azure-mgmt-msi
Microsoft Azure Msi Management Client Library for Python
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. This is the official, actively maintained Azure SDK for MSI management with low install friction, permissive MIT licensing, and no known vulnerabilities. Install it if you need to manage Azure identities programmatically. Prerequisites are Python 3.9+ and proper Azure authentication environment variable configuration.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9+.
- Azure authentication environment variables (AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET, AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID) must be configured before use.
- Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT License (permissive) — MIT License (permissive) allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions. No licensing concerns for most projects.
last release 2025-07-21 (389 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 5,588 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 7,919,289 downloads/mo, #1,681 on PyPI
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pip install azure-mgmt-msi
from azure.mgmt.msi import ManagedServiceIdentityClient
from azure.common import credentials
import os
sub_id = os.getenv("AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID")
client = ManagedServiceIdentityClient(credential=credentials, subscription_id=sub_id)- Whether isolation_scope parameter (added in 7.1.0) requires specific Azure API version support
- Async client availability and feature parity with synchronous ManagedServiceIdentityClient
- Current credential authentication patterns after breaking changes in version 6.0.0b1
What it is and what it does
azure-mgmt-msi is the official Microsoft Azure SDK client library for managing Managed Service Identities in Python. It provides programmatic access to Azure MSI resources—user-assigned identities, system-assigned identities, and federated identity credentials—allowing you to create, update, delete, and query identity configurations within your Azure subscription. The library wraps Azure's MSI management API and handles authentication through Azure Active Directory.
The package is part of the broader Azure SDK for Python ecosystem and integrates with azure-common and azure-mgmt-core for credential and management patterns. It targets Python 3.9+ and uses type annotations for IDE support. Recent releases have added support for isolation scopes and system metadata tracking on identity resources. The library is actively maintained and suitable for infrastructure-as-code, identity lifecycle automation, and multi-tenant Azure applications.
Use it for
- Automate creation and lifecycle management of user-assigned managed identities across Azure subscriptions
- Configure federated identity credentials for workload identity federation programmatically
- Query and audit existing managed identities and their associated resources in an Azure subscription
- Integrate identity provisioning into infrastructure-as-code pipelines or deployment automation
- Manage isolation scopes for identities in multi-tenant or compliance-sensitive environments
Worth the install?
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Yes.
This is the official, actively maintained Azure SDK for MSI management with low install friction, permissive MIT licensing, and no known vulnerabilities. Install it if you need to manage Azure identities programmatically. Prerequisites are Python 3.9+ and proper Azure authentication environment variable configuration.
Install
azure-mgmt-msi on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution. Actively maintained as of 2025-07-21 with recent feature additions. Depends on four stable Azure SDK packages (isodate, typing-extensions, azure-common, azure-mgmt-core).
Requires Python 3.9+. Azure authentication environment variables (AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET, AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID) must be configured before use.
License in practice
MIT License (permissive) allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions. No licensing concerns for most projects.
Quickstart
pip install azure-mgmt-msi
from azure.mgmt.msi import ManagedServiceIdentityClient
from azure.common import credentials
import os
sub_id = os.getenv("AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID")
client = ManagedServiceIdentityClient(credential=credentials, subscription_id=sub_id)Verify before relying
- Whether isolation_scope parameter (added in 7.1.0) requires specific Azure API version support
- Async client availability and feature parity with synchronous ManagedServiceIdentityClient
- Current credential authentication patterns after breaking changes in version 6.0.0b1
Package facts
| License | MIT License permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagesisodatetyping-extensionsazure-commonazure-mgmt-core |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 389 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 7,919,289 / month, #1,681 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: OnlyProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
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