diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/test/ut/service_support_test.cpp b/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/test/ut/service_support_test.cpp
index b183fcf3f..c28ecafa4 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/test/ut/service_support_test.cpp
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/test/ut/service_support_test.cpp
@@ -1,36 +1,22 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-#define USE_MEMORY_EXPORTER 1
-#include "azure/core/internal/tracing/service_tracing.hpp"
-#include "azure/core/tracing/opentelemetry/opentelemetry.hpp"
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <regex>
+
 #include <azure/core/internal/http/pipeline.hpp>
 #include <azure/core/internal/json/json.hpp>
+#include <azure/core/internal/tracing/service_tracing.hpp>
 #include <azure/core/test/test_base.hpp>
+#include <azure/core/tracing/opentelemetry/opentelemetry.hpp>
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-// The OpenTelemetry headers generate a couple of warnings on MSVC in the OTel 1.2 package, suppress
-// the warnings across the includes.
-#pragma warning(push)
-#pragma warning(disable : 4100)
-#pragma warning(disable : 4244)
-#pragma warning(disable : 6323) // Disable "Use of arithmetic operator on Boolean type" warning.
-#endif
-#include <opentelemetry/exporters/memory/in_memory_span_data.h>
-#include <opentelemetry/exporters/memory/in_memory_span_exporter.h>
-#include <opentelemetry/exporters/ostream/span_exporter.h>
+#include "test_exporter.hpp" // Span Exporter used for OpenTelemetry tests.
 #include <opentelemetry/sdk/common/global_log_handler.h>
-#include <opentelemetry/sdk/trace/exporter.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/sdk/trace/processor.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/sdk/trace/simple_processor.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.h>
-#include <opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_trace_context.h>
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning(pop)
-#endif
-#include <chrono>
-#include <gtest/gtest.h>
-#include <regex>
 
 using namespace Azure::Core::Http::Policies;
 using namespace Azure::Core::Http::Policies::_internal;
@@ -95,18 +81,13 @@ class CustomLogHandler : public opentelemetry::sdk::common::internal_log::LogHan
 class OpenTelemetryServiceTests : public Azure::Core::Test::TestBase {
 private:
 protected:
-  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::exporter::memory::InMemorySpanData> m_spanData;
+  std::shared_ptr<TestExporter::TestData> m_spanData;
 
   opentelemetry::nostd::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider>
   CreateOpenTelemetryProvider()
   {
-#if USE_MEMORY_EXPORTER
-    auto exporter = std::make_unique<opentelemetry::exporter::memory::InMemorySpanExporter>();
-    m_spanData = exporter->GetData();
-#else
-    // logging exporter
-    auto exporter = std::make_unique<opentelemetry::exporter::trace::OStreamSpanExporter>();
-#endif
+    auto exporter = std::make_unique<TestExporter>();
+    m_spanData = exporter->GetTestData();
 
     // simple processor
     auto simple_processor = std::unique_ptr<opentelemetry::sdk::trace::SpanProcessor>(
@@ -143,7 +124,7 @@ protected:
   }
 
   bool VerifySpan(
-      std::unique_ptr<opentelemetry::sdk::trace::SpanData> const& span,
+      std::unique_ptr<RecordedSpan> const& span,
       std::string const& expectedSpanContentsJson)
   {
     Azure::Core::Json::_internal::json expectedSpanContents(
@@ -199,7 +180,7 @@ protected:
 
       EXPECT_EQ(expectedAttributes.size(), attributes.size());
 
-      for (const auto& foundAttribute : attributes)
+      for (auto const& foundAttribute : attributes)
       {
         EXPECT_TRUE(expectedAttributes.contains(foundAttribute.first));
         switch (foundAttribute.second.index())
@@ -219,7 +200,7 @@ protected:
             std::regex expectedRegex(expectedVal);
             GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << "expected Regex: " << expectedVal << std::endl;
             GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << "actual val: " << actualVal << std::endl;
-            EXPECT_TRUE(std::regex_match(actualVal, expectedRegex));
+            EXPECT_TRUE(std::regex_match(std::string(actualVal), expectedRegex));
             break;
           }
           case opentelemetry::common::kTypeDouble: {
@@ -327,7 +308,7 @@ TEST_F(OpenTelemetryServiceTests, CreateWithExplicitProvider)
       EXPECT_FALSE(contextAndSpan.Context.IsCancelled());
     }
     // Now let's verify what was logged via OpenTelemetry.
-    auto spans = m_spanData->GetSpans();
+    auto const& spans = m_spanData->ExtractSpans();
     EXPECT_EQ(1ul, spans.size());
 
     VerifySpan(spans[0], R"(
@@ -367,7 +348,7 @@ TEST_F(OpenTelemetryServiceTests, CreateWithImplicitProvider)
     }
 
