# Avoid Azure secret rotation with secretless authentication

DevFeed: [Avoid Azure secret rotation with secretless authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/avoid-azure-secret-rotation-with-secretless-authentication-2231.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/azure-secretless-authentication/>)

Author: Cody Murray-Bruce; Ben Johnson-Staub

Published: 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Datadog | The Monitor blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/datadog-the-monitor-blog.md>)

Topics: [Azure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/azure.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Entra ID](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/entra-id.md>), [OpenID connect (OIDC)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oidc.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/telemetry.md>), [Terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terraform.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [azure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/azure.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [entra-id](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/entra-id.md>), [identity-and-access-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity-and-access-management.md>), [infrastructure-monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-monitoring.md>), [integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [oidc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oidc.md>), [secrets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secrets.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/telemetry.md>), [terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terraform.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Datadog's secretless authentication for Azure replaces long-lived client secrets with federated identity using Microsoft Entra ID and OpenID Connect. It describes the short-lived token flow and configuration or migration options through Quickstart, Terraform, the Azure CLI, or the Azure portal.

## Source excerpt

Learn how secretless authentication for Datadog's Azure integration helps prevent telemetry interruptions that result from expired client secrets.