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id: azure-keyvault-secrets
version: "4.11.1"
license: MIT License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# azure-keyvault-secrets — Microsoft Corporation Key Vault Secrets Client Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install azure-keyvault-secrets
uv add azure-keyvault-secrets
poetry add azure-keyvault-secrets

## Description

# Azure Key Vault Secrets client library for Python
Azure Key Vault helps solve the following problems:

- Secrets management (this library) -
securely store and control access to tokens, passwords, certificates, API keys,
and other secrets
- Cryptographic key management
([azure-keyvault-keys](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-keys)) -
create, store, and control access to the keys used to encrypt your data
- Certificate management
([azure-keyvault-certificates](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-certificates)) -
create, manage, and deploy public and private SSL/TLS certificates
- Vault administration ([azure-keyvault-administration](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-administration)) - role-based access control (RBAC), and vault-level backup and restore options

[Source code][library_src]
| [Package (PyPI)][pypi_package_secrets]
| [Package (Conda)](https://anaconda.org/microsoft/azure-keyvault/)
| [API reference documentation][reference_docs]
| [Product documentation][azure_keyvault]
| [Samples][secret_samples]

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## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Client library for securely storing and retrieving secrets, API keys, passwords, and certificates from Azure Key Vault, with support for metadata management and versioning.

Verdict: Production-ready library with active maintenance, no known vulnerabilities, and permissive MIT licensing. Low install friction and integration with azure-core make it reliable for Azure-based secret management in Python 3.9+.

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