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Author: RoseHJM

articles/dev-box/how-to-customizations-connect-resource-repository.md

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 # Connect to Azure resources or clone private repositories by using customizations
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 ## Authenticate to Azure resources with service principals
 
-You can use service principals to authenticate to Azure resources in your customizations. Service principals are a secure way to access Azure resources without using user credentials.
+Service principals let you securely authenticate to Azure resources exposing user credentials. You can create a Service Principal, assign the necessary role assignments, and use it to authenticate in a customization tasks, hydrating its credentials at customization time using the existing secrets feature. The next section explains the steps.
 
-Create a Service Principal with required role assignments, and use it to log in in a customizations tasks, hydrating its credentials at customization time using the existing secrets feature. The next section provides the necessary steps.
-
-1. Create a service principal in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and assign it the necessary roles for the resources you want to access.
+1. Create a service principal in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), and assign it the necessary roles for the resources you want to use.
 
    The output is a JSON object containing the service principal's *appId*, *displayName*, *password*, and *tenant*, which are used for authentication and authorization in Azure automation scenarios.
 
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 Now you can authenticate in customization tasks, hydrating the service principal password from the Key Vault at customization time.
 
 ### Example: Download a file from Azure Storage
-
 The following example shows you how to download a file from storage account. The YAML snippet defines a Dev Box customization that performs two main tasks:
 
 1. Installs the Azure CLI using the winget package manager.
@@ -142,36 +139,35 @@ The following example shows you how to download a file from storage account. The
              --auth-mode login
    ```
 
-This setup allows automated, secure access to Azure resources during Dev Box provisioning, without exposing credentials in the script.
+This setup lets you automate secure use of Azure resources during Dev Box provisioning without exposing credentials in the script.
 
 ### Example: Download an artifact from Azure DevOps
-You can also download build artifacts from Azure DevOps (ADO) by using a service principal for authentication. To do this, add the service principal's Application ID (appId) as a user in your Azure DevOps organization and assign it to the **Readers** group. This provides the necessary permissions to access build artifacts.
+Download build artifacts from Azure DevOps (ADO) by using a service principal for authentication. Add the service principal's Application ID (appId) as a user in your Azure DevOps organization, and assign it to the **Readers** group. This step gives the necessary permissions to use build artifacts.
 
-Once configured, you can use the service principal credentials in your customization tasks to authenticate and download artifacts securely from Azure DevOps.
+After you configure these steps, use the service principal credentials in customization tasks to authenticate and download artifacts securely from Azure DevOps.
 
-#### Add a service principal to Azure DevOps organization
+#### Add a service principal to an Azure DevOps organization
 
 To add a service principal to your Azure DevOps organization:
 
-1. Sign in to your Azure DevOps organization and open **Organization settings**.
-1. In the left menu, select **Users**.
+1. Sign in to your Azure DevOps organization, and open **Organization settings**.
+1. In the menu, select **Users**.
 1. On the **Users** page, select **Add users**.
 1. In the **Add new users** dialog, enter the following information:
 
-  :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-customizations-connect-resource-repository/dev-box-customizations-devops-add-user.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Add new users dialog in Azure DevOps, showing fields for user email, access level, project, and group assignment." lightbox="media/how-to-customizations-connect-resource-repository/dev-box-customizations-devops-add-user.png":::
+   :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-customizations-connect-resource-repository/dev-box-customizations-devops-add-user.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Add new users dialog in Azure DevOps, showing fields for user email, access level, project, and group assignment." lightbox="media/how-to-customizations-connect-resource-repository/dev-box-customizations-devops-add-user.png":::
 
-  - **Users**: Service principal's Application ID (appId) as the user email.
-  - **Access Level**: Select **Basic**.
-  - **Add to project**: Select the project where you want to add the service principal.
-  - **Azure DevOps groups**: Assign the service principal to the **Readers** group.
+      - **Users**: Enter the service principal's Application ID (appId) as the user email.
+   - **Access Level**: Select **Basic**.
+   - **Add to project**: Select the project where you want to add the service principal.
+   - **Azure DevOps groups**: Assign the service principal to the **Readers** group.
 
 1. Complete the process to grant the necessary permissions.
 
 For details on how to add users to DevOps organizations, see [Add organization users and manage access](/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/add-organization-users).
 
 ## Related content
 
-- [Microsoft Dev Box customizations](concept-what-are-dev-box-customizations.md)
-- [Configure Dev Box imaging](how-to-configure-dev-box-imaging.md)
-- Learn how to [add and configure a catalog from GitHub or Azure Repos](../deployment-environments/how-to-configure-catalog.md).
+- Learn how to [Set and retrieve a secret from Azure Key Vault using the Azure portal](/azure/key-vault/secrets/quick-create-portal).
+- Learn how to [Add and configure a catalog from GitHub or Azure Repos](../deployment-environments/how-to-configure-catalog.md).
 - Learn how to [Use service principals & managed identities in Azure DevOps](/azure/devops/integrate/get-started/authentication/service-principal-managed-identity).

articles/dev-box/toc.yml

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       - name: Configure tasks for customizations
         href: how-to-configure-customization-tasks.md
       - name: Connect to Azure resources and repositories
+        displayName: customizations, secrets, Azure Key Vault
         href: how-to-customizations-connect-resource-repository.md
       - name: Add and Manage Catalogs
         href: how-to-configure-catalog.md