diff --git a/src/Common/Commands.Common/AzurePSCmdlet.cs b/src/Common/Commands.Common/AzurePSCmdlet.cs
index ed00e2e32a4c..43555c5eb5f1 100644
--- a/src/Common/Commands.Common/AzurePSCmdlet.cs
+++ b/src/Common/Commands.Common/AzurePSCmdlet.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ public abstract class AzurePSCmdlet : PSCmdlet
         protected static AzureProfile _currentProfile = null;
         protected static AzurePSDataCollectionProfile _dataCollectionProfile = null;
 
+        protected AzurePSQoSEvent QosEvent;
+
+        protected virtual bool IsUsageMetricEnabled {
+            get { return false; }
+        }
+
+        protected virtual bool IsErrorMetricEnabled
+        {
+            get { return true; }
+        }
+
         [Parameter(Mandatory = false, HelpMessage = "In-memory profile.")]
         public AzureProfile Profile { get; set; }
 
@@ -208,6 +219,22 @@ protected static AzurePSDataCollectionProfile GetDataCollectionProfile()
             return _dataCollectionProfile;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Check whether the data collection is opted in from user
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>true if allowed</returns>
+        public static bool IsDataCollectionAllowed()
+        {
+            if (_dataCollectionProfile != null &&
+                _dataCollectionProfile.EnableAzureDataCollection.HasValue &&
+                _dataCollectionProfile.EnableAzureDataCollection.Value)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Save the current data collection profile Json data into the default file path
         /// </summary>
@@ -305,7 +332,7 @@ protected override void BeginProcessing()
         {
             InitializeProfile();
             PromptForDataCollectionProfileIfNotExists();
-
+            InitializeQosEvent();
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ParameterSetName))
             {
                 WriteDebugWithTimestamp(string.Format(Resources.BeginProcessingWithoutParameterSetLog, this.GetType().Name));
@@ -346,6 +373,7 @@ protected  virtual void InitializeProfile()
         /// </summary>
         protected override void EndProcessing()
         {
+            LogQosEvent();
             string message = string.Format(Resources.EndProcessingLog, this.GetType().Name);
             WriteDebugWithTimestamp(message);
 
@@ -379,6 +407,9 @@ protected bool IsVerbose()
         public new void WriteError(ErrorRecord errorRecord)
         {
             FlushDebugMessages();
+            QosEvent.Exception = errorRecord.Exception;
+            QosEvent.IsSuccess = false;
+            LogQosEvent(true);
             base.WriteError(errorRecord);
         }
 
