Azure/azure-workload-identity

Azure AD Workload Identity uses Kubernetes primitives to associate managed identities for Azure resources and identities in Azure Active Directory (AAD) with pods.

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Azure AD Workload Identity

Build Status OpenSSF Scorecard

Azure AD Workload Identity is the next iteration of Azure AD Pod Identity that enables Kubernetes applications to access Azure cloud resources securely with Azure Active Directory based on annotated service accounts.

Installation

Check out the installation guide on how to deploy the Azure AD Workload Identity webhook.

Quick Start

Check out the Azure AD Workload Identity Quick Start on how to securely access Azure cloud resources from your Kubernetes workload using the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL).

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information, see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact [email protected] with any additional questions or comments.

Release

Currently, Azure Workload Identity releases on a monthly basis, targeting the last week of the month.

Support

Azure AD Workload Identity is an open source project that is not covered by the Microsoft Azure support policy. Please search open issues here, and if your issue isn't already represented please open a new one. The project maintainers will respond to the best of their abilities.

aad
azure
federated-identity
kubernetes
oidc
workload-identity

Azure/azure-workload-identity

Azure AD Workload Identity uses Kubernetes primitives to associate managed identities for Azure resources and identities in Azure Active Directory (AAD) with pods.

Go

342

817 commits

updated Oct 16, 2026

See the code

README

Azure AD Workload Identity

Build Status OpenSSF Scorecard

Azure AD Workload Identity is the next iteration of Azure AD Pod Identity that enables Kubernetes applications to access Azure cloud resources securely with Azure Active Directory based on annotated service accounts.

Installation

Check out the installation guide on how to deploy the Azure AD Workload Identity webhook.

Quick Start

Check out the Azure AD Workload Identity Quick Start on how to securely access Azure cloud resources from your Kubernetes workload using the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL).

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information, see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact [email protected] with any additional questions or comments.

Release

Currently, Azure Workload Identity releases on a monthly basis, targeting the last week of the month.

Support

Azure AD Workload Identity is an open source project that is not covered by the Microsoft Azure support policy. Please search open issues here, and if your issue isn't already represented please open a new one. The project maintainers will respond to the best of their abilities.

aad
azure
federated-identity
kubernetes
oidc
workload-identity

Project health

Overall

6.8/10

Maintained

10/10

Code review

10/10

Contributors

10/10
OpenSSF Scorecard

Latest release

v1.6.3 · Aug 31, 2026

Releases this year

4

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