Connect Metrics to Traces with Exemplars in Azure Monitor (opens in new tab)

Following Microsoft’s recent GA announcement for OpenTelemetry (OTel) support, we are excited to announce support for Exemplars for customers instrumenting metrics with Prometheus or OpenTelemetry and traces using OpenTelemetry, enhancing Azure Monitor’s integrated observability experience for cloud-native applications. Modern cloud-native applications generate enormous volumes of telemetry. Metrics help teams detect that something is wrong, but traces explain why. Exemplars bridge these two ...