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Key Vault Connector vs Environment Variables for Azure Key Vault Secrets

Posted on 13 Dec 2024 16:08:17 by 10
Hello Power Automate Community,
 
I hope you can help.
 
Does anyone know what extra or what the reason is for using the functionality of "use environment variables for Azure Key Vault secrets" vs just using the "Azure Key Vault" connector.
 
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
 
Thanks very much,
 
Garry
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    CU01081947-0 10 on 14 Dec 2024 at 07:06:11
    Key Vault Connector vs Environment Variables for Azure Key Vault Secrets
    Hello @Pstork1,
     
    Thanks so much for your quick response. That's good to know. I'll go with the environment variable approach then. 
     
    Much appreciated,
     
    Garry
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    Pstork1 64,098 on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:36:54
    Key Vault Connector vs Environment Variables for Azure Key Vault Secrets
    If you use just the connector then the credentials or auth keys are available in the code. If you use the secrets environment variable then the value used for authorization keys are encrypted in the environment variable. The connector can then retrieve them at runtime but no one else can.

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