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Azure.Identity

NuGetv1.21.0

Provides APIs for authenticating to Microsoft Entra ID

Safe to adopt

Yes — Azure.Identity scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. No download data reported for this package yet. Last published 152 days ago. 25 releases in the last 2 years.

  • ?Adoption: grade ?, Not reported by this registry.

    No download data reported for this package yet.

  • BMaintenance: grade B, Good.

    Last published 152 days ago. 25 releases in the last 2 years.

  • AWeight: grade A, Excellent.

    Pulls in 1 transitive package (at least — some of the tree is still being crawled).

  • BSupply chain: grade B, Good.

    This package has a single maintainer (bus factor of 1).

  • ALicense: grade A, Excellent.

    MIT — permissive, with no copyleft found in the dependency tree.

Grades are computed deterministically from registry metadata collected by PackageGraph — downloads, dependents, publish dates, the resolved dependency tree, maintainer count, and declared licenses. No third-party scores are used.

Install cost

What you actually take on by adding Azure.Identity to a project.

1
Direct dependencies

Runtime packages this one declares itself.

1
Total installed

Distinct packages in the full runtime tree, deduplicated the way a package manager would.

1
Tree depth

Longest resolved dependency chain below this package.

Part of this dependency tree has not been crawled yet, so these figures are a lower bound rather than a final total.

Compatibility

.NET
No constraint declared

Dependencies

Declared by Azure.Identity v1.21.0. Runtime dependencies are installed with the package; dev dependencies are not.

Runtime (1)

Azure.Core [1.53.0, )

Used by

Popular packages that depend on Azure.Identity.

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↓ 0/wk◈ 1 dependents⚖ MIT

Relationship graph

Dependencies (left) and dependents (right) of Azure.Identity.

Microsoft.Diagnos…Azure.Identity
Azure.Identity dependencies dependents

Frequently installed together

System.Runtime.CompilerServices.UnsafeNuGet

Provides the System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe class, which provides generic, low-level functionality for manipulating pointers.

↓ 0/wk◈ 3 dependents⚖ MIT
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.NET Core Diagnostics Client Library

↓ 0/wk◈ 1 dependents⚖ MIT

Release history

21 releases in the last two years, typically about 19 days apart.

Recent versions of Azure.Identity
VersionPublishedLicense
1.17.24 months agoMIT
1.21.0latest5 months agoMIT
1.20.05 months agoMIT
1.19.06 months agoMIT
1.18.06 months agoMIT
1.18.0-beta.36 months agoMIT
1.18.0-beta.29 months agoMIT
1.17.19 months agoMIT
1.18.0-beta.19 months agoMIT
1.17.011 months agoMIT
1.16.01 year agoMIT
1.15.01 year agoMIT
1.15.0-beta.11 year agoMIT
1.14.21 year agoMIT
1.14.11 year agoMIT

Overview

Azure.Identity is an NuGet package that provides APIs for authenticating to Microsoft Entra ID. It has 1 known dependents in the graph. The latest version is 1.21.0, released under the MIT license.

Who should use it

Teams working in the NuGet ecosystem who need provides APIs for authenticating to Microsoft Entra ID and value a focused solution.

When not to use it

Consider an alternative if you need to or if a more actively-maintained option better fits your NuGet stack.

Pros

  • Clear open-source license (MIT).
  • Lean dependency tree (1 direct dependencies).

Cons

  • No significant drawbacks detected from available metadata.

Auto-generated from collected registry metadata. No external claims are inferred.

Maintainers

Microsoft

Keywords

AzureIdentityMicrosoftazureofficialwindowsazureofficial

Frequently asked questions

Should I use Azure.Identity?

Yes — Azure.Identity scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. No download data reported for this package yet. Last published 152 days ago. 25 releases in the last 2 years.

How do I install Azure.Identity?

Run `dotnet add package Azure.Identity` to add Azure.Identity to your NuGet project.

How many dependencies does Azure.Identity have?

Azure.Identity declares 1 direct dependency and pulls in 1 packages in total once its runtime tree is resolved.

What license is Azure.Identity released under?

Azure.Identity is distributed under the MIT license.

How popular is Azure.Identity?

NuGet does not publish download counts. Within PackageGraph's crawl, 1 known packages depend on Azure.Identity.

Is Azure.Identity still maintained?

The most recent release of Azure.Identity (v1.21.0) was published 5 months ago.