Call Function App from Azure Data Factory with Managed Identity Authentication

Integrating Azure Function Apps into your Azure Data Factory (ADF) workflows is a common practice. To enhance security beyond the use of function API keys, leveraging managed identity authentication is strongly recommended. Given the fact that many existing guides were outdated with recent updates to Azure services, this article provides…

23/07/2025Apps on Azure Blog

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