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No, there are no plans to support managed identities for Azure resources in Azure Cloud Services.

### Does managed identities for Azure resources work with the Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) or the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL)?
### What is the credential associated with a managed identity? How long is it valid and how often is it rotated?

No, managed identities for Azure resources is not yet integrated with ADAL or MSAL. For details on acquiring a token for managed identities for Azure resources using the REST endpoint, see [How to use managed identities for Azure resources on an Azure VM to acquire an access token](how-to-use-vm-token.md).
> [!NOTE]
> How managed identities authenticate is an internal implementation detail that is subject to change without notice.

Managed identities use certificate-based authentication. Each managed identity’s credential has an expiration of 90 days and it is rolled after 45 days.

### What is the security boundary of managed identities for Azure resources?

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