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title: PAM JWT Authentication Overview
slug: kronpam-reference-guide-3-9-0/pam-jwt-authentication-overview
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createdAt: 2026-10-09T12:02:12.978Z
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JWT authentication enables a workload to request a Vault secret by presenting a Microsoft Entra ID access token. The workload uses the OAuth 2.0 client-credentials flow; no interactive user sign-in is involved.