diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml b/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
index 4aded1d268bb..d8f2bcda26cc 100644
--- a/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-examples/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+      <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-admin</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+      <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-compute</artifactId>
@@ -188,7 +196,7 @@
         <version>2.19.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <excludes>
-            <exclude>**/IT*Snippets.java</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/IT*.java</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/bigtable/HelloWorld.java b/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/bigtable/HelloWorld.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d4ebde8787b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/bigtable/HelloWorld.java
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Google LLC.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.cloud.examples.bigtable;
+
+import com.google.api.gax.rpc.NotFoundException;
+import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ServerStream;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.admin.v2.BigtableTableAdminClient;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.admin.v2.BigtableTableAdminSettings;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.admin.v2.models.CreateTableRequest;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.BigtableDataClient;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.BigtableDataSettings;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.InstanceName;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.Query;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.Row;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.RowCell;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.RowMutation;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class HelloWorld {
+
+  private static final String COLUMN_FAMILY = "cf1";
+  private static final String COLUMN_QUALIFIER = "greeting";
+  private static final String ROW_KEY_PREFIX = "rowKey";
+  private final String tableId;
+  private final BigtableDataClient dataClient;
+  private final BigtableTableAdminClient adminClient;
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
+    if (args.length != 2) {
+      System.out.println("Missing required project id or instance id");
+      return;
+    }
+    String projectId = args[0];
+    String instanceId = args[1];
+
+    HelloWorld helloWorld = new HelloWorld(projectId, instanceId, "test-table");
+    helloWorld.run();
+  }
+
+  public HelloWorld(String projectId, String instanceId, String tableId) throws IOException {
+    this.tableId = tableId;
+
+    // [START connecting_to_bigtable]
+    // Create the settings to configure a bigtable data client
+    BigtableDataSettings settings =
+        BigtableDataSettings.newBuilder()
+            .setInstanceName(InstanceName.of(projectId, instanceId))
+            .build();
+
+    // Create bigtable data client
+    dataClient = BigtableDataClient.create(settings);
+
+    // Create the settings to configure a bigtable table admin client
+    BigtableTableAdminSettings adminSettings =
+        BigtableTableAdminSettings.newBuilder()
+            .setInstanceName(com.google.bigtable.admin.v2.InstanceName.of(projectId, instanceId))
+            .build();
+
+    // Create bigtable table admin client
+    adminClient = BigtableTableAdminClient.create(adminSettings);
+    // [END connecting_to_bigtable]
+  }
+
+  public void run() throws Exception {
+    createTable();
+    writeToTable();
+    readSingleRow();
+    readTable();
+    deleteTable();
+    dataClient.close();
+    adminClient.close();
+  }
+
+  public void createTable() {
+    // [START creating_a_table]
+    // Check if table exists, create table if does not exist
+    if (!adminClient.exists(tableId)) {
+      System.out.println("Creating table: " + tableId);
+      CreateTableRequest createTableRequest =
+          CreateTableRequest.of(tableId).addFamily(COLUMN_FAMILY);
+      adminClient.createTable(createTableRequest);
+      System.out.printf("Table %s created successfully%n", tableId);
+    }
+    // [END creating_a_table]
+  }
+
+  public void writeToTable() {
+    // [START writing_rows]
+    try {
+      System.out.println("\nWriting some greetings to the table");
+      String[] greetings = {"Hello World!", "Hello Bigtable!", "Hello Java!"};
+      for (int i = 0; i < greetings.length; i++) {
+        RowMutation rowMutation =
+            RowMutation.create(tableId, ROW_KEY_PREFIX + i)
+                .setCell(COLUMN_FAMILY, COLUMN_QUALIFIER, greetings[i]);
+        dataClient.mutateRow(rowMutation);
+        System.out.println(greetings[i]);
+      }
+    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
+      System.err.println("Failed to write to non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
+    }
+    // [END writing_rows]
+  }
+
+  public void readSingleRow() {
+    // [START reading_a_row]
+    try {
+      System.out.println("\nReading a single row by row key");
+      Row row = dataClient.readRow(tableId, ROW_KEY_PREFIX + 0);
+      System.out.println("Row: " + row.getKey().toStringUtf8());
+      for (RowCell cell : row.getCells()) {
+        System.out.printf(
+            "Family: %s    Qualifier: %s    Value: %s%n",
+            cell.getFamily(), cell.getQualifier().toStringUtf8(), cell.getValue().toStringUtf8());
+      }
+    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
+      System.err.println("Failed to read from a non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
+    }
+    // [END reading_a_row]
+  }
+
+  public void readTable() {
+    // [START scanning_all_rows]
+    try {
+      System.out.println("\nReading the entire table");
