diff --git a/examples/Example.MinimalApi/Properties/launchSettings.json b/examples/Example.MinimalApi/Properties/launchSettings.json
index dc8153d2..cb647e9d 100644
--- a/examples/Example.MinimalApi/Properties/launchSettings.json
+++ b/examples/Example.MinimalApi/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
       "applicationUrl": "https://localhost:7140;http://localhost:5146",
       "environmentVariables": {
         "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development",
-        "OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES": "service.name=minimal-api-example",
-        "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT": "https://opentelemetry-playground-adbd73.apm.eu-west-1.aws.elastic.cloud:443",
-        "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS": "Authorization=ApiKey cVY3d3NKTUJXcWZFRWJwb2xURjA6bmNrZ0JiQ29SRWlEdUM1dzVORGYwZw=="
+        "OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES": "service.name=minimal-api-example"
       }
     },
     "IIS Express": {
diff --git a/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/AutoInstrumentationPlugin.cs b/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/AutoInstrumentationPlugin.cs
index d1cca41d..60108062 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/AutoInstrumentationPlugin.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/AutoInstrumentationPlugin.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public TracerProviderBuilder BeforeConfigureTracerProvider(TracerProviderBuilder
 
 	/// <summary>
 	/// To configure metrics SDK before Auto Instrumentation configured SDK.
-	/// /// </summary>
+	/// </summary>
 	public MeterProviderBuilder BeforeConfigureMeterProvider(MeterProviderBuilder builder)
 	{
 		var logger = _components.Logger;
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ public MeterProviderBuilder BeforeConfigureMeterProvider(MeterProviderBuilder bu
 		{
 			builder.ConfigureResource(r => r.WithElasticDefaultsCore(_components, null, null));
 
-			builder.ConfigureServices(sc => sc.Configure<OtlpExporterOptions>(OtlpExporterDefaults.OtlpExporterOptions));
+			builder.ConfigureServices(sc => sc
+				.Configure<OtlpExporterOptions>(OtlpExporterDefaults.OtlpExporterOptions)
+				.Configure<MetricReaderOptions>(o => o.TemporalityPreference = MetricReaderTemporalityPreference.Delta));
 
 			logger.LogConfiguredSignalProvider(nameof(Signals.Metrics), nameof(MeterProviderBuilder), "<n/a>");
 
diff --git a/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Extensions/MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Extensions/MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.cs
index 19542627..d7ddf257 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Extensions/MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.OpenTelemetry/Extensions/MeterProviderBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -159,9 +159,13 @@ static void ConfigureBuilder(MeterProviderBuilder builder, BuilderState builderS
 
 			builder.ConfigureResource(r => r.WithElasticDefaults(builderState, services));
 
+			// When services is not null here, the options will have already been configured by the calling code.
 			if (services is null)
 				builder.ConfigureServices(sc => sc.Configure<OtlpExporterOptions>(OtlpExporterDefaults.OtlpExporterOptions));
 
+			builder.ConfigureServices(sc => sc.Configure<MetricReaderOptions>(o =>
+				o.TemporalityPreference = MetricReaderTemporalityPreference.Delta));
+
 #if NET9_0_OR_GREATER
 			// On .NET 9, the contrib HTTP instrumentation is no longer required. If the dependency exists,
 			// it will be registered via the reflection-based assembly scanning.