azure-identity-java

Azure Identity (Java)

Authenticate Java applications with Azure services using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD).

Installation

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-identity</artifactId>
    <version>1.15.0</version>
</dependency>

Key Concepts

Credential	Use Case
DefaultAzureCredential	Recommended - Works in dev and production
ManagedIdentityCredential	Azure-hosted apps (App Service, Functions, VMs)
EnvironmentCredential	CI/CD pipelines with env vars
ClientSecretCredential	Service principals with secret
ClientCertificateCredential	Service principals with certificate
AzureCliCredential	Local dev using az login
InteractiveBrowserCredential	Interactive login flow
DeviceCodeCredential	Headless device authentication

DefaultAzureCredential (Recommended)

The DefaultAzureCredential tries multiple authentication methods in order:

1. Environment variables
2. Workload Identity
3. Managed Identity
4. Azure CLI
5. Azure PowerShell
6. Azure Developer CLI

import com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredential;
import com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder;

// Simple usage
DefaultAzureCredential credential = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder().build();

// Use with any Azure client
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