Visual Studio Code sign in to Azure

Question

I installed azure sign in in visual studio code. If I sign in to Azure, does my python code still need any authentication ?

thanks !!

Answer 1

Hello Gongya Yu ,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A and thank you for posting your questions here.

Problem

I understand that you signed in to Azure using the Azure Sign In extension within VS Code and you're asking if this sign-in also handles authentication for their Python code accessing Azure services.

Solution

To answer your question, the authentication does not automatically carry over to your Python code running within VS Code. To ensure your Python code can authenticate and access Azure services there four or more methods. I will list four here with the links for detail steps:

1. Azure CLI Authentication. If you've already signed in to Azure using the Azure CLI, you can use the AzureCliCredential from the azure-identity library. Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-python#azure-cli-credential
2. Environment Variables. You can set environment variables for service principal or managed identity, and use the DefaultAzureCredential class. Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-python#environment-variables and https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-python#defaultazurecredential
3. Managed Identity. If your code is running on an Azure service that supports managed identities, use the DefaultAzureCredential class. Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-python#managed-identity-authentication
4. Service Principal. You can use a service principal's credentials directly in your Python code. Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-python#clientsecretcredential

Therefore, signing in to Azure through the Azure Sign In extension in Visual Studio Code helps manage Azure resources within the VS Code environment. So, for Python code to interact with Azure services, you need to explicitly handle authentication using the appropriate Azure SDK libraries and methods.

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Answer 2

the visual studio code sign in to azure, allows the vscode application itself to access azure services. this plows any azure aware extensions to access azure via the login.

this does not allow the python code it runs to access azure. you must add azure authentication code to your python app if it needs to access azure

Answer 3

thanks so much !!

Answer 4

az login can't be used for MFA account, right ?

thanks !!