diff --git a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/src/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.csproj b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/src/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.csproj
index 0b43f3c8680c8..3a613943a4d6f 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/src/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.csproj
+++ b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/src/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.csproj
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter\src\Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <!-- Shared source from Exporter -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\..\Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter\src\Internals\ExceptionExtensions.cs" LinkBase="Shared" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/src/AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSource.cs b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/src/AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSource.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0b45da414cf2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/src/AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSource.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Internals;
+
+namespace Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// EventSource for the AzureMonitor AspNetCore Distro.
+    /// EventSource Guid at Runtime: ????.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// PerfView Instructions:
+    /// <list type="bullet">
+    /// <item>To collect all events: <code>PerfView.exe collect -MaxCollectSec:300 -NoGui /onlyProviders=*OpenTelemetry-AzureMonitor-AspNetCore</code></item>
+    /// <item>To collect events based on LogLevel: <code>PerfView.exe collect -MaxCollectSec:300 -NoGui /onlyProviders:OpenTelemetry-AzureMonitor-AspNetCore::Verbose</code></item>
+    /// </list>
+    /// Dotnet-Trace Instructions:
+    /// <list type="bullet">
+    /// <item>To collect all events: <code>dotnet-trace collect --process-id PID --providers OpenTelemetry-AzureMonitor-AspNetCore</code></item>
+    /// <item>To collect events based on LogLevel: <code>dotnet-trace collect --process-id PID --providers OpenTelemetry-AzureMonitor-AspNetCore::Verbose</code></item>
+    /// </list>
+    /// Logman Instructions:
+    /// <list type="number">
+    /// <item>Create a text file containing providers: <code>echo "{????}" > providers.txt</code></item>
+    /// <item>Start collecting: <code>logman -start exporter -pf providers.txt -ets -bs 1024 -nb 100 256</code></item>
+    /// <item>Stop collecting: <code>logman -stop exporter -ets</code></item>
+    /// </list>
+    /// </remarks>
+    [EventSource(Name = EventSourceName)]
+    internal sealed class AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSource : EventSource
+    {
+        internal const string EventSourceName = "OpenTelemetry-AzureMonitor-AspNetCore";
+
+        internal static readonly AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSource Log = new AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSource();
+
+        [NonEvent]
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        private bool IsEnabled(EventLevel eventLevel) => IsEnabled(eventLevel, EventKeywords.All);
+
+        [NonEvent]
+        public void ConfigureFailed(Exception ex)
+        {
+            if (IsEnabled(EventLevel.Error))
+            {
+                ConfigureFailed(ex.FlattenException().ToInvariantString());
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Event(1, Message = "Failed to configure AzureMonitorOptions using the connection string from environment variables due to an exception: {0}", Level = EventLevel.Error)]
+        public void ConfigureFailed(string exceptionMessage) => WriteEvent(1, exceptionMessage);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/src/DefaultAzureMonitorOptions.cs b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/src/DefaultAzureMonitorOptions.cs
index fd3afcb3403b2..d37562eb873aa 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/src/DefaultAzureMonitorOptions.cs
+++ b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/src/DefaultAzureMonitorOptions.cs
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ public void Configure(AzureMonitorOptions options)
                     options.ConnectionString = connectionString;
                 }
             }
-            catch
+            catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                // TODO: Log Error.
+                AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSource.Log.ConfigureFailed(ex);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
index 93c6de29aa42c..816cc45d6f430 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
+++ b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\..\..\Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter\tests\Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Tests\CommonTestFramework\EventSourceTestHelper.cs" LinkBase="CommonTestFramework" />
+    <Compile Include="..\..\..\Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter\tests\Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Tests\CommonTestFramework\TestEventListener.cs" LinkBase="CommonTestFramework" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Workaround to fix CI build failure in macOS. This package is being used indirectly by Azure analyzers. -->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" VersionOverride="7.0.0" />
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests/AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSourceTests.cs b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests/AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSourceTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a910acb3a19ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests/AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSourceTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using Xunit;
+using Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Tests.CommonTestFramework;
+
+namespace Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore.Tests
+{
+    public class AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSourceTests
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This test uses reflection to invoke every Event method in our EventSource class.
+        /// This validates that parameters are logged and helps to confirm that EventIds are correct.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Fact]
+        public void EventSourceTest_AzureMonitorExporterEventSource()
+        {
+            EventSourceTestHelper.MethodsAreImplementedConsistentlyWithTheirAttributes(AzureMonitorAspNetCoreEventSource.Log);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter/tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Tests/AzureMonitorExporterEventSourceTests.cs b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter/tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Tests/AzureMonitorExporterEventSourceTests.cs
index 2c250ba190872..5a8947d463947 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter/tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Tests/AzureMonitorExporterEventSourceTests.cs
+++ b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter/tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Tests/AzureMonitorExporterEventSourceTests.cs
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Tests
 {
-    /// <summary>
-    /// These tests depend on the <see cref="AzureMonitorExporterEventListener"/> to subscribe to the <see cref="AzureMonitorExporterEventSource"/> and write events to the <see cref="TelemetryDebugWriter"/>.
-    /// </summary>
     public class AzureMonitorExporterEventSourceTests
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter/tests/Integration.Tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Integration.Tests.csproj b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter/tests/Integration.Tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Integration.Tests.csproj
index d8e6277b8bc2b..ecd1b3cd46055 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter/tests/Integration.Tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Integration.Tests.csproj
+++ b/sdk/monitor/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter/tests/Integration.Tests/Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Integration.Tests.csproj
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="..\Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Tests\CommonTestFramework\**" Link="CommonTestFramework\%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
+    <Compile Include="..\Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Tests\CommonTestFramework\**" LinkBase="CommonTestFramework" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>