5 min Azure AD service accounts

Remember 5 min Security Management Identity Azure

5 min Security Management Identity Azure

• System assigned management identity
• User assigned management identity

Now Lets look at: Governing Azure AD service accounts

There are three types of service accounts in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD):

• managed identities
• service principals
• user accounts employed as service accounts.

As you create these service accounts for automated use, they’re granted permissions to access resources in Azure and Azure AD.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/service-accounts-governing-azure