     // Now let's verify what was logged via OpenTelemetry.
-    auto spans = m_spanData->GetSpans();
+    auto const& spans = m_spanData->ExtractSpans();
     EXPECT_EQ(1ul, spans.size());
 
     VerifySpan(spans[0], R"(
@@ -415,7 +396,7 @@ TEST_F(OpenTelemetryServiceTests, CreateSpanWithOptions)
     }
 
     // Now let's verify what was logged via OpenTelemetry.
-    auto spans = m_spanData->GetSpans();
+    auto const& spans = m_spanData->ExtractSpans();
     EXPECT_EQ(1ul, spans.size());
 
     VerifySpan(spans[0], R"(
@@ -476,7 +457,7 @@ TEST_F(OpenTelemetryServiceTests, NestSpans)
       }
     }
     // Now let's verify what was logged via OpenTelemetry.
-    auto spans = m_spanData->GetSpans();
+    auto const& spans = m_spanData->ExtractSpans();
     EXPECT_EQ(2ul, spans.size());
 
     // Because Nested API goes out of scope before My API, it will be logged first in the
@@ -676,7 +657,7 @@ TEST_F(OpenTelemetryServiceTests, ServiceApiImplementation)
         myServiceClient.GetConfigurationString("Fred");
       }
       // Now let's verify what was logged via OpenTelemetry.
-      auto spans = m_spanData->GetSpans();
+      auto const& spans = m_spanData->ExtractSpans();
       EXPECT_EQ(2ul, spans.size());
 
