Configuring Application Insights for Sitecore 8.2

Follow below procedure to configure Application Insights for Sitecore 8.2

• Create Application Insight(AI) service over Azure and get Instrumentationkey from properties blade under AI service (http://www.screencast.com/t/jMF2RUp8L)
• Install Nuget Package Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Web version 2.1.0 to your Sitecore Website
• Copy Sitecore.Cloud.ApplicationInsights.config to *App_Config\Include\zzz* directory
• Copy Sitecore.Cloud.ApplicationInsights.dll to bin directory
• Add connection string to App_Config\ConnectionStrings.config file <add name="appinsights.instrumentationkey" connectionString="xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx" /> and update your InstrumentationKey accordingly
• Add <system.diagnostics> <trace autoflush="true" indentsize="0"> <listeners> <add name="myAppInsightsListener" type="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.TraceListener.ApplicationInsightsTraceListener, Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.TraceListener"/> </listeners> </trace> </system.diagnostics>

in <configuration> section in web.config file

Run your website and monitor it through Application Insights over Azure :)