Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure (AZ-204) Practice Exam

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What type of identity is a user-assigned identity?

Automatically managed by Azure
Dependent on specific resource lifecycle
Shared across multiple Azure resources
Independent of resource lifecycle

The correct answer is: Independent of resource lifecycle

A user-assigned identity in Azure is designed to be independent of any specific resource lifecycle. This means that while the identity can be assigned to one or more Azure resources, it exists separately from those resources. You can create a user-assigned identity as a standalone Azure resource, which allows it to be reused with different resources rather than being tied to the lifecycle of just one. This flexibility makes user-assigned identities a powerful tool for managing permissions across multiple resources without the need to create new identities each time. In contrast, managed identities that are automatically managed by Azure are tied to the lifecycle of the resources they are created for, thus lacking the independence that user-assigned identities provide.