diff --git a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/configuration/ConfigurationBuilder.java b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/configuration/ConfigurationBuilder.java
index c141e52a8b2..b26e2b69a85 100644
--- a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/configuration/ConfigurationBuilder.java
+++ b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/configuration/ConfigurationBuilder.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.autoconfigure.implementation.SemanticAttributes;
 import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.autoconfigure.implementation.statsbeat.RpAttachType;
-import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.autoconfigure.implementation.utils.HostName;
 import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.autoconfigure.implementation.utils.Strings;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
@@ -304,11 +303,6 @@ private static void overlayConfiguration(
       configurationLogger.info(
           "Some telemetry may be sampled out because a default sampling configuration was added in version 3.4.0 to reduce the default billing cost. You can set the sampling configuration explicitly: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/app/java-standalone-config#sampling");
     }
-    // only set role instance to host name as a last resort
-    if (config.role.instance == null) {
-      String hostname = HostName.get();
-      config.role.instance = hostname == null ? "unknown" : hostname;
-    }
     supportTelemetryProcessorsOldSemConv(config);
   }
 
diff --git a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/telemetry/TelemetryClient.java b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/telemetry/TelemetryClient.java
index b31f24107c3..b0dfc0ace95 100644
--- a/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/telemetry/TelemetryClient.java
+++ b/agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/agent/internal/telemetry/TelemetryClient.java
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public void populateDefaults(AbstractTelemetryBuilder telemetryBuilder, Resource
         telemetryBuilder.addProperty(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
       }
     }
-    new ResourceParser().updateRoleNameAndInstance(telemetryBuilder, resource);
+    new ResourceParser().updateRoleNameAndInstanceAndVersion(telemetryBuilder, resource);
   }
 
   @Nullable
diff --git a/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure-1.0.0-beta.1.jar b/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure-1.0.0-beta.1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08b81b87199
Binary files /dev/null and b/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure-1.0.0-beta.1.jar differ
diff --git a/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure-1.0.0-beta.1.pom b/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure-1.0.0-beta.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef94452e464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure-1.0.0-beta.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+<!-- Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+     Licensed under the MIT License. -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+    <artifactId>azure-client-sdk-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1.7.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-client-sdk-parent;current} -->
+    <relativePath>../../parents/azure-client-sdk-parent</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+  <artifactId>azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0-beta.1</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure;current} -->
+
+  <name>Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry SDK Autoconfigure Distro</name>
+  <description>This package contains Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry SDK Autoconfigure Distro.</description>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <site>
+      <id>azure-java-build-docs</id>
+      <url>${site.url}/site/${project.artifactId}</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <scm>
+    <url>https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <properties>
+    <jacoco.min.linecoverage>0.30</jacoco.min.linecoverage>
+    <jacoco.min.branchcoverage>0.20</jacoco.min.branchcoverage>
+    <!-- Configures the Java 9+ run to perform the required module exports, opens, and reads that are necessary for testing but shouldn't be part of the module-info. -->
+    <javaModulesSurefireArgLine>
+      --add-opens com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.autoconfigure/com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.autoconfigure=ALL-UNNAMED
+    </javaModulesSurefireArgLine>
+
+    <checkstyle.suppressionsLocation>checkstyle-suppressions.xml</checkstyle.suppressionsLocation>
+    <spotbugs.skip>false</spotbugs.skip>
+    <spotbugs.excludeFilterFile>spotbugs-exclude.xml</spotbugs.excludeFilterFile>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-core</artifactId>
+      <version>1.54.1</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-core;dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-json</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-json;dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-core-http-netty</artifactId>
+      <version>1.15.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-core-http-netty;dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.43.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api;external_dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk</artifactId>
+      <version>1.43.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk;external_dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-metrics</artifactId>
+      <version>1.43.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-metrics;external_dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-logs</artifactId>
+      <version>1.43.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-logs;external_dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi</artifactId>
+      <version>1.43.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi;external_dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure</artifactId>
+      <version>1.43.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure;external_dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry.semconv</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-semconv-incubating</artifactId>
+      <version>1.26.0-alpha</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv-incubating;external_dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Added this dependency to include necessary annotations used by reactor core.
+    Without this dependency, javadoc throws a warning as it cannot find enum When.MAYBE
+    which is used in @Nullable annotation in reactor core classes -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305;external_dependency} -->
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Test dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+      <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+      <version>4.11.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.mockito:mockito-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- bytebuddy dependencies are required for mockito 4.11.0 to work with Java 21. Mockito 4.11.0 is the last release -->
+    <!-- of Mockito supporting Java 8 as a baseline. -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+      <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
+      <version>1.15.5</version> <!-- {x-version-update;testdep_net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy;external_dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+      <artifactId>byte-buddy-agent</artifactId>
+      <version>1.15.5</version> <!-- {x-version-update;testdep_net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent;external_dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
+      <version>1.43.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-testing;external_dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-data-appconfiguration</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.3</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-data-appconfiguration;dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-messaging-eventhubs</artifactId>
+      <version>5.19.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-eventhubs;dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0-beta.52</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry;dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-core-test</artifactId>
+      <version>1.27.0-beta.4</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-core-test;dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-messaging-eventhubs-checkpointstore-blob</artifactId>
+      <version>1.20.2</version>  <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-eventhubs-checkpointstore-blob;dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-identity</artifactId>
+      <version>1.14.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-identity;dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.github.hakky54</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logcaptor</artifactId>
+      <version>2.9.3</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.github.hakky54:logcaptor;external_dependency} -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.5.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin;external_dependency} -->
+        <configuration>
+          <rules>
+            <bannedDependencies>
+              <includes>
+                <include>io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:[1.43.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api;external_dependency} -->
+                <include>io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk:[1.43.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk;external_dependency} -->
+                <include>io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-metrics:[1.43.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-metrics;external_dependency} -->
+                <include>io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-logs:[1.43.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-logs;external_dependency} -->
+                <include>io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi:[1.43.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi;external_dependency} -->
+                <include>io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure:[1.43.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure;external_dependency} -->
+                <include>io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv-incubating:[1.26.0-alpha]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv-incubating;external_dependency} -->
+                <include>com.squareup.okio:okio:[3.9.1]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;com.squareup.okio:okio;external_dependency} -->
+              </includes>
+            </bannedDependencies>
+          </rules>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>