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# [Observability in Microsoft Agent Framework through Open Telemetry in Azure Application Insights, KQL and Aspire on Docker](https://www.azureguru.net/observability-in-microsoft-agent-framework-through-open-telemetry-in-azure-application-insights-kql-and-aspire-on-docker?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Open Telemetry, Azure Application Insights and .NET Aspire provide a powerful way to gain visibility into your Microsoft Agent Framework applications

Jun 22 · 9 min read · azureguru.net  
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## Written by

[Sachin Nandanwar](https://hashnode.com/@SachinNandanwar)

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From Synapse Analytics, Power BI, Spark, Microsoft Fabric,ASP.NET Core and recently Agentic AI on .NET I try to explore, learn and share all aspects of Microsoft Data Stack in this blog.

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[Suny Choudhary](https://hashnode.com/@sunychoudhary)

[Jun 23](https://hashnode.com/posts/observability-in-microsoft-agent-framework-through-open-telemetry-in-azure-application-insights-kql-and-aspire-on-docker/6a39ba6cd68cae88cf0e16c9/comment/6a3a20f9952d722777d4d95c)

Agents without observability are just distributed bugs with better branding.

If you can’t trace the tool calls, handoffs, latency, and failures, you don’t really have an agent platform. You have a black box.

[Sachin Nandanwar](https://hashnode.com/@SachinNandanwar)

[Jun 27](https://hashnode.com/posts/observability-in-microsoft-agent-framework-through-open-telemetry-in-azure-application-insights-kql-and-aspire-on-docker/6a39ba6cd68cae88cf0e16c9/comment/6a3a20f9952d722777d4d95c#reply-6a3f21be013b9067f772743b)

Thank you for your comment.

Absolutely !!! Couldn't have said it more better . Agents are unpredictable .Observability isn't an optional implementation.. it's the foundation for debugging, optimization, and governance.

Through this article I tried to highlight the best tools at your disposal to implement observability in MAF . Soon I will be posting a new article how to leverage observability metrics and use them to build insightful dashboards in Grafana.