diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/kibana.jsonc b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/kibana.jsonc
index ca019d0cceaa8..a3bfb9261456f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/kibana.jsonc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "optionalPlugins": [
     ],
     "requiredPlugins": [
+      "apmDataAccess"
     ],
     "browser": false,
     "server": true,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/accessors/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/accessors/index.ts
index a097703fb3b51..d75490b002e97 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/accessors/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/accessors/index.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@
  */
 
 import { ElasticsearchClient } from '@kbn/core-elasticsearch-server';
+import { APMDataAccessConfig } from '@kbn/apm-data-access-plugin/server';
+import { SavedObjectsClientContract } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { AssetManagerConfig } from '../../types';
 
 export interface InjectedValues {
   sourceIndices: AssetManagerConfig['sourceIndices'];
+  getApmIndices: (soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract) => Promise<APMDataAccessConfig['indices']>;
 }
 
 export type OptionsWithInjectedValues<T extends object> = T & InjectedValues;
 
 export interface AccessorOptions {
   esClient: ElasticsearchClient;
+  soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/accessors/services/get_services_by_signals.ts b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/accessors/services/get_services_by_signals.ts
index e368ec97e9aaf..8618feb288b7b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/accessors/services/get_services_by_signals.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/accessors/services/get_services_by_signals.ts
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ export async function getServicesBySignals(
     });
   }
 
+  const apmIndices = await options.getApmIndices(options.soClient);
   const { assets } = await collectServices({
     client: options.esClient,
     from: options.from,
     to: options.to,
-    sourceIndices: options.sourceIndices,
+    apmIndices,
     filters,
   });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/asset_accessor.ts b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/asset_accessor.ts
index 5710ec562bac1..9f4f33097879d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/asset_accessor.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/asset_accessor.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
+import { APMDataAccessConfig } from '@kbn/apm-data-access-plugin/server';
+import { SavedObjectsClientContract } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { Asset } from '../../common/types_api';
 import { AssetManagerConfig } from '../types';
 import { OptionsWithInjectedValues } from './accessors';
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ import { getServicesBySignals } from './accessors/services/get_services_by_signa
 interface AssetAccessorClassOptions {
   sourceIndices: AssetManagerConfig['sourceIndices'];
   source: AssetManagerConfig['lockedSource'];
+  getApmIndices: (soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract) => Promise<APMDataAccessConfig['indices']>;
 }
 
 export class AssetAccessor {
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ export class AssetAccessor {
     return {
       ...options,
       sourceIndices: this.options.sourceIndices,
+      getApmIndices: this.options.getApmIndices,
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/containers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/containers.ts
index 18a55af232dfb..c693fc47302d7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/containers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/containers.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ export async function collectContainers({
   sourceIndices,
   afterKey,
 }: CollectorOptions) {
-  const { metrics, logs, traces } = sourceIndices;
+  const { metrics, logs } = sourceIndices;
   const dsl: estypes.SearchRequest = {
-    index: [traces, logs, metrics],
+    index: [logs, metrics],
     size: QUERY_MAX_SIZE,
     collapse: {
       field: 'container.id',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/hosts.ts b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/hosts.ts
index 0151567a36982..f6821d73f251d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/hosts.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/hosts.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ export async function collectHosts({
   sourceIndices,
   afterKey,
 }: CollectorOptions) {
-  const { metrics, logs, traces } = sourceIndices;
+  const { metrics, logs } = sourceIndices;
   const dsl: estypes.SearchRequest = {
-    index: [metrics, logs, traces],
+    index: [metrics, logs],
     size: QUERY_MAX_SIZE,
     collapse: { field: 'host.hostname' },
     sort: [{ 'host.hostname': 'asc' }],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/index.ts
index 5e0b300e601db..3b426200657c5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import { estypes } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+import type { APMIndices } from '@kbn/apm-data-access-plugin/server';
 import { ElasticsearchClient } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { AssetManagerConfig } from '../../types';
 import { Asset } from '../../../common/types_api';
@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@ export interface CollectorOptions {
   filters?: estypes.QueryDslQueryContainer[];
 }
 
+type OmitSourceIndices<T> = Omit<T, 'sourceIndices'>;
+
+export type ServicesCollectorOptions = OmitSourceIndices<CollectorOptions> & {
+  apmIndices: APMIndices;
+};
+
 export interface CollectorResult {
   assets: Asset[];
   afterKey?: estypes.SortResults;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/pods.ts b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/pods.ts
index d3d1af91326c7..104cab1d361e4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/pods.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/pods.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import { Asset } from '../../../common/types_api';
 import { CollectorOptions, QUERY_MAX_SIZE } from '.';
 
 export async function collectPods({ client, from, to, sourceIndices, afterKey }: CollectorOptions) {
-  const { metrics, logs, traces } = sourceIndices;
+  const { metrics, logs } = sourceIndices;
   const dsl: estypes.SearchRequest = {
-    index: [metrics, logs, traces],
+    index: [metrics, logs],
     size: QUERY_MAX_SIZE,
     collapse: {
       field: 'kubernetes.pod.uid',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/services.ts b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/services.ts
index c351f49f3a8f7..062c3a06054cd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/services.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/lib/collectors/services.ts
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@
 
 import { estypes } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 import { Asset } from '../../../common/types_api';
-import { CollectorOptions, QUERY_MAX_SIZE } from '.';
+import { ServicesCollectorOptions, QUERY_MAX_SIZE } from '.';
 
