity to further expand the functionality and use of the product beyond what other organizations might be using it for. Ohh, and of course, the ability to have a Dynatrace One Representative just a click away inside the platform to help you with any and all questions a user may have. ---
**Author:** ![Karolina\_Linda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/karolina_linda/32/36089_2.png) [@Karolina\_Linda](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Karolina_Linda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/6 "2022-02-15T07:52:18Z")
Haha :joy: Wanna get back to the Vantage times? :rofl: ---
**Author:** ![Karolina\_Linda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/karolina_linda/32/36089_2.png) [@Karolina\_Linda](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Karolina_Linda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 7:59am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/7 "2022-02-15T07:59:59Z")
Danne, I feel like you described our experience as well - maybe not necessarily with monitoring platforms (of course we use Dynatrace! :slightly\_smiling\_face:), but with the tools that waste time for maintenance and keep away from innovating. I wish you many nice Dynatrace surprises moving forward! :slightly\_smiling\_face: ---
**Author:** ![Karolina\_Linda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/karolina_linda/32/36089_2.png) [@Karolina\_Linda](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Karolina_Linda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/8 "2022-02-15T08:01:23Z")
🥰 :smiling\_face\_with\_three\_hearts: :smiling\_face\_with\_three\_hearts: ---
**Author:** ![Karolina\_Linda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/karolina_linda/32/36089_2.png) [@Karolina\_Linda](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Karolina_Linda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/9 "2022-02-15T08:04:28Z")
“Dynatrace has no limits, but your imagination” :slightly\_smiling\_face: You’ve proven that many times, Chad! ---
**Author:** ![PedroDeodato](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/pedrodeodato/32/32284_2.png) [@PedroDeodato](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/PedroDeodato)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/10 "2022-02-15T12:39:43Z")
What I love about Dynatrace is the gorgeously short time and effort needed to deliver! Professionally, Dynatrace was the first complete tool that I used. However, my Master Thesis’ main subject was Observability, and the main technology used was OpenTelemetry :opentelemetry:, which required A LOT of manual instrumentation and configuring. Do not get me wrong: I loved working with OT, and I’m all about supporting the new open-source standards! The only comparison I can find is between cooking your own meal or going to the nicest restaurant in town: both are heartwarming, but you gotta love having it all without the work! 😁 Auto-instrumentation, AI-powered auto analysis, dynamic thresholds… I just love how Dynatrace empowers this auto-results! :dynaspin: We enjoy the meal, without having to cook it! 🍽 👨‍🍳 ---
**Author:** ![Karolina\_Linda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/karolina_linda/32/36089_2.png) [@Karolina\_Linda](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Karolina_Linda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/11 "2022-02-15T12:54:39Z")
These are also the meals I enjoy the most, although I like cooking very much! :smiley: ---
**Author:** ![avdveen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@avdveen](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/avdveen)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/12 "2022-02-15T14:53:33Z")
Heck, noooooooo!!! :downcast\_face\_with\_sweat:😂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirai](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/shirai/32/27711_2.png) [@Shirai](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Shirai)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/13 "2022-02-16T09:39:51Z")
I was surprised that Dynatrace is easy to build. We needed a lot of steps and preparations when we introduced Appmon. Since Dynatrace tenants can be accessed from anywhere, we can respond smoothly to customer inquiries. It was okay if COVID-19 was widespread and it became difficult to visit the customer office. ---
**Author:** ![Karolina\_Linda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/karolina_linda/32/36089_2.png) [@Karolina\_Linda](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Karolina_Linda)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/14 "2022-02-16T11:43:36Z")
This is indeed a great advantage :slightly\_smiling\_face: ---
**Author:** ![Yosi\_Neuman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/yosi_neuman/32/9845_2.png) [@Yosi\_Neuman](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Yosi_Neuman)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/15 "2022-02-16T12:49:08Z")
Hi guys, My surprise is with the contiguous evolving of the UI. Will keep a side for a moment the new UI outlook that we get with every other version, that make me wonder again and again “How moved my cheese this time” and where the hack I will find what I’m looking for now … :facepalm: If we will think for a moment on DCRUM , AppMon and Gomez UI :dynahistory: and where we are today in terms of unify UI, it is a great and welcome change. Another surprise for me is to find out where is the save button in each page located, some times it is in the bottom some times it is in the top, sometime it in both and on other times there is no button at all :lips\_sealed: some kind of quiz :hugs: Keep on send those surprises to us, we are definitely love them !!! ![Yosi_Neuman_0-1645015564124.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/original/3X/9/8/98024f1f42a4b631960673cdf3d9e151d0e2720b.jpeg) All the best and stay safe Yos ---
**Author:** ![DanielS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@DanielS](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/DanielS)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/16 "2022-02-16T15:03:22Z")
I agree with many of the previous comments. But for me, it’s definitely the following: After a customer is using the product and I need to help him with a problem, the mood of the customer is never ‌:angry:‌angry or upset. They know that  :dynatrace_logo: delivers. I know, I know, part of this is from the person on the other side of the desk, but the tool and the flexibility to be able to solve problems is very important. I love working with a tool where the “fabric” takes care of their product, in part this is important because it is the only product and not another in their stack. A great community like this one helps too. Thanks to everyone for your help!!! ---
**Author:** ![agata.wlodarczyk](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/agata.wlodarczyk/32/22_2.png) [@agata.wlodarczyk](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/agata.wlodarczyk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/17 "2022-02-17T12:13:48Z")
Thank you for your feedback [@DanielS](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/35788) ! We do our best to solve problems and support users who work with Dynatrace. :dynatrace: ---
**Author:** ![agata.wlodarczyk](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/agata.wlodarczyk/32/22_2.png) [@agata.wlodarczyk](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/agata.wlodarczyk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/18 "2022-02-17T12:19:47Z")
We are very happy that no matter what happened Dynatrace was able to support you and your customers. :blush: ---
**Author:** ![agata.wlodarczyk](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/agata.wlodarczyk/32/22_2.png) [@agata.wlodarczyk](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/agata.wlodarczyk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/19 "2022-02-17T12:27:38Z")
Enjoy your meal [@PedroDeodato](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/40725)! :dynatrace: :blush: ---
**Author:** ![agata.wlodarczyk](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/agata.wlodarczyk/32/22_2.png) [@agata.wlodarczyk](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/agata.wlodarczyk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124/20 "2022-02-17T12:34:43Z")
Oh [@ChadTurner](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/14877) , we know that you are a huge fan of Dynatrace UFO  :heart\_eyes: :ufo: :green\_heart: [Next page](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/take-the-surprise-challenge/34124.md?page=2)