# Azure Mgmt Applicationinsights Dotnet

Azure Application Insights SDK for .NET.

- Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/skills (3164 stars)
- Category: Testing
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

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## Description

Azure Application Insights SDK for .NET. Application performance monitoring and observability resource management. Use for creating Application Insights components, web tests, workbooks, analytics items, and API keys. Triggers: "Application Insights", "ApplicationInsights", "App Insights", "APM", "application monitoring", "web tests", "availability tests", "workbooks".

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsights (.NET)

Azure Resource Manager SDK for managing Application Insights resources for application performance monitoring.

## Installation

```bash
dotnet add package Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsights
dotnet add package Azure.Identity
```

**Current Version**: v1.0.0 (GA)  
**API Version**: 2022-06-15

## Environment Variables

```bash
AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=<your-subscription-id> # Required: Azure subscription ID
AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP=<your-resource-group> # Required: Azure resource group name
AZURE_APPINSIGHTS_NAME=<your-appinsights-component> # Required: Application Insights component name
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod  # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production
```

## Authentication

```csharp
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using Azure.ResourceManager.ApplicationInsights;

// Local dev: DefaultAzureCredential. Production: set AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod or AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>
var credential = new DefaultAzureCredential(
    DefaultAzureCredential.DefaultEnvironmentVariableName
);
// Or use a specific credential directly in production:
// See https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-dotnet#credential-classes
// var credential = new ManagedIdentityCredential();
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(credential);
```

## Resource Hierarchy

```
Subscription
└── ResourceGroup
    └── ApplicationInsightsComponent          # App Insights resource
        ├── ApplicationInsightsComponentApiKey  # API keys for programmatic access
        ├── ComponentLinkedStorageAccount      # Linked storage for data export
        └── (via component ID)
            ├── WebTest                        # Availability tests
            ├── Workbook                       # Workbooks for analysis
            ├── WorkbookTemplate               # Workbook templates
            └── MyWorkbook                     # Private workbooks
```

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