Exam DP-700 topic 1 question 15 discussion

A service principal is an identity created for use with applications, hosted services, and automated tools to access Azure resources. It provides a secure, non-interactive way for Azure DevOps pipelines to authenticate and interact with Fabric APIs without needing user credentials.

to interact with azure services and devops to implement automation, service principal is most commonly used

Here's a brief overview of the options: Service principal: Provides a secure and scalable method for authenticating and authorizing access between Azure DevOps and other services. Ideal for automation and integration scenarios. Microsoft Entra username and password: Less secure and not recommended for automated processes. Managed private endpoint: Used for secure, private connectivity between services, but not specifically for authentication in this context. Workspace identity: Not typically used for cross-service API authentication in Azure DevOps integration scenarios.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/fabric/core/deployment-pipelines/deploy-stage-content?tabs=HTTP The above documentation shows that the deploy pipeline API can only use a service principal to deploy PowerBI content. Since we are deploying content related to a medallion architecture we will need to use user based authentication. Workspace ID is for fabric to reach out to other things which isn't what we want. And a managed private-endpoint is not relevant.

To configure API authentication between Azure DevOps and Fabric, a service principal is the recommended approach. Workspace identity: Workspace identities are a feature within Fabric itself. They are used to control access to resources within the Fabric workspace. While relevant for managing access within Fabric, they don't directly facilitate authentication with external services like Azure DevOps.

See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2074603/run-pipeline-via-azure-function-by-rest-api

Use of service principal is discouraged