Manage planned downtimes with maintenance windows

Dynatrace's latest release introduces the ability to define maintenance windows through both its API and web interface, allowing organizations to manage their systems effectively even in environments that strive for constant availability. The platform distinguishes between planned and unplanned maintenance windows, which can be configured to ensure accurate monitoring by excluding these periods from baseline calculations and preventing monitoring anomalies during updates or load tests. Users can set maintenance schedules, define the scope of affected components, and choose how problems are detected and reported during these windows. This functionality is accessible through the Dynatrace UI or the REST API, which is favored by DevOps teams for automation. The maintenance window feature helps maintain clean baselines, reduces unnecessary alerts, and ensures that service-level agreements (SLAs) are not impacted by planned downtimes. Future updates will further enhance this feature by excluding planned maintenance windows from SLA reports.