June 2026 monthly summary for Azure/azure-cli: Implemented a security-focused enhancement by introducing a new --resource-restriction parameter to az identity create and az identity update, allowing admins to constrain identity assignments to designated resource providers. This reduces misconfiguration risk, strengthens governance, and supports compliance with resource access policies. The feature includes updated CLI help, documentation, and test coverage, and is tracked under commit 5e912a20420a11f53b0b7bc9a2c1f03f98de6238 (PR #32214), co-authored by Mohamed Yilmaz Ibrahim.

March 2026 monthly summary for mikeharder/azure-rest-api-specs: Delivered a new API version for User Assigned Identities to enhance security and management capabilities, including resource restrictions and federated identity credentials. Implemented API version 2025-05-31-preview with comprehensive JSON specs for creating, updating, deleting identities and their credentials, and support for listing and retrieving identities.