diff --git a/scripts/data_scripts/azure_credential_utils.py b/scripts/data_scripts/azure_credential_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8d9d7051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/data_scripts/azure_credential_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import os
+from azure.identity import ManagedIdentityCredential, DefaultAzureCredential
+from azure.identity.aio import (
+    ManagedIdentityCredential as AioManagedIdentityCredential,
+    DefaultAzureCredential as AioDefaultAzureCredential,
+)
+
+
+async def get_azure_credential_async(client_id=None):
+    """
+    Returns an Azure credential asynchronously based on the application environment.
+
+    If the environment is 'dev', it uses AioDefaultAzureCredential.
+    Otherwise, it uses AioManagedIdentityCredential.
+
+    Args:
+        client_id (str, optional): The client ID for the Managed Identity Credential.
+
+    Returns:
+        Credential object: Either AioDefaultAzureCredential or AioManagedIdentityCredential.
+    """
+    if os.getenv("APP_ENV", "prod").lower() == "dev":
+        return (
+            AioDefaultAzureCredential()
+        )  # CodeQL [SM05139] Okay use of DefaultAzureCredential as it is only used in development
+    else:
+        return AioManagedIdentityCredential(client_id=client_id)
+
+
+def get_azure_credential(client_id=None):
+    """
+    Returns an Azure credential based on the application environment.
+
+    If the environment is 'dev', it uses DefaultAzureCredential.
+    Otherwise, it uses ManagedIdentityCredential.
+
+    Args:
+        client_id (str, optional): The client ID for the Managed Identity Credential.
+
+    Returns:
+        Credential object: Either DefaultAzureCredential or ManagedIdentityCredential.
+    """
+    if os.getenv("APP_ENV", "prod").lower() == "dev":
+        return (
+            DefaultAzureCredential()
+        )  # CodeQL [SM05139] Okay use of DefaultAzureCredential as it is only used in development
+    else:
+        return ManagedIdentityCredential(client_id=client_id)
diff --git a/scripts/data_scripts/create_postgres_tables.py b/scripts/data_scripts/create_postgres_tables.py
index 805fd7621..14e395d4f 100644
--- a/scripts/data_scripts/create_postgres_tables.py
+++ b/scripts/data_scripts/create_postgres_tables.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
+from azure_credential_utils import get_azure_credential
 import psycopg2
 from psycopg2 import sql
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def grant_permissions(cursor, dbname, schema_name, principal_name):
 
 
 # Acquire the access token
-cred = DefaultAzureCredential()
+cred = get_azure_credential()
 access_token = cred.get_token("https://ossrdbms-aad.database.windows.net/.default")
 
 # Combine the token with the connection string to establish the connection.
diff --git a/scripts/run_create_table_script.sh b/scripts/run_create_table_script.sh
index 8777ecbc5..90a20c50e 100644
--- a/scripts/run_create_table_script.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_create_table_script.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ az postgres flexible-server firewall-rule create --resource-group $resourceGroup
 
 # Download the create table python file
 curl --output "create_postgres_tables.py" ${baseUrl}"scripts/data_scripts/create_postgres_tables.py"
+curl --output "azure_credential_utils.py" ${baseUrl}"scripts/data_scripts/azure_credential_utils.py"
 
 # Download the requirement file
 curl --output "$requirementFile" "$requirementFileUrl"