diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index 236ca51c0c0c..aa3775a925d0 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
 ### Other Changes
+- Contribute distro profile information (`component="dst"` and distro version) to the OneSettings control plane during `configure_azure_monitor`
+  ([#48475](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/48475))
+- Update `azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter` minimum dependency to `1.0.0b56`
+  ([#48475](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/48475))
 
 ## 1.8.9 (2026-07-01)
 
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py
index 11ed74b9e5c6..27897690f062 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
     _is_attach_enabled,
     _is_on_functions,
 )
+from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter._configuration._state import (  # pylint: disable=import-error,no-name-in-module
+    get_configuration_manager,
+)
 from azure.monitor.opentelemetry._diagnostics.diagnostic_logging import (
     _DISTRO_DETECTS_ATTACH,
     AzureDiagnosticLogging,
@@ -145,6 +148,17 @@ def configure_azure_monitor(**kwargs) -> None:  # pylint: disable=C4758
 
     configurations = _get_configurations(**kwargs)
 
+    # Contribute distro-level profile fields to the OneSettings control plane before any exporter is
+    # created. initialize() is idempotent and _ConfigurationProfile.fill() is first-wins per field, so
+    # setting component="dst" and the distro version here makes the profile reflect the distro; the
+    # exporters created below still supply ikey/region without overriding these already-set fields.
+    config_manager = get_configuration_manager()
+    if config_manager:
+        config_manager.initialize(
+            component="dst",
+            version=VERSION,
+        )
+
     disable_tracing = configurations[DISABLE_TRACING_ARG]
     disable_logging = configurations[DISABLE_LOGGING_ARG]
     disable_metrics = configurations[DISABLE_METRICS_ARG]
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/setup.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/setup.py
index b0b88c3ff9c9..b710df9b8da5 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/setup.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         "azure-core<2.0.0,>=1.28.0",
         "azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry~=1.0.0b11",
-        "azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter~=1.0.0b54",
+        "azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter~=1.0.0b56",
         "opentelemetry-sdk~=1.43.0",
         "opentelemetry-instrumentation-django>=0.64b0,<0.65.0",
         "opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi>=0.64b0,<0.65.0",
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/test_configure.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/test_configure.py
index dbb9f1b8538b..62fe78dbb3c5 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/test_configure.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/test_configure.py
@@ -28,13 +28,21 @@
     configure_azure_monitor,
 )
 from azure.monitor.opentelemetry._diagnostics.diagnostic_logging import _DISTRO_DETECTS_ATTACH
-
+from azure.monitor.opentelemetry._version import VERSION
 
 TEST_RESOURCE = Resource({"foo": "bar"})
 
 
 # pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
 class TestConfigure(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Patch get_configuration_manager for every test so configure_azure_monitor never starts the
+        # real OneSettings worker thread. Tests that care about the interaction use
+        # self._get_config_manager_mock to control the returned manager.
+        patcher = patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.get_configuration_manager")
+        self._get_config_manager_mock = patcher.start()
+        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
+
     @patch(
         "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._send_attach_warning",
     )
@@ -73,6 +81,76 @@ def test_configure_azure_monitor(
         instrumentation_mock.assert_called_once()
         detect_attach_mock.assert_called_once()
 
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._send_attach_warning",
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._setup_instrumentations",
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._setup_live_metrics",
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._setup_metrics",
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._setup_logging",
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._setup_tracing",
+    )
+    def test_configure_azure_monitor_initializes_config_manager(
+        self,
+        tracing_mock,
+        logging_mock,
+        metrics_mock,
+        live_metrics_mock,
+        instrumentation_mock,
+        detect_attach_mock,
+    ):
+        config_manager_mock = self._get_config_manager_mock.return_value
+        configure_azure_monitor(connection_string="test_cs")
+        # Distro contributes component="dst" and its version before any exporter is created.
+        config_manager_mock.initialize.assert_called_once_with(
+            component="dst",
+            version=VERSION,
+        )
+
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._send_attach_warning",
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._setup_instrumentations",
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._setup_live_metrics",
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._setup_metrics",
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._setup_logging",
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._setup_tracing",
+    )
+    def test_configure_azure_monitor_config_manager_disabled(
+        self,
+        tracing_mock,
+        logging_mock,
+        metrics_mock,
+        live_metrics_mock,
+        instrumentation_mock,
+        detect_attach_mock,
+    ):
+        # When the control plane is disabled, get_configuration_manager returns None and the distro
+        # skips initialize() without raising.
+        self._get_config_manager_mock.return_value = None
+        configure_azure_monitor(connection_string="test_cs")
+        tracing_mock.assert_called_once()
+        logging_mock.assert_called_once()
+        metrics_mock.assert_called_once()
+
     @patch(
         "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._setup_instrumentations",
     )