Connect to azure key vault from an ASP.NET core app using azure managed identity

Tai Bo
3 min readNov 23, 2019

Of the three different ways to access an azure key vault from an ASP.NET core application, if your app runs on an azure resource, the best option is using azure managed identities for simplicity and the highest security. In this post, I go over how I configure the application and azure sides to leverage azure managed identities when accessing the key vault.

From the application side

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Tai Bo

Backend developer in .NET core. I enjoy the outdoor, hanging out with good friends, reading and personal development.