diff --git a/examples/ConsoleApp/ConsoleApp.csproj b/examples/ConsoleApp/ConsoleApp.csproj
index f2b026e36e..53585bad83 100644
--- a/examples/ConsoleApp/ConsoleApp.csproj
+++ b/examples/ConsoleApp/ConsoleApp.csproj
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
     <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.6.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\NETCORE\src\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.WorkerService\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.WorkerService.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/examples/ConsoleApp/Program.cs b/examples/ConsoleApp/Program.cs
index 9ef70cdec2..6b7b8613f4 100644
--- a/examples/ConsoleApp/Program.cs
+++ b/examples/ConsoleApp/Program.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights;
+using Azure.Identity;
+
+using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights;
 using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Channel;
 using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.DataContracts;
 using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Extensibility;
@@ -26,6 +28,14 @@ static void Main(string[] args)
             // Add custom TelemetryInitializer
             services.AddSingleton<ITelemetryInitializer, MyCustomTelemetryInitializer>();
 
+            // Configure TelemetryConfiguration
+            services.Configure<TelemetryConfiguration>(config =>
+            {
+                // Optionally configure AAD
+                //var credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
+                //config.SetAzureTokenCredential(credential);
+            });
+
             // Being a regular console app, there is no appsettings.json or configuration providers enabled by default.
             // Hence connection string must be specified here.
             services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetryWorkerService((ApplicationInsightsServiceOptions options) => options.ConnectionString = "InstrumentationKey=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");