diff --git a/litellm/integrations/azure_storage/azure_storage.py b/litellm/integrations/azure_storage/azure_storage.py
index 16ef6920114..13058bf4f22 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/azure_storage/azure_storage.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/azure_storage/azure_storage.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ AZURE_STORAGE_TOKEN_SCOPE: Final = "https://storage.azure.com/.default"
 def _cached_credential_chain_token_provider() -> Callable[[], str]:
     return get_azure_ad_token_provider(
         azure_scope=AZURE_STORAGE_TOKEN_SCOPE,
-        azure_credential=AzureCredentialType.DefaultAzureCredential,
+        azure_credential=AzureCredentialType.DeploymentIdentityCredential,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/litellm/secret_managers/get_azure_ad_token_provider.py b/litellm/secret_managers/get_azure_ad_token_provider.py
index c2dc09bc65d..5d056ea3fe0 100644
--- a/litellm/secret_managers/get_azure_ad_token_provider.py
+++ b/litellm/secret_managers/get_azure_ad_token_provider.py
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ def get_azure_ad_token_provider(
     from azure import identity
     from azure.identity import (
         CertificateCredential,
+        ChainedTokenCredential,
         ClientSecretCredential,
         DefaultAzureCredential,
         ManagedIdentityCredential,
+        WorkloadIdentityCredential,
         get_bearer_token_provider,
     )
 
@@ -101,6 +103,28 @@ def get_azure_ad_token_provider(
         # DefaultAzureCredential doesn't require explicit environment variables
         # It automatically discovers credentials from the environment (managed identity, CLI, etc.)
         credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
+    elif cred == AzureCredentialType.DeploymentIdentityCredential:
+        # DefaultAzureCredential cannot express this: excluding its developer credentials still
+        # leaves one managed identity link, which AZURE_CLIENT_ID pins to a user assigned identity,
+        # so a host running as a system assigned identity never gets asked
+        workload_client_id: Final = os.environ.get("AZURE_CLIENT_ID")
+        workload_tenant_id: Final = os.environ.get("AZURE_TENANT_ID")
+        workload_token_file: Final = os.environ.get("AZURE_FEDERATED_TOKEN_FILE")
+        credential = ChainedTokenCredential(
+            *(
+                (
+                    WorkloadIdentityCredential(
+                        client_id=workload_client_id,
+                        tenant_id=workload_tenant_id,
+                        token_file_path=workload_token_file,
+                    ),
+                )
+                if workload_client_id and workload_tenant_id and workload_token_file
+                else ()
+            ),
+            *((ManagedIdentityCredential(client_id=workload_client_id),) if workload_client_id else ()),
+            ManagedIdentityCredential(),
+        )
     else:
         cred_cls: Final = getattr(identity, cred)
         credential = cred_cls()
diff --git a/litellm/types/secret_managers/get_azure_ad_token_provider.py b/litellm/types/secret_managers/get_azure_ad_token_provider.py
index 5d2f7409f95..6b4700d081d 100644
--- a/litellm/types/secret_managers/get_azure_ad_token_provider.py
+++ b/litellm/types/secret_managers/get_azure_ad_token_provider.py
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ class AzureCredentialType(str, Enum):
     ManagedIdentityCredential = "ManagedIdentityCredential"
     CertificateCredential = "CertificateCredential"
     DefaultAzureCredential = "DefaultAzureCredential"
+    DeploymentIdentityCredential = "DeploymentIdentityCredential"
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/azure_storage/test_azure_storage.py b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/azure_storage/test_azure_storage.py
index a96eae0f9c3..6e1dab4a71a 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/azure_storage/test_azure_storage.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/azure_storage/test_azure_storage.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def workload_identity_env_vars(monkeypatch):
         "AZURE_STORAGE_ENDPOINT_SUFFIX",
         "AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET",
         "AZURE_CREDENTIAL",
+        "AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS",
         "AZURE_SCOPE",
     ):
         monkeypatch.delenv(unset, raising=False)
@@ -206,10 +207,28 @@ def test_default_chain_provider_is_storage_scoped_and_built_once_per_process():
     assert first() == "chain-token"
     mock_builder.assert_called_once_with(
         azure_scope="https://storage.azure.com/.default",
-        azure_credential=AzureCredentialType.DefaultAzureCredential,
+        azure_credential=AzureCredentialType.DeploymentIdentityCredential,
     )
 
