Azure Managed Identity User Assigned Identity pattern-based discovery

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  • Updated June 16, 2026
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    Summary of Azure Managed Identity User Assigned Identity pattern-based discovery

    The Azure Managed Identity User Assigned Identity pattern-based discovery in ServiceNow identifies and maps Azure managed identities within your cloud environment. This discovery integrates with the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application, helping you populate critical data about Azure user-assigned identities into your CMDB and related tables.

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    Key Features

    • Pattern Activation: The discovery pattern is disabled by default and requires activation. Starting with Visibility Content version 6.28.0, enabling or disabling patterns is no longer treated as customization and they receive automatic updates. Patterns reset to predefined versions after upgrades while retaining activation status.
    • Prerequisites and Setup: Ensure Microsoft Azure discovery prerequisites are met, including configuring Azure service accounts properly, especially for Azure GovCloud (US), which requires specific datacenter URLs.
    • Data Storage: The discovery populates data in both CMDB and non-CMDB tables:
      • Non-CMDB tables: Populated when running the Azure - Managed Identity User Assigned Identity - Extended Inventory pattern. These tables include key fields such as Client ID, Location, Object ID, Principal ID, Resource Group, and Tenant ID.
      • CMDB tables: The Cloud Resource [cmdbcicmpresource] table stores discovered resources with attributes like install status, operational status, resource type (set to microsoft.managedidentity/userassignedidentities), location, and object ID.
    • CI Relationships: The discovery creates relationships linking managed identities to resource groups, Azure datacenters, and cloud resources to provide a comprehensive view of resource dependencies and hosting.
    • Azure Tag Discovery: Tags associated with the user assigned identities are collected and stored in the Key Value [cmdbkeyvalue] table, allowing for enhanced resource categorization and filtering.

    What Customers Can Expect

    By enabling this pattern-based discovery, ServiceNow customers can automatically identify and map Azure Managed Identity User Assigned Identities, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information in their CMDB. This facilitates better asset management, compliance, and operational insights for Azure cloud resources. The discovery supports complex environments including Azure GovCloud, maintains relationships among cloud resources, and captures metadata like tags, helping optimize cloud infrastructure management and governance.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds Azure services on your cloud environment. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

    Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

    Verify the Microsoft Azure discovery prerequisites
    For more information, see the prerequisites section in Microsoft Azure Cloud components discovery using patterns.
    Enable the relevant pattern
    The pattern for this service is disabled by default. Starting with Visibility Content version 6.28.0, activating or deactivating a pattern won't be considered a customization, and it will continue to receive updates. Patterns that were previously activated or deactivated will reset to the latest predefined version after upgrading while retaining the last active field value. For more information on enabling patterns, see Activate a disabled pattern.
    Configure the Discovery schedule to support GovCloud
    Discovering Azure GovCloud (US) accounts requires using a datacenter URL when setting up an Azure service account. For more information, see Set up Azure service accounts.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in both CMDB and non-CMDB tables.

    Data stored in non-CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the non-CMDB table when running the Azure - Managed Identity User Assigned Identity - Extended Inventory(LP) pattern.

    You can review the non-CMDB Azure tables by navigating to All > Configuration > Azure. You can also search the navigation filter for the specific pattern name.

    Table 1. Azure Managed Identity - User Assigned Identity [cmdb_azure_managed_identity_user_assigned_identity]
    Field Description
    Client ID [client_id] The unique identifier for an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) application, also known as a client.
    Location [location] The geographical region where the resource is deployed.
    Object Id [object_id] The unique identifier of the resource.
    Principal ID [principal_id] The unique identifier of the principal service or user associated with the resource.
    Resource Group [resource_group] Name of the resource group.
    Tenant ID [tenant_id] The unique identifier of the Azure AD tenant.
    Configuration Item [configuration_item] References the Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] table.

    Data stored in CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the CMDB when running the Azure - Managed Identity User Assigned Identity - Extended Inventory(LP) pattern.

    Table 2. Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]
    Field Description
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.
    Location [location] The geographical region where the resource is deployed.
    Name [name] The name of the resource.
    Object ID [object_id] The unique identifier of the resource.
    Operational status [operational_status] Operational status of the resource. Default value is Operational.
    Resource type [resource_type] Type of resource. The value is set to microsoft.managedidentity/userassignedidentities.

    CI relationships

    The pattern creates these relationships to support discovery.

    CI Relationship CI
    Resource Group [cmdb_ci_resource_group] Contains::Contained by Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]
    Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] Hosted on::Hosts Azure Datacenter [cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter]
    Azure Managed Identity - User Assigned Identity [cmdb_azure_managed_identity_user_assigned_identity] References Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]

    Azure tag discovery

    The pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.
    Table 3. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]
    Field Description
    Key [key] Tag name.
    Value [value] Tag value.