What do application-only integrations without a full Dynatrace OneAgent installation provide?

Application-only integrations without a full Dynatrace OneAgent installation indeed provide a reduced level of process monitoring control. This is because these integrations are designed to collect specific application-level metrics without the comprehensive environment observation that a full OneAgent installation offers.

When utilizing application-only integrations, the monitoring capabilities are limited to application performance data, which means that critical insights into the underlying infrastructure, such as detailed process monitoring or host resource utilization, are not available. This setup can assist with application-level visibility and troubleshooting but won’t delve as deeply into the operational aspects that a full Dynatrace OneAgent deployment would provide. Therefore, users might miss out on essential information related to processes and system health that typically contribute to performance issues.

In contrast, full access to all monitoring rules and improved user analytics would generally require more extensive installation or configuration options that are not present in application-only setups. Similarly, network latency is largely unrelated to the type of integration used to monitor applications.