Service connections in checks
Azure functions and REST API checks require Azure or REST server credentials (app key) to be stored in Azure Pipelines. As we invest in mechanisms to reduce the storage of secrets in Azure DevOps, we would like your experience with checks to also benefit from those investments. For instance, if you create a secret-free service connection to Azure, you should be able to use that in order to interact with the Azure function. We will use the same service connections to connect to external services from checks as we do from tasks running on an agent.