AI-200 Security And Observability Practice Question
Your enterprise AI solution runs on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and utilizes Azure Key Vault to store secrets and API keys for cognitive services. You need to provide pods with secure, credential-less access to Azure Key Vault without storing connection strings in Kubernetes secrets or environment variables. Which integration should you implement?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Azure Key Vault Provider for Secrets Store CSI Driver with Azure AD Workload Identity
Azure Key Vault Provider for Secrets Store CSI Driver allows AKS to get secrets stored in Key Vault using Azure AD Workload Identity, mounting them directly as volumes or syncing them as Kubernetes secrets securely.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Kubernetes Service Account tokens mapped to Key Vault access policies via static connection strings
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Static connection strings undermine the security goal of credential-less access.
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A Kubernetes CronJob that pulls keys from Key Vault and creates sealed secrets
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. This relies on periodic polling and custom scripting rather than native secure CSI driver integration.
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Azure Container Instances virtual nodes with managed system-assigned identities
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Virtual nodes scale AKS pods to ACI, but do not inherently solve secure secret injection from Key Vault.
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Azure Key Vault Provider for Secrets Store CSI Driver with Azure AD Workload Identity
Why this is correct
Correct. This is the recommended secure pattern for Kubernetes workloads to access Azure Key Vault using managed identities.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Microsoft exam blueprint
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