       VerifySpan(spans[0], R"(
@@ -722,7 +703,7 @@ TEST_F(OpenTelemetryServiceTests, ServiceApiImplementation)
       myServiceClient.GetConfigurationString("George");
     }
     // Now let's verify what was logged via OpenTelemetry.
-    auto spans = m_spanData->GetSpans();
+    auto const& spans = m_spanData->ExtractSpans();
     EXPECT_EQ(0ul, spans.size());
   }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/test/ut/test_exporter.hpp b/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/test/ut/test_exporter.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3f19084a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/test/ut/test_exporter.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <opentelemetry/sdk/trace/exporter.h>
+
+class RecordedSpan : public opentelemetry::sdk::trace::Recordable {
+  struct Event
+  {
+    std::string Name;
+    std::chrono::system_clock::time_point Timestamp;
+    opentelemetry::sdk::common::AttributeMap Attributes;
+  };
+  opentelemetry::trace::SpanId m_parentSpan;
+  opentelemetry::trace::SpanId m_spanId;
+  opentelemetry::sdk::common::AttributeMap m_attributes;
+  std::vector<Event> m_events;
+  opentelemetry::trace::StatusCode m_statusCode{};
+  std::string m_statusDescription;
+  std::string m_name;
+  opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind m_spanKind{};
+  std::chrono::system_clock::time_point m_startTime;
+  std::chrono::nanoseconds m_duration{};
+  std::unique_ptr<opentelemetry::sdk::instrumentationscope::InstrumentationScope> m_scope;
+  std::unique_ptr<opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource> m_resource;
+
+public:
+  ~RecordedSpan() = default;
+
+  /**
+   * Set the span context and parent span id
+   * @param span_context the span context to set
+   * @param parent_span_id the parent span id to set
+   */
+  void SetIdentity(
+      const opentelemetry::trace::SpanContext& span_context,
+      opentelemetry::trace::SpanId parent_span_id) noexcept override
+  {
+    m_parentSpan = parent_span_id;
+    m_spanId = span_context.span_id();
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Set an attribute of a span.
+   * @param key the name of the attribute
+   * @param value the attribute value
+   */
+  void SetAttribute(
+      opentelemetry::nostd::string_view key,
+      const opentelemetry::common::AttributeValue& value) noexcept override
+  {
+    m_attributes.SetAttribute(key, value);
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Add an event to a span.
+   * @param name the name of the event
+   * @param timestamp the timestamp of the event
+   * @param attributes the attributes associated with the event
+   */
+  void AddEvent(
+      opentelemetry::nostd::string_view name,
+      opentelemetry::common::SystemTimestamp timestamp,
+      const opentelemetry::common::KeyValueIterable& attributes) noexcept override
+  {
+    Event event;
+    event.Name = std::string(name);
+    event.Timestamp = timestamp;
+
+    attributes.ForEachKeyValue(
+        [&event](
+            opentelemetry::nostd::string_view name, opentelemetry::common::AttributeValue value) {
+          event.Attributes.SetAttribute(name, value);
+          return true;
+        });
+    m_events.push_back(event);
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Add a link to a span.
+   */
+  void AddLink(
+      const opentelemetry::trace::SpanContext&,
+      const opentelemetry::common::KeyValueIterable&) noexcept override{
+      // TODO, when we use this, we need to test this.
+      // NO-OP since this exporter silences link data.
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Set the status of the span.
+   * @param code the status code
+   * @param description a description of the status
+   */
+  void SetStatus(
+      opentelemetry::trace::StatusCode code,
+      opentelemetry::nostd::string_view description) noexcept override
+  {
+    m_statusCode = code;
+    m_statusDescription = std::string(description);
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Set the name of the span.
+   * @param name the name to set
+   */
+  void SetName(opentelemetry::nostd::string_view name) noexcept override
+  {
+    m_name = std::string(name);
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Set the spankind of the span.
+   * @param span_kind the spankind to set
+   */
+  void SetSpanKind(opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind span_kind) noexcept override
+  {
+    m_spanKind = span_kind;
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Set Resource of the span
+   * @param resource the resource to set
+   */
+  void SetResource(const opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource& resource) noexcept override
+  {
+    m_resource = std::make_unique<opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource>(resource);
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Set the start time of the span.
+   * @param start_time the start time to set
+   */
+  void SetStartTime(opentelemetry::common::SystemTimestamp start_time) noexcept override
+  {
+    m_startTime = start_time;
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Set the duration of the span.
+   * @param duration the duration to set
+   */
+  void SetDuration(std::chrono::nanoseconds duration) noexcept override { m_duration = duration; }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the instrumentation scope of the span.
+   * @param instrumentation_scope the instrumentation scope to set
+   */
+  void SetInstrumentationScope(const opentelemetry::sdk::instrumentationscope::InstrumentationScope&
+                                   instrumentation_scope) noexcept override
+  {
+    m_scope = std::make_unique<opentelemetry::sdk::instrumentationscope::InstrumentationScope>(
+        instrumentation_scope);
+  };
+
+  std::string GetName() { return m_name; }
+  opentelemetry::trace::StatusCode GetStatus() { return m_statusCode; }
+  opentelemetry::trace::SpanId GetParentSpanId() { return m_parentSpan; }
+  opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind GetSpanKind() { return m_spanKind; }
+  opentelemetry::trace::SpanId GetSpanId() { return m_spanId; }
+  opentelemetry::sdk::common::AttributeMap const& GetAttributes() { return m_attributes; }
+  opentelemetry::sdk::instrumentationscope::InstrumentationScope& GetInstrumentationScope()
+  {
+    return *m_scope;
+  }
+};
+
+class TestExporter final : public opentelemetry::sdk::trace::SpanExporter {
+
+public:
+  class TestData {
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RecordedSpan>> m_spans;
+
+  public:
+    // Returns a copy of the recorded spans and clears the set of recorded spans.
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RecordedSpan>> const ExtractSpans() { return std::move(m_spans); }
+    void AddSpan(std::unique_ptr<RecordedSpan>&& span) { m_spans.push_back(std::move(span)); }
+  };
+  std::shared_ptr<TestData> const& GetTestData() { return m_testData; }
+
+  TestExporter() : m_testData{std::make_shared<TestData>()} {}
+  virtual ~TestExporter() = default;
+
+  /**
+   * Create a span recordable. This object will be used to record span data and
+   * will subsequently be passed to SpanExporter::Export. Vendors can implement
+   * custom recordables or use the default SpanData recordable provided by the
+   * SDK.
+   * @return a newly initialized Recordable object
+   *
+   * Note: This method must be callable from multiple threads.
+   */
+  std::unique_ptr<opentelemetry::sdk::trace::Recordable> MakeRecordable() noexcept override
+  {
+    return std::unique_ptr<opentelemetry::sdk::trace::Recordable>(new (std::nothrow) RecordedSpan);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Exports a batch of span recordables. This method must not be called
+   * concurrently for the same exporter instance.
+   * @param spans a span of unique pointers to span recordables
+   */
+  opentelemetry::sdk::common::ExportResult Export(
+      const opentelemetry::nostd::span<std::unique_ptr<opentelemetry::sdk::trace::Recordable>>&
+          spans) noexcept override
+  {
+    for (auto& recordable : spans)
+    {
+      auto span = std::unique_ptr<RecordedSpan>(static_cast<RecordedSpan*>(recordable.release()));
+      m_testData->AddSpan(std::move(span));
+    }
+    return opentelemetry::sdk::common::ExportResult::kSuccess;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Shut down the exporter.
+   * @return return the status of the operation.
+   */
+  bool Shutdown(std::chrono::microseconds) noexcept override { return true; }
+
+private:
+  std::shared_ptr<TestData> m_testData;
+};