Azure provides various tools for securely storing secrets, connecting services, and configuring application deployments. In this course, you’ll learn how to develop a secure cloud application and the role of Azure Key Vault in secrets management. You’ll examine how to use Visual Studio Connected Services to connect Key Vault to a web app, retrieve a secret using Azure Web Apps with Key Vault, and integrate Key Vault into CI/CD pipelines. Next, you’ll explore how to use the Azure App Configuration service. Lastly, you’ll learn about the role of Azure Active Directory managed identities, including how to create both a user-assigned and a system-assigned managed identity. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure certification exam.