Akhil Mahajan

Managed Identities for Azure resources is a feature of Azure Active Directiry (AAD).  Managed identities eliminate the limitations of user-based authentication methods, like the need to reauthenticate due to password changes or user token expirations.  A managed identity is a managed application registered in Azure Active Directory that represents a given Azure resource and in this case Azure Synpase. The managed application is used to authenticate to a targeted resource. In this article we talk about creating the managed identity for Azure Synpase using Azure CLI. One of the biggest advantage for using Managed Identities is the ability to get Azure deployments fully automated. Requirements 1. An Azure Subscription 2. An Azure Synapse Resource. Steps to create Managed Identity are as follows: 1. Log in to the Azure Portal . 2 In the Search on the top enter "Synpase" . Select Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly SQL DW) 3. Click on the Azure Synpase you want to create the Manag