In this video, I compare two ways to authenticate Azure DevOps pipelines to Azure: 🔑 Secret-based service connections (classic app registration with client secret) 🛡️ Federated credentials using Workload Identity Federation (OIDC-based, secret-free) You'll learn: - How both methods work under the hood - How to set up a service connection (Automatic vs Manual) - Why Workload Identity Federation is the future of secure pipeline authentication - How to migrate from secrets to federated credentials 📌 Drop a comment: Are you still using secrets, or have you switched to federation? 0:00 Intro 0:22 Create App Registration 2:58 Service Connection with Secrets 11:18 Workload identity federation #AzureDevOps #FederatedCredentials #AzureSecurity #OIDC #WorkloadIdentity #DevOps #AzurePipelines #CloudSecurity #ServiceConnection