---
id: 5743
title: "The Taxonomy of Workload Identities in Entra ID: Service Principals, Enterprise Applications, and Other Forms of Organized Confusion"
source_domain: semperis.com
source_url: "https://www.semperis.com/blog/taxonomy-of-workload-identities-in-entra-id/"
published_at: "2026-06-27T01:41:24Z"
tags: ["agentic-ai", "active-directory", "entra-id", "semperis", "service-principals", "workload-identities", "managed-identities"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5743"
lang: en
---

# The Taxonomy of Workload Identities in Entra ID: Service Principals, Enterprise Applications, and Other Forms of Organized Confusion

## Summary

Chapter two of Semperis' guide unpacks Entra ID workload identities — service principals, applications, managed identities, legacy apps — and introduces the ServiceIdentity principal type for agents.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** semperis.com
- **Published:** 2026-06-27T01:41:24Z
- **Original:** https://www.semperis.com/blog/taxonomy-of-workload-identities-in-entra-id/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5743