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OpenTelemetry + Azure Monitor

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Sep 13, 2021
NOTE: A more recent OpenTelemetry Update has been published here. Microsoft is excited to embrace OpenTelemetry as the future of telemetry instrumentation. You, our customers, have asked for vendo...
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May 26, 2023

Hi dasiths I'm sorry for the very late reply. We recently released the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry distro which includes direct export to Application Insights. 
Announcing Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro - .NET Blog (microsoft.com)
It needs to mature a bit more before we officially recommend an upgrade path (except for Java where we have one today). In the meantime, the Distro is compatible with other parts of your service that use the Application Insights SDK.