diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/TracerProvider.java b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/TracerProvider.java
index bd651c4c8aa23..5ae3615521fb0 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/TracerProvider.java
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/TracerProvider.java
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ public Context extractContext(String diagnosticId, Context context) {
      *
      * @param context Additional metadata containing the span name for creating the span builer.
      */
-    public Context getSpanBuilder(Context context) {
+    public Context getSharedSpanBuilder(Context context) {
         Context local = Objects.requireNonNull(context, "'context' cannot be null.");
         String spanName = getSpanName(ProcessKind.SEND);
         for (Tracer tracer : tracers) {
-            local = tracer.getSpanBuilder(spanName, local);
+            local = tracer.getSharedSpanBuilder(spanName, local);
         }
         return local;
     }
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/test/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/TracerProviderTest.java b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/test/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/TracerProviderTest.java
index e0b4235892782..e902739e47a5c 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/test/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/TracerProviderTest.java
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/test/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/TracerProviderTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.isNull;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
@@ -194,4 +195,40 @@ public void addSpanLinks() {
         // Act
         assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> tracerProvider.addSpanLinks(null));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getSpanBuilderReturnsUpdatedContext() {
+        // Arrange
+        final String spanBuilderKey = "spanBuilder-key";
+        final String spanBuilderValue = "spanBuilder-value";
+
+        final String spanBuilderKey1 = "spanBuilder-key1";
+        final String spanBuilderValue1 = "spanBuilder-value1";
+        final Context startingContext = Context.NONE;
+
+        when(tracer.getSharedSpanBuilder(anyString(), any())).thenAnswer(
+            invocation -> {
+                Context passed = invocation.getArgument(1, Context.class);
+                return passed.addData(spanBuilderKey, spanBuilderValue);
+            }
+        );
+        when(tracer2.getSharedSpanBuilder(anyString(), any())).thenAnswer(
+            invocation -> {
+                Context passed = invocation.getArgument(1, Context.class);
+                return passed.addData(spanBuilderKey1, spanBuilderValue1);
+            }
+        );
+
+        // Act
+        final Context updatedContext = tracerProvider.getSharedSpanBuilder(startingContext);
+
+        // Assert
+        final Optional<Object> spanBuilderData = updatedContext.getData(spanBuilderKey);
+        Assertions.assertTrue(spanBuilderData.isPresent());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(spanBuilderValue, spanBuilderData.get());
+
+        final Optional<Object> spanBuilderData1 = updatedContext.getData(spanBuilderKey1);
+        Assertions.assertTrue(spanBuilderData1.isPresent());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(spanBuilderValue1, spanBuilderData1.get());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opencensus/src/main/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opencensus/OpenCensusTracer.java b/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opencensus/src/main/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opencensus/OpenCensusTracer.java
index 055406152644a..f237190e0d4d0 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opencensus/src/main/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opencensus/OpenCensusTracer.java
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opencensus/src/main/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opencensus/OpenCensusTracer.java
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ public Context extractContext(String diagnosticId, Context context) {
         return AmqpPropagationFormatUtil.extractContext(diagnosticId, context);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Context getSharedSpanBuilder(String spanName, Context context) {
+        return Context.NONE;
+        // Remove OpenCensus support for tracing in https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/6781
+    }
+
     /**
      * Starts a new child {@link Span} with parent being the remote and uses the {@link Span} is in the current Context,
      * to return an object that represents that scope.
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/src/main/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracer.java b/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/src/main/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracer.java
index 55acf5cc7298c..c4c98d4c19aff 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/src/main/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracer.java
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/src/main/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracer.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public Context start(String spanName, Context context) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(spanName, "'spanName' cannot be null.");
         Objects.requireNonNull(context, "'context' cannot be null.");
 
