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Authentication instructions should recommend device code authentication, not copying password into terminal

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Description

Lab name

Plan and prepare a GenAIOps solution

What is the documentation error?

Where is the error on the page?
Exercise: Set up your Microsoft Foundry project
Task: Deploy Microsoft Foundry resources
Step: Authenticate with Azure CLI:

What is wrong?

It notes that VS Code may fail to open the browser when you run az login. Indeed, it did fail to complete the flow for me.

However, it suggests copying the password into the terminal, which is not secure (command lines are often logged).

az login --username <your-username> --password <your-password>

A much better alternative is device code authentication.

az login --use-device-code
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Research direction

Open docs/01-infrastructure-setup.html and review the “Authenticate with Azure CLI” step under “Deploy Microsoft Foundry resources.” Replace the insecure password-based guidance with the device-code authentication recommendation described in the issue, then verify that the instructions clearly explain the revised az login flow.

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Assessment

Tech stack
azure, bash
Domain
cli, cloud, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
90/100

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