 
+def test_storage_chain_reaches_only_the_identities_a_deployment_carries(workload_identity_env_vars):
+    """
+    The chain runs on a server, where a developer sign-in is a person and not the deployment, so
+    the storage token must come from workload identity or managed identity or from nothing
+    """
+    _cached_credential_chain_token_provider.cache_clear()
+    with patch("azure.identity.get_bearer_token_provider", return_value=lambda: "chain-token") as bearer:
+        _cached_credential_chain_token_provider()
+    _cached_credential_chain_token_provider.cache_clear()
+
+    bearer.assert_called_once()
+    with bearer.call_args.args[0] as chain:
+        assert {type(link).__name__ for link in chain.credentials} == {
+            "WorkloadIdentityCredential",
+            "ManagedIdentityCredential",
+        }
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_chain_tokens_are_read_from_the_provider_on_every_refresh(
     workload_identity_env_vars,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/secret_managers/test_get_azure_ad_token_provider.py b/tests/test_litellm/secret_managers/test_get_azure_ad_token_provider.py
index c9ec22ab0df..4bc7c21d8d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/secret_managers/test_get_azure_ad_token_provider.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/secret_managers/test_get_azure_ad_token_provider.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 # Adds the grandparent directory to sys.path to allow importing project modules
 
 import pytest
+from azure.core.exceptions import ClientAuthenticationError
 
 from litellm.secret_managers.get_azure_ad_token_provider import (
     get_azure_ad_token_provider,
@@ -16,6 +17,143 @@ from litellm.types.secret_managers.get_azure_ad_token_provider import (
 )
 