@@ -506,6 +537,62 @@ private void FlushDebugMessages()
             }
         }
 
+        protected void InitializeQosEvent()
+        {
+            QosEvent = new AzurePSQoSEvent()
+            {
+                CmdletType = this.GetType().Name,
+                IsSuccess = true,
+            };
+
+            if (this.Profile != null && this.Profile.DefaultSubscription != null)
+            {
+                QosEvent.Uid = MetricHelper.GenerateSha256HashString(
+                    this.Profile.DefaultSubscription.Id.ToString());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                QosEvent.Uid = "defaultid";
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Invoke this method when the cmdlet is completed or terminated.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected void LogQosEvent(bool waitForMetricSending = false)
+        {
+            if (QosEvent == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            QosEvent.FinishQosEvent();
+
+            if (!IsUsageMetricEnabled && (!IsErrorMetricEnabled || QosEvent.IsSuccess))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (!IsDataCollectionAllowed())
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            WriteDebug(QosEvent.ToString());
+
+            try
+            {
+                MetricHelper.LogQoSEvent(QosEvent, IsUsageMetricEnabled, IsErrorMetricEnabled);
+                MetricHelper.FlushMetric(waitForMetricSending);
+                WriteDebug("Finish sending metric.");
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                //Swallow error from Application Insights event collection.
+                WriteWarning(e.ToString());
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Asks for confirmation before executing the action.
         /// </summary>
@@ -516,10 +603,19 @@ private void FlushDebugMessages()
         /// <param name="action">The action code</param>
         protected void ConfirmAction(bool force, string actionMessage, string processMessage, string target, Action action)
         {
+            if (QosEvent != null)
+            {
+                QosEvent.PauseQoSTimer();
+            }
+            
             if (force || ShouldContinue(actionMessage, ""))
             {
                 if (ShouldProcess(target, processMessage))
-                {
+                {                 
+                    if (QosEvent != null)
+                    {
+                        QosEvent.ResumeQosTimer();
+                    }
                     action();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/Common/Commands.Common/Commands.Common.csproj b/src/Common/Commands.Common/Commands.Common.csproj
index b908e8a2341a..945d7c23cfec 100644
--- a/src/Common/Commands.Common/Commands.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/Common/Commands.Common/Commands.Common.csproj
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     <SolutionDir Condition="$(SolutionDir) == '' Or $(SolutionDir) == '*Undefined*'">..\..\</SolutionDir>
     <RestorePackages>true</RestorePackages>
     <CodeAnalysisAdditionalOptions>/assemblyCompareMode:StrongNameIgnoringVersion</CodeAnalysisAdditionalOptions>
+    <NuGetPackageImportStamp>06e19c11</NuGetPackageImportStamp>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\..\packages\Hyak.Common.1.0.2\lib\portable-net403+win+wpa81\Hyak.Common.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights, Version=1.1.0.1899, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\..\packages\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.1.1.1-beta\lib\net45\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Common">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\..\packages\Microsoft.Azure.Common.2.1.0\lib\net45\Microsoft.Azure.Common.dll</HintPath>
@@ -147,6 +152,7 @@
       <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
       <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="MetricHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SecureStringExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ConversionUtilities.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DebugStreamTraceListener.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Common/Commands.Common/MetricHelper.cs b/src/Common/Commands.Common/MetricHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9bb3d20e4296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Common/Commands.Common/MetricHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights;
+using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Channel;
+using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.DataContracts;
+using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Extensibility;
+using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Utilities.Common;
+
+namespace Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Common
+{
+    public static class MetricHelper
+    {
+        private const int FlushTimeoutInMilli = 5000;
+        private static readonly TelemetryClient TelemetryClient;
+
+        static MetricHelper()
+        {            
+            TelemetryClient = new TelemetryClient();
+            // TODO: InstrumentationKey shall be injected in build server
+            TelemetryClient.InstrumentationKey = "7df6ff70-8353-4672-80d6-568517fed090";
+            // Disable IP collection
+            TelemetryClient.Context.Location.Ip = "0.0.0.0";
+
+            if (TestMockSupport.RunningMocked)
+            {
+                TelemetryConfiguration.Active.DisableTelemetry = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static void LogQoSEvent(AzurePSQoSEvent qos, bool isUsageMetricEnabled, bool isErrorMetricEnabled)
+        {
+            if (!IsMetricTermAccepted())
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (isUsageMetricEnabled)
+            {
+                LogUsageEvent(qos);
+            }
+
+            if (isErrorMetricEnabled && qos.Exception != null)
+            {
+                LogExceptionEvent(qos);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static void LogUsageEvent(AzurePSQoSEvent qos)
+        {
+            var tcEvent = new RequestTelemetry(qos.CmdletType, qos.StartTime, qos.Duration, string.Empty, qos.IsSuccess);
+            tcEvent.Context.User.Id = qos.Uid;
+            tcEvent.Context.User.UserAgent = AzurePowerShell.UserAgentValue.ToString();
+            tcEvent.Context.Device.OperatingSystem = Environment.OSVersion.VersionString;
+
+            TelemetryClient.TrackRequest(tcEvent);
+        }
+
+        private static void LogExceptionEvent(AzurePSQoSEvent qos)
+        {
+            //Log as custome event to exclude actual exception message
+            var tcEvent = new EventTelemetry("CmdletError");
+            tcEvent.Properties.Add("ExceptionType", qos.Exception.GetType().FullName);
+            tcEvent.Properties.Add("StackTrace", qos.Exception.StackTrace);
+            if (qos.Exception.InnerException != null)
+            {
+                tcEvent.Properties.Add("InnerExceptionType", qos.Exception.InnerException.GetType().FullName);
+                tcEvent.Properties.Add("InnerStackTrace", qos.Exception.InnerException.StackTrace);
+            }
+
+            tcEvent.Context.User.Id = qos.Uid;
+            tcEvent.Properties.Add("CmdletType", qos.CmdletType);
+
+            TelemetryClient.TrackEvent(tcEvent);
+        }
+
+        public static bool IsMetricTermAccepted()
+        {
+            return AzurePSCmdlet.IsDataCollectionAllowed();
+        }
+
+        public static void FlushMetric(bool waitForMetricSending)
+        {
+            if (!IsMetricTermAccepted())
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var flushTask = Task.Run(() => FlushAi());
+            if (waitForMetricSending)
+            {
+                Task.WaitAll(new[] { flushTask }, FlushTimeoutInMilli);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static void FlushAi()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                TelemetryClient.Flush();
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // ignored
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gereate a SHA256 Hash string from the originInput.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="originInput"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static string GenerateSha256HashString(string originInput)
+        {
+            SHA256 sha256 = SHA256.Create();
+            var bytes = sha256.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(originInput));
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+public class AzurePSQoSEvent
+{
+    private readonly Stopwatch _timer;
+
+    public DateTimeOffset StartTime { get; set; }
+    public TimeSpan Duration { get; set; }
+    public bool IsSuccess { get; set; }
+    public string CmdletType { get; set; }
+    public Exception Exception { get; set; }
+    public string Uid { get; set; }
+
+    public AzurePSQoSEvent()
+    {
+        StartTime = DateTimeOffset.Now;
+        _timer = new Stopwatch();
+        _timer.Start();
+    }
+
+    public void PauseQoSTimer()
+    {
+        _timer.Stop();
+    }
+
+    public void ResumeQosTimer()
+    {
+        _timer.Start();
+    }
+
+    public void FinishQosEvent()
+    {
+        _timer.Stop();
+        Duration = _timer.Elapsed;
+    }
+
+    public override string ToString()
+    {
+        return string.Format(
+            "AzureQoSEvent: CmdletType - {0}; IsSuccess - {1}; Duration - {2}; Exception - {3};",
+            CmdletType, IsSuccess, Duration, Exception);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Common/Commands.Common/packages.config b/src/Common/Commands.Common/packages.config
index abdfbbed145e..90ec260fe139 100644
--- a/src/Common/Commands.Common/packages.config
+++ b/src/Common/Commands.Common/packages.config
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
   <package id="Hyak.Common" version="1.0.2" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights" version="1.1.1-beta" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" version="5.2.2" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Azure.Common" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Azure.Common.Authentication" version="1.1.3-preview" targetFramework="net45" />
diff --git a/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Common/ComputeClientBaseCmdlet.cs b/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Common/ComputeClientBaseCmdlet.cs
index d26840fadf17..340bc49506d2 100644
--- a/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Common/ComputeClientBaseCmdlet.cs
+++ b/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/Common/ComputeClientBaseCmdlet.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ public abstract class ComputeClientBaseCmdlet : AzurePSCmdlet
     {
         protected const string VirtualMachineExtensionType = "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions";
 
