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Microsoft Azure Monitor Authentication

Authentication

Azure Monitor secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the clientCredentials flow(s).

Application InsightsCloudLogsMetricsMonitoringObservability
Methods: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in: header

Security Schemes

oauth2 oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials
apiKey apiKey
· in: header (x-api-key)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/azure-monitor-action-groups-openapi.yml, openapi/azure-monitor-activity-log-openapi.yml,
  openapi/azure-monitor-alerts-openapi.yml, openapi/azure-monitor-application-insights-openapi.yml,
  openapi/azure-monitor-autoscale-openapi.yml, openapi/azure-monitor-data-collection-endpoints-openapi.yml,
  openapi/azure-monitor-data-collection-rules-openapi.yml, openapi/azure-monitor-diagnostic-settings-openapi.yml,
  openapi/azure-monitor-logs-ingestion-openapi.yml, openapi/azure-monitor-logs-openapi.yml,
  openapi/azure-monitor-metric-definitions-openapi.yml, openapi/azure-monitor-metrics-batch-openapi.yml
  ...
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantId}/oauth2/v2.0/token
    scopes: 1
  sources:
  - openapi/azure-monitor-action-groups-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-activity-log-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-alerts-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-application-insights-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-autoscale-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-data-collection-endpoints-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-data-collection-rules-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-diagnostic-settings-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-logs-ingestion-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-logs-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-metric-definitions-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-metrics-batch-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-metrics-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-private-link-scopes-openapi.yml
  - openapi/azure-monitor-scheduled-query-rules-openapi.yml
- name: apiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: x-api-key
  description: API key for demo workspace access.
  sources:
  - openapi/azure-monitor-application-insights-openapi.yml