auth visual studio (#45423)

* auth visual studio


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Co-authored-by: Scott Addie <[email protected]>

Author: alexwolfmsft

docs/azure/configure-visual-studio.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Configure Visual Studio for Azure Development with .NET
 description: This article helps you configure Visual Studio for Azure development including getting the right workloads installed and connecting Visual Studio to your Azure account.
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: devx-track-dotnet, engagement-fy23
-ms.date: 8/15/2024
+ms.date: 3/19/2025
 author: alexwolfmsft
 ms.author: alexwolf
 ---
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ Open Visual Studio Installer and validate that the workloads **Azure development
 
 ## Authenticate Visual Studio with Azure
 
-When you debug apps through Visual Studio, Visual Studio can use your Azure account to authenticate and access Azure Resources. This account is also used when you publish apps directly from Visual Studio to Azure.
-
-To authenticate your Azure account from Visual Studio, select the **Tools** > **Options** menu to launch the **Options** dialog. Navigate to the **Azure Service Authentication** options and sign in using your Azure account.
-
-![Screenshot of the Visual Studio Options Dialog showing the Azure Login](./media/visual-studio-azure-login-dialog.png)
+[!INCLUDE [auth-visual-studio](sdk/includes/auth-visual-studio.md)]
 
 ## Next steps
 

docs/azure/media/visual-studio-azure-login-dialog.png

@@ -38,17 +38,7 @@ Next, sign-in to Azure using one of several developer tools that can be used to
 
 ### [Visual Studio](#tab/sign-in-visual-studio)
 
-Developers using Visual Studio 2017 or later can authenticate using their developer account through the IDE. Apps using `DefaultAzureCredential` or <xref:Azure.Identity.VisualStudioCredential> can discover and use this account to authenticate app requests when running locally.
-
-1. Inside Visual Studio, navigate to **Tools** > **Options** to open the options dialog.
-1. In the **Search Options** box at the top, type *Azure* to filter the available options.
-1. Under **Azure Service Authentication**, choose **Account Selection**.
-1. Select the drop-down menu under **Choose an account** and choose to add a Microsoft Account.
-1. In the window that opens, enter the credentials for your desired Azure account, and then confirm your inputs.
-
-    :::image type="content" source="../media/visual-studio-sign-in.png" alt-text="A screenshot showing how to sign-in to Azure using Visual Studio.":::
-
-1. Select **OK** to close the options dialog.
+[!INCLUDE [auth-visual-studio](../includes/auth-visual-studio.md)]
 
 ### [Azure CLI](#tab/sign-in-azure-cli)
 

docs/azure/sdk/authentication/local-development-dev-accounts.md

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+ms.topic: include
+ms.date: 03/19/2025
+---
+
+Developers using Visual Studio 2017 or later can authenticate using their developer account through the IDE. Apps using <xref:Azure.Identity.DefaultAzureCredential> or <xref:Azure.Identity.VisualStudioCredential> can discover and use this account to authenticate app requests when running locally. This account is also used when you publish apps directly from Visual Studio to Azure.
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> You'll need to [install the **Azure development** workload](/dotnet/azure/configure-visual-studio#install-azure-workloads) to enable Visual Studio tooling for Azure authentication, development, and deployment.
+
+1. Inside Visual Studio, navigate to **Tools** > **Options** to open the options dialog.
+1. In the **Search Options** box at the top, type *Azure* to filter the available options.
+1. Under **Azure Service Authentication**, choose **Account Selection**.
+1. Select the drop-down menu under **Choose an account** and choose to add a Microsoft account.
+1. In the window that opens, enter the credentials for your desired Azure account, and then confirm your inputs.
+
+    :::image type="content" source="../media/visual-studio-sign-in.png" alt-text="A screenshot showing how to sign-in to Azure using Visual Studio.":::
+
+1. Select **OK** to close the options dialog.