| author | ggailey777 | |
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| ms.service | azure-functions | |
| ms.custom |
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| ms.date | 11/14/2025 | |
| ms.author | glenga | |
| ms.topic | include |
[!INCLUDE functions-create-flex-consumption-app-portal]
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On the Monitoring page, make sure that Enable Application Insights is selected. Accept the default to create a new Application Insights instance, or else choose to use an existing instance. When you create an Application Insights instance, you're also asked to select a Log Analytics Workspace.
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On the Authentication page, change the Authentication type to Managed identity for all resources. With this option, a user-assigned managed identity is also created that your app uses to access these Azure resources using Microsoft Entra ID authentication. Managed identities with Microsoft Entra ID provides the highest level of security for connecting to Azure resources.
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Accept the default options in the remaining tabs and then select Review + create to review the app configuration you chose.
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When you're satisfied, select Create to provision and deploy the function app and related resources.
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Select the Notifications icon in the upper-right corner of the portal and watch for the Deployment succeeded message.
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Select Go to resource to view your new function app. You can also select Pin to dashboard. Pinning makes it easier to return to this function app resource from your dashboard.
:::image type="content" source="./media/functions-create-function-app-portal/function-app-create-notification-new.png" alt-text="Screenshot of deployment notification.":::