 
+class TestDeploymentIdentityCredential:
+    @staticmethod
+    def _chain_for(credential_type):
+        with patch("azure.identity.get_bearer_token_provider", return_value=lambda: "token") as bearer:
+            get_azure_ad_token_provider(
+                azure_scope="https://storage.azure.com/.default",
+                azure_credential=credential_type,
+            )
+        bearer.assert_called_once()
+        with bearer.call_args.args[0] as chain:
+            return {type(link).__name__ for link in chain.credentials}
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _managed_identity_client_ids(credential_type):
+        with patch("azure.identity.get_bearer_token_provider", return_value=lambda: "token") as bearer:
+            get_azure_ad_token_provider(
+                azure_scope="https://storage.azure.com/.default",
+                azure_credential=credential_type,
+            )
+        with bearer.call_args.args[0] as chain:
+            return [
+                (link._credential._settings or {}).get("client_id")
+                for link in chain.credentials
+                if type(link).__name__ == "ManagedIdentityCredential"
+            ]
+
+    @patch.dict(
+        os.environ,
+        {
+            "AZURE_CLIENT_ID": "workload-identity-client-id",
+            "AZURE_TENANT_ID": "workload-identity-tenant-id",
+            "AZURE_FEDERATED_TOKEN_FILE": "/var/run/secrets/azure/tokens/azure-identity-token",
+        },
+        clear=True,
+    )
+    def test_deployment_identity_reaches_workload_and_managed_identity_only(self):
+        assert self._chain_for(AzureCredentialType.DeploymentIdentityCredential) == {
+            "WorkloadIdentityCredential",
+            "ManagedIdentityCredential",
+        }
+
+    @patch.dict(
+        os.environ,
+        {
+            "AZURE_CLIENT_ID": "workload-identity-client-id",
+            "AZURE_TENANT_ID": "workload-identity-tenant-id",
+            "AZURE_FEDERATED_TOKEN_FILE": "/var/run/secrets/azure/tokens/azure-identity-token",
+            "AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS": "dev",
+        },
+        clear=True,
+    )
+    def test_deployment_identity_survives_a_developer_only_token_credentials_setting(self):
+        """AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=dev asks the SDK for developer credentials only, which is every
+        credential this chain drops, so the deployment's own identity has to win over it"""
+        assert self._chain_for(AzureCredentialType.DeploymentIdentityCredential) == {
+            "WorkloadIdentityCredential",
+            "ManagedIdentityCredential",
+        }
+
+    @patch.dict(
+        os.environ,
+        {
+            "AZURE_CLIENT_ID": "azure-openai-client-id",
+            "AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET": "azure-openai-client-secret",
+            "AZURE_TENANT_ID": "azure-openai-tenant-id",
+        },
+        clear=True,
+    )
+    def test_default_azure_credential_keeps_its_full_chain(self):
+        """Azure OpenAI callers pass DefaultAzureCredential and must be unaffected by the
+        narrowing that the storage callback asks for"""
+        full_chain = self._chain_for(AzureCredentialType.DefaultAzureCredential)
+
+        assert "EnvironmentCredential" in full_chain
+        assert "AzureCliCredential" in full_chain
+        assert "EnvironmentCredential" not in self._chain_for(
+            AzureCredentialType.DeploymentIdentityCredential
+        )
+
+    @patch.dict(
+        os.environ,
+        {
+            "AZURE_CLIENT_ID": "azure-openai-client-id",
+            "AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET": "azure-openai-client-secret",
+            "AZURE_TENANT_ID": "azure-openai-tenant-id",
+        },
+        clear=True,
+    )
+    def test_deployment_identity_refuses_to_mint_a_token_for_a_configured_service_principal(self):
+        """A host carrying only an Azure OpenAI client secret must get no token at all, and the
+        refusal must name the identities that were actually tried"""
+        provider = get_azure_ad_token_provider(
+            azure_scope="https://storage.azure.com/.default",
+            azure_credential=AzureCredentialType.DeploymentIdentityCredential,
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(ClientAuthenticationError) as refusal:
+            provider()
+
+        assert "ManagedIdentityCredential" in str(refusal.value)
+        assert "EnvironmentCredential" not in str(refusal.value)
+        assert "AzureCliCredential" not in str(refusal.value)
+        assert "azure-openai-client-secret" not in str(refusal.value)
+
+    @patch.dict(
+        os.environ,
+        {
+            "AZURE_CLIENT_ID": "azure-openai-client-id",
+            "AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET": "azure-openai-client-secret",
+            "AZURE_TENANT_ID": "azure-openai-tenant-id",
+        },
+        clear=True,
+    )
+    def test_deployment_identity_still_reaches_a_system_assigned_managed_identity(self):
+        """AZURE_CLIENT_ID names one identity for the whole proxy, and pointing it at Azure OpenAI
+        must not hide the system assigned identity the host runs as"""
+        client_ids = self._managed_identity_client_ids(AzureCredentialType.DeploymentIdentityCredential)
+
+        assert "azure-openai-client-id" in client_ids
+        assert None in client_ids
+
+    @patch.dict(
+        os.environ,
+        {
+            "AZURE_CLIENT_ID": "user-assigned-identity-client-id",
+            "AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS": "dev",
+        },
+        clear=True,
+    )
+    def test_deployment_identity_keeps_the_user_assigned_identity_under_a_dev_only_setting(self):
+        """AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=dev asks the SDK for developer credentials only, and the
+        identity a host actually runs as has to survive that"""
+        assert "user-assigned-identity-client-id" in self._managed_identity_client_ids(
+            AzureCredentialType.DeploymentIdentityCredential
+        )
+
+
 class TestGetAzureAdTokenProvider:
     @patch.dict(
         os.environ,