Q38 Monitor Domain 4 · 20–25% of exam Priority · Real Exam

Which instrumentation approach is recommended for new applications to remain vendor-neutral?

  1. A The classic Application Insights SDK
  2. B OpenTelemetry with the Azure Monitor exporter (correct answer)
  3. C Manual logging to blobs
  4. D Console output only

Shortcut: OpenTelemetry is the strategic standard. The Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry distro exports traces, metrics, and logs to Application Insights while keeping the instrumentation portable.