microsoft-opentelemetry
Minimal template for the Microsoft OpenTelemetry distro for Python
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are building on Azure or need multi-destination observability. The package eliminates boilerplate for OpenTelemetry setup and provides seamless integration with Azure Monitor and Agent 365. The 24 runtime dependencies are substantial but necessary for the breadth of instrumentation it offers. Install it if you want a batteries-included distribution; skip it if you need minimal dependencies or are not using Azure.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Azure Monitor export requires an Application Insights resource and connection string or Azure credentials.
- Low install friction with a pure Python wheel.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — MIT license (permissive). No restrictions on commercial or private use.
last release 2026-08-05 (9 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-13 · 1 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 726,926 downloads/mo, #5,218 on PyPI
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pip install microsoft-opentelemetry
from microsoft.opentelemetry import use_microsoft_opentelemetry
use_microsoft_opentelemetry(
enable_azure_monitor=True,
azure_monitor_connection_string="InstrumentationKey=...;IngestionEndpoint=...",
)- Whether the 24 runtime dependencies are all required or if subsets can be installed conditionally based on enabled exporters.
- Performance overhead of automatic instrumentation across all included libraries when only a subset is needed.
What it is and what it does
microsoft-opentelemetry is a Microsoft-maintained OpenTelemetry distribution that bundles the SDK, instrumentation plugins, and exporters into a single package. It abstracts away the complexity of configuring tracing, metrics, and logging pipelines by providing a single entry point—the `use_microsoft_opentelemetry()` function—that handles setup for Azure Monitor, OTLP-compatible backends, and Microsoft Agent 365 simultaneously.
The package automatically instruments popular Python frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask, etc.) and HTTP libraries (requests, httpx, urllib3, aiohttp) out of the box. It supports environment-variable-based configuration for sampling strategies, offline storage for Azure Monitor, and flexible token resolution for Agent 365 authentication. Developers can enable or disable individual pipelines (logging, tracing, metrics) and customize exporters, span processors, and metric readers as needed.
Use it for
- Enable distributed tracing across a Django or FastAPI application with a single function call, automatically capturing HTTP spans and database queries.
- Export telemetry to Azure Monitor with offline retry storage for resilience in unreliable network conditions.
- Send traces to both Azure Monitor and an OTLP-compatible backend (e.g., Jaeger, Grafana Loki) simultaneously for multi-destination observability.
- Instrument AI agent applications with Agent 365 telemetry while propagating trace context to Azure Monitor for end-to-end visibility.
- Configure trace sampling (fixed percentage or rate-limited) via environment variables without code changes.
- Collect and correlate application logs, traces, and metrics from a single instrumentation setup.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are building on Azure or need multi-destination observability.
The package eliminates boilerplate for OpenTelemetry setup and provides seamless integration with Azure Monitor and Agent 365. The 24 runtime dependencies are substantial but necessary for the breadth of instrumentation it offers. Install it if you want a batteries-included distribution; skip it if you need minimal dependencies or are not using Azure.
Install
microsoft-opentelemetry on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure Python wheel. Active maintenance—released 2026-08-05, last commit 2026-08-13. Requires Python 3.10 or later and pulls in 24 runtime dependencies, including the full OpenTelemetry SDK and instrumentation libraries for Django, FastAPI, Flask, and other frameworks.
Requires Python 3.10 or later. Azure Monitor export requires an Application Insights resource and connection string or Azure credentials.
License in practice
MIT license (permissive). No restrictions on commercial or private use.
Quickstart
pip install microsoft-opentelemetry
from microsoft.opentelemetry import use_microsoft_opentelemetry
use_microsoft_opentelemetry(
enable_azure_monitor=True,
azure_monitor_connection_string="InstrumentationKey=...;IngestionEndpoint=...",
)Verify before relying
- Whether the 24 runtime dependencies are all required or if subsets can be installed conditionally based on enabled exporters.
- Performance overhead of automatic instrumentation across all included libraries when only a subset is needed.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 24 packagesazure-coreazure-core-tracing-opentelemetryazure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporteropentelemetry-sdkopentelemetry-apiopentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-httpopentelemetry-instrumentationopentelemetry-instrumentation-djangoopentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapiopentelemetry-instrumentation-flaskopentelemetry-instrumentation-httpxopentelemetry-instrumentation-psycopg2opentelemetry-instrumentation-requestsopentelemetry-instrumentation-urllibopentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3opentelemetry-instrumentation-loggingopentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-agents-v2opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2opentelemetry-resource-detector-azurewraptopentelemetry-util-genaiaiohttpPyJWTrequests |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 9 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 726,926 / month, #5,218 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14 |
Evidence: microsoft_opentelemetry-1.3.7-py3-none-any.whl
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