# addAzureUserAssignedIdentity

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds an Azure user‑assigned identity resource to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addAzureUserAssignedIdentity(name: string): AzureUserAssignedIdentityResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## Returns

[AzureUserAssignedIdentityResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure/azureuserassignedidentityresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)