-        Builder spanBuilder = getParentSpanBuilder(spanName, context);
+        Builder spanBuilder = getSpanBuilder(spanName, context);
         Span span = spanBuilder.startSpan();
 
         return context.addData(PARENT_SPAN_KEY, span);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public Context start(String spanName, Context context, ProcessKind processKind)
                 }
                 return context.addData(PARENT_SPAN_KEY, span);
             case MESSAGE:
-                spanBuilder = getParentSpanBuilder(spanName, context);
+                spanBuilder = getSpanBuilder(spanName, context);
                 span = spanBuilder.startSpan();
                 // Add diagnostic Id and trace-headers to Context
                 context = setContextData(span);
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ public Context extractContext(String diagnosticId, Context context) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Context getSpanBuilder(String spanName, Context context) {
-        return context.addData(SPAN_BUILDER_KEY, getParentSpanBuilder(spanName, context));
+    public Context getSharedSpanBuilder(String spanName, Context context) {
+        return context.addData(SPAN_BUILDER_KEY, getSpanBuilder(spanName, context));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ private Context startScopedSpan(String spanName, Context context) {
         if (spanContext != null) {
             span = startSpanWithRemoteParent(spanName, spanContext);
         } else {
-            Builder spanBuilder = getParentSpanBuilder(spanName, context);
+            Builder spanBuilder = getSpanBuilder(spanName, context);
             span = spanBuilder.setSpanKind(Span.Kind.SERVER).startSpan();
         }
         return context.addData(PARENT_SPAN_KEY, span).addData("scope", TRACER.withSpan(span));
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ private static String parseComponentValue(String spanName) {
      * @param context The context containing the span and the span name.
      * @return A {@code Span.Builder} to create and start a new {@code Span}.
      */
-    private Builder getParentSpanBuilder(String spanName, Context context) {
+    private Builder getSpanBuilder(String spanName, Context context) {
         Span parentSpan =  getOrDefault(context, PARENT_SPAN_KEY, null, Span.class);
         String spanNameKey =  getOrDefault(context, USER_SPAN_NAME_KEY, null, String.class);
 
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/src/test/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracerTest.java b/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/src/test/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracerTest.java
index 7a4699f399aec..7ea88d54de9fe 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/src/test/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracerTest.java
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry/src/test/java/com/azure/core/tracing/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracerTest.java
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public void startSpanProcessKindProcess() {
     @Test
     public void getSpanBuilderTest() {
         // Act
-        final Context updatedContext = openTelemetryTracer.getSpanBuilder(METHOD_NAME, Context.NONE);
+        final Context updatedContext = openTelemetryTracer.getSharedSpanBuilder(METHOD_NAME, Context.NONE);
 
