diff --git a/Tasks/AzurePowerShell/Utility.ps1 b/Tasks/AzurePowerShell/Utility.ps1
index a7e67876b6fd..b385ac9ba042 100644
--- a/Tasks/AzurePowerShell/Utility.ps1
+++ b/Tasks/AzurePowerShell/Utility.ps1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function Update-PSModulePathForHostedAgent {
             $hostedAgentAzureModulePath  =  Get-LatestModule -patternToMatch "^azure_[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$"   -patternToExtract "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$" -Classic:$true
         }
 
-        if($authScheme -eq 'ServicePrincipal' -or $authScheme -eq '')
+        if($authScheme -eq 'ServicePrincipal' -or $authScheme -eq 'ManagedServiceIdentity' -or $authScheme -eq '')
         {
             $env:PSModulePath = $hostedAgentAzureModulePath + ";" + $env:PSModulePath
             $env:PSModulePath = $env:PSModulePath.TrimStart(';')
diff --git a/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/InitializeFunctions.ps1 b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/InitializeFunctions.ps1
index 015787aa84ec..f3869c94d630 100644
--- a/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/InitializeFunctions.ps1
+++ b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/InitializeFunctions.ps1
@@ -161,11 +161,108 @@ function Initialize-AzureSubscription {
 
             Set-CurrentAzureRMSubscription -SubscriptionId $Endpoint.Data.SubscriptionId -TenantId $Endpoint.Auth.Parameters.TenantId
         }
-    } else {
+    } elseif ($Endpoint.Auth.Scheme -eq 'ManagedServiceIdentity') {
+        $accountId = $env:BUILD_BUILDID 
+        if($env:RELEASE_RELEASEID){
+            $accountId = $env:RELEASE_RELEASEID 
+        }
+        $date = Get-Date -Format o
+        $accountId = -join($accountId, "-", $date)
+        $access_token = Get-MsiAccessToken $Endpoint 0 0
+        try {
+            Write-Host "##[command]Add-AzureRmAccount  -AccessToken ****** -AccountId $accountId "
+            $null = Add-AzureRmAccount -AccessToken $access_token -AccountId $accountId
+        } catch {
+            # Provide an additional, custom, credentials-related error message.
+            Write-VstsTaskError -Message $_.Exception.Message
+            throw (New-Object System.Exception((Get-VstsLocString -Key AZ_MsiFailure), $_.Exception))
+        }
+        
+        Set-CurrentAzureRMSubscription -SubscriptionId $Endpoint.Data.SubscriptionId -TenantId $Endpoint.Auth.Parameters.TenantId
+    }else {
         throw (Get-VstsLocString -Key AZ_UnsupportedAuthScheme0 -ArgumentList $Endpoint.Auth.Scheme)
+    } 
+}
+
+
+# Get the Bearer Access Token from the Endpoint
+function Get-MsiAccessToken {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param([Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] $endpoint,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] $retryCount,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] $timeToWait)
+
+    $msiClientId = "";
+    if($endpoint.Data.msiClientId){
+        $msiClientId  =  "&client_id=" + $endpoint.Data.msiClientId;
+    }
+    $tenantId = $endpoint.Auth.Parameters.TenantId
+
+    # Prepare contents for GET
+    $method = "GET"
+    $apiVersion = "2018-02-01";
+    $authUri = "http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?api-version=" + $apiVersion + "&resource=" + $endpoint.Url + $msiClientId;
+    
+    # Call Rest API to fetch AccessToken
+    Write-Verbose "Fetching Access Token For MSI"
+    
+    try
+    {
+        $retryLimit = 5;
+        $proxyUri = Get-ProxyUri $authUri
+        if ($proxyUri -eq $null)
+        {
+            Write-Verbose "No proxy settings"
+            $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $authUri -Method $method -Headers @{Metadata="true"} -UseBasicParsing
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Write-Verbose "Using Proxy settings"
+            $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $authUri -Method $method -Headers @{Metadata="true"} -UseDefaultCredentials -Proxy $proxyUri -ProxyUseDefaultCredentials -UseBasicParsing
+        }
+
+        # Action on the based of response 
+        if(($response.StatusCode -eq 429) -or ($response.StatusCode -eq 500))
+        {
+            if($retryCount -lt $retryLimit)
+            {
+                $retryCount += 1
+                $waitedTime = 2000 + $timeToWait * 2
+                Start-Sleep -m $waitedTime
