diff --git a/workload/arm/brownfield/deployNewSessionHostsToHostPools.json b/workload/arm/brownfield/deployNewSessionHostsToHostPools.json
index 4b622321f..8521308af 100644
--- a/workload/arm/brownfield/deployNewSessionHostsToHostPools.json
+++ b/workload/arm/brownfield/deployNewSessionHostsToHostPools.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "_generator": {
       "name": "bicep",
       "version": "0.29.47.4906",
-      "templateHash": "5291332406785432023"
+      "templateHash": "8529136871393216686"
     }
   },
   "parameters": {
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@
             "value": "[variables('varTimeZoneSessionHosts')]"
           },
           "zone": "[if(parameters('useAvailabilityZones'), createObject('value', add(mod(range(1, parameters('count'))[copyIndex()], 3), 1)), createObject('value', 0))]",
-          "managedIdentities": "[if(equals(parameters('identityServiceProvider'), 'EntraID'), createObject('value', createObject('systemAssigned', true())), createObject('value', null()))]",
+          "managedIdentities": "[if(or(equals(parameters('identityServiceProvider'), 'EntraID'), parameters('deployMonitoring')), createObject('value', createObject('systemAssigned', true())), createObject('value', null()))]",
           "encryptionAtHost": {
             "value": "[parameters('diskZeroTrust')]"
           },
@@ -5527,13 +5527,13 @@
             "value": "[format('{0}{1}', variables('varSessionHostNamePrefix'), padLeft(add(range(1, parameters('count'))[copyIndex()], parameters('countIndex')), 4, '0'))]"
           },
           "name": {
-            "value": "MicrosoftMonitoringAgent"
+            "value": "AzureMonitorWindowsAgent"
           },
           "publisher": {
-            "value": "Microsoft.EnterpriseCloud.Monitoring"
+            "value": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor"
           },
           "type": {
-            "value": "MicrosoftMonitoringAgent"
+            "value": "AzureMonitorWindowsAgent"
           },
           "typeHandlerVersion": {
             "value": "1.0"
@@ -5542,7 +5542,7 @@
             "value": true
           },
           "enableAutomaticUpgrade": {
-            "value": false
+            "value": true
           },
           "settings": {
             "value": {
diff --git a/workload/bicep/brownfield/newSessionHosts/deploy.bicep b/workload/bicep/brownfield/newSessionHosts/deploy.bicep
index 61bae7429..a4d095f53 100644
--- a/workload/bicep/brownfield/newSessionHosts/deploy.bicep
+++ b/workload/bicep/brownfield/newSessionHosts/deploy.bicep
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ module sessionHosts '../../../../avm/1.0.0/res/compute/virtual-machine/main.bice
     location: location
     timeZone: varTimeZoneSessionHosts
     zone: useAvailabilityZones ? (i % 3 + 1) : 0
-    managedIdentities: (identityServiceProvider == 'EntraID') ? {
+    managedIdentities: (identityServiceProvider == 'EntraID' || deployMonitoring) ? {
       systemAssigned: true
-    }: null
+  }: null
     encryptionAtHost: diskZeroTrust
     virtualMachineScaleSetResourceId: virtualMachineScaleSetResourceId
     osType: 'Windows'
@@ -417,17 +417,17 @@ module monitoring '../../../../avm/1.0.0/res/compute/virtual-machine/extension/m
   params: {
     location: location
     virtualMachineName: '${varSessionHostNamePrefix}${padLeft((i + countIndex), 4, '0')}'
-    name: 'MicrosoftMonitoringAgent'
-    publisher: 'Microsoft.EnterpriseCloud.Monitoring'
-    type: 'MicrosoftMonitoringAgent'
+    name: 'AzureMonitorWindowsAgent'
+    publisher: 'Microsoft.Azure.Monitor'
+    type: 'AzureMonitorWindowsAgent'
     typeHandlerVersion: '1.0'
     autoUpgradeMinorVersion: true
-    enableAutomaticUpgrade: false
+    enableAutomaticUpgrade: true
     settings: {
       workspaceId: !empty(alaWorkspaceResourceId) ? reference(alaWorkspace.id, alaWorkspace.apiVersion).customerId : ''
     }
     protectedSettings: {
-      workspaceKey: !empty(alaWorkspaceResourceId) ? alaWorkspace.listKeys().primarySharedKey : ''
+        workspaceKey: !empty(alaWorkspaceResourceId) ? alaWorkspace.listKeys().primarySharedKey : ''
     }
   }
   dependsOn: [