Create an Azure AD app & service principal in the portal …
Register an application with Azure AD and create a service principal. Let's jump straight into creating the identity. If you run into a problem, check the required permissions to make sure your account can create the identity. Sign in to your Azure Account through the Azure portal. Select Azure Active Directory. Select App registrations.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
Using a service principal | Microsoft Docs
Give the Service Principal Reader access to the current tenant (Get-AzureADDirectoryRole) We now have the ability to set the exact access rights this service principal has in your directory. In this example, we'll assign the access rights of the Directory Readers role in Azure AD:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/active-directory/signing-in-service-principal
Working with Azure Service Principal Accounts
az login –service-principal –username APP_ID –password PASSWORD –tenant TENANT_ID . The username is the Application ID, this would have been listed when you created the Service Principal, if you didn’t take a note of it you can find this within the Azure Portal. The password would have also been listed when you created the Service Principal. The tenant ID would also have been listed, if …
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/working-with-azure-service-principal-accounts/ba-p/1086961
Sign in with Azure PowerShell | Microsoft Docs
Service principals are non-interactive Azure accounts. Like other user accounts, their permissions are managed with Azure Active Directory. By granting a service principal only the permissions it needs, your automation scripts stay secure. To learn how to create a service principal for use with Azure PowerShell, see Create an Azure service …
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/authenticate-azureps
Azure: Automating Login For PowerShell Scripts using …
Following article discusses the use of service principal to automate this login process thereby removing the manual intervention. Automating Login Process . After the installation of the Azure PowerShell Module, the administrator needs to perform a one-time activity to set up a security principal on the machine from which they are going to schedule the Azure PowerShell scripts. Following are …
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/40062.azure-automating-login-for-powershell-scripts-using-service-principal.aspx
Use Azure service principals with Azure CLI | Microsoft Docs
An Azure service principal is an identity created for use with applications, hosted services, and automated tools to access Azure resources. This access is restricted by the roles assigned to the service principal, giving you control over which resources can be accessed and at which level. For security reasons, it's always recommended to use service principals with automated tools rather than …
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/create-an-azure-service-principal-azure-cli
Use Azure service principals with Azure PowerShell …
An Azure service principal is an identity created for use with applications, hosted services, and automated tools to access Azure resources. This access is restricted by the roles assigned to the service principal, giving you control over which resources can be accessed and at which level. For security reasons, it's always recommended to use service principals with automated tools rather than …
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/create-azure-service-principal-azureps
Use Azure REST API without interactive Login UI (with app …
Login to Azure Portal (https://portal.azure.com), click “Azure Active Directory” on the left navigation, and click “App registrations” menu. Press “New registration” button, and register a new app (i.e, service principal) by pushing “Create” button. The service principal is successfully generated.
Use Azure REST API without interactive Login UI (with app key or certificate programmatically)
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