Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions — Question 13

You have an Azure DevOps organization named Contoso.
You need to recommend an authentication mechanism that meets the following requirements:
✑ Supports authentication from Git
✑ Minimizes the need to provide credentials during authentication
What should you recommend?

Answer options

• A. personal access tokens (PATs) in Azure DevOps
• B. Alternate credentials in Azure DevOps
• C. user accounts in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
• D. managed identities in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Personal access tokens (PATs) are specifically designed to provide a simple way to authenticate to Azure DevOps without frequently entering credentials, making them the best option for Git authentication. Alternate credentials may still require manual input and user accounts in Azure AD do not necessarily minimize the need for credential entry. Managed identities are more suitable for Azure resources than Git authentication.