diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 86cba0c767..3d17ae2ca2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -269,6 +269,21 @@ jobs:
         CXX_STANDARD: '20'
       run: ./ci/do_ci.ps1 cmake.maintainer.cxx20.stl.test
 
+  cmake_msvc_maintainer_abiv2_test:
+    name: CMake msvc (maintainer mode, abiv2)
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        submodules: 'recursive'
+    - name: setup
+      run: |
+        ./ci/setup_windows_ci_environment.ps1
+    - name: run tests
+      env:
+        CXX_STANDARD: '20'
+      run: ./ci/do_ci.ps1 cmake.maintainer.abiv2.test
+
   cmake_with_async_export_test:
     name: CMake test (without otlp-exporter and with async export)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/ci/do_ci.ps1 b/ci/do_ci.ps1
index 72d80402b2..66f983065f 100644
--- a/ci/do_ci.ps1
+++ b/ci/do_ci.ps1
@@ -184,6 +184,33 @@ switch ($action) {
       exit $exit
     }
   }
+  "cmake.maintainer.abiv2.test" {
+    cd "$BUILD_DIR"
+    cmake $SRC_DIR `
+      -DWITH_OTLP_GRPC=ON `
+      -DWITH_OTLP_HTTP=ON `
+      -DWITH_OTLP_RETRY_PREVIEW=ON `
+      -DOTELCPP_MAINTAINER_MODE=ON `
+      -DWITH_NO_DEPRECATED_CODE=ON `
+      -DWITH_ABI_VERSION_1=OFF `
+      -DWITH_ABI_VERSION_2=ON `
+      -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows `
+      "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$VCPKG_DIR/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
+    $exit = $LASTEXITCODE
+    if ($exit -ne 0) {
+      exit $exit
+    }
+    cmake --build . -j $nproc
+    $exit = $LASTEXITCODE
+    if ($exit -ne 0) {
+      exit $exit
+    }
+    ctest -C Debug
+    $exit = $LASTEXITCODE
+    if ($exit -ne 0) {
+      exit $exit
+    }
+  }
   "cmake.with_async_export.test" {
     cd "$BUILD_DIR"
     cmake $SRC_DIR `
diff --git a/exporters/etw/include/opentelemetry/exporters/etw/etw_tracer.h b/exporters/etw/include/opentelemetry/exporters/etw/etw_tracer.h
index 272558cead..5d0603454e 100644
--- a/exporters/etw/include/opentelemetry/exporters/etw/etw_tracer.h
+++ b/exporters/etw/include/opentelemetry/exporters/etw/etw_tracer.h
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ class Tracer : public opentelemetry::trace::Tracer,
     return result;
   }
 
+#if OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO == 1
   /**
    * @brief Force flush data to Tracer, spending up to given amount of microseconds to flush.
    * NOTE: this method has no effect for the realtime streaming Tracer.
@@ -615,6 +616,7 @@ class Tracer : public opentelemetry::trace::Tracer,
       etwProvider().close(provHandle);
     }
   }
+#endif
 
   /**
    * @brief Add event data to span associated with tracer.
@@ -736,7 +738,18 @@ class Tracer : public opentelemetry::trace::Tracer,
   /**
    * @brief Tracer destructor.
    */
-  virtual ~Tracer() { CloseWithMicroseconds(0); }
+  virtual ~Tracer()
+  {
+#if OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO == 1
+    CloseWithMicroseconds(0);
+#else
+    // Close once only
+    if (!isClosed_.exchange(true))
+    {
+      etwProvider().close(provHandle);
+    }
+#endif
+  }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -893,6 +906,34 @@ class Span : public opentelemetry::trace::Span
     owner_.AddEvent(*this, name, timestamp, attributes);
   }
 
+#if OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO >= 2
+
+  /**
+   * Add link (ABI).
+   *
+   * See comments about sampling in @ref opentelemetry::trace::Span
+   *
+   * @since ABI_VERSION 2
+   */
+  void AddLink(const trace::SpanContext & /*target*/,
+               const common::KeyValueIterable & /*attrs*/) noexcept override
+  {
+    // FIXME: What to do with links?
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add links (ABI).
+   *
+   * See comments about sampling in @ref opentelemetry::trace::Span
+   *
+   * @since ABI_VERSION 2
+   */
+  void AddLinks(const trace::SpanContextKeyValueIterable & /*links*/) noexcept override
+  {
+    // FIXME: What to do with links?
+  }
+#endif
+
   /**
    * @brief Set Span status
    * @param code Span status code.
@@ -1116,7 +1157,13 @@ class TracerProvider : public opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider
   nostd::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::Tracer> GetTracer(
       nostd::string_view name,
       nostd::string_view args       = "",
-      nostd::string_view schema_url = "") noexcept override
+      nostd::string_view schema_url = ""
+#if OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO >= 2
+      ,
+      // FIXME: This is a temporary workaround to avoid breaking compiling.
+      const common::KeyValueIterable * /*attributes*/ = nullptr
+#endif
+      ) noexcept override
   {
     UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(args);
     UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(schema_url);
diff --git a/exporters/etw/test/etw_perf_test.cc b/exporters/etw/test/etw_perf_test.cc
index 06af94a5af..0c54aa1e9e 100644
--- a/exporters/etw/test/etw_perf_test.cc
+++ b/exporters/etw/test/etw_perf_test.cc
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ class ETWProviderStressTest
   void Teardown()
   {
     span_->End();
+#  if OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO == 1
     tracer_->CloseWithMicroseconds(0);
+#  endif
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/exporters/etw/test/etw_tracer_test.cc b/exporters/etw/test/etw_tracer_test.cc
index a546309b84..5833b6a733 100644
--- a/exporters/etw/test/etw_tracer_test.cc
+++ b/exporters/etw/test/etw_tracer_test.cc
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ TEST(ETWTracer, TracerCheck)
     }
     EXPECT_NO_THROW(topSpan->End());
   }
-
+#  if OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO == 1
   EXPECT_NO_THROW(tracer->CloseWithMicroseconds(0));
+#  endif
 }
 
 // Lowest decoration level -> smaller ETW event size.
@@ -233,7 +234,9 @@ TEST(ETWTracer, TracerCheckMinDecoration)
     }
     EXPECT_NO_THROW(aSpan->End());
 }
+#  if OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO == 1
   tracer->CloseWithMicroseconds(0);
+#  endif
 }
 
 // Highest decoration level -> larger ETW event size
@@ -284,7 +287,9 @@ TEST(ETWTracer, TracerCheckMaxDecoration)
     }
     EXPECT_NO_THROW(aSpan->End());
   }
+#  if OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO == 1
   tracer->CloseWithMicroseconds(0);
+#  endif
 }
 
 TEST(ETWTracer, TracerCheckMsgPack)
@@ -322,7 +327,9 @@ TEST(ETWTracer, TracerCheckMsgPack)
       }
       EXPECT_NO_THROW(aSpan->End());
   }
+#  if OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO == 1
   tracer->CloseWithMicroseconds(0);
+#  endif
 }
 
 /**
@@ -451,8 +458,10 @@ TEST(ETWTracer, GlobalSingletonTracer)
   EXPECT_NE(traceId1, traceId2);
   EXPECT_EQ(traceId1, traceId3);
 
+#  if OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO == 1
   localTracer->CloseWithMicroseconds(0);
   globalTracer.CloseWithMicroseconds(0);
+#  endif
 }
 
 TEST(ETWTracer, AlwayOffSampler)