 export async function collectServices({
   client,
   from,
   to,
-  sourceIndices,
+  apmIndices,
   afterKey,
   filters = [],
-}: CollectorOptions) {
-  const { traces, serviceMetrics, serviceLogs } = sourceIndices;
+}: ServicesCollectorOptions) {
+  const { transaction, error, metric } = apmIndices;
   const musts: estypes.QueryDslQueryContainer[] = [
     ...filters,
     {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export async function collectServices({
   ];
 
   const dsl: estypes.SearchRequest = {
-    index: [traces, serviceMetrics, serviceLogs],
+    index: [transaction, error, metric],
     size: 0,
     _source: false,
     query: {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/plugin.ts
index 56a880b0da080..41114fadbbc7b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/plugin.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { setupRoutes } from './routes';
 import { assetsIndexTemplateConfig } from './templates/assets_template';
 import { AssetManagerConfig, configSchema } from './types';
 import { AssetAccessor } from './lib/asset_accessor';
+import { AssetManagerPluginSetupDependencies, AssetManagerPluginStartDependencies } from './types';
 
 export type AssetManagerServerPluginSetup = ReturnType<AssetManagerServerPlugin['setup']>;
 export type AssetManagerServerPluginStart = ReturnType<AssetManagerServerPlugin['start']>;
@@ -29,7 +30,13 @@ export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor<AssetManagerConfig> = {
 };
 
 export class AssetManagerServerPlugin
-  implements Plugin<AssetManagerServerPluginSetup, AssetManagerServerPluginStart>
+  implements
+    Plugin<
+      AssetManagerServerPluginSetup,
+      AssetManagerServerPluginStart,
+      AssetManagerPluginSetupDependencies,
+      AssetManagerPluginStartDependencies
+    >
 {
   public config: AssetManagerConfig;
   public logger: Logger;
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@ export class AssetManagerServerPlugin
     this.logger = context.logger.get();
   }
 
-  public setup(core: CoreSetup) {
+  public setup(core: CoreSetup, plugins: AssetManagerPluginSetupDependencies) {
     // Check for config value and bail out if not "alpha-enabled"
     if (!this.config.alphaEnabled) {
       this.logger.info('Asset manager plugin [tech preview] is NOT enabled');
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ export class AssetManagerServerPlugin
     const assetAccessor = new AssetAccessor({
       source: this.config.lockedSource,
       sourceIndices: this.config.sourceIndices,
+      getApmIndices: plugins.apmDataAccess.getApmIndices,
     });
 
     const router = core.http.createRouter();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/routes/assets/services.ts b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/routes/assets/services.ts
index 60f282a219c05..d7edf3b6f7f3c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/routes/assets/services.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/routes/assets/services.ts
@@ -48,13 +48,15 @@ export function servicesRoutes<T extends RequestHandlerContext>({
     async (context, req, res) => {
       const { from = 'now-24h', to = 'now', parent } = req.query || {};
       const esClient = await getEsClientFromContext(context);
-
+      const coreContext = await context.core;
+      const soClient = coreContext.savedObjects.client;
       try {
         const response = await assetAccessor.getServices({
           from: datemath.parse(from)!.toISOString(),
           to: datemath.parse(to)!.toISOString(),
           parent,
           esClient,
+          soClient,
         });
 
         return res.ok({ body: response });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/types.ts
index a20ad1981b548..d964d3133c61e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/server/types.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 import { schema, TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import { ElasticsearchClient } from '@kbn/core/server';
+import {
+  ApmDataAccessPluginSetup,
+  ApmDataAccessPluginStart,
+} from '@kbn/apm-data-access-plugin/server';
 
 export interface ElasticsearchAccessorOptions {
   esClient: ElasticsearchClient;
@@ -15,9 +19,6 @@ export interface ElasticsearchAccessorOptions {
 export const INDEX_DEFAULTS = {
   metrics: 'metricbeat-*,metrics-*',
   logs: 'filebeat-*,logs-*',
-  traces: 'traces-*',
-  serviceMetrics: 'metrics-apm*',
-  serviceLogs: 'logs-apm*',
 };
 
 export const configSchema = schema.object({
@@ -30,9 +31,6 @@ export const configSchema = schema.object({
     {
       metrics: schema.string({ defaultValue: INDEX_DEFAULTS.metrics }),
       logs: schema.string({ defaultValue: INDEX_DEFAULTS.logs }),
-      traces: schema.string({ defaultValue: INDEX_DEFAULTS.traces }),
-      serviceMetrics: schema.string({ defaultValue: INDEX_DEFAULTS.serviceMetrics }),
-      serviceLogs: schema.string({ defaultValue: INDEX_DEFAULTS.serviceLogs }),
     },
     { defaultValue: INDEX_DEFAULTS }
   ),
@@ -47,3 +45,10 @@ export const configSchema = schema.object({
 });
 
 export type AssetManagerConfig = TypeOf<typeof configSchema>;
+
+export interface AssetManagerPluginSetupDependencies {
+  apmDataAccess: ApmDataAccessPluginSetup;
+}
+export interface AssetManagerPluginStartDependencies {
+  apmDataAccess: ApmDataAccessPluginStart;
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/tsconfig.json
index 68bc19d31204e..9527af19396e5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/asset_manager/tsconfig.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "@kbn/io-ts-utils",
     "@kbn/core-elasticsearch-server",
     "@kbn/core-http-request-handler-context-server",
-    "@kbn/datemath"
+    "@kbn/datemath",
+    "@kbn/apm-data-access-plugin"
   ]
 }