What is a managed identity in Azure?
- A A service account with a username and password stored in Azure AD
- B An Azure AD identity automatically managed by Azure for use by Azure services, with no credential management required (correct answer)
- C A shared access signature token
- D A certificate-based identity
Shortcut: Managed identities are automatically created and managed by Azure. They provide an identity for Azure resources (VMs, Function Apps, AKS) to authenticate to Azure services without stored credentials.