In this session we will cover both introductory and deep dive material for the Jaeger distributed tracing backend. For intro we will review methods of getting started installing Jaeger and the basics of distributed tracing. For the deep dive we will be discuss the future of Jaeger built on top of the OpenTelemetry collector and what that means for Jaeger architecture, future development and features. Jaeger is the most popular open source distributed tracing backend. Whether your goal is to get acquainted with Jaeger and distributed tracing or to keep abreast with the latest and greatest, please join us!