To control token authentication, use the token_auth_enabled parameter when you create or update a deployment Token authentication is disabled by default when you deploy to Azure Kubernetes Service. Note: The model deployments created by Azure Machine Learning can be configured to use one of two authentication methods: key-based: A static key is used to authenticate to the web service. token-based: A temporary token must be obtained from the Azure Machine Learning workspace (using Azure Active Directory) and used to authenticate to the web service. Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/how-to-authenticate-web-service