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What is a managed identity?
Glossary · AI agent and machine identity security
Short answer
A managed identity is an identity that Azure creates and rotates for a resource, so no secret has to be stored in code.
Why it matters
It removes the secret that could leak. It still carries permissions, and those permissions can be too broad.
What it looks like
A function app with a managed identity that can read a key vault.
In nerl0
nerl0 shows what a managed identity can reach, as it does for other identities. See Connectors.