Azure Entra Id, formerly Azure Active Directory is a comprehensive Identity and Access Management offering from Microsoft. While it encompasses many functionalities, the article will focus on Managed Identities.
Why Managed Identities?
Initially, Azure resources were accessed using connecting strings–keys tied to specific resources. For instance, for a storage account named “Foo”, its connection string might be “Bar”. This string would be stored in a Vault, and applications would retrieve it to access the resource.
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