diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/CHANGELOG.md
index f0e4bdcee1ec..8cc7f09b553b 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## 1.0.0-beta.4 (Unreleased)
 
 ### Features Added
-
+- Support for parsing AAD Audience from the connection string ([#44482](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/44482))
 ### Breaking Changes
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/AzureMonitorExporterBuilder.java b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/AzureMonitorExporterBuilder.java
index c8d1c6c43fd6..7e18596dd26d 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/AzureMonitorExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/AzureMonitorExporterBuilder.java
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ class AzureMonitorExporterBuilder {
 
     private static final ClientLogger LOGGER = new ClientLogger(AzureMonitorExporterBuilder.class);
 
-    private static final String APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_AUTHENTICATION_SCOPE = "https://monitor.azure.com//.default";
-
     private static final String STATSBEAT_LONG_INTERVAL_SECONDS_PROPERTY_NAME
         = "STATSBEAT_LONG_INTERVAL_SECONDS_PROPERTY_NAME";
     private static final String STATSBEAT_SHORT_INTERVAL_SECONDS_PROPERTY_NAME
@@ -183,7 +181,7 @@ private HttpPipeline createHttpPipeline() {
         policies.add(new CookiePolicy());
         if (exporterOptions.credential != null) {
             policies.add(new BearerTokenAuthenticationPolicy(exporterOptions.credential,
-                APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_AUTHENTICATION_SCOPE));
+                getConnectionString().getAadAudienceWithScope()));
         }
 
         if (exporterOptions.retryOptions != null) {
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionString.java b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionString.java
index 30a6d1a77326..59131ac5af4d 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionString.java
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionString.java
@@ -19,14 +19,16 @@ public final class ConnectionString {
     private final URL profilerEndpoint;
 
     private final String originalString;
+    private final String aadAudience;
 
     ConnectionString(String instrumentationKey, URL ingestionEndpoint, URL liveEndpoint, URL profilerEndpoint,
-        String originalString) {
+        String originalString, String aadAudience) {
         this.instrumentationKey = instrumentationKey;
         this.ingestionEndpoint = ingestionEndpoint.toExternalForm();
         this.liveEndpoint = liveEndpoint;
         this.profilerEndpoint = profilerEndpoint;
         this.originalString = originalString;
+        this.aadAudience = aadAudience;
     }
 
     public static ConnectionString parse(String connectionString) {
@@ -54,4 +56,8 @@ public URL getProfilerEndpoint() {
     public String getOriginalString() {
         return originalString;
     }
+
+    public String getAadAudienceWithScope() {
+        return "https://" + aadAudience + "//.default";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionStringBuilder.java b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionStringBuilder.java
index 5c8c7ab63089..5b4f1d6262d2 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionStringBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionStringBuilder.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class ConnectionStringBuilder {
 
     // visible for testing
     static final int CONNECTION_STRING_MAX_LENGTH = 4096;
+    static final String DEFAULT_AAD_AUDIENCE = "monitor.azure.com";
 
     private String originalString;
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ class ConnectionStringBuilder {
     private URL ingestionEndpoint;
     private URL liveEndpoint;
     private URL profilerEndpoint;
+    private String aadAudience;
 
     ConnectionStringBuilder() {
         try {
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ class ConnectionStringBuilder {
         } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("ConnectionString.Defaults are invalid", e);
         }
+        aadAudience = DEFAULT_AAD_AUDIENCE;
     }
 
     ConnectionStringBuilder setConnectionString(String connectionString) {
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ ConnectionStringBuilder setConnectionString(String connectionString) {
 
     ConnectionString build() {
         return new ConnectionString(instrumentationKey, ingestionEndpoint, liveEndpoint, profilerEndpoint,
-            originalString);
+            originalString, aadAudience);
     }
 
     private static Map<String, String> getKeyValuePairs(String connectionString) {
@@ -95,6 +98,12 @@ private void mapToConnectionConfiguration(Map<String, String> kvps) {
             setProfilerEndpoint("https://" + EndpointPrefixes.PROFILER_ENDPOINT_PREFIX + "." + suffix);
         }
 
+        // set aad audience
+        String aadAudience = kvps.get(Keywords.AAD_AUDIENCE);
+        if (!CoreUtils.isNullOrEmpty(aadAudience)) {
+            setAadAudience(aadAudience);
+        }
+
         // set explicit endpoints
         String liveEndpoint = kvps.get(Keywords.LIVE_ENDPOINT);
         if (!CoreUtils.isNullOrEmpty(liveEndpoint)) {
@@ -124,6 +133,10 @@ void setProfilerEndpoint(String profilerEndpoint) {
         this.profilerEndpoint = toUrlOrThrow(profilerEndpoint, Keywords.PROFILER_ENDPOINT);
     }
 
+    void setAadAudience(String aadAudience) {
+        this.aadAudience = aadAudience;
+    }
+
     private static URL toUrlOrThrow(String url, String field) {
         if (!url.endsWith("/")) {
             url += "/";
@@ -155,6 +168,7 @@ private Keywords() {
         static final String INGESTION_ENDPOINT = "IngestionEndpoint";
         static final String LIVE_ENDPOINT = "LiveEndpoint";
         static final String PROFILER_ENDPOINT = "ProfilerEndpoint";
+        static final String AAD_AUDIENCE = "AADAudience";
     }
 
     // visible for testing
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionStringParsingTests.java b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionStringParsingTests.java
index 3de321f1f23a..a49f560b680a 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionStringParsingTests.java
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/src/test/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/autoconfigure/implementation/configuration/ConnectionStringParsingTests.java
@@ -73,6 +73,25 @@ void suffixSupportsPort() throws Exception {
         assertThat(parsed.getLiveEndpoint()).isEqualTo(expectedLiveEndpoint);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void canParseAadAudience() {
+        String ikey = "fake-ikey";
+        String aadAudience = "test-audience";
+        String cs = "InstrumentationKey=" + ikey + ";AADAudience=" + aadAudience;
+        ConnectionString parsed = ConnectionString.parse(cs);
+        assertThat(parsed.getInstrumentationKey()).isEqualTo(ikey);
+        assertThat(parsed.getAadAudienceWithScope()).isEqualTo("https://test-audience//.default");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void defaultAadAudience() {
+        String ikey = "fake-ikey";
+        String cs = "InstrumentationKey=" + ikey;
+        ConnectionString parsed = ConnectionString.parse(cs);
+        assertThat(parsed.getInstrumentationKey()).isEqualTo(ikey);
+        assertThat(parsed.getAadAudienceWithScope()).isEqualTo("https://monitor.azure.com//.default");
+    }
+
     @Test
     void ikeyWithExplicitEndpoints() throws Exception {
         String ikey = "fake-ikey";