+      Query query = Query.create(tableId);
+      ServerStream<Row> rowStream = dataClient.readRows(query);
+      for (Row r : rowStream) {
+        System.out.println("Row Key: " + r.getKey().toStringUtf8());
+        for (RowCell cell : r.getCells()) {
+          System.out.printf(
+              "Family: %s    Qualifier: %s    Value: %s%n",
+              cell.getFamily(), cell.getQualifier().toStringUtf8(), cell.getValue().toStringUtf8());
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
+      System.err.println("Failed to read a non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
+    }
+    // [END scanning_all_rows]
+  }
+
+  public void deleteTable() {
+    // [START deleting_a_table]
+    System.out.println("\nDeleting table: " + tableId);
+    try {
+      adminClient.deleteTable(tableId);
+      System.out.printf("Table %s deleted successfully%n", tableId);
+    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
+      System.err.println("Failed to delete a non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
+    }
+    // [END deleting_a_table]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/bigtable/ITHelloWorld.java b/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/bigtable/ITHelloWorld.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba8010046fc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/bigtable/ITHelloWorld.java
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Google LLC.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.cloud.examples.bigtable;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.admin.v2.BigtableTableAdminClient;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.admin.v2.BigtableTableAdminSettings;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.admin.v2.models.CreateTableRequest;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.BigtableDataClient;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.BigtableDataSettings;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.InstanceName;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.Row;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.AssumptionViolatedException;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ITHelloWorld {
+
+  private static final String INSTANCE_PROPERTY_NAME = "bigtable.instance";
+  private static final String TABLE_PREFIX = "table";
+  private static String tableId;
+  private static BigtableDataClient dataClient;
+  private static BigtableTableAdminClient adminClient;
+  private static InstanceName instanceName;
+  private HelloWorld helloWorld;
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void beforeClass() throws IOException {
+    String targetInstance = System.getProperty(INSTANCE_PROPERTY_NAME);
+    if (targetInstance == null) {
+      dataClient = null;
+      adminClient = null;
+      return;
+    }
+    instanceName = InstanceName.parse(targetInstance);
+    BigtableDataSettings settings =
+        BigtableDataSettings.newBuilder().setInstanceName(instanceName).build();
+    dataClient = BigtableDataClient.create(settings);
+    BigtableTableAdminSettings adminSettings =
+        BigtableTableAdminSettings.newBuilder()
+            .setInstanceName(com.google.bigtable.admin.v2.InstanceName.parse(targetInstance))
+            .build();
+    adminClient = BigtableTableAdminClient.create(adminSettings);
+  }
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void afterClass() throws Exception {
+    garbageCollect();
+    dataClient.close();
+    adminClient.close();
+  }
+
+  @Before
+  public void setup() throws IOException {
+    if (adminClient == null || dataClient == null) {
+      throw new AssumptionViolatedException(
+          INSTANCE_PROPERTY_NAME + " property is not set, skipping integration tests.");
+    }
+    tableId = generateTableId();
+    helloWorld = new HelloWorld(instanceName.getProject(), instanceName.getInstance(), tableId);
+    adminClient.createTable(CreateTableRequest.of(tableId).addFamily("cf1"));
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void after() {
+    if (adminClient.exists(tableId)) {
+      adminClient.deleteTable(tableId);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateAndDeleteTable() throws IOException {
+    // Create table
+    String fakeTable = generateTableId();
+    HelloWorld testHelloWorld =
+        new HelloWorld(instanceName.getProject(), instanceName.getInstance(), fakeTable);
+    testHelloWorld.createTable();
+    assertTrue(adminClient.exists(fakeTable));
+
+    // Delete table
+    testHelloWorld.deleteTable();
+    assertTrue(!adminClient.exists(fakeTable));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWriteToTable() {
+    // Write to table
+    helloWorld.writeToTable();
+    Row row = dataClient.readRow(tableId, "rowKey0");
+    assertNotNull(row);
+  }
+
+  // TODO: add test for helloWorld.readSingleRow()
+  // TODO: add test for helloWorld.readTable()
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRunDoesNotFail() throws Exception {
+    helloWorld.run();
+  }
+
+  private String generateTableId() {
+    return String.format(
+        "%s-%016x-%x", TABLE_PREFIX, System.currentTimeMillis(), new Random().nextLong());
+  }
+
+  private static void garbageCollect() {
+    Pattern timestampPattern = Pattern.compile(TABLE_PREFIX + "-([0-9a-f]+)-([0-9a-f]+)");
+    for (String tableId : adminClient.listTables()) {
+      Matcher matcher = timestampPattern.matcher(tableId);
+      if (!matcher.matches()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      String timestampStr = matcher.group(1);
+      long timestamp = Long.parseLong(timestampStr, 16);
+      if (System.currentTimeMillis() - timestamp < TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(15)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      System.out.println("\nGarbage collecting orphaned table: " + tableId);
+      adminClient.deleteTable(tableId);
+    }
+  }
+}