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UI Problem: No Managed Identity blade: missing "Identity" blade under the "Settings" section under any resources in the Azure Portal.

Dr. O 0 Reputation points
2025-08-10T18:03:48.7933333+00:00

My Goal is to Enable System-Assigned Managed Identity in Azure Storage Accounts (target Azure resource) to allow keyless SDK access (e.g., BlobServiceClient with DefaultAzureCredential) from Azure ML Studio notebooks (file) for saving AI training model states, without disrupting workflow.

Problem: the Azure Portal UI does not match instructions from Microsoft Documentation or any of the Support Services-Troubleshooting or Copilot.

Documentations instructs to: select "Identity" under "Settings" within the "Storage Account" to manage identity: User or System-Managed.

NO IDENTITY BLADE EXISTS under the SETTINGS within the target resource: Under the SETTINGS blade the only options are: Configuration, Data Lake Gen2 Upgrade, Resource Sharing (CORS), Advisor Recommendations, Endpoints, and Locks.

MY ACTIONS:

  1. Ensured all prerequisites for Managed-Identity have been met and confirmed: Account/Subscription, Resource Permission, Target Azure Resource Setup.
  2. Reset Google Chrome browser history: cookies and cache.
  3. Followed Microsoft Documentation guidelines and Support Service instructions.
  4. Checked other resources in the Azure Portal to verify if/if-not the problem is localized to the target resource only. *Note: ALL Azure RESOURCES in my Azure Portal have the same problem---No Identity Settings blade for Identity Management.

RESULTS: Under my UI , no Identity blade exists under the Settings blade in any of my resources I setup, including the target resource (Storage Account). Therefore, I am stuck trying to find something that doesn't exist (Identity Settings) in the present state of my UI. Nothing from Microsoft Documentations or Support addresses this issue directly---that I have found. I have sought the internet and community platforms and have still not found a resolution.

PLEASE HELP

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  1. TP 131.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-08-10T19:02:18.21+00:00

    Hi,

    The Identity is enabled for the source resource. On the target resource the identity needs to be assigned role with enough permissions to allow it to do intended actions.

    For example, when you create Machine Learning Workspace, a System-assigned Managed Identity is created for the workspace and it is assigned roles to the storage accounts so that it can read/write blobs.

    When you are in ML Studio and attempt to create various resources, you should see mention of managed identity. For instance, if you create Blob Storage Datastore you will see option at the bottom to use workspace managed identity for data preview.

    Another example, if you create a compute cluster it will ask you if you want to assign managed identity.

    Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was helpful.

    Thanks.

    -TP

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