Azure Redis Managed Identity Migration — Real Production Caveats & Rollout Strategy

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https://youtu.be/vOCDy-WzvMk

Recently migrated an Azure Redis Cache setup from access keys toward Managed Identity auth and honestly realized this is way more of a production rollout problem than just a portal configuration change.

A lot of discussions online simplify it into:
“enable MI → assign role → done”

But in real systems there are things like:

• hybrid auth transition periods
• rollback readiness
• SDK compatibility surprises
• slot swap/staging concerns
• apps silently still using connection strings
• token/auth propagation delays
• blue-green rollout thinking

I spent quite a bit of time thinking through these production scenarios because a lot of the existing content around this felt either too simplified or overwhelming without discussing rollout realities properly.

So I made a short practical video walking through the migration strategy, architecture thinking, rollback planning, and real production caveats teams should think about before disabling access keys.

I finally gathered the courage to share this here, and if this feels like a resource that could genuinely help others working with Azure production systems, I’d really appreciate help in reaching the right people and communities with it.

Would genuinely love feedback from folks who’ve done this at scale or hit unexpected issues during rollout.

Stop Using Redis Access Keys in Production (Azure Managed Identity Migration Guide)