diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/implementation/pipeline/TelemetryItemExporter.java b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/implementation/pipeline/TelemetryItemExporter.java
index 7e4c73b9f58d5..dfd6d21eb3edc 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/implementation/pipeline/TelemetryItemExporter.java
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/main/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/implementation/pipeline/TelemetryItemExporter.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.implementation.logging.OperationLogger;
 import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.implementation.models.ContextTagKeys;
 import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.implementation.models.TelemetryItem;
+import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.implementation.utils.AksResourceAttributes;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.io.SerializedString;
@@ -137,8 +138,10 @@ CompletableResultCode internalSendByBatch(TelemetryItemBatchKey telemetryItemBat
         List<ByteBuffer> byteBuffers;
         // Don't send _OTELRESOURCE_ custom metric when OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES env var is empty
         // Don't send _OTELRESOURCE_ custom metric to Statsbeat yet
+        // Don't Send _OTELRESOURCE_ when the app is running on other env other than AKS
         // insert _OTELRESOURCE_ at the beginning of each batch
-        if (!"Statsbeat".equals(telemetryItems.get(0).getName())) {
+        // TODO (heya) add a json config for customers to disable _OTELRESOURCE_ metric to the ingestion service when this feature is GA
+        if (!"Statsbeat".equals(telemetryItems.get(0).getName()) && AksResourceAttributes.isAks(telemetryItemBatchKey.resource)) {
             telemetryItems.add(0, createOtelResourceMetric(telemetryItemBatchKey));
         }
         try {
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/test/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/AzureMonitorExportersEndToEndTest.java b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/test/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/AzureMonitorExportersEndToEndTest.java
index d622eaaa84f72..773e71f30af57 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/test/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/AzureMonitorExportersEndToEndTest.java
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/test/java/com/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/AzureMonitorExportersEndToEndTest.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public void testBuildTraceExporter() throws Exception {
         countDownLatch.await(10, SECONDS);
         assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getUrl())
             .isEqualTo(new URL("https://test.in.applicationinsights.azure.com/v2.1/track"));
-        assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getActualTelemetryItems().size()).isEqualTo(2);
+        assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getActualTelemetryItems().size()).isEqualTo(1);
 
         // validate span
         TelemetryItem spanTelemetryItem =
@@ -85,19 +85,8 @@ public void testBuildMetricExporter() throws Exception {
         countDownLatch.await(10, SECONDS);
         assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getUrl())
             .isEqualTo(new URL("https://test.in.applicationinsights.azure.com/v2.1/track"));
-        assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getActualTelemetryItems().size()).isEqualTo(2);
-
-        // validate metric
-        TelemetryItem metricTelemetryItem =
-            customValidationPolicy.getActualTelemetryItems().stream()
-                .filter(item -> item.getName().equals("Metric"))
-                .filter(item -> {
-                    MetricsData metricsData = (MetricsData) item.getData().getBaseData();
-                    return metricsData.getMetrics().stream().noneMatch(metricDataPoint -> metricDataPoint.getName().equals("_OTELRESOURCE_"));
-                })
-                .findFirst()
-                .get();
-        validateMetric(metricTelemetryItem);
+        assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getActualTelemetryItems().size()).isEqualTo(1);
+        validateMetric(customValidationPolicy.getActualTelemetryItems().get(0));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -116,7 +105,7 @@ public void testBuildLogExporter() throws Exception {
         countDownLatch.await(10, SECONDS);
         assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getUrl())
             .isEqualTo(new URL("https://test.in.applicationinsights.azure.com/v2.1/track"));
-        assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getActualTelemetryItems().size()).isEqualTo(2);
+        assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getActualTelemetryItems().size()).isEqualTo(1);
 
         // validate log
         TelemetryItem logTelemetryItem =
@@ -149,7 +138,7 @@ public void testBuildTraceMetricLogExportersConsecutively() throws Exception {
         countDownLatch.await(10, SECONDS);
         assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getUrl())
             .isEqualTo(new URL("https://test.in.applicationinsights.azure.com/v2.1/track"));
-        assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getActualTelemetryItems().size()).isEqualTo(6);
+        assertThat(customValidationPolicy.getActualTelemetryItems().size()).isEqualTo(3);
 
         // validate telemetry
         TelemetryItem spanTelemetryItem =
@@ -160,10 +149,6 @@ public void testBuildTraceMetricLogExportersConsecutively() throws Exception {
         TelemetryItem metricTelemetryItem =
             customValidationPolicy.getActualTelemetryItems().stream()
                 .filter(item -> item.getName().equals("Metric"))
-                .filter(item -> {
-                    MetricsData metricsData = (MetricsData) item.getData().getBaseData();
-                    return metricsData.getMetrics().stream().noneMatch(metricDataPoint -> metricDataPoint.getName().equals("_OTELRESOURCE_"));
-                })
                 .findFirst()
                 .get();
         TelemetryItem logTelemetryItem =