Use managed identities for Dataverse plug-ins

Important

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Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Users, automatically	Jun 2024	-

Business value

Power Platform managed identities allow publishers of Dataverse plug-ins to securely connect to Azure resources without having to store or expose credentials. Managed identities eliminate the need for developers to manage these credentials.

Feature details

With the support of Power Platform managed identities in Dataverse for third-party and ISV plug-ins, you can use managed identities to access Azure resources without the need of usernames or passwords. For example, suppose you want to connect to Azure Key Vault without using a username and password to retrieve secrets to connect to an external web service from your third-party or ISV plug-ins. You can leverage Power Platform managed identities from your third-party or ISV plug-ins to directly connect to Azure Key Vault to retrieve the secrets securely and access the external web service.