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Remove User Assigned Identity
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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
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Bias Analysis

Detected Bias Types
powershell_heavy
windows_tools
missing_linux_example
windows_first
Summary
The documentation page demonstrates a strong Windows/Powershell bias. All command-line examples use Powershell cmdlets, with no mention of Azure CLI, Bash, or Linux-native tooling. Even REST API usage is shown via Powershell's Invoke-RestMethod, and variable paths use Windows-style backslashes. There are no Linux or cross-platform command-line examples, and Powershell is assumed as the default scripting environment throughout.
Recommendations
  • Add equivalent Azure CLI examples for all operations, including authentication, resource modification, and verification.
  • Provide Bash shell examples for REST API calls using curl, including how to obtain an access token with Azure CLI.
  • Use platform-neutral variable naming and file path conventions, or show both Windows and Linux path styles.
  • Explicitly mention that Powershell examples are for Windows (and optionally for cross-platform Powershell Core), and provide Linux/macOS alternatives.
  • In sections where Powershell is used to verify results, also show how to do this with Azure CLI (e.g., az automation account show).
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Flagged Code Snippets

    # Sign in to your Azure subscription
    $sub = Get-AzSubscription -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if(-not($sub))
    {
        Connect-AzAccount
    }
    
    $resourceGroup = "resourceGroupName"
    $automationAccount = "automationAccountName"
    
    # Removes all UAs, keeps SA
    $output = Set-AzAutomationAccount `
        -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup `
        -Name $automationAccount `
        -AssignSystemIdentity 
    
    $output.identity.Type
    
    # Sign in to your Azure subscription
    $sub = Get-AzSubscription -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if(-not($sub))
    {
        Connect-AzAccount -Subscription
    }
    
    $subscriptionID = "subscriptionID"
    $resourceGroup = "resourceGroupName"
    $automationAccount = "automationAccountName"
    $file = "path\body_remove_ua.json"
    
    # build URI
    $URI = "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/$subscriptionID/resourceGroups/$resourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/$automationAccount`?api-version=2020-01-13-preview"
    
    # build body
    $body = Get-Content $file
    
    # obtain access token
    $azContext = Get-AzContext
    $azProfile = [Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.Abstractions.AzureRmProfileProvider]::Instance.Profile
    $profileClient = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Common.RMProfileClient -ArgumentList ($azProfile)
    $token = $profileClient.AcquireAccessToken($azContext.Subscription.TenantId)
    $authHeader = @{
        'Content-Type'='application/json'
        'Authorization'='Bearer ' + $token.AccessToken
    }
    
    # Invoke the REST API
    Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $URI -Method PATCH -Headers $authHeader -Body $body
    
    # Confirm removal
    (Get-AzAutomationAccount `
        -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup `
        -Name $automationAccount).Identity.Type
    
(Get-AzAutomationAccount `
    -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup `
    -Name $automationAccount).Identity.Type