Azure Entra Auth Options

[benmatwil]

Are there any plans to enable the user to customise the authentication via Azure?
I understand that the ODBC connection string schema options might restrict what's possible for customisation.
Under the current version, I know you could always generate a token manually send that to auth so there's always that alternative.

We have a couple of use cases where logging into Azure needs a more custom use of the Azure Identity Credential classes. Examples include

• DefaultAzureCredential but excluding the managed identity check
• Directly using the AzureCliCredential or

Perhaps being able to pass a Credential instance from the azure.identity library to .connect would be useful?

[github-actions]

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[jahnvi480]

@benmatwil Thanks for raising this, it's a valid use case. We're currently discussing this internally with the team to evaluate the best approach. I'll update this issue once we have a conclusion. Appreciate your patience!