diff --git a/template/src/Placeholder.AppHost/Program.cs b/template/src/Placeholder.AppHost/Program.cs
index 5d41827..4d07d72 100644
--- a/template/src/Placeholder.AppHost/Program.cs
+++ b/template/src/Placeholder.AppHost/Program.cs
@@ -4,15 +4,20 @@
 
 var weatherDb = builder.ConfigurePostgresDatabase("weather", builder.AddParameter("postgresUsername"), builder.AddParameter("postgresPassword", secret: true));
 
+var appInsights = builder.AddConnectionString("AppInsights", "APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING");
+
 var apiService = builder.AddProject<Projects.Placeholder_ApiService>("apiservice")
     .WithExternalHttpEndpoints()
-    .WithReference(weatherDb);
+    .WithReference(weatherDb)
+    .WithReference(appInsights);
 
 builder.AddProject<Projects.Placeholder_Migration>("migration")
-    .WithReference(weatherDb);
+    .WithReference(weatherDb)
+    .WithReference(appInsights);
 
 builder.AddProject<Projects.Placeholder_Web>("webfrontend")
     .WithExternalHttpEndpoints()
-    .WithReference(apiService);
+    .WithReference(apiService)
+    .WithReference(appInsights);
 
 builder.Build().Run();
diff --git a/template/src/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults/Extensions.cs b/template/src/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults/Extensions.cs
index a9f6a5c..c993154 100644
--- a/template/src/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults/Extensions.cs
+++ b/template/src/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults/Extensions.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.HealthChecks;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ public static IHostApplicationBuilder ConfigureOpenTelemetry(this IHostApplicati
                     // Uncomment the following line to enable gRPC instrumentation (requires the OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.GrpcNetClient package)
                     //.AddGrpcClientInstrumentation()
                     .AddHttpClientInstrumentation();
-            });
+            })
+            .UseAzureMonitor();
 
         builder.AddOpenTelemetryExporters();
 
diff --git a/template/src/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults.csproj b/template/src/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults.csproj
index 929ca8b..6f81783 100644
--- a/template/src/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults.csproj
+++ b/template/src/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults/Placeholder.ServiceDefaults.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore" Version="1.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="9.0.0" />
 
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="8.10.0" />