diff --git a/src/DotNetMashup.Web/DotNetMashup.Web.xproj b/src/DotNetMashup.Web/DotNetMashup.Web.xproj
index 731f982..0227428 100644
--- a/src/DotNetMashup.Web/DotNetMashup.Web.xproj
+++ b/src/DotNetMashup.Web/DotNetMashup.Web.xproj
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
     <DevelopmentServerPort>59713</DevelopmentServerPort>
+    <ApplicationInsightsResourceId>/subscriptions/6332a4fe-3d5b-4857-9206-6dedd406f451/resourcegroups/Default-ApplicationInsights-CentralUS/providers/microsoft.insights/components/DotNetMashup.Web</ApplicationInsightsResourceId>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DNX\Microsoft.DNX.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
 </Project>
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diff --git a/src/DotNetMashup.Web/Service References/Application Insights/ConnectedService.json b/src/DotNetMashup.Web/Service References/Application Insights/ConnectedService.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..146f6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DotNetMashup.Web/Service References/Application Insights/ConnectedService.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "ProviderId": "Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.ConnectedService.ConnectedServiceProvider",
+  "Version": "3.3.1.0",
+  "GettingStartedDocument": {
+    "Uri": "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=613414"
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/DotNetMashup.Web/Startup.cs b/src/DotNetMashup.Web/Startup.cs
index a863cb4..4160dfa 100644
--- a/src/DotNetMashup.Web/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/DotNetMashup.Web/Startup.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace DotNetMashup.Web
         {
             config = new ConfigurationBuilder()
             .AddEnvironmentVariables()
+            .AddApplicationInsightsSettings(instrumentationKey: "fda37cc5-e36e-4171-94ac-f02f9f1771c9")
             .Build();
             _feedData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IEnumerable<BlogMetaData>>(File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(appEnv.ApplicationBasePath, "blogfeed.json")));
         }
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ namespace DotNetMashup.Web
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
             services.AddInstance(config);
+            services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry(config);
             services.AddSingleton<ISiteSetting>(prov =>
             {
                 return new SiteSettings();
diff --git a/src/DotNetMashup.Web/config.json b/src/DotNetMashup.Web/config.json
index 6e86a34..2525f3c 100644
--- a/src/DotNetMashup.Web/config.json
+++ b/src/DotNetMashup.Web/config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "Data": {
-    "DefaultConnection": {
-      "ConnectionString": "Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=DotNetMashup;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
-    }
+  "ApplicationInsights": {
+    "InstrumentationKey": "fda37cc5-e36e-4171-94ac-f02f9f1771c9"
   }
 }
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diff --git a/src/DotNetMashup.Web/project.json b/src/DotNetMashup.Web/project.json
index de2aad7..899593e 100644
--- a/src/DotNetMashup.Web/project.json
+++ b/src/DotNetMashup.Web/project.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
     "Newtonsoft.Json": "7.0.1",
     "TweetinviAPI": "0.9.9.8",
     "Octokit": "0.16.0",
-    "CommonMark.NET": "0.9.1"
+    "CommonMark.NET": "0.9.1",
+    "Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNet": "1.0.0-beta8"
   },
 
   "commands": {