---
title: 'How to Use Application Insights as Your OpenTelemetry Exporter'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=AREAHCy0a5s'
video_id: 'AREAHCy0a5s'
date: 2026-08-08
---

# How to Use Application Insights as Your OpenTelemetry Exporter

> Source: [How to Use Application Insights as Your OpenTelemetry Exporter](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AREAHCy0a5s)

## Summary

The video explains how to configure OpenTelemetry to export telemetry data to Azure Application Insights. It highlights using local tools like Seq or Aspire dashboard for development and the Azure Monitor exporter for production, requiring only the connection string.

### Key Points

- **Recommended Exporter** [00:00] — OpenTelemetry users deploying to Azure should use Application Insights as the exporter for metrics, traces, and logs.
- **Local Development Tools** [00:14] — In development, configure the OpenTelemetry exporter to use Seq or the Aspire dashboard locally.
- **Production Configuration** [00:14] — For non-development environments, use the Azure Monitor exporter and provide the Application Insights connection string.

## Transcript

If you are using OpenTelemetry and you want to deploy your application to Azure, you should consider using Application Insights as the exporter for your application's metrics, traces, and logs. In development, you can configure the OpenTelemetry exporter,
and you could use Seek or the Aspire dashboard locally, and if you're not in development, then you can use the Azure Monitor exporter, and all you have to do is to provide the Application Insights connection string,