+        protected override bool IsUsageMetricEnabled
+        {
+            get { return true; }
+        }
+
         private ComputeClient computeClient;
 
         public ComputeClient ComputeClient
@@ -54,18 +59,11 @@ protected void ExecuteClientAction(Action action)
         {
             try
             {
-                try
-                {
-                    action();
-                }
-                catch (CloudException ex)
-                {
-                    throw new ComputeCloudException(ex);
-                }
+                action();
             }
-            catch (Exception ex)
+            catch (CloudException ex)
             {
-                WriteExceptionError(ex);
+                throw new ComputeCloudException(ex);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/VirtualMachine/Config/NewAzureVMConfigCommand.cs b/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/VirtualMachine/Config/NewAzureVMConfigCommand.cs
index 2f88fa1fd386..25293d78aa91 100644
--- a/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/VirtualMachine/Config/NewAzureVMConfigCommand.cs
+++ b/src/ResourceManager/Compute/Commands.Compute/VirtualMachine/Config/NewAzureVMConfigCommand.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ public class NewAzureVMConfigCommand : AzurePSCmdlet
         [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
         public string AvailabilitySetId { get; set; }
 
+        protected override bool IsUsageMetricEnabled
+        {
+            get { return true; }
+        }
+
         public override void ExecuteCmdlet()
         {
             var vm = new PSVirtualMachine