         assertTrue(updatedContext.getData(SPAN_BUILDER_KEY).isPresent());
     }
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/main/java/com/azure/core/util/tracing/Tracer.java b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/main/java/com/azure/core/util/tracing/Tracer.java
index 2090b8307cec5..c6d052b5dc321 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/main/java/com/azure/core/util/tracing/Tracer.java
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/main/java/com/azure/core/util/tracing/Tracer.java
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public interface Tracer {
      * <p><strong>Code samples</strong></p>
      *
      * <p>Returns a builder with the provided span name.</p>
-     * {@codesnippet com.azure.core.util.tracing.getSpanBuilder#string-context}
+     * {@codesnippet com.azure.core.util.tracing.getSharedSpanBuilder#string-context}
      *
      * @param spanName Name to give the span for the created builder.
      * @param context Additional metadata that is passed through the call stack.
@@ -219,5 +219,5 @@ public interface Tracer {
      * @return The updated {@link Context} object containing the span builder.
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code context} or {@code spanName} is {@code null}.
      */
-    Context getSpanBuilder(String spanName, Context context);
+    Context getSharedSpanBuilder(String spanName, Context context);
 }
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/samples/java/com/azure/core/util/tracing/TracerJavaDocCodeSnippets.java b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/samples/java/com/azure/core/util/tracing/TracerJavaDocCodeSnippets.java
index bc99564e894a9..6710fe08ab506 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/samples/java/com/azure/core/util/tracing/TracerJavaDocCodeSnippets.java
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/samples/java/com/azure/core/util/tracing/TracerJavaDocCodeSnippets.java
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ public void extractContext() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Code snippet for {@link Tracer#getSpanBuilder(String, Context)}
+     * Code snippet for {@link Tracer#getSharedSpanBuilder(String, Context)}
      */
-    public void getSpanBuilder() {
+    public void getSharedSpanBuilder() {
         // BEGIN: com.azure.core.util.tracing.getSpanBuilder#string-context
         // Returns a span builder with the provided name
         String methodName = "message-span";
-        Context spanContext = tracer.getSpanBuilder(methodName, Context.NONE);
+        Context spanContext = tracer.getSharedSpanBuilder(methodName, Context.NONE);
         System.out.printf("Span context of the current tracing span: %s%n", spanContext.getData(SPAN_BUILDER_KEY).get());
         // END: com.azure.core.util.tracing.getSpanBuilder#string-context
     }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public Context extractContext(String diagnosticId, Context context) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Context getSpanBuilder(String spanName, Context context) { return null;
+        public Context getSharedSpanBuilder(String spanName, Context context) { return null;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/main/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerAsyncClient.java b/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/main/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerAsyncClient.java
index 967209676adc3..e07c9f4a1007a 100644
--- a/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/main/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerAsyncClient.java
+++ b/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/main/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerAsyncClient.java
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ public Mono<Void> send(EventDataBatch batch) {
                 if (isFirst.getAndSet(false)) {
                     parentContext.set(event.getContext());
                     // get shared span builder for all links
-                    sharedContext.set(tracerProvider.getSpanBuilder(parentContext.get()));
+                    sharedContext.set(tracerProvider.getSharedSpanBuilder(parentContext.get()));
                 }
                 Context sharedSpanBuilderContext = sharedContext.get();
                 tracerProvider.addSpanLinks(sharedSpanBuilderContext.addData(SPAN_CONTEXT_KEY, event.getContext()));
diff --git a/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/test/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerAsyncClientTest.java b/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/test/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerAsyncClientTest.java
index 9e508b54c780b..a997fcb211b6a 100644
--- a/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/test/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerAsyncClientTest.java
+++ b/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/test/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerAsyncClientTest.java
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public void sendStartSpanSingleMessage() {
             }
         );
 
-        when(tracer1.getSpanBuilder(eq("Azure.eventhubs.send"), any())).thenAnswer(
+        when(tracer1.getSharedSpanBuilder(eq("Azure.eventhubs.send"), any())).thenAnswer(
             invocation -> {
                 Context passed = invocation.getArgument(1, Context.class);
                 return passed.addData(SPAN_BUILDER_KEY, "value");
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ public void sendMessageRetrySpanTest() {
             }
         );
 
-        when(tracer1.getSpanBuilder(eq("Azure.eventhubs.send"), any())).thenAnswer(
+        when(tracer1.getSharedSpanBuilder(eq("Azure.eventhubs.send"), any())).thenAnswer(
             invocation -> {
                 Context passed = invocation.getArgument(1, Context.class);
                 return passed.addData(SPAN_BUILDER_KEY, "value");
diff --git a/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/test/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerClientTest.java b/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/test/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerClientTest.java
index 2484d32b170fd..6e38fdf46694d 100644
--- a/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/test/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerClientTest.java
+++ b/sdk/eventhubs/azure-messaging-eventhubs/src/test/java/com/azure/messaging/eventhubs/EventHubProducerClientTest.java
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public void sendStartSpanSingleMessage() {
                 return passed.addData(PARENT_SPAN_KEY, "value").addData(DIAGNOSTIC_ID_KEY, "value2");
             }
         );
-        when(tracer1.getSpanBuilder(eq("Azure.eventhubs.send"), any())).thenAnswer(
+        when(tracer1.getSharedSpanBuilder(eq("Azure.eventhubs.send"), any())).thenAnswer(
             invocation -> {
                 Context passed = invocation.getArgument(1, Context.class);
                 return passed.addData(SPAN_BUILDER_KEY, "value");
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public void sendMessageRetrySpanTest() {
             }
         );
 
-        when(tracer1.getSpanBuilder(eq("Azure.eventhubs.send"), any())).thenAnswer(
+        when(tracer1.getSharedSpanBuilder(eq("Azure.eventhubs.send"), any())).thenAnswer(
             invocation -> {
                 Context passed = invocation.getArgument(1, Context.class);
                 return passed.addData(SPAN_BUILDER_KEY, "value");