Azure Security Flashcards
(3 cards)
1
Q
What is a Service Account?
A
A privilidged user account used to authenticate using a username and password.
2
Q
What is a Service Principal?
A
An Identity restricted to roles assigned to it, giving you control over which resources can be accessed and at which level.
Think of it as a user identity without a user, but rather an identity for an application.
3
Q
What is Managed Identity?
A
A special type of Service Principal that enables Azure resources to authenticate to cloud resources with Azure AD so you don’t have to store credentials in code.
