diff --git a/src/AspireManifestGen.csproj b/src/AspireManifestGen.csproj
index db8a605..f03e61b 100644
--- a/src/AspireManifestGen.csproj
+++ b/src/AspireManifestGen.csproj
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Commands\InfraSynth.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Options\General.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="OutputWindowManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Commands\ManifestGen.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AspireManifestGenPackage.cs" />
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Community.VisualStudio.Toolkit.17" Version="17.0.507" ExcludeAssets="Runtime">
       <IncludeAssets>compile; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions">
+      <Version>8.0.0</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools" Version="17.8.2365">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/src/AspireManifestGenPackage.cs b/src/AspireManifestGenPackage.cs
index cf259d2..f1c1a93 100644
--- a/src/AspireManifestGenPackage.cs
+++ b/src/AspireManifestGenPackage.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public sealed class AspireManifestGenPackage : ToolkitPackage
 
     protected override async Task InitializeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken, IProgress<ServiceProgressData> progress)
     {
+        OutputWindowManager.AspireOutputPane = await VS.Windows.CreateOutputWindowPaneAsync(".NET Aspire", true);
         await this.RegisterCommandsAsync();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Commands/InfraSynth.cs b/src/Commands/InfraSynth.cs
index a3afbf7..df29cdd 100644
--- a/src/Commands/InfraSynth.cs
+++ b/src/Commands/InfraSynth.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using AspireManifestGen.Options;
 using CliWrap;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
@@ -22,13 +23,14 @@ protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(OleMenuCmdEventArgs e, Project projec
     {
         var stdOutBuffer = new StringBuilder();
         var stdErrBuffer = new StringBuilder();
-        OutputWindowPane pane = await VS.Windows.GetOutputWindowPaneAsync(Community.VisualStudio.Toolkit.Windows.VSOutputWindowPane.General);
+        OutputWindowPane pane = OutputWindowManager.AspireOutputPane;
         var options = await General.GetLiveInstanceAsync();
 
         var projectPath = FindAzureYaml(project.FullPath);
 
         await VS.StatusBar.StartAnimationAsync(StatusAnimation.Sync);
         await VS.StatusBar.ShowProgressAsync(STATUS_MESSAGE, 1, 2);
+        await pane.WriteLineAsync(OutputWindowManager.GenerateOutputMessage(STATUS_MESSAGE, "InfraSynth", LogLevel.Information));
 
         var command = $"infra synth --force --no-prompt" + (options.AzdDebug ? " --debug" : "");
 
@@ -44,13 +46,13 @@ protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(OleMenuCmdEventArgs e, Project projec
 
         if (result.ExitCode != 0)
         {
-            await pane.WriteLineAsync($"[AZD]: Unable to synthesize infrastructure:{stdErr}:{result.ExitCode}");
+            await pane.WriteLineAsync(OutputWindowManager.GenerateOutputMessage($"Unable to synthesize infrastructure:{stdErr}:{result.ExitCode}", "InfraSynth", LogLevel.Error));
             goto Cleanup;
         }
         else
         {
-            await pane.WriteLineAsync($"[AZD]: infra synth completed");
-            await pane.WriteLineAsync($"[AZD]: {stdOutBuffer}");
+            await pane.WriteLineAsync(OutputWindowManager.GenerateOutputMessage($"Infra synth completed", "InfraSynth", LogLevel.Information));
+            await pane.WriteLineAsync(OutputWindowManager.GenerateOutputMessage($"{stdOutBuffer}", "InfraSynth", LogLevel.Information));
         }
 
         await VS.Documents.OpenAsync(Path.Combine(projectPath, "infra", "resources.bicep"));
diff --git a/src/Commands/ManifestGen.cs b/src/Commands/ManifestGen.cs
index 23371fd..57ccdbc 100644
--- a/src/Commands/ManifestGen.cs
+++ b/src/Commands/ManifestGen.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using AspireManifestGen.Options;
 using CliWrap;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(OleMenuCmdEventArgs e, Project projec
     {
         var stdOutBuffer = new StringBuilder();
         var stdErrBuffer = new StringBuilder();
-        OutputWindowPane pane = await VS.Windows.GetOutputWindowPaneAsync(Community.VisualStudio.Toolkit.Windows.VSOutputWindowPane.General);
+        OutputWindowPane pane = OutputWindowManager.AspireOutputPane;
 
         var projectPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(project.FullPath);
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(OleMenuCmdEventArgs e, Project projec
 
         await VS.StatusBar.StartAnimationAsync(StatusAnimation.Build);
         await VS.StatusBar.ShowProgressAsync(STATUS_MESSAGE, 1, 2);
+        await pane.WriteLineAsync(OutputWindowManager.GenerateOutputMessage(STATUS_MESSAGE, "ManifestGen", LogLevel.Information));
 
         var result = await Cli.Wrap("dotnet")
             .WithArguments($"msbuild /t:GenerateAspireManifest /p:AspireManifestPublishOutputPath={manifestPath}")
@@ -55,12 +57,12 @@ protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(OleMenuCmdEventArgs e, Project projec
         // TODO: Need better error handling, issue #3
         if (result.ExitCode != 0)
         {
-            await pane.WriteLineAsync($"[.NET Aspire]: Unable to create manifest:{stdErr}:{result.ExitCode}");
+            await pane.WriteLineAsync(OutputWindowManager.GenerateOutputMessage($"Unable to create manifest:{stdErr}:{result.ExitCode}", "ManifestGen", LogLevel.Error));
             goto Cleanup;
         }
         else
         {
-            await pane.WriteLineAsync($"[.NET Aspire]: Manifest created at {manifestPath}");
+            await pane.WriteLineAsync(OutputWindowManager.GenerateOutputMessage($"Manifest created at {manifestPath}", "ManifestGen", LogLevel.Information)); 
         }
 
         await VS.Documents.OpenAsync(manifestPath);
diff --git a/src/OutputWindowManager.cs b/src/OutputWindowManager.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b511dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OutputWindowManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+public static class OutputWindowManager
+{
+    public static OutputWindowPane AspireOutputPane { get; set; }
+
+    public static string GenerateOutputMessage(string message, string source, LogLevel logLevel)
+    {
+        var timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ");
+        return $"[{logLevel.ToString().ToUpperInvariant()}] [{source.ToUpperInvariant()}] [{timestamp}]: {message}";
+    }
+}