+                Get-MsiAccessToken $endpoint $retryCount  $waitedTime
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw (Get-VstsLocString -Key AZ_MsiAccessTokenFetchFailure -ArgumentList $response.StatusCode, $response.StatusDescription)
+            }
+        }
+        elseif ($response.StatusCode -eq 200)
+        {
+            $accessToken = $response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json
+            return $accessToken.access_token
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw (Get-VstsLocString -Key AZ_MsiAccessNotConfiguredProperlyFailure -ArgumentList $response.StatusCode, $response.StatusDescription)
+        }
+        
+    }
+    catch
+    {
+        $exceptionMessage = $_.Exception.Message.ToString()
+        Write-Verbose "ExceptionMessage: $exceptionMessage (in function: Get-MsiAccessToken)"
+        if($exceptionMessage -match "400")
+        {
+            throw (Get-VstsLocString -Key AZ_MsiAccessNotConfiguredProperlyFailure -ArgumentList $response.StatusCode, $response.StatusDescription)
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw $_.Exception
+        }
     }
 }
 
+
 function Set-CurrentAzureSubscription {
     [CmdletBinding()]
     param(
diff --git a/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson
index 7704f009e32b..e7b175ca7567 100644
--- a/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson
+++ b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@
   "loc.messages.AZ_ServicePrincipalAuthNotSupportedAzureVersion0": "Service principal authentication is not supported in version '{0}' of the Azure module.",
   "loc.messages.AZ_UnsupportedAuthScheme0": "Unsupported authentication scheme '{0}' for Azure endpoint.",
   "loc.messages.AZ_AvailableModules": "The list of available {0} modules:",
-  "loc.messages.AZ_InvalidARMEndpoint": "Specified AzureRM endpoint is invalid."
+  "loc.messages.AZ_InvalidARMEndpoint": "Specified AzureRM endpoint is invalid.",
+  "loc.messages.AZ_MsiAccessNotConfiguredProperlyFailure": "Could not fetch access token for Managed Service Principal. Please configure Managed Service Identity (MSI) for virtual machine 'https://aka.ms/azure-msi-docs'. Status code: '{0}', status message: {1}",
+  "loc.messages.AZ_MsiAccessTokenFetchFailure": "Could not fetch access token for Managed Service Principal. Status code: '{0}', status message: {1}",
+  "loc.messages.AZ_MsiFailure": "Could not fetch access token for Managed Service Principal. {0}"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/Tests/Initialize-AzureSubscription.ManagedServiceIdentity.ps1 b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/Tests/Initialize-AzureSubscription.ManagedServiceIdentity.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f68bf4c033dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/Tests/Initialize-AzureSubscription.ManagedServiceIdentity.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param()
+
+# Arrange.
+. $PSScriptRoot\..\..\..\..\Tests\lib\Initialize-Test.ps1
+Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Import-Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Security
+Unregister-Mock Import-Module
+Register-Mock Write-VstsTaskError
+$module = Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Import-Module $PSScriptRoot\.. -PassThru
+
+$endpoint = @{
+    Auth = @{
+        Parameters = @{
+            ServicePrincipalId = 'Some service principal ID'
+            ServicePrincipalKey = 'Some service principal key'
+            TenantId = 'Some tenant ID'
+        }
+        Scheme = 'ManagedServiceIdentity'
+    }
+    Data = @{
+        SubscriptionId = 'Some subscription ID'
+        SubscriptionName = 'Some subscription name'
+    }
+}
+
+$content = @"
+           {"access_token" : "Dummy Token" }
+"@
+
+$response = @{
+    Content = $content
+    StatusCode = 200
+    StatusDescription = 'OK'
+};
+
+$variableSets = @(
+    @{ StorageAccount = 'Some storage account' }
+)
+foreach ($variableSet in $variableSets) {
+    Write-Verbose ('-' * 80)
+    Unregister-Mock Add-AzureRMAccount
+    Unregister-Mock Set-CurrentAzureRMSubscription
+    Unregister-Mock Invoke-WebRequest
+    Unregister-Mock Set-UserAgent
+    Register-Mock Add-AzureRMAccount { 'some output' }
+    Register-Mock Set-CurrentAzureRMSubscription
+    Register-Mock Set-UserAgent
+    Register-Mock Invoke-WebRequest { $response }
+    
+    # Act.
