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Entra Workload Identities Explained: Service Principals vs Managed vs Federated

February 3, 2026 by deniscooper@me.com

Learn how Entra workload identities work and when to use service principals, managed identities, or federated workload identities for secure non-human access.

Categories AZURE, AZURE DEVOPS, ENTRA, SECURITY Tags AZURE workload identity, Entra ID Authentication, Entra Workload Identies, Federated Workload Identity 1 Comment

How to Secure Terraform State in Azure (Without Leaking Secrets)

December 30, 2025 by deniscooper@me.com

Learn how to secure Terraform state in Azure using Entra ID, RBAC, private storage, and ephemeral resources to prevent secrets leaking.

Categories AZURE, AZURE DEVOPS, SECURITY, TERRAFORM Tags AZURE, AZURE DEVOPS, SECURITY, TERRAFORM 2 Comments
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