Microsoft Entra Workload ID
General

How Managed Identities Work Vm

In brief

The curl example now uses client_id `00001111-aaaa-2222-bbbb-3333cccc4444` instead of the previous value.

What Entra admins need to know

No administrator action is required; use the updated value when copying this example.

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Documentation change

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    ```bash
    curl 'http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?api-version=2018-02-01&resource=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.azure.com%2F&client_id=ffffffff-eeee-dddd-cccc-bbbbbbbbbbb000001111-aaaa-2222-bbbb-3333cccc4444' -H Metadata:true
    ```
  1. A call is made to Microsoft Entra ID to request an access token (as specified in step 5) by using the client ID and certificate configured in step 3. Microsoft Entra ID returns a JSON Web Token (JWT) access token.
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