azure-identity-ts
Authenticate to Azure services using Azure Identity library for JavaScript (@azure/identity). Use when configuring authentication with DefaultAzureCredential, managed identity, service principals, or interactive browser login.
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Topics in the source
- Azure Identity library for TypeScript
- Installation
- Environment Variables
- Service Principal (Secret)
- Service Principal (Certificate)
- Workload Identity (Kubernetes)
- DefaultAzureCredential (Recommended for Local Development)
- Managed Identity
Authentication library for Azure SDK clients using Microsoft Entra ID. See DefaultAzureCredential overview for the current credential chain order and defaults. 1. Use DefaultAzureCredential for local development; use ManagedIdentityCredential or WorkloadIdentityCredential for production 2. Never hardcode credentials - Use environment variables or managed identity 3. Prefer managed identity - No secrets to manage in production 4. Scope credentials appropriately - Use user-assigned identity for multi-tenant scenarios 5. Handle token refresh - Azure SDK handles this automatically 6. Use ChainedTokenCredential - For custom fallback scenarios
- Source repository
- microsoft/skills
- Source file
- .github/plugins/azure-sdk-typescript/skills/azure-identity-ts/SKILL.md
- Fixed revision
- 9287b443662d2433c85621c7325ee72a0ce499b5
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Author: Microsoft Skills · original repository metadata. Documentation review: Not reviewed. Last source check: 2026-11-10T19:02:06.565Z.
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