+    $result = & $module Initialize-AzureSubscription -Endpoint $endpoint -StorageAccount $variableSet.StorageAccount
+
+    Assert-AreEqual $null $result
+    Assert-WasCalled Set-CurrentAzureRMSubscription -- -SubscriptionId $endpoint.Data.SubscriptionId -TenantId $endpoint.Auth.Parameters.TenantId
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/Tests/L0.ts b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/Tests/L0.ts
index ec8b910669a7..1bf2b7b9b098 100644
--- a/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/Tests/L0.ts
+++ b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/Tests/L0.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ describe('Common-VstsAzureHelpers_ Suite', function () {
         it('(Initialize-Azure) throws when service name is null', (done) => {
             psr.run(path.join(__dirname, 'Initialize-Azure.ThrowsWhenServiceNameIsNull.ps1'), done);
         })
+        it('(Initialize-AzureSubscription) manged service identity should pass ', (done) => {
+            psr.run(path.join(__dirname, 'Initialize-AzureSubscription.ManagedServiceIdentity.ps1'), done);
+        })
         it('(Initialize-AzureSubscription) passes values when cert auth', (done) => {
             psr.run(path.join(__dirname, 'Initialize-AzureSubscription.PassesValuesWhenCertAuth.ps1'), done);
         })
diff --git a/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/VstsAzureHelpers_.psm1 b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/VstsAzureHelpers_.psm1
index 9e8852a545f2..70e09d45d403 100644
--- a/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/VstsAzureHelpers_.psm1
+++ b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/VstsAzureHelpers_.psm1
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function Initialize-Azure {
 
         # Determine which modules are preferred.
         $preferredModules = @( )
-        if ($endpoint.Auth.Scheme -eq 'ServicePrincipal') {
+        if (($endpoint.Auth.Scheme -eq 'ServicePrincipal') -or ($endpoint.Auth.Scheme -eq 'ManagedServiceIdentity')) {
             $preferredModules += 'AzureRM'
         } elseif ($endpoint.Auth.Scheme -eq 'UserNamePassword' -and $strict -eq $false) {
             $preferredModules += 'Azure'
diff --git a/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/module.json b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/module.json
index 4f6793a1b6a6..002b72a12346 100644
--- a/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/module.json
+++ b/Tasks/Common/VstsAzureHelpers_/module.json
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
         "AZ_ServicePrincipalAuthNotSupportedAzureVersion0": "Service principal authentication is not supported in version '{0}' of the Azure module.",
         "AZ_UnsupportedAuthScheme0": "Unsupported authentication scheme '{0}' for Azure endpoint.",
         "AZ_AvailableModules": "The list of available {0} modules:",
-        "AZ_InvalidARMEndpoint": "Specified AzureRM endpoint is invalid."
+        "AZ_InvalidARMEndpoint": "Specified AzureRM endpoint is invalid.",
+        "AZ_MsiAccessNotConfiguredProperlyFailure": "Could not fetch access token for Managed Service Principal. Please configure Managed Service Identity (MSI) for virtual machine 'https://aka.ms/azure-msi-docs'. Status code: '{0}', status message: {1}",
+        "AZ_MsiAccessTokenFetchFailure": "Could not fetch access token for Managed Service Principal. Status code: '{0}', status message: {1}" ,
+        "AZ_MsiFailure": "Could not fetch access token for Managed Service Principal. {0}"  
     }
 }