Extensions
Authentication
The Azure extension has two ways to configure the authentication. The preferred way is to use Secrets.  
#### Authentication with Secret {#docs:extensions:azure::authentication-with-secret}  
Multiple [Secret Providers](#docs:configuration:secrets_manager::secret-providers) are available for the Azure extension:  
* If you need to define different secrets for different storage accounts, use [the `SCOPE` configuration](#docs:configuration:secrets_manager::creating-multiple-secrets-for-the-same-service-type). Note that the `SCOPE` requires a trailing slash (` SCOPE 'azure://some_container/'`).
* If you use fully qualified path then the `ACCOUNT_NAME` attribute is optional.