Deprecate the OpenTelemetry exporter (Azure#43992)

Author: jeanbisutti

sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 1.0.0-beta.32 (Unreleased)
-
-### Features Added
-
-### Breaking Changes
-
-### Bugs Fixed
+## 1.0.0-beta.32 (2025-02-04)
 
 ### Other Changes
 
+This package has been deprecated and will no longer be maintained. We encourage you to upgrade to the replacement package, `azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure`, to continue receiving updates.
+Refer to our deprecation policy (https://aka.ms/azsdk/support-policies) for more details. 
+Checkout the [Migration Guide](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/blob/main/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/MIGRATION.md) for detailed instructions on how to update your application code from version 1.0.0-beta.x to the `azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure` library.
+
 ## 1.0.0-beta.31 (2024-10-23)
 
 ### Bugs Fixed

sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/MIGRATION.md

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Migrating to Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry SDK Autoconfigure Distro
+
+## Replace dependency
+
+Replace the `azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter` dependency by the following one
+
+```xml
+<dependency>
+    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+    <artifactId>azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure</artifactId>
+</dependency>
+```
+
+## Update the Java code
+
+Replace:
+* the `com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.AzureMonitorExporter` class by `com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.autoconfigure.AzureMonitorAutoConfigure`
+* the `com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.AzureMonitorExporterOptions` class by `com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.autoconfigure.AzureMonitorAutoConfigureOptions`
+

sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Exporter client library for Java
 
+## Deprecation Notice
+
+> Please note, this package has been deprecated and will no longer be maintained. We encourage you to
+> upgrade to the replacement package, `azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure`, to continue receiving updates.
+> Refer to our deprecation policy (https://aka.ms/azsdk/support-policies) for more details.
+> Checkout the [Migration Guide](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/blob/main/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/MIGRATION.md) for detailed instructions on how to update your application code from version 1.0.0-beta.x to the `azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure` library.
+
 This client library provides support for exporting OpenTelemetry data to Azure Monitor. This package assumes your
  application is already instrumented with the [OpenTelemetry SDK][opentelemetry_sdk] following the [OpenTelemetry
  Specification][opentelemetry_specification].

sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/pom.xml

@@ -17,13 +17,19 @@
   <version>1.0.0-beta.32</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter;current} -->
 
   <name>Microsoft Azure SDK for OpenTelemetry Azure Monitor Exporter</name>
-  <description>This package contains Microsoft Azure SDK for OpenTelemetry Azure Monitor Exporter.</description>
+  <description>Please note, this package has been deprecated and will no longer be maintained.
+    We encourage you to upgrade to the replacement package, `azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure`, to continue receiving updates.
+    Refer to our deprecation policy (https://aka.ms/azsdk/support-policies) for more details.</description>
 
   <distributionManagement>
     <site>
       <id>azure-java-build-docs</id>
       <url>${site.url}/site/${project.artifactId}</url>
     </site>
+    <relocation>
+      <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure</artifactId>
+    </relocation>
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <scm>