How to Install `azure-identity` in Python

v1.25.3 General Purpose Python >=3.9

Microsoft Azure Identity Library for Python

Install pip install azure-identity

What is azure-identity?

Microsoft Azure Identity Library for Python

Azure Identity client library for Python

The Azure Identity library provides Microsoft Entra ID token-based authentication support across the Azure SDK. It provides a set of [][tokencredref]/[][supportstokeninforef] implementations, which can be used to construct Azure SDK clients that support Microsoft Entra token authentication.

Source code | Package (PyPI) | Package (Conda) | [API reference documentation][refdocs] | Microsoft Entra ID documentation

PyPI page → Author: Microsoft Corporation <[email protected]> License-Expression: MIT

Quick Start

Minimal example to get started with azure-identity:

import azure.identity

print(azure.identity.__version__)

Installation

pip (standard)

pip install azure-identity

Virtual environment (recommended)

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install azure-identity

pip3

pip3 install azure-identity

conda

conda install -c conda-forge azure-identity

Poetry

poetry add azure-identity

Dependencies

Installing azure-identity will also install these packages:

azure-core cryptography msal msal-extensions typing-extensions

Verify the Installation

After installing, confirm the package is available:

python -c "import azure.identity; print(azure.identity.__version__)"

If this prints a version number, installation succeeded. If you see a ModuleNotFoundError, see the errors section below.

Installation Errors

Common errors when installing azure-identity with pip.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'azure.identity'

Cause: The package is not installed in the current Python environment.

Fix: Run pip install azure-identity. If using a virtual environment, ensure it is activated first.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'azure.identity' (installed but still failing)

Cause: pip installed the package into a different Python than the one running your script.

Fix: Use python -m pip install azure-identity to install into the interpreter you are running.

ImportError: cannot import name 'X' from 'azure.identity'

Cause: The function or class does not exist in the installed version.

Fix: Check the version with pip show azure-identity and upgrade with pip install --upgrade azure-identity.

pip: command not found

Cause: pip is not in PATH or Python was not added to PATH during installation.

Fix: Try python -m pip install azure-identity. On macOS/Linux try pip3.

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

Cause: No write access to the system Python package directory.

Fix: Use a virtual environment, or add --user: pip install --user azure-identity

SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED

Cause: pip cannot verify PyPI's SSL certificate — common behind corporate proxies.

Fix: Try: pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org azure-identity

Recent Releases

Version	Released
`1.25.3` latest	2026-03-13
`1.26.0b2`	2026-02-12
`1.25.2`	2026-02-11
`1.26.0b1`	2025-11-07
`1.25.1`	2025-10-06

Full release history on PyPI →

Manage azure-identity

Upgrade to latest version

pip install --upgrade azure-identity

Install a specific version

pip install azure-identity==1.25.3

Uninstall

pip uninstall azure-identity

Check what is installed

pip show azure-identity

Last updated: 2026-04-11 • Data from PyPI

How to Install azure-identity in Python