How to create a User Managed Identity in Azure Portal

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A user‑assigned managed identity is a reusable, standalone Azure identity that you create once and attach to many resources, giving them secure, password‑free access to other Azure services.

The creation of User managed identity from the Azure Portal is an easy process. Follow the below mentioned steps.

Step 1: Login to Azure Portal

Visit www.portal.azure.com in any modern browser and sign in with your Microsoft account.

Step 2: Search for Managed Identities in the search bar.

Search Managed Identities in Azure Portal

Step 3: Click on create button to create a new Managed Identity

Creating User Managed Identity

Step 4: Submit the details

Review + create page

  1. Pick the Resource Group where the identity will reside.
  2. Enter a unique name for the identity.
  3. Select the appropriate Azure region.
  4. Define the isolation scope
    1. None - use the identity across multiple regions.
    2. Regional use restrict usage to the chosen region only.

Step 5: View the Managed Identity

View the created Identity

Managed identities in Azure remove the burden of handling secrets or credentials manually, enhancing both security and maintainability for applications. 

They are supported exclusively within the Azure cloud environment and are not available for on‑premises systems.

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