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title: 'Getting Started With Azure on Prowler'
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## Prowler Cloud

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> Walkthrough video onboarding an Azure Subscription using Service Principal.


<Note>
**Government Cloud Support**

Government cloud subscriptions (Azure Government) are not currently supported, but we expect to add support for them in the near future.

</Note>
### Prerequisites

Before setting up Azure in Prowler Cloud, you need to create a Service Principal with proper permissions.

For detailed instructions on how to create the Service Principal and configure permissions, see [Authentication > Service Principal](/user-guide/providers/azure/authentication#service-principal-application-authentication-recommended).

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### Step 1: Get the Subscription ID

1. Go to the [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com/#home) and search for `Subscriptions`
2. Locate and copy your Subscription ID

    ![Search Subscription](/images/providers/search-subscriptions.png)
    ![Subscriptions Page](/images/providers/get-subscription-id.png)

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### Step 2: Access Prowler Cloud

1. Navigate to [Prowler Cloud](https://cloud.prowler.com/) or launch [Prowler Local Server](/user-guide/tutorials/prowler-app)
2. Navigate to `Configuration` > `Providers`

    ![Providers Page](/images/prowler-app/cloud-providers-page.png)

3. Click `Add Provider`

    ![Add a Provider](/images/prowler-app/add-cloud-provider.png)

4. Select `Microsoft Azure`

    ![Select Microsoft Azure](/images/providers/select-azure-prowler-cloud.png)

5. Add the Subscription ID and an optional alias, then click `Next`

    ![Add Subscription ID](/images/providers/add-subscription-id.png)

### Step 3: Add Credentials to Prowler Cloud

For Azure, Prowler Cloud uses a service principal application to authenticate. For more information about the process of creating and adding permissions to a service principal refer to this [section](/user-guide/providers/azure/authentication). When you finish creating and adding the [Entra](/user-guide/providers/azure/create-prowler-service-principal#assigning-proper-permissions) and [Subscription](/user-guide/providers/azure/subscriptions) scope permissions to the service principal, enter the `Tenant ID`, `Client ID` and `Client Secret` of the service principal application.


1. Go to your App Registration overview and copy the `Client ID` and `Tenant ID`

    ![App Overview](/images/providers/app-overview.png)

2. Go to Prowler Cloud and paste:

    - `Client ID`
    - `Tenant ID`
    - `Client Secret` from [earlier](/user-guide/providers/azure/authentication#service-principal-application-authentication-recommended)

    ![Prowler Cloud Azure Credentials](/images/providers/add-credentials-azure-prowler-cloud.png)

3. Click `Next`

    ![Next Detail](/images/providers/click-next-azure.png)

4. Click "Launch Scan"

    ![Launch Scan Azure](/images/providers/launch-scan.png)

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## Prowler CLI

### Configure Azure Credentials

To authenticate with Azure, Prowler CLI supports multiple authentication methods. Choose the method that best suits your environment.

For detailed authentication setup instructions, see [Authentication](/user-guide/providers/azure/authentication).

**Service Principal (Recommended)**

Set up environment variables:

```console
export AZURE_CLIENT_ID="XXXXXXXXX"
export AZURE_TENANT_ID="XXXXXXXXX"
export AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET="XXXXXXX"
```

Then run:

```console
prowler azure --sp-env-auth
```

**Azure CLI Credentials**

Use stored Azure CLI credentials:

```console
prowler azure --az-cli-auth
```

**Browser Authentication**

Authenticate using your default browser:

```console
prowler azure --browser-auth --tenant-id <tenant-id>
```

**Managed Identity**

When running on Azure resources:

```console
prowler azure --managed-identity-auth
```

### Subscription Selection

To scan a specific Azure subscription:

```console
prowler azure --subscription-ids <subscription-id>
```

To scan multiple Azure subscriptions:

```console
prowler azure --subscription-ids <subscription-id1> <subscription-id2> <subscription-id3>
```
