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Create and manage a managed identity for Azure resources

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From the course: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies (AZ-500) Cert Prep: 1 Manage Identity and Access

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Create and manage a managed identity for Azure resources

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- [Instructor] The exam may test your knowledge of creating and managing a managed identity for Azure resources. And because AZ-500 is a very technical exam, you'll want to be familiar with how they work and why they are important. So what are managed identities? Put simply, they are identities for applications to use when connecting to resources that support Azure AD authentication. There are two types of managed identities, you'll want to be familiar with the details of both. First, there's the system assigned identity, which is created in Azure AD and tied to the lifecycle of a specific service instance, such as an Azure VM. When that resource is deleted, Azure automatically deletes the identity for you. And only that specific Azure resource can use that identity to request tokens from Azure AD. On the other hand, a user assigned identity is a standalone Azure resource created by you. It can be used by multiple…

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