to generate token using managed identity code example

Example: curl 'http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?

# Get an access token for managed identities for Azure resources
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?api-version=2018-02-01&resource=https%3A%2F%2Fmanagement.azure.com%2F' `
                              -Headers @{Metadata="true"}
$content =$response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json
$access_token = $content.access_token
echo "The managed identities for Azure resources access token is $access_token"

# Use the access token to get resource information for the VM
$vmInfoRest = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION-ID>/resourceGroups/<RESOURCE-GROUP>/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/<VM-NAME>?api-version=2017-12-01' -Method GET -ContentType "application/json" -Headers @{ Authorization ="Bearer $access_token"}).content
echo "JSON returned from call to get VM info:"
echo $vmInfoRest

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