your VM with a managed identity can securely access the Azure Storage Account without the need for explicit credentials management

To connect an Azure Storage Account with a Virtual Machine (VM) using a Managed Identity, you can follow these general steps:

1. Enable Managed Identity for VM: Enable managed identity for your Virtual Machine. This can be done during VM creation or by enabling it afterward.

2. Assign Required Role to Managed Identity: Assign the necessary role (such as Storage Blob Data Contributor) to the managed identity associated with your VM. This role should provide the required permissions to access the storage account.

3. Access Storage Account using Managed Identity: Configure your application or script running on the VM to authenticate using the managed identity. The managed identity will automatically acquire tokens for accessing Azure resources.

4. Access Control on Storage Account: Ensure that the access control on the Azure Storage Account is configured to allow access from the managed identity associated with your VM. You can use Azure role-based access control (RBAC) to grant access to the managed identity.

Here's a more detailed breakdown of these steps:

1. Enable Managed Identity for VM: You can enable managed identity for your VM during creation or after creation through Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell. When you enable managed identity, Azure creates an identity for the VM in the Azure Active Directory.

2. Assign Required Role to Managed Identity: After enabling managed identity for your VM, you need to assign the appropriate role to the managed identity. In this case, you would assign a role that grants the necessary permissions to access the storage account. For example, you might assign the "Storage Blob Data Contributor" role to allow read and write access to blobs in the storage account.

3. Access Storage Account using Managed Identity: Your application or script running on the VM can now authenticate using the managed identity associated with the VM. The VM's managed identity automatically acquires tokens for accessing Azure resources without needing to manage credentials explicitly.

4. Access Control on Storage Account: Ensure that the access control on the Azure Storage Account is configured to allow access from the managed identity associated with your VM. You can grant permissions to the managed identity using Azure RBAC. For example, you can assign the managed identity the necessary permissions at the storage account level or at the container level.

By following these steps, your VM with a managed identity can securely access the Azure Storage Account without the need for explicit credentials management.