.NET developers can instrument ASP.NET Core applications with OpenTelemetry and Azure Monitor in minutes. Learn automatic instrumentation, custom spans with Activity and ActivitySource, custom metrics implementation, and production configuration patterns for comprehensive observability.
Category: OpenTelemetry
Azure Monitor with OpenTelemetry Part 1: Understanding OpenTelemetry and Azure Monitor Integration
Understand the fundamentals of OpenTelemetry and why Azure Monitor adopted this vendor-neutral observability framework. Learn about the three pillars of observability, OpenTelemetry architecture, Azure Monitor Distro, and key differences from legacy Application Insights SDKs.
