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Remove User Assigned Identity
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This page contains Windows bias
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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
Bias Analysis
Bias Types:
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powershell_heavy
⚠️
windows_tools
⚠️
missing_linux_example
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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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Scan History
| Date | Scan ID | Status | Bias Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-17 00:01 | #83 | in_progress | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-13 21:37 | #48 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-09 13:09 | #3 | cancelled | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-08 04:23 | #2 | cancelled | ❌ Biased |
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