en https://world.optimizely.com/blogs/stefan-johansson/60Optimizely World https://world.optimizely.com/blogs/stefan-johansson/dates/2025/3/transitioning-to-application-insights-connection-strings-essential-insights-for-optimizely-cms/ <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Transitioning to Application Insights Connection Strings: Essential Insights for Optimizely CMS</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As part of Microsoft's ongoing modernization efforts, Application Insights is transitioning from instrumentation keys to connection strings. While your current implementations using instrumentation keys will continue to operate seamlessly, we strongly recommend updating to connection strings. This ensures alignment with Microsoft's latest standards and maximizes the performance of your Optimizely solutions.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">New environments will now be equipped with connection strings by default.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This blog post provides a guide to updating your Optimizely CMS projects, ensuring seamless compatibility with these changes.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Guidance for Optimizely CMS 12 Projects</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Existing Projects</span></em></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Promptly update to the latest versions of EPiServer.CloudPlatform.Cms (and EPiServer.CloudPlatform.Commerce, if applicable).</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Following the update, your next deployment will automatically configure your application to utilize the correct Application Insights connection string.</span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em>New Projects</em></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Deployments will be restricted unless you are using the updated versions of EPiServer.CloudPlatform.Cms (and EPiServer.CloudPlatform.Commerce, if applicable).</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ensure all project dependencies are current before initiating a deployment.</span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Guidance for Optimizely CMS 11 Projects</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Without Custom Application Insights Configuration</span></em></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If there is no custom Application Insights configuration, your next deployment will seamlessly update your application to use the correct connection string.</span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em>With Custom Application Insights Configuration</em></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Verify that your custom implementation is compatible with connection strings.</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Reach out to Optimizely support to confirm and deploy the correct configuration for your application.</span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For more detailed information from Microsoft, please refer to their documentation&nbsp;</span><a title="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/migrate-from-instrumentation-keys-to-connection-strings" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/migrate-from-instrumentation-keys-to-connection-strings"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">here</span></a><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.</span></p> https://world.optimizely.com/blogs/stefan-johansson/dates/2025/3/transitioning-to-application-insights-connection-strings-essential-insights-for-optimizely-cms/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:49:35 GMT Blog post