Microsoft to retire Azure DevOps issuer for workload identity federation (opens in new tab)

Microsoft has announced the deprecation of the Azure DevOps issuer for workload identity federation service connections, with a final retirement date set for July 1, 2027. This change is part of a broader initiative to standardize on the Microsoft Entra issuer to improve security and consistency across Azure services. The transition affects service connections in the Azure public cloud that utilize single-tenant applications or managed identities for